28 August 2013

People I Want To See In Concert!

Hey Guys!

Ok so I am going to do a post about 10 artists/bands I would love to see live! These are in no particular order, and are people I haven't seen in over a year (in some cases) I love these peoples peoples music or would love to experience them in concert for theatrical or staging reasons! Obviously there are plenty more but these are the ones I can think of now.

1. Coldplay-I love, love, love Coldplay and missed out on them last year because I chose to go to Ed Sheeran before realising that Coldplay was coming to NZ. One of the biggest regrets of last year :c

2. 30 Seconds To Mars- I would actually die if I got to see them live. My life would come to its highest point and I will forever be in an Echelon fan-girl mindset. I just LOVE them.

3. Panic At The Disco!- Ok Brendan Urie's voice is just beautiful and live it is just *ovaries explode* worthy. Not just this but this was one of my childhood bands and I really, really enjoy their music.

4.P!nk- She is probably one of my favourite female artists, she is wonderful and so unique in her styling and personality. I would die if I got to see her live and my cousin would probably hate me, but she is just wow!

5. Imagine Dragons- I missed out on seeing them this year because I was so out of the loop about them coming to New Zealand. they are probably my favourite band of the last year and their music is definately in my preferred genre. They are just AWESOME

6 Walk The Moon- One of my favourite un-mainstrean bands. They have great music, which is catchy and strangely relatable. They are quirky and different which suits their alternative genre perfectly!

7.Lady Gaga- Her stage presents alone would be AMAZING and one of the best concerts I would ever go to if I had the chance, she seems like she would be extraordinary.

8. Fall Out Boy- They were one of my favourite childhood bands and still are. Their music never seems to downgrade and is always so gooooood! I love Fall Out Boy so much!

9. Beyonce- She would be an amazing show to see. Both her vocals and dancing alone would definately win me over. I may not be the biggest fan of her music but it would be a huge regret if I got the oppurtunity and never went. Imagine if Jay-Z was there too.

10. Paramore-Definately at the top of my list for bands I love. Hayley Williams seems so energetic and would be soooo awesome to see live! Paramore is amazing!

Moya xxx


26 August 2013

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Ed Sheeran!

So I actually went to Ed Sheerans concert in Auckland earlier this year, I think it was March. I went with 3 of my friends and it was one of my favourite days of the year so far. We left Henderson transport centre at 6.45am, more than 12 hours before the concert was actually to begin, just so we could line up and hopefully get a good place inside the arena.

We arrived at the actual arena at around 8am after buying Subway for the day and we sat about 20 metres away from the door, suprised to find out people had camped out from the night before. I decided to take one picture every hour and here are a my photos from the day:

2 Hours In Line!

Me being very happy at 3 hour in line! We had just moved up
heaps!
Lolly scramble! I don't look very happy :L 4 hours
Ring Pops! At 5 hours :D Thanks ZM!
My saviour! Gave me something to read as well as fan
myself, it was hot :L 6 hours!

The line at 6 and a half hours! 

7 hours, we were standing up!





Us at the front of the line, just before the concert!

























So the whole day was pretty fun and I met some really awesome people in line! I think it was definately worth the wait and the concert was so good!
Passenger was the opening act (well one but I forgot the other ones name, I think it may have been Gabrielle Aplin or something like that) and he was so so so good and had the most AMAZING stage presents, he was one of the best opening acts I have ever experienced. He sung around 5 songs I guess, and also one duet with Ed during the concert they sung 'Hearts On Fire'and it was beautiful!

Ok, Ed was just AMAZING he is such an awesome person to see live and his stage presents and audience connection is just wonderful,he was great! He sung the majority of the songs off his album '+' and then a couple others like covers and stuff. At one point of the concert he was like a metre away from us and we all sort of died a bit :3 Also he walked of stage at one point, everyone thought the show was finished but everyone in the audience was screaming 'Encore' and what did we know, Ed came back and did about 4 more songs, ending with the 'You Need Me I Don't Need You' extended edition, so it was about 20 minutes long and we got to sing as the 'West Side Story' families, the right being the Sharks and the left being the Jets
it was great! WSS is one of my favourite musicals!

The most memorable part of the whole concert was at the beginning of one of his songs, I forgot which one :L, he asked the whole audience to be dead quiet and for about a minute, and he did, he got around 15,000 people to be dead quiet and it was serene, I had never experienced something like it before.

I would definately recommend going to see Ed Sheeran if you are even only slightly interested in his music, he is amazing live and I have no regrets going, except for my lost voice and sore feet after wards (as we were standing right infront of the stage).

Moya xxx

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Heres some more pics:
Ed and opening act! Duet of Kiss Me, from his album +

Ed Ed Ed!

Ed and Passengers duet 'My Hearts On Fire'

Ed standing quite close!

About 10 minutes before the concert begun










17 August 2013

My Hair Routine!

Hey there my fellow Explorers ;D

So I thought that just coz I would give you guys an insight into my hair routine! So I have very curly,thick hair so I found this cool way to do it through my friend...

Ok, thanks to one of my friends, Nigya, I discovered a good soap-free way of washing your hair. The two substances may sound weird but trust me, once you try it, you will never go back to shampoo and conditioner.

So. The 2 products in this are baking soda and vinegar(I use malt but you can use cider vinegar or white vinegar also). It sounds weird but it is such a good result.

So to do this, you mix equal amounts of baking soda to water, until a paste is formed, do this in a plastic container with a lid, so when you get in the shower no more water gets into it.

After this dilute the vinegar about 1 part vinegar to 3 parts water. You can do this in the shower.

