Being Australian

Being Australian- Jan 25^th 2013

Australia is located in the southern hemisphere just above Antarctica and next to New Zealand. It is considered one of the biggest islands in the world because it is surrounded by water and no land.  It is known for its kangaroos, emu’s, wombats and the occasional *buggee smugglers.

This brings me to being Australian. Am I a proud Australian? There are some things my people to that make me cringe, sometimes I feel embarrassed to be Australian because of the types of things people do. I have to say the moment when I felt most embarrassed about being Australian was when I was watching Big Brother and two of the house mates were teaching one of the other housemates who was British how Australians say Australia, they said “Don’t even pronounce the ‘Au’ just say ‘Stralia’”.  I can’t even begin how much of a *bogan I consider them to be.

People have a stereotype of Australia and how we live our lives. A lot of people in different countries think that we all ride to school on emu’s and we have kangaroos jumping around everywhere, but they couldn’t be more wrong. Too be honest I’ve never ever seen an emu or a wombat, and the only time I have seen a Kangaroo is when we go out to rural areas.

Recently, two YouTuber’s made a video about Australia and our terminology. They were British and they used words like ‘*Dunny’, ‘*G’day mate’ ‘*Snag’ and other words that I didn’t even understand and you would have thought that being Australian.

That’s all for known,

Keep dreaming xox

* Buggee Smugglers- male swimwear, speedos

* Bogan- Australian’s who possess no form of class whatsoever

* Dunny- Toilet

* G’day Mate- Hello friend

* Snag- Sausage

Good manners

Good Manners.

I've always been taught that having good manners is a really important thing. Weather your in a job interview, at school or in everyday life; respect for others, generosity and manners are incredibly important things because they reflect what kind of a person you are.

Recently, I went only a family holiday to America where we travelled to New York City, Las Vegas, Los Angelus and Washington DC. One morning when we were in LA we were at Starbucks getting coffee and we were sitting outside when i went to got inside to get the coffees. As I was walking towards the door I could see out of the corner of my eye two girls walking towards the door as well. Because i was in front I pulled the door open towards me and these two girls that we behind me just kept walking straight passed me into the coffee shop. As they kept walking I had a shocked look on my face, these 2 girls had seriously treated me with absolutely no respect, not until they were well away from the door they turned around and said, "Oh, Yeah thanks". I was shocked, I couldn't comprehend how someone could be so rude and think that it was ok.

Although it happened 5 months ago it still irritates me to this day, probably because I didn't say anything to them but also because of how they acted. Luckily because I am a well respected and well mannered person I was able to let this go past me.

So this just shows that people who are well mannered get further and are more grounded then thaws who aren't.

Keep Dreaming xox

Be Silly. Be Honest. Be Kind.

Jan 17^th 2013.

Be Silly. Be Honest. Be Kind.

6 words that can define our lives… 6 words that I choose to live my life by. Most people have a detailed passage from a famous historian that they live by, but me, I live by this one phrase. When I was about 10 years old my mum went to visit my auntie for a week or so and it was tradition in our family that if you go away you bring something back, so my mum brought me and my sister back a pack each of inspiration or wisdom cards. I hadn’t really thought anything of them until a few years ago when I found them in a box that had things from when I was little in it.

I started to flick through them and a lot of them said things like ‘put yourself in other peoples shoes’ etc. But one in particular stuck out to me and this was the card that read; Be Silly. Be Honest. Be Kind and I thought to myself if I live by these 6 word I will enjoy life a lot more, I’ll be able to laugh and the tough stuff, be the person I want to be and people will enjoy my company. I think that what this phrase is trying to say is that as long as you be silly, be honest and be kind you will be true to yourself and people will respect you, which is what is really important to me.

I have struggled before to try and discover who I am, what my style is, what kind of person I am and what kind of person I want to be and I think that in the future this phrase will really help me to determine this. You always see the different styles that people have like; the punk girl, the indie girl, the beach babe and you discover people’s talents and abilities and I’ve always been that person that has tried to be these different people but never really tired to be myself but as longs as I live by these 6 words I know that I can be myself and I can discover the person I want to be.

Lots of Love and Keep Dreaming xox

My First Blog

Hi everyone my name is Emma and this is my Blog. I hope you all enjoy it!
I decided to start this blog because I am currently on summer holidays and I thought this might be something interesting to do, also I thought it would be a really great way to express opinions, thoughts, pictures, music, videos, fashion, make-up and more with you!

As I become more experienced as a blogger I hope to develop my blog into something greater. I haven't really got many hobbies besides designing, fashion, music and a few more thing you might learn about me a long the way. This is why I decided to start my blog because I will be able to use my time more wisely and be able to share great things with people.

I will post fun, motivating and interesting things to this blog and hopefully it will interest you! Let me know if there is anything in particular you want me to discuss, critic/rate or share!

I am hoping that this blog will motivate, interest and inspire people. I hope to share with you positive thoughts, put a smile on your face :D and contribute a few quirky things a long the way! So enjoy my blog I hope you like it hopefully I will publish something 1-3 times a week! Lots of Love and keep dreaming! xox