Wouldn't Believe It, If You See It

song of the day - Mayhem by Imelda May

this photo was taken on 2010 as part of a uni project for one of the fashion student at my uni. 

the shoot took place in the basement of our uni, which used to be a hospital

It's a well known fact that I'm a nosey bugger. Always have been, always will be. And I love learning facts about people. So this post is for all my nosey parkers out there, who wouldn't mind learning something new about me.  I don't think I've ever done a "facts about me" style post before. So here goes.

1.  I'm the youngest child, with three older brothers. Two of them are half brothers, and there's a 19 years (well 18 years and 363 days) age gap between me and the eldest.
2. I regret the courses I took in college, but I'm glad I took those classes because of the friends I made as a result of that.
3. I have a 2:1 Ba (hons) in Advertising Design. Will I ever use it? I doubt it. Looking back I wish I'd taken a year out to decide what I wanted to do. If I could change the past then I'd have gone down the apprenticeship route. Alas, it was not meant to be.
4. This one might be a bit obvious, but I love Harry Potter. I'm pretty sure I'll still be reading HP fan fiction when I'm an old biddy.
5. I'd be happy in a mundane office job. Seriously, monotony is my dream.
6. A friend and I almost got run over by Piers Morgan in Manchester a few (more like 5) years ago. Twat.
7. Me and my sibling are first generation English. I'm half polish and half pakistani. Mum (and the grandparents) moved here 65 years ago when she was two, I'm not sure when my dad moved here.
8. I've been to Spain, Poland, and Pakistan. I'd love to travel, but I'm too afraid. The thought of being in a foreign country, where I don't speak the language, gives me anxiety.
9. I love my camera. It is the best purchase I've ever made, and I only wish I'd took the plunge sooner.
10. When I was 3/4 I went face first into a motorbike. My mouth was not a happy place for months. I found it so hard to eat.
11. I currently work in retail, and before my current job I volunteered in a children's charity shop for 2 years. Volunteering was the best experience I've ever had. Everyone was batshit, so I fitted right in.

Eleven is as good a number as any to end it on, right.

What's an interesting fact about you? If you've done a post like this link it below and I'll check it out.
Rubi
•Bloglovin•Instagram•Twitter•Pinterest•

The World Keeps Turning

song of the day - I Couldn't Explain Why by Citizen Cope

If money and time were no object I'd travel the world and study social anthropology. I'd drink unmentionable amounts of caffeine (because I totally do not do that now), and take photographs every where I went. And at the end of a hard months travelling I would go home again, to my beautifully decorated flat.
Alas, a lack of money always gets in the way. Or at least a fear of money gets in the way. Money does scare me quite a bit, especially when thinking about the future. Sometimes when I remember that money is just for the living I'll buy myself something really nice. Like my cameras, or makeup, or books.

I'm nosey as sin, so studying people and culture would be a dream come true. It's fascinating. People are fascinating. I love knowing why people do things. How things came about. What the point of everything is. I'm like an inquisitive toddler sometimes. I was brought up between three different cultures, and they all sort of melding together to make me who I am. The majority of my friends were split between two different cultural backgrounds when I was younger; one where religion was everything, and one where it was not. Now there's a lot of in between.
The world has so much to offer, and so do the people in it. There are always new things to learn, and do, and create. Just because someone else might be able to do it better doesn't mean you can't give it a try to. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

Don't forget to wear sunscreen.

Rubi

•Bloglovin•Instagram•Twitter•Pinterest•
(this post is pretty much unedited, I just went on a ramble)