Country Music

Okay, I did say this was a very RANDOM blog!

So we go from a sad documentary to country music.. totally normal!

I was introduced to country music way back when Carrie Underwood was on American Idol.

I was so amazed at her vocal ability that I started to open my ears to other genres of music, especially country.

She had opened my ears to such an amazing genre of music that I still to this day, cannot stop listening to.

So I'll share some of my all-time favourite country songs. For your listening pleasures ..

John Denver- "Country Roads" ... CLASSIC

Carrie Underwood - "Blown Away" .. AH-MA-ZING

Rascal Flatts - "Skin" .. I cry every single time

Johnny Cash - "Walk the Line" .. CLASSIC

Faith Hill - "This Kiss" .. everyone loved this song, right?

Brad Paisley ft. Dolly Parton - "When I Get Where I'm Going"

Dolly Parton - "Coat of Many Colours"

Okay, so I think that's plenty for you to listen to. Those are some of my favourite of all time, the list is pretty large, I won't make you listen to them all, especially if you hate country music.. so don't!

65 Red Roses

Okay, so I just finished watching 65 RedRoses!

First 5 minutes, I was ..

By the time the movie was done, I was ..

What an incredible story of a young woman fighting for her life. I didn't even know what cystic fibrosis was until I watched this documentary.

Her love of life was beautiful and her fight to keep that love alive was so inspiring.

So thanks for making me bawl my eyes out like a little four-year old girl.

It was not a pretty sight!

School and Tests and ..

I went to college for two years before I attended university. I graduated with honours and got my college diploma in Broadcast Journalism from Conestoga College.

I won three industry awards, including 570News Best Radio Report, Rogers Media All-Star Scholarship, and the one that I am most proud of, CTV Journalist of the Year.

All these awards were decided on my industry professionals who viewed my work and decided that mine was the best.

To hear that MY work was the best was very humbling and I was so proud of what I had accomplished.

Coming to this country at the age of 10, not knowing a single word of English, the reality was that although I had a future in the Canada, it was not going to be easy. But life is not easy, and I knew that I was going to have to work 10x harder than all of my friends and other students.

I worked hard, and I gave 150% in everything I did. It took me only 3 months (one summer), to learn how to speak English. I was taken out of ESL classes my first year at school because they did not find it necessary for me to be in a class like that when my English was almost up to par with the other students.

Being in school now for over half my life, I have learnt that TESTs are NOT my thing.

In college, it was all hands on work, and all our grades were based on projects. I didn't have to worry about studying.

You see, studying has never been my thing. I don't have the attention span to sit there and try to study. I understand concepts and theories that we discuss in my classes, but start asking me multiple choice questions and fill-in-the blanks, and you will get a series on Mean Girl quotes.

I don't think this makes me stupid, I just learn a different way. I know that I am a smart individual and tests will never ever be my thing.

Intro

I feel like I need my first post to be something special ..

but

So I'm just going to write something random, hence the blog title.

If you haven't noticed, I speak in GIF's.. It's just a more convenient way of communicating :)

Aside from my Tumblr page, this is the first blog I have ever had. So I'm a little nervous, because I feel as though I need to hold back and not reveal too much.

Like the title of my blog says, this blog will be basically a collection of my thoughts on very random things that I experience. So I hope you enjoy!