This film is an excerpt and recreation from the wildly popularly book “13 Reasons Why” by Jay Asher.
The story is a mystery about a young girl who chooses to leave cassette tapes to the people who had a hand in her fateful decision,  her decision to take her own life.

It’s a story of choices and the everyday dramas that make up the life of American teens and how, in this case, these dramas led to a devastating choice. This riveting award-winning tale leaves us with a hopeful message as it comes to an end; it helps us all recognize what we can do to help the ones around us. More of those tapes can be seen and heard here: http://tinyurl.com/hannahbaker

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High school – love it, hate it or just endure it!
Teens receive a lot of stick about their general behaviour but adolescent life has never been easy, especially in today’s society.  Rumors and reputations often run rife in school, and it can all become too much to handle when there are already so many other fundamental issues to deal with, like sexual identity and development, romance, ethical pressures, and peer pressure – that’s just mentioning a few! Sometimes, it can all add up to a pretty traumatic experience and, the sad reality is, that some girls (and guys) buckle under all that physiological pressure and end up taking their own life.

Jay Asher’s debut novel, Thirteen Reasons Why, relates well to these contemporary pressures and it will tug at your heartstrings. The story is of Hannah, a girl who takes her own life, and is told in dual narratives, through Hannah herself and her classmate, and admirer, Clay. Hannah leaves a bunch of tapes on which she’s recorded her reasons why she chose to commit suicide. Some of those tapes can be heard here http://tinyurl.com/hannahbaker.

The story is both intricate and compelling and reminds us that there’s always so much more to a person that just what’s on the surface.

 Plugs:  Trypp, Sally,

Smelling out perfume samples - Amor Amor by Cacharel = !! I definately want it soooo bad!! I love smelling out different perfumes

Sushi experiment = Great Success! - I  made over 20 of these babies and put the pics on flickr here & here! They were super tasty (& the eaters agree with me wholeheartedly!) Even the Salmon with Mango sauce turned out to be super amazing (though a little too yellowish for my tastes!).

Wrapping up Gifts - Wrapping everything up, trying to find a cute gift tag & printing out all mailing lables! Now all’s left is writing the cards & the little letter  & off my gifts go spread out in the world bringing joy to sweet friends!!

Friend’s Bday Bash - Pics also on flickr (though the majority are conceiled from the public eye lol and only available for contacts!) we had a 3 day celebration, but myyyyy favourite was Saturday’s! Woohooo booozeeeee!

Doodling - Sketching out various logos for the webbie (yes, i’m planning to give the s-g.net it’s own logo kids! It’s a mini project for BIGGER things coming up soon!)

Planning out Marketing Strategy - Yupp, already planned out what to do all next year to make s-g.net even more popular and better than ever!! (i promise!) I was supposed to plan and implement this summer but i ended up doing almost nothing (bad me!) Keep your eyes peeled mon amis!

Free Week - Where has the office nerd gone?? Sick at home and we’re freeeee from him for a whole week and a half!!!! Oh gosh, i don’t want next monday to come

 Plugs:  Jennifer, Sakuzo,

Are you addicted to Lipbalms? I know i am! i’ve been searching for the perfect lip balm for ages. Here are some of the brands i make use of:

• The Bodyshop Lipbalm (with SPF15, great for the Summer! But disappoingly scentless.)
• The Bodyshop scented lipbalms (which you apply with your fingers - i have Strawberry, Peach & Mango, Plum & Cranberry … but that also means you can’t apply them as fast as using a normal tube)
• Lush LipService (really nice, but it doesn’t have any smell and it’s a bit tricky to apply, you have to warm it with your fingers first for best results!)
• Nivea Lip repair (It’s the one with the green lable, only used for really cold weather when my lips are pretty much chapped to death!)

But in my opinion … the best ever lipbalms that i started using (& have been using for now a year!) and the one i really recommend buying are the Skittles Lipsmackers <3 They smell & taste amazing & perfect for the magical kissing moment!

They’re not expensive and i really recommend buying a pack instead of on their own. Most of the time special packs contain a variety of the skittles lipsmackers (in mine i have the normal variety and the tropical one). If you’re buying online of course, a pack will save you on shipping as they’re very lightweight

The lipbalm goes on sheer & the smell lasts for the longest time. Most important of all, they instantly soften the lips and they’re not sticky at all (it guarantees you won’t get nasty looks from your partner i promise!) - just make sure you pick up the flavour they like (no banana or lime flavour for me please! … I actually gave one to my little cousin & one to my friend whose a certified lime addict!!)

If you don’t need all of them, you can always use them as stocking fillers! Your girly friends will love them for sure

What’s flavour / scent is your Libalm addiction?

 Plugs:  Jennifer, afef, Jasmine, Viki, Amanda, Wyther Wyskers, Shaina, Sakuzo, Ayame, Mercedes, faye, kei, Daniela, Natalie, Jessie, Gel, mhaye, AmeriGlide, Soph, Angelica, Lexie, Holly,

Have you ever heard about Comparison Shopping Websites? Have you ever made use of them or do you think that you don’t think you need to use one? Think again! Shogging can really make your life a LOT easier by helping you find exactly what you’re looking for and at KILLER prices!!

