Young at Heart

Young at Heart van noelle1596 met sleeveless tops

My School Routine Tag

Since a lot of people are already going to be starting school this week or have already started school, I figured it might be a fun idea to do some Back To School posts in the upcoming weeks. To start things off, I figured a tag might be nice! So let's start with the 'My School Routine Tag'!

Q1: How long does it take you to get to school?
It usually takes me about 45 minutes to get to school, since I live in a small town and the college I go to is smackdab in the middle of the nearest city. I take a buss and then a tram to get there, followed by five minutes of walking.

Q2: What do you like to eat for lunch at school?
Most of the time I will bring a pasta salad to school, it's easy and super yummy, but also a lot healthier than the stuff most of my classmates buy at the school cantine. If I'm in a hurry, I will buy something to eat at school, a smoked salmon and lettuce wrap is my favorite.

Q3: What classes are you going to be taking?
I'm actually not going to be taking classes for the next five months as I'm going to be interning at a local theatre at their PR & Marketing department! I'm sooo excited, but also slightly terrified as I've never had an office job before, but I'm sure I'll get used to it soon enough!

Q4: What's your favorite subject?
In High School my favorite subject was Maths and English, but now that I am in college I don't take those classes anymore. Now my favorite classes are Business English, Budgeting and Statistics. I like working with numbers...

Q5: What's your least favorite subject?
In my High School days I used to hate History and Geography with a fiery passion, but since I'm in college now my most hated subject is probably Internal Communications. It's just not my thing.

Q6: What year are you in?
I'm going to be starting my third year at college in a few weeks. Time has literally flown by!

Q7: What time do you get out of school?
In the past two years my schedule has been everchanging. I would have school from one to three one day and from 9 to six the next! My schedule is going to be a lot more dependable in the next few months, seeing as I will be working a 9 to 5 job!

Q8: What do you like to wear to school?
Anything and everything, really. I've never had a dress code to follow and I have quite a broad taste in fashion, so I can't really pin my style down. A normal outfit for me would usually be a dress and heels though.

Q9: How early do you wake up for school?
As I mentioned earlier, I didn't really have a set schedule for school, so I got up at a different time almost every day. I need at least an hour and a half to get ready, though, so that's going to be fun when I actually start working in a few weeks.

Q10: What's your favorite item in your backpack?
It's a tie between my planner and my bronze notebook. I am a planner girl at heart and can't imagine going even a day without my planner, so that's a definite must have for me. But then there's my bronze notebook that I schlep around everywhere I go. It has about every story idea in it I've ever had, so it's super special to me and I would be devastated if I ever lost it!

Okay, that was all for today's tag! This was so much fun to write, back to school honestly is my favorite time of the year! 

One for my baby (and one for the road)

One for my baby (and one for the road) by noelle1596 featuring a wool hat

Review: Sweeney Todd The Musical

 

A few weeks ago me and my dad went on a little father-daughter trip to Amsterdam where we saw the musical Sweeney Todd in 't Zonnehuis. I gave him the tickets as a Father's day present, because we both really enjoy the story and the gruesomeness of the play. What can I say, I like my stories a little morbid and gross!

The venue where the play was going to be performed was a little weird at first. It looked like a cross between a high school and a nunnery, once inside the theatre it still didn't look quite right. Even when we sat down, I wasn't that impressed with the set. It seemed really simple and even though that is not necessarily a bad thing, I was a little worried!

But then, the music started and the first sentence was sung and I was in love. The actors used the room in such a way that you fully forget this wasn't real. That the story of Sweeney Todd wasn't actually happening around me, that I wasn't a part of it all. 

To me, this is what takes a musical from great to incredible, if the cast can make me forget it is a musical. And boy oh boy, did this cast manage to do that! 

By the way, let's talk about the cast, because to be completely honest, I found out about this musical because of its lead. René van Kooten is a Dutch actor who I think is absolutely amazing. I saw him in two more musicals: The Musical Zorro and Jersey Boys. And let me tell you, AMAZING!

So, when I heard he was going to be playing the role of Sweeney Todd, a fictional character I adore, I just knew I had to see it. Totally worth the watch! Also, the woman who played Mrs. Lovett? Couldn't have been more perfect! Her voice and appearance truly matched the image I have in my head when I think of the lovely Mrs. Lovett. 

So, all in all. If you're a fan of morbid humour, murder and musicals, you need, need, need to go see this musical!