PRODUCT REVIEW: Fujifilm Instax 210!

Fujifilm have released a new range of instant film cameras, very similar to the classic polaroids that everyone loves! 
I have recently bought one of these fujifilm cameras and love it!! It enables you to:
- lighten or darken the picture, depending on the time of day 
- change the focus from setting '0.9-3m' or '3m-more'
- turn the flash off and on! 
The photo is taken on the instant film, but in a landscape format, which makes it easier to fit all your friends in the one photo and capture more of the subject.
Having previously been using a polaroid instant camera, i am enjoying my new one a lot more as the film is  so much cheaper and easier to buy! This camera is a tiny bit expensive but it is definitely worth it!!
If any of you want to buy one of these cameras or already have one post a comment and tell me what you think of it :) 

I have recently been sucked in to the life of EMILY IRIS and her family. This enchanting, powerful book is set in the 60's in Johannesburg, where the Iris family welcome a family of 'Gypsie' travellers from Australia in to their home. Not knowing what to think of the family, an early warning from the Iris' trusty night-guard Buza, a native African, is ignored. The adventures of Emily and her sister Sarah untangle throughout the book and with a surprise ending in store, the book is hard to put down. 

Written in the perspective of the 12 year-old, the writing was an easy read and extremely tense and enjoyable! 

I wont do a full book review and expose the story, otherwise it might ruin the story! 

I rate this book - ☆☆☆☆ out of 5 stars! 

learning to drive.

In life, we come to many stop signs. We take our foot of the accelerator and come to a stop. We relax and wait. But many people are impatient and just want to speed of as soon as the light hits green, as though they are escaping from something but is it something to run from or hide from? is it something we should try to avoid? 
Through our eyes we may see the shortest way to get somewhere is to take the short-cuts that have no traffic lights, no speed bumps and no round-abouts. In my opinion, everyone needs traffic lights, a place to stop, relax and think, even if it makes you that one minute late or it may ruin your plans completely they are there for a reason. Speed bumps, well... dont we all make mistakes and somehow manage to apologise and forgive? we learn from our mistakes and we learn from all the speed bumps in life whether they are good or bad. Everyone has their ups and downs and nothing better to put you in the place of someone else than a round-about... continuously turning, depending on those around you to make the right choices too - eventually escaping and on to the clear road again. 
No matter how many turns you make and not matter how much you reverse, there will always be traffic lights, speed bumps and round-abouts in life. Whether you choose to abide by the road rules is up to you. But just remember, everything happens for a reason. 

let the rain fall down

After a week full of stress, pain and confusion comes a long weekend of storms and continuous rain. 
As much as rain and the clouds, thunder and lightning restricts you of doing wonderful things outside - for me its a chance to wash away all the pain and suffering and start fresh. For every time lightning strikes and every time the thunder roars and makes my windows rattle it makes me see that there are other things in life i should be afraid of but i wont be. I am afraid of what the future holds and afraid of what might be... but i have nothing to be afraid of. Life is something that many people wish they could give someone, life is something that many people have lost. We are taking life for granted, living each day knowing that there is a high chance of the next. But the day you are laying flat on your back, staring at the stars, making a wish knowing that it wont come true is the day you realise you have to fight for the things you want in life. You have to fight for your future, not afraid of what will happen tomorrow. Trust in fate and fortune that each day brings happiness and joy, and if those things are missing... look forward to tomorrow. 

pure. impure.

Are people pure anymore? The type of purity by which one is them-self, not trying to impress others or be someone they aren't? We all start out as glasses of water, a simple and pure glass of water, but along the way we are mixed. Cordials and Spirits. Once mixed, it's hard to return. People always change and people always leave but sometimes they come back - sometimes, they are poured out and given the chance to become pure again, their glass is refilled. 
Are you a glass of cordial? or is the bottle about to tip?...
Just think of the person you are and who you want to be before you take the next step, after all... What's better for you? Water or Cordial?  

wake up!

Waking up is one of the hardest things to do. Whether it be literally waking up or realising something you have been hiding away, but there will always be the end of the track, with a no turning back sign and the only way to keep going is to wake up and face reality. Face the world around you. Be the person you set out to be. Because as much as you like dreaming - dreaming of a world with no violence and nothing to stop you from doing the things you love - there is a time and place for you to wake-up, open your eyes and fix any unsolved problems. Answer any un-asnwered questions. In the end, no matter how disoriented your life may be and no matter how badly things are going, it is up to you to change what is happening around you. Be the honest person you need to be, be honest to yourself and think realistically - because this is when your dreams will come true.