Just either use the super easy search form on the home page or search for the products by the categories The website is also super awesome for gifts inspirations thanks to the featured lists situated on the homepage Instant inspiration!! You can choose to filter the items that are brought up in your research by selecting the most appropriate price range that you’re willing to pay, selecting the brand you mostly like, and choosing your favourite merchants Each item in the result may have a blog post written on it by another user (or you can add it yourself!) and get this … a link to SPECIAL PRICES & OFFERS relevant to what you’re looking for is also given instantly with each item listed in your research! omg! Where else would you find such amazing features if not at Shogging huh?? I promise you that once you visit this website … you’ll never ever do without it again!!

 Plugs:  Ayame,

Here’s a new blogging series i’ll be writing up until December 25th! You think that it’s still a bit too early for planning out your festive season? Think again! Here are a bunch of stuff that YOU SHOULD DO before the month of December creeps up on us!

Decide on your outfits - The biggest headache for the holiday season is most definately “omg! What am i going to wear?!”, now’s the right time to see what’s going to be in fashion (even if you don’t give a damn & want to be unique or you’re anti-fashion, i suggest you look around & WHAT TO AVOID then!). Get yourself a Polyvore account and get creating the perfect look for yourself! Trust me, you’ll love yourself for planning out what to buy beforehand for the numerous occasions in December! Last year i had over 15 social events so it was the BIGGEST headache to think up all the outfits beforehand (especially if in most of them you’ll be meeting the same people OUCH!)

Buy your outfits - It’s a MUST if you’re buying your clothes online (shipping gets SUPER SLOW at these times of year) but i also find it very very useful for buying clothes from shops! The closer we move to December 25th, the less stock the shops have (not to mention, the more expensive & LACK OF SIZES!). Besides, buying clothes from shops right now guarantees you won’t end up seeing someone else wearing your same clothes!

Book your hair appoinments, facials & what not - If you want to grab hold of the best appointment times which are most comfortable for you, you should really get a move on!

Book the places where you’ll be partying - Book the restaurant where you want to dine on christmas eve, or hold the office celebration or hotel to stay at overnight right now! You won’t beleive how blinding fast these places get fully booked! Don’t let this spoil all your plans!

Start a mini diet - The holiday season is also known as the season which usually piles up pounds on our bodies. If you still want to enjoy all the sweets and savouries at the various family gatherings, buffets and restaurant celebrations then it’s best to start taking care of your intake right now so as to prevent from waking up on January 2nd feeling bloated, sick, puffed up & whale-ish!! (Beleive me, it happened last year from attending WAY TOO MANY social events and it’s what started me to change my WHOLE diet afterwards!)

Start doing physical activity - This goes hand in hand with the previous point

Start making a list of card receivers - & start collecting the addresses! Most of the time people pop up on the list unexpectedly & you don’t want to risk of leaving anyone out! I like to take my time writing cards and personalize each one i send out So i take a hell of a long time!

Write & send out the cards & gifts for friends abroad - At this time of year, the post gets incredibly slow, so if you want your gifts and cards to arrive on time by xmas even abroad, it’s best to send them by the second week of november!

Start thinking gradually about the gifts, make a list - You’ll thank yourself for this. It will releive you a major hassle in the last few days of preparations.

Book your vacation leave at work - Most workplaces operate on the first come first serve procedure, so make sure you won’t spoil any parties or miss out on anything important because you have to replace your workmate!!

 Plugs:  Jennifer, afef, Holly,

Shopping in really big hypermarkets - Weeee! Perfect for running about at high speeds in big shopping trolleys, poking at weird food (zebra meat, crocodile meat, ostrich meat just to name a few!), getting my fill of healthy food, & staring at picture perfect fruit & veg (buying them and displaying them in yo fridge)! I LOVE going to the supermarket!

Cooking weird stuff - I got all my ingredients ready to try more recipies this weekend from the iyogalife website! This week i’ll me making SUSHI & Salmon with Mango sauce! Weeee!

This week’s episode of Gossip Girl -It was amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing! I didn’t want it to end HONESTLY!

Finishing up another star jar -As soon as my order from Opane arrived, i dashed into making another star jar to take with me to the office and decorate my desk with it Picture of it soon!

More Preparations for xmas! -Bought some super awesome looking wrapping paper to start wrapping those gifts and get sending out!!

New Blogging Series! - Expect a new series of Blog posts on a particular topic each month from now on  (consisting of 1 post on the topic each week!) - a new idea i just got last Tuesday!! I’ve got so many posting ideas that i had to make them all scheduled! Expect big things m’dears!

Weekend already planned -This weekend’s already planned out & it’s super full!! Cannot talk about what’s going to happen though because it’s a surprize: expect lots of pictures in flickr though!!

New American President - Hurray they finally official elected Obama as president! & HOPEFULLY the world’s economy will be back up on it’s feet again!

 Plugs: