2009

1. What did you do in 2009 that you’d never done before?
Ran 10km, had the best mark in a Biology exam (well, my first Biology exam), I stood awake all night (3 or 4 times) because of school projects.

2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I didn't make any new year's resolutions :P

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Nope.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
No.

5. What countries did you visit?
The States and... mine :)

6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
More solo time.

7. What date from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
March 27th: Radiohead's show ; June 25th: MJ's death.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Running 10km and having the best mark in a Biology exam (after having the disappointment of the simple fact of taking it).

9. What was your biggest failure?
My red mark?

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

Not really.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
My Polaroid & Instamatic.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
My family, for always sticking together, which I think was one of the reasons my grandpa miraculously healed.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
I can't say it here.

14. Where did most of your money go?
Food & tube.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Both concerts and the New York art trip.

16. What song will always remind you of 2009?
Man in the mirror, I think.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
- happier or sadder? happier (if you ask me 2 months ago, it'd be sadder).
- richer or poorer? richer.
- thinner or fatter? thinner.

18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Reading and decorating.

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Studying! But well, it's necessary, I guess.

20. How did you spend the holidays?
With my family at home.

21. Did you fall in love in 2009?
Yes, but quickly heart broken.

22. How many one-night stands?
None.

23. What was your favorite TV program?
The Office, Big Bang Theory, Glee, Gossip Girl and Skins.

24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
I haven't hated anyone in the whole year.

25. What was the best book you read?
Breakfast at Tiffany's.

26. What was your favorite film of this year?
(500) days of Summer & UP!

27. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009?
I don't knooow :)

28 Whom did you miss?
A few people.

29. Who was the best new person you met?
People from my new class, I think. Probably Agustín.

What was your life lessoned that you learned in 2009?
That it's our own responsibility to accomplish whatever we want. Dreams are very important, but things won't come magically to you, no matter how badly you want them, unless you do something about it. I think this year I learnt the value of effort.

lady day

I finally did it! I spent 5 and a half hours on it :)

That's all, because I have to study.

call me irresponsible

I have to do a NY art project for tomorrow and I have a kind of lovely idea (speaking about lovely, I tried to be lovely today, but they made me have dinner. However, lovely holidays, here I come) that, of course, I won't be able to do. It consists of a sort of recreation of the photo of Lewis Hine of the workers having lunch at the Rockefeller Center working site in 1930 (see the photo below), but instead of the workers, all 18 of us who went to the Art trip. I thought of using modelling clay, which wouldn've been the sweetest thing, but I really don't have the time :(
Anyway, it was an idea.

Love for all,

Cee Cee ♥

mr. clock

This is a photo I took in New York with a little editing from Picnik, an online programme I found yesterday :)

Aaaand well, I have to go to do a History portfolio (fuckfuckfuck), so I'm off to work.
That's all, folks!
Cee Cee.

the city so nice they named it twice

So... I came back from a week in NYC last Monday :)
I'll tell a few details of each day.

Monday I got lost at the Grand Central Station and enjoyed my way back to the hotel by walking on 5th avenue, Broadway and Times Square. They picked me up and we went to Rockefeller Center and had a great view of The City. At night, we went to Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum and took photos with almost every wax celebrity.

Tuesday We took the Circle Line Cruise and saw the Statue of Liberty and some famous bridges. We shopped and, at night, we went to the top of the Empire state and saw the city that never sleeps.

Wednesday We went to The Dakota and walked through Strawberry Fields. Then, we went to the American National History Museum. After that, we crossed Central Park by the Jackie Onassis Reservoir to go to the Guggenheim Museum. We closed the day with Broadway's The Phantom of the Opera.

Thursday We crossed Central Park in order to arrive to the Metropolitan Museum of Art (my favourite), and then, headed our way to the Frick Collection. After some art, we headed to the Fashion avenue and saw all the famous boutiques (I had a little Audrey Hepburn moment in front of Tifanny & Co). It was a great day ♥.

Friday We went to Ground Zero by subway. Then, we visited St. Paul's chapel and shopped at J&R on our way to Wall Street. Next step: Chinatown and SoHo. There, we went to the New Museum (there was like the best elevator ever) and then to Strand (I had to buy a bag, because I bought plenty of books).

Saturday First stop: St. Patrick's Cathedral. Then, we bought some books at Barnes & Noble. Then we went to the MoMA (great museum too). We went walking to the Whitney Museum (on our way, we passed by The New York Palace and there was a little Gossip Girl moment there). After the Whitney, we hurried our way to the Central Zoo and then back to the hotel. Kichi, iGnaa and I went to see Chicago The Musical and then we had like our "last supper".

Sunday Last day, last souvenirs and long flight.

