Today is the 29th of February, a.k.a. LEAP DAY!
This, ladies, means that all of you in Ireland can propose to your man (or a random guy haha).

Now you might be wondering why I suddenly turned so crazy.. Why should a woman propose to her man on this day - can't she do it all year around?

I've written about this before, but I'm not sure if it was in Swedish or English, therefore I'm bringing it up again. When I watched Leap Year (movie) the first time, I was surprised to hear about an Irish tradition - if that tradition is true, I don't know. The tradition says that a woman is allowed to propose to her man on this day.

I think it's a cute tradition, maybe a little bit old fashioned, but it's cute (and hey, I guess I'm a bit old fashioned when it comes to marriage and stuff like that).

So, if I'm not married in ten years (or 8 years!) from now - you know where to find me!

Happy leap day, everyone! ♥

I will be completely honest with you guys. I was completely and truly obsessed with the Twilight saga. Everything started when I was in 8th grade (about 4 or 5 years ago).

There is something that you can do, that I had done every single year (except one year that doesn't count since we moved out of Sweden) since I was 7 years old. "Läs fem böcker och få en" (=read five books and get one book as a gift) - I am not sure that it's exactly what it's called, bare with me.

That summer, when I read those five books and wrote a review on each and every single one of them I got to pick put a book - as a gift. I remember that I thought that the apple of the front page of "Om jag kunde drömma" (as Twilight is called in Swedish) was really cool and the story was about vampires, which was interesting at that time. The only vampire book that I can remember that I read during that time was probably Dracula - and maybe a few short, infamous vampire fiction novels - but nothing apart from that.

Twilight became a big part of my life. I later realized that Twilight was being turned into a movie and I remember that day as if it was last week. I was at the cinema with my sister and we were waiting for the movie trailers to come to an end so we could get to see the movie (I believe it was Harry Potter - but I could be wrong). That is when I saw the trailer of a story that was extremely similar to Twilight - and I realized later on that it actually was Twilight.

What I'm trying to say and what I planned to write down in short sentences, not a whole essay, is that I really like this book series. And I came to "ok-like" the movies as well. This means that I didn't like it when Stephenie Meyer released "The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner" because that meant that the Edward-Bella drama was over. This may sound odd and even a bit dramatic to you, but these novels mean a lot to me. They opened a fantasy world and I was inspired to follow a dream I've had since I was a little girl - writing. I wrote a "Twilight part 5" after the release of Breaking Dawn because I didn't want the series to reach its end.

Now, I know that I should read "The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner" so I can fall in love with another book series, and be inspired to write something beside vampires, witches and other creatures.

Hopefully I'll like this novel about Bree Tanner as much as I LOVED the story about Edward and Bella.

xx
/Laila

"I think of life as a good book.
The further you get into it,
the more it begins to make sense."

- Harold Kushner



Photo is from here.

Currently, I'm not in a blog-mood. Therefore I will upload pictures that describe my feelings - and you might understand why I won't blog (normally) today..






I just LOVE this website. It has pictures for every occasion, and mood..

I hope that you guys had a good day! ♥

I went to bed with the worst headache, hoping that it would get away. I woke up today with both headache AND fever.

I hate being sick! It's boring to not being able to do anything. You can't eat or study - and I've got an exam tomorrow! BUT there is ONE good thing with being sick, that makes it less boring.. You can watch series and movies all day, with a cup of tea - with a bit honey. That's what I've been doing today, until recently. I just went out on a walk with my sister, and to get some grocery (just fruit and what not). And I got Digestive. I LOVE that thing! It's delicious.

Anyhow, I'm gonna study now, and have my precious Digestive (that rhymes a bit, doesn't it?).

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take,
but by the moments
that take our breath away."

- Maya Angelon


Photo is from here.

Agh, can't all the exams be over or something? Its annoying to study to two exams at the same time, and I'm getting frustrated.

Anyhow, I've been looking for universities today and I'm actually getting the OMG-I'm-graduating-feeling.

This is the question that most of us (students) worry about. How can we plan our time to study for an exam - and get a high grade?
I thought I'd share my own tips and tricks to help you guys reach your goals.

1. Get a planner.
This will help you plan your time so you can enjoy some spare time while you are studying. You should write down all your exams and plan how much you are to study every day, or every other day depending on when and how big your exam is.

2. Get away from Facebook.
And the Internet!
Don't we all love Facebook? And everything there have a tendency to get more interested whenever we are studying! If you're on Facebook, chances are that you will be looking through profiles, pictures or chat with friends which means that there will be less time for studying. Therefore, don't open your laptop/computer or phone (!) whenever you are studying - unless you have to make researches or write essays on yout laptop/computer. Either way, stay away from websites that might get you distracted.

3. Take notes in classes.
As much as you don't want to listen to your teachers explanation to diffractions in physics or stories about the World War 2, it is important that you pay attention and write down everything they are saying. Your teacher wouldn't talk about something that he/she doesn't find important, and therefore he/she wouldn't ask you questions about non-important things on the exam.

Go through your notes before every class; if you've written down notes about World War 2, and you're teacher is going to go through other details about that war the next day, go through your notes so you can remember it. And once you are going through the notes while studying for the exam, you'll experience "aha-moments".

4. Get enough sleep.
I didn't know that this point was important, and I thought that I could study for several hours and sleep for a couple hours. NO! Don't ignore your sleep. It is extremely important that your body is relaxed and rested and that you're not feeling tired. If you ignore sleeping, it might cause you more harm than good - even though you want to stay up and study. Your brain progresses the things you've learnt while you're sleeping.

5. Don't be hard on yourself.
Don't you all hate it when you try to solve an equation and you're brain completely freezes and you can't seem to solve that equation? Well, we all go through  that and you should keep in mind that you shouldn't be hard on yourself when it happens. 
Try solving another equation instead, or take a short break. Eat something to fill up your energy. Then you should try solving it again.

I remember when I was studying for a huge math final and had trouble solving an equation. No matter how much I tried, the answer was wrong. So I left it, went on with other questions and equations and then went to sleep. I tried solving it again the next morning and I managed solving it! The power of sleep..

6. Don't study the day before the big exam. 
You might be wondering; "is she serious? Why shouldn't you study the day before the exam?"
Well, here is my answer:
You need to relax and not be nervous as well as your brain need some 'time off'. With the "don't study the day before the big exam" I mean that you should only go through some questions or do an exam for yourself, but not try to learn new facts and so on.
This point has helped me a lot and it has worked its miracles on me. I can admit that I can't follow it everytime, because sometimes I haven't finished studying for the exam as well as I should have - we all get those days where we don't want to study. Either way, you should try this and see how it works for you.


I hope that these points might help you to get through your exams and finals!  
xx
/Laila