music

1/2 of 2015

02:56

So...

It's June already.



 Meaning that we have made it halfway through 2015. It feels weird how time passes by. It feels like yesterday I just graduated from middle school and dyed my hair for the first time. But nope. It's been almost a year since I had the tip of my hair bleached with peroxide and dye it flaming red. And now I miss my red hair. So badly. I am so looking forward to graduate from high school so I can dye and style my hair however I want without getting into any trouble.

Okay, enough with the blabber.

My intention to write this post at the first place was to tell you about my favourite albums and artists that I discovered throughout the first 6 months of 2015. I created my 8tracks account on 2013 but just been active on it recently. I also just created a last.fm account recently and have been scrobbling/wandering through those sites quite a lot and I discovered quite a lot of artists that I've never heard of before which is contenting and enchanting.

I've heard of The Wombats before since they were all over my tumblr dashboard but, I actually never really bothered to listen to their music. Then, one day a photo of their new album cover got into my instagram's explore page. I wasn't really doing anything back then so I checked them out, and turns out, I dig their music. And I also ended up reading an article about them on Pitchfork.



My favourite from this album is definitely Greek Tragedy. I find the chorus very catchy and soothing in some ways. Also bravo to the director for making such a great music video! Psychotic, dreamy, and cool for a first impression! The video has a late 90's or early 2000's vibe. The settings, the properties that they used, everything really, makes me feel like watching a music video of a 90's grunge band. Watching this video makes me want to put on dark lips, smokey eyes, and wear a choker around my neck. (Talking about smokey eyes, Urban Decay just released a new Naked eye-shadows palette called Smokey and it makes me drool and cry because I can't purchase it but it's so pretty.)


the look that i would wear if i ever get the chance to catch the wombats live


All Time Low a.k.a. the loves of my life released a new album last April called Future Hearts. I still find Don't Panic as my favourite album of them but still, I can not resist to not tap my feet while listening to the songs in it and the urge to do a headbang is still there. My favourite track from this album is Old Scars/Future Hearts. I immediately fell in love with this song when I first heard it. It's like love at the first sight. But with your ears.




Have I told you that the Queen has returned? Yes. Florence + The Machine is finally back with her new album called How Big How Blue How Beautiful.



I find it very crazy how a two-minutes and forty-one-seconds long with a 6-words-lyrics song actually drives me crazy. Crazy in love. Her voice, the music, the video. Everything about it drives me crazy and makes me want to go on a runaway to somewhere far from home with a great view of the sky.


The next bands that I just discovered are Wolf Alice and Slaves. And I feel so bad for just discovering them because they are hella good. Like real good.



A band with a female vocalist with a unique voice and songs that never fail to make me tapping my feet to the floor and shake my head and make me fantasize about being in a band. How can I not love them?





Slaves. A two-piece punk band from the UK. Listen to this song on a Monday and imagine that you're actually living in London. Or maybe just replaced the London part with the name of the city that you currently lives in while singing to it. Listening to them makes me want to move my butt to the UK already so I can catch them live on tour.


My favourite girl-group, Little Mix just released a new song for their upcoming album called Dark Magic.



The song is very catchy and all as usual but, just like what's stated here on RookieMag, I wish the video had showed them using their powers for something more empowering rather than embarrassing and imposing the antagonist characters.But on the brighter side, because of this video and RookieMag post about it, I found out about the movie The Craft from 1996 and I watched it right away even though I was supposed to by studying for the exams.

we are the weirdos, mister.




I wish I could witness all of the artists I mentioned above play live. I'd be very happy since concerts are some of the many sources of my happiness.

Love,

Nurra


holiday

A little trip down the draft-lane

02:05

So, I just went through all of my drafts and found this one from last year.



It was supposed to be a "Chinese New Year Special" post but, I had a terrible internet connection back then so, I kept it on the draft and never bothered to touch it again.

And just now, I accidentally stumbled upon the picts that were taken by my friends which was supposed to be on that post and I thought "what a waste" for not uploading it to the blog.

So, a little throwback...

It was a few weeks before Chinese New Year and my friends came to my house to hang. Then I told them about me having a blog and thinking of making a special blog post about Chinese New Year but I had trouble taking the picture by myself. Then, they offered to help me to take pictures for my blog.

Shoutout to Vellia, Ferisa, and Veren for making this post happening! I am sooo sorry for the awful delay.




































lifestyle

how to: nurra 101

22:45

Hi everyone!

I'm back!

I've been quite productive lately even though it's actually exam week. The bright side of exam week is that school ends earlier than usual so I have quite a lot of free time which I supposed to use for studying but, I sit in front of my mom's computer instead (my bae a.k.a. laptop is still being fixed guys :-( ) and be on the ~internet~. But hey it's the only way to make me stay sane. Too much of anything is never good. Especially revising.

So, ask.fm user imLAROSE wondered if I could make a starter kit/pack of myself after seeing all the starter kits trend on ask.fm, so I made one!


1. Long Sleeve Black Cardigan/Outer

If you know me IRL and go to the same school as me, you may notice that I wear a lot cardigan/sweater/jumper basically long sleeve outer almost everyday. This is because I don't quite fancy artificial low temperature (if that makes sense???).  I love cold weather, I love the rain, and in fact Puncak is one of my favourite vacation spots because of it's climate. But cold air from air-cons and fans are nah.


2. My iPhone

It's no surprise that these days, people would barely survive a day without their phones. In economic class, they taught me that Humans basic needs consist of three things. Heck no. There are 4. Shelter to protect us from the cold air of the night and the radiation of sun rays, food to keep us alive and energized, clothing to improve the comfort of the wearer by providing protection against the elements, and phone (preferably with camera in both sides) to stay in-touch with everyone don't care wether you despise them or not. And oh please make it 5. The Internet Connection. Do I still need to explain?
I use the Apple iPhone 5 (white) which I got it as gift for my 13th birthday. I have no plan on switching to other phone since, it's my first Iphone and I just don't think getting a new phone is necessary  (at least for now). And I also have TFIOS reference/design/fanart as the case.


3. Caffeine 

I got my caffeine from green tea which I drink every morning. I used to have coffee every morning but then I realised that switching to green tea would be better and make me healthier so I switched to green tea. I do still love coffee but, now I only have it for once in a while.


4. Maybelline's Baby Lips and Mascara

I can't live without my baby lips. I loooveeeee them so much! Just recently I bought the Maybelline's Baby Lips Electro Pop in Oh! Orange! and I fell in love with it and always have it on my purse and school bag. But still, Maybelline's Lip Smooth Color Bloom is still my ultimate fav. And Maybelline's mascara. Oh my God. Do I still have to explain? I want to thank Maybelline so much for making such a great and affordable mascara!


5. The Body Shop

My favourite skincare products are mostly from The Body Shop and I talk about The Body Shop like A LOT. Some of my classmates even thought that I was a TBS salesperson because I talk about it a lot and whenever my friends ask for a recommendation in shower gels, body lotion ,or moisturizer I will straightly tell them to go to The Body Shop immediately. Both me and my mom are obsessed with TBS and I even collect their empty bottles which I always bring them back to the store and trade it for points in my membership. I love their products so much starts from their moisturizer, facial cleanser, body butter, shower gel, hair mask, basically all of their skin care products are my holy grail. My favourite range by them are Tea Tree (for my facial care) and White Musk, and also the Honey Mania range. I haven't tried the Fuji Green Tea range yet but I will probably try it soon once school's over! and uhm just a lovely reminder that my birthday is on the 25th of September. Hehe. ;)


6. Hawaii Five-0

Besides The Body Shop, the other thing that I talk a lot about and love so much is the TV series, Hawaii Five-0! Even love is an understatement when it comes to this TV series! If you love H50, PLEASE HMU AND BE FRIENDS AND LET'S TALK ABOUT MCDANNO BROMANCE TOGETHER!


7. Social Media

I'm on the social media quite a lot especially Instagram and Twitter. And I've been exposed to the internet and social media since a young age so it makes it something that I can't really live without and also one of the many reasons why I am the person that I am today. Social media helped to shape my personality and to be honest, I am grateful for being exposed to the social media since I was young (yeah i used to fake my birth year).



So yeah. That's it. Thanks for wanting to read a post about little things about me and also written by me. If you stay and read till the end of this post, you are awesome! And as a gift here's a playlist that I just made and make me feel pretty productive.






#GIRLPOWER from nurrasyaz on 8tracks Radio.

Thank you for reading and have a fab weekend y'all xx

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