Hello Lovelies! The "50 Random Facts" tag sounded like a fun thing to do and a good way for you guys to get to know me a little better. I believe that everybody has interesting, quirky parts of themselves which makes them unique and worth knowing. There is not a single person on this entire overgrown football of a planet called 'Earth' who is "boring" or "normal" in my opinion, it is just a case of listening to their stories and hearing what they have to say about themselves. So hopefully proving my point, below is a list of random facts about me which hopefully you will find interesting!
1. My name (Kira) is a compromise. My dad wanted to call me Shakira
and my mum disliked the name.
2. Every person I've ever told that to has proceeded to sing
'Hips Don't Lie' to me.
3. I am a very petite person which has earned me the nickname "Pixie". I'm 5 ft. 1
4. I dance, mainly street dance but I have dabbled in
contemporary, jazz, hip hop, tap, ballroom and salsa.
5. When I was younger I kept changing what I wanted to be when I grew up. Among the career choices were: scientist, actress, writer, Egyptologist, forensic psychologist and make up artist.
6. I have a phobia of mould, I even have nightmares about it sometimes!
7. I try to live by the motto "Make your life a story worth telling". (I didn't steal that from anywhere, it's just how I feel I will get the best out of my life. It's much better than YOLO!)
8. The imagination is the most
beautiful thing in the world to me.
9. I listen to pretty much all types of music. My iPod
consists of R&B, hip hop, rap, pop, reggae, dubstep, drum and bass, Latin
and classical among many other types of music.
10. I have naturally curly, unruly hair which has come to be
my defining feature.
11. I wanted to be a Power Ranger when I was younger. I didn't want to be the pink or yellow girl rangers, I wanted to be a special ranger like the silver one (but the special ones were always male which I found very unfair!)
12. My favourite colours are green and lilac.
13. <= my lucky number
14. I dream of getting my own work of fiction published one day.
15. I currently live in London, but I was born and bred in
Essex.
16. I have one younger brother who I love to bits.
17. My ethnic background is complicated: My mum is
Portuguese Malaysian with Dutch ancestry too and my dad was born in England but his parents are from
Gujarat, India. So basically I just say that I'm Eurasian, it's shorter.
18. <= is the age I was when I started this blog.
19. I've been told I have a 'crazy and cute' personality-
make of that what you will.
20. Sherbet Dip Dabs are my weakness.
21. My family is so important to me, including my huge extended family. I have 18 first cousins and I get on well with each and every one of them.
22. I have the most bizarre dreams, especially when I'm tired. I started a dream journal to record the ones that I can remember.
23. Sometimes I get story ideas from my dreams. I'm not sure if that counts as cheating when it comes to creativity or not.
24. I once had the same deja vu twice but over a year apart, I'm not even sure how that is possible.
25. I am a DVD, CD and book collector. I love owning physical copies of things that I buy so I hardly ever download things online. I'm single-handedly trying to keep HMV alive!
26. My favourite song of all time is older than I am and not even in English! My parents used to play it when I was a child so I grew up listening to it and it now holds great significance for me. It's 'Lambada' by Kaoma and it's sung in Brazillian Portuguese.
27. I want to get two tattoos. I know what I want them to be, where they'll be and even which artist I want to do them but I'm determined to tone up my body before I get them done.
28. My zodiac sign is Cancer
29. I really want to learn the steel drums. I once tried them and was told I was a natural!
30. I would love to become a make up artist and professional beauty blogger when I am older.
31. I strongly dislike romantic comedy films because I can't watch cringey things, it actually hurts me to watch embarrassing things. I can't even sit through an entire episode of Britain's Got Talent, I have to leave the room for the bad ones because I feel so embarrassed for them.
32. I love Disney and Pixar films, especially Mulan, The Lion King, Hercules, Monsters Inc. and Finding Nemo
33. My favourite non-animated films include The Shawshank Redemption, The Chorus, The Breakfast Club, Cool Runnings, Dirty Dancing and The Perks of Being a Wallflower. I also really like superhero films.
34. My favourite books include The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie, The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides, The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins, Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling, The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak and The Iliad by Homer
35. If I could have a holiday home abroad it would be on a Greek island like Chios or Mykonos. I love Greece so much. It has such amazing scenary, food and history and I have had many great experiences there in the past.
35. My name (Kira) means "beam of light" in Sanskrit, "like Ra (the Sun-god)" in Ancient Egyptian or "glitter" in Japanese!
36. I share my birthday with Tom Fletcher (member of the boyband Mcfly) and David Hasselhoff.
37. I can hold my breath underwater for a very long time. I love swimming underwater.
38. I really wish I could sing and draw well.
40. My favourite flowers are poppies, especially the Coral Reef, Victoria Louise and Oriental varieties.
41. I love people who have a passion for something. Just seeing the way their eyes light up when they talk about it is incredibly rewarding and instantly makes me like them more.