To use the baking soda paste, massage it into your roots and scalp and a small amount onto the ends. This exfoliates the scalp and helps remove dirt or loose hair. This is the equivalent to shampoo.

Rinse this out. (I usually rinse about half way out)

Then with the vinegar, add small amounts to the ends of your hair bit by bit. Also adding a tiny bit to your scalp. At this point your hair with actually start foaming as a reaction between the two but just rub this into your hair as well.

After leaving it in for about 2 to 5 minutes rinse thoroughly. (I rinse for about 5 minutes, as a precaution)

This is suitable for all hair types and if you have very curly hair, like me, your curls should be a lot more defined after using this.


Since starting this I have actually reduced the amount of times I wash my hair in a week and now try to aim for washing it every 4 to 5 days and the outcome is so much better and my hair is so much healthier since I started this.

Ok and if you are worried your hair does not smell after using this routine if you clean your hair out properly.

Tip: You can put an egg into your hair 10 minutes before showering and rinse it out at entrance for extra soft hair.


Thanks everyone!

Moya xxx

16 August 2013

Just A Little Look Into My August!

Hey guys!

I think I need to give you guys a name...what about the Explorers! Omg! That's so cuteeee :3 Moya and the Explorers!
So I haven't really done an update blog in a while and everyone may be thinking what my life is up to. So the last time I really did this was in my school break which was 3 weeks ago now, sorry :L

Anyway, the last few weeks I have been really busy with school and internals. If you do NCEA you will know what this is but if not it is assignments and tests for each subject during the course of your school year which do end up helping you for your externals which are the end of year exams. I have had two English internals to hand in 8 essays/stories together. So my last one I handed in today which consisted of 2 creative pieces, which once I get them back I am thinking about opening a blog for my writing and art! I have also been working on my Art Board due in about 9 weeks D: This board consists of 3 briefs, mine being a Double Page Spread, a Bus Stop Poster and a logo, using a art model, I used Supakitch and Koralie (look them up they are awesome!) and work that you have done throughout the year, all that goes onto 2 boards that are A1 in size. I am also currently working on a History internal, Classics internal, Textiles internal and preparing for Mock Exams D; Wish me luck!

 I haven't really brought much this month as I have been busy saving up for two of my close friends birthday,which is soon! (Hey Nigya! You usually read my blog ;D) And also buying their presents and stuff! But I am thinking about a Haul Post about stuff I brought in the holidays and stuff like that!

I have a new hair colour, which isn't really suprising, I do change it quite often, at least 3 or 4 times a year. It is chestnut brown/gingery at the moment. Also Bruce Springstien was announced to come to New Zealand this morning which is just awesome :D Also Imagine Dragons are coming soon and Big Day Out tickets are released soon and PEARL JAM AND THE LUMINEERS WILL BE THERE!!!!!! I die ;.;

Apart from that I haven't really done much, I am however in need to finalise or start to actually think what I want to do when I leave school and what I'll do for Uni which is only a year and a half away! It is stressful, I need to decide on my subjects for next year and how many I want to do. I am very worried, I have no idea what I want to do D:

So how have you guys been? You can leave a comment or contact me.

Moya xxx

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11 August 2013

My 100 Top FAVOURITE SONGS OF ALL TIME!

So my 'My Music Favourites' got heaps of response and pageviews I thought I would narrow it down more and do my favourite 100 songs of ALL time! There is a huge mix of genre, time, bands, artists etc in this mix. Some of these song are also from musicals and movies or shows!

This is in no particular order and many of these songs are modern songs, or songs I have been brought up with! I am going to do this mostly in artist or band.
Like any other one of these posts GIVE ME SUGGESTIONS! I love listening and finding new stuff, especially music.

1. Let It Be-The Beatles
2. Blackbird-The Beatles
3. I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You-The Black Kids (also The Twelves remix)
4. Off With Your Head-Yeah Yeah Yeahs!
5.Come On Eileen-Dexy's Midnight Runners
6. Hereos-David Bowie
7. Smooth Criminal-Michael Jackson
8. They Don't Care About Us-Michael Jackson
9. Beat It-Michael Jackson
10. Isn't She Lovely-Stevie Wonder
11. Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours-Stevie Wonder
12. Cell Block Tango-Chicago
13. All That Jazz-Chicago
14. Come What May-Moulin Rouge! <3333 *My Heart Dies*
15. Sparkling Diamonds-Moulin Rouge!
16. Defying Gravity-Wicked
17. Popular-Wicked
18. Figure 8-Ellie Goulding (A/N: I met her and she said she loved my name :3)
19. Anything Could Happen-Ellie Goulding
20. Cough Syrup-Young The Giant
21. Anna Sun-Walk The Moon
22. That's What You Get-Paramore
23. Ignorance-Paramore
24. How To Be A Heartbreaker-Marina and the Diamonds
25.SING-My Chemical Romance
26. I Don't Love You-My Chemical Romance
27. Linger-The Cranberries
28.Zombie-The Cranberries
29. Chop Suey-System Of A Down
30. Guardian Angel-Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
31. Hollywood Whore-Papa Roach
32. Empire State Of Mind-Jay-Z f.t. Alicia Keys (A/N: My fave rap song EVER)
33. Forever Young-Alphaville
34. Skinny Love-Bon Iver
35. Say What You Need To Say-John Mayer
36. Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy?-Fall Out Boy
37. Sugar, We're Going Down-Fall Out Boy
38. This Ain't A Scene-Fall Out Boy
39. Alpha Dog-Fall Out Boy
40. What A Catch Donnie-Fall Out Boy
41. It's Time-Imagine Dragons
42. Radioactive-Imagine Dragons
43.Somewhere Only We Know-Keane