[more pics: day one ; day two ; day three ; day four ; day five ; days six & seven]

leaving

Oh, God, I truly wanted to make a proper entry once for all...
But since I have half an hour to finish packing my suitcase, I can't. Well, the thing is that I have to be at the airport in about an hour, because tomorrow I'll wake up in Atlanta, so I can go to the city that doesn't sleep then... Pretty exciting, right? God I'm almost shaking right now...
This was a kind of farewell entry. Wish me luck! I'll be back in a week ♥.

little miss giggles

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kerbside prophet

Ahhh... quedé. Sí, estaría yendo a NYC. Sería la segunda semana de julio si es que no hay inconvenientes, como lo del virus AH1N1.

Wow, estoy resfriadísima, tanto, que falté al colegio el miércoles (suelo tener 100% de asistencia, por lo que tengo que estar muy enferma como para faltar). Oh God, tengo tanto que hacer... trabajos, libros, informes, guías, pruebas, etc. maldito colegio, por suerte esto se acaba en dos semanas y media y luego, un pequeño descanso.

Por suerte, las juntas con amigos me han alivianado un poco esto. El jueves me junté con mis ex-compañeras de nado sincronizado y luego me fui donde Mati-chan, por su cumple y lo pasamos súper con todos los chicos.
Ayer no fue un gran día y hoy tuve modelaje. Todo fue bastante regular, nada muy nuevo hasta que, terminada la clase, nos llamaron a unas cinco de la clase y nos dijeron que íbamos a ir al Castillo Hidalgo a un evento que se hace mensualmente. La cosa es que iremos al sector VIP de modelos y estaremos nosotras junto a otros modelos profesionales para introducirnos más en ese mundo. Imagínense qué privilegio! Y cuán entretenido será ir a ese evento! Además nos contaron que ahí hay una pista de baile enorme, el sector VIP ultra exclusivo con sillones de cuero, atención personalizada, etc., que el lugaren sí, es hermoso (como un castillo, claro, y en el cerro Santa Lucía...), yadda yadda.
Esto será el miércoles 12, can't wait for it!

doesn't mean i'm lost

¡Qué semana!

Creo que nunca tuve una semana tan estresante... al menos no en el colegio. He tenido mil pruebas, entregas de tabajos, etc. por lo que no he tenido tiempo aquí, además que me es muy difícil con todo esto encontrar algo interesante que contar, ya que mis experiencias de la semana no resultan ser muy interesantes (oh, en la pregunta veintidós de la prueba de historia estaba indecisa entre la alternativa b y la e, interesantísimo).

Sé que hace un par de entries, dije que renunciaba a NYC, pero mis padres me dijeron que postulara por si acaso. Ahora, luego de la selección, estoy pendiente de los resultados. Sería un sueño estar ahí... Imaginar cuánta gente a respirado el aire neoyorquino y cuántos importantes sucesos han ocurrido, cuánta cultura llena esa ciudad y cuánto arte se desarrolla. Pensar, nada más que Kate Moss estuvo ahí hace menos de un mes! jajaja. Sería, nada más, un sueño. Créanme que ahí sí que tendré anécdotas importantes que contar.
Hmmm... debido a mi ausencia debería escribir una entry más larga, pero no tengo qué más contar exactamente, discúlpenme. Besitos,
Camila

the one and only

Hace casi un mes que no subo una entrada, queridísimos!
Y, bueno, ha pasado bastante desde entonces. Tuve una girls night en mi casa, nos quedamos despiertas toda la noche, estuvo mi primo argentino por acá, entré al colegio, estoy en el proceso de remodelación de mi cuarto...

Bueno, he cumplido más cosas de mi checklist de lo que pensé que lograría, así que todo bien en ese aspecto. En cuanto al colegio, todo perfecto, excepto un par de cositas, con las que se puede lidiar.

Últimamente, mi consciencia ha jugado un papel muy importante en mi diario vivir. No sé por qué, de la noche a la mañana, me empiezo a sentir culpable por cualquier cosa, respecto a mis padres: me duele pedirles dinero para un concierto, para ropa, para zapatos, y, creo que lo mayor y que no he mencionado siquiera, el viaje a NYC de este año.
En mi colegio, por arte, se hace un viaje de una semana a New York City al que van los que pueden pagarlo (si son muchos, se hace una selección de acuerdo a las habilidades y aptitudes).
La cosa es que mis padres, seguramente podrán pagarlo (2750 dólares, que no es menor), pero el peso en mi consciencia sería demasiado grande. Bueno, la cosa es que, por esas razones de la vida, entré a la página web de EF (una agencia de intercambios), y me puse a mirar programas, que sabía que no podría realizar, pero de pronto llego a ver un video en el que mencionan un Multi-lingual programme que captó mi atención, por lo que me dediqué a buscar más información acerca de ello y resulta que es un programa para mayores de 18 en el que te vas nueve meses a tres partes del mundo a aprender tres idiomas (me interesaría francés, alemásn y chino), y lo encontré genial! Primero, porque a mí me interesa mucho aprender idiomas y qué mejor que en un país cuyo idioma nativo sea el que yo quiero aprender. Segundo, porque quedan dos años para ello, suficiente para juntar dinero por mí misma y ayudar un poco con los gastos. Y, por último, porque no es inconveniente en el tiempo, ya que sería a los dieciocho, entre un período académico y otro, por lo que no interrumpiría nada.
Eso me ayudó un montón a renunciar a NYC, ya que en otra etapa de mi vida iré sí o sí. Tipo a los 25 me encantaría viajar mucho y sacarle el jugo a mis 20s, ya que después, uno normalmente acarrea otro tipo de responsabilidades como tener una familia, y limitarse a más cosas.


Qué les parece? Alguna opinión? Sería una buena decisión?
Muchísimas gracias por leer,
Camila.

remember, remember the fifth of november...

...the gun powder treason and plot. I know of no reason why the gun powder treason should ever be forgot.


As you've already noticed, I have a new layout, yes.
I'll tell you about past days.
My first winter holidays week is coming to an end, and it's been quite great. I've watched 9 movies and that's because I'm not counting the ones I've watched on the telly.
Yesterday morning, I went to my uncle's house to do some favour. My dad did something, I joined him to do that something, and my mother and brother stayed home. After that, dad and I met my brother and mother in the mall to have lunch. While we waited for both mum and Mauricio, we bought a present (trainers) for my cousin whose birthday was last Monday. We had lunch at Ruby Tuesday, which is inside the mall, and for dessert, an ice-cream at Munchi's. Next stop: home. I found my dearest friend Carmen, who told me that she actually got the role for the musical Les Misérables, which she wanted so bad, and I can't describe what I felt when she told me. I started screaming in silence (it's a magic trick, I can scream in silence, hahahaha) and jumping all the way around. I think that, for the first time in my life, I felt that happy for another person: my friend. That makes me think about society, the way everyone is so mental, the only thing that everybody wants to do is to screw the other to obtain what they want. Well, I don't speak for EVERYone, but sometimes I feel that it is so much like that. Ultimately, some people don't think for anyone but themselves, and that drives me mad.
AAAAAANYWAY, I felt truly happy for my friend, hahaha.
After having a fresh shower and prepare everything for next day's trip to the mountain, we went back to our uncle, aunt and cousin's place to celebrate our cousin's birthday (that's why we bought the present). First, I went upstairs and spent my time at the computer (interrupted by the tea time/birthday time). Anyway, I got bored and went back downstairs, where the adults were. They were drinking alcohol and having some sort of cocktail, as always, but I just drank one or two glasses of Coke (I was really thirsty after eating those American Crackers).
Suddenly, Vale calls and tells me there's no mountain trip, because there's raining/snowing which makes it impossible to go. So, let's wait for next Saturday.
After the phonecall and some oysters, somebody said karaoke!, and there wasn't so long until my uncle set everything and then he, another uncle, the son of one cousin's girlfriend, my dad and me, started singing on the sofa.

Some funny moments were when...
+ My uncle (the host one) sang New York, New York by Frank Sinatra, and I was like her dancer and made a whole show and both aunt Lily and her sister couldn't stop laughing.
+ We sang twist and rock&roll songs, they were so much fun!
+ My mum sang, that was over the top. Laughs 'til death.
+ My uncle Jorge's performance of Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar. God Almighty! THAT WAS SO FUNNY!
+ My brother's performance: Always by Bon Jovi.
+ My mother's "MERMAID DANCE"!
+ And much more.

Here's the first song I performed alone. This is the proof of my awful singing skils.

Well, everything was amazing. I also kinda' sang with my dad (kind of, because I just stood up besides him singing in low voice) several times, including a song called Con una pala y un Sombrero ("With a shovel and a hat") and I was about to cry, really, because it makes my dad very emotional (though this time he didn't show) and so makes me, but luckily, nobody noticed the 'knot in my throat'.
After that amazing night, we went back home at 2 - 2.30am, and I don't remember too much, because I was truly sleepy.

Today, I woke up quite late, but then my dad and my brother arrived after their usual football match. We prepared and had lunch, and then, my brother and I, watched V for Vendetta. HOLY MOLLY, I LOVED IT! I think that's what has making me thinking. Yes, that movie's got me thinking (hahaha, like that song called That woman's got me drinking, but this is a little different). That movie is responsible for what I said at the beggining of thes blog entry, it's its fault (;
Anyway, everything is quite perfect on that movie and I love that. Yay of V. Yay fot Nat P. Yay for Evey.

scholar

Yesterday, I had my blood taken! In Biology we're studying blood groups and we made an experiment to identify ours. I confimed which group my blood belongs: B Rh+.

Today, after school, we went to the cinema with Kichi to watch 21. Oh, jesus! What a grrrreat movie! I'm loving Jim Sturgess more and more everytime! I loved it! Watch it, it's so cool.
We already made plans with Kichi. We're going to be math geniuses and at the age of 21, we're going to make a blackjack group, go to Las Vegas and win millions of dollars.
After we watched the amazing movie, we went to ROCCO'S NEW YORK STYLE PIZZA to have white chocolate tarts (delicious). Then, we went home.