42. I have very low confidence and self esteem which has really hindered me in the past. It stopped me talking to people I didn't think would like me because I wasn't as 'cool' or 'interesting' as them but I'm trying to overcome that now.
43. I love long car/train journeys. They give me time to listen to music and just think or daydream.
44. I used to be a CCF Navy Cadet at my school. I worked my way up to the rank of Coxswain which I was very proud of. I really enjoyed being a cadet and even met the Earl of Wessex (Prince Edward) through it.
45. My favourite meal is my mum's lamb curry. I also really love lamb roasts, pizza and sushi. I have a soft spot for mum's crab curry too.
46. My reaction to shocking situations is either to laugh, cry or cover my face with my hands and collapse to the floor. None of these are usually deemed appropriate for the situation.
47. When I was 11 I danced the lead role in a one-off performance at Her Majesty's Theatre in London, it was a very proud moment for me.
48. I have been studying Latin for eight years (with another possible two to go) and I'm still nowhere near as good as I should be! I have a love/hate relarionship with the subject.
49. I got 6A*s and 4As at GCSE and A*AA at A level :)
50. I love making lists, I have them for absolutely everything! That said, I found this one quite hard to do!
Thanks for reading all the way to the end, you rock!
Kira xxx
23. Sometimes I get story ideas from my dreams. I'm not sure if that counts as cheating when it comes to creativity or not.
24. I once had the same deja vu twice but over a year apart, I'm not even sure how that is possible.
25. I am a DVD, CD and book collector. I love owning physical copies of things that I buy so I hardly ever download things online. I'm single-handedly trying to keep HMV alive!
26. My favourite song of all time is older than I am and not even in English! My parents used to play it when I was a child so I grew up listening to it and it now holds great significance for me. It's 'Lambada' by Kaoma and it's sung in Brazillian Portuguese.
27. I want to get two tattoos. I know what I want them to be, where they'll be and even which artist I want to do them but I'm determined to tone up my body before I get them done.
28. My zodiac sign is Cancer
29. I really want to learn the steel drums. I once tried them and was told I was a natural!
30. I would love to become a make up artist and professional beauty blogger when I am older.
31. I strongly dislike romantic comedy films because I can't watch cringey things, it actually hurts me to watch embarrassing things. I can't even sit through an entire episode of Britain's Got Talent, I have to leave the room for the bad ones because I feel so embarrassed for them.
32. I love Disney and Pixar films, especially Mulan, The Lion King, Hercules, Monsters Inc. and Finding Nemo
33. My favourite non-animated films include The Shawshank Redemption, The Chorus, The Breakfast Club, Cool Runnings, Dirty Dancing and The Perks of Being a Wallflower. I also really like superhero films.
34. My favourite books include The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie, The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides, The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins, Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling, The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak and The Iliad by Homer
35. If I could have a holiday home abroad it would be on a Greek island like Chios or Mykonos. I love Greece so much. It has such amazing scenary, food and history and I have had many great experiences there in the past.
35. My name (Kira) means "beam of light" in Sanskrit, "like Ra (the Sun-god)" in Ancient Egyptian or "glitter" in Japanese!
36. I share my birthday with Tom Fletcher (member of the boyband Mcfly) and David Hasselhoff.
37. I can hold my breath underwater for a very long time. I love swimming underwater.
38. I really wish I could sing and draw well.
40. My favourite flowers are poppies, especially the Coral Reef, Victoria Louise and Oriental varieties.
41. I love people who have a passion for something. Just seeing the way their eyes light up when they talk about it is incredibly rewarding and instantly makes me like them more.
42. I have very low confidence and self esteem which has really hindered me in the past. It stopped me talking to people I didn't think would like me because I wasn't as 'cool' or 'interesting' as them but I'm trying to overcome that now.
43. I love long car/train journeys. They give me time to listen to music and just think or daydream.
44. I used to be a CCF Navy Cadet at my school. I worked my way up to the rank of Coxswain which I was very proud of. I really enjoyed being a cadet and even met the Earl of Wessex (Prince Edward) through it.
45. My favourite meal is my mum's lamb curry. I also really love lamb roasts, pizza and sushi. I have a soft spot for mum's crab curry too.
46. My reaction to shocking situations is either to laugh, cry or cover my face with my hands and collapse to the floor. None of these are usually deemed appropriate for the situation.
47. When I was 11 I danced the lead role in a one-off performance at Her Majesty's Theatre in London, it was a very proud moment for me.
48. I have been studying Latin for eight years (with another possible two to go) and I'm still nowhere near as good as I should be! I have a love/hate relarionship with the subject.
49. I got 6A*s and 4As at GCSE and A*AA at A level :)
50. I love making lists, I have them for absolutely everything! That said, I found this one quite hard to do!
Thanks for reading all the way to the end, you rock!
Kira xxx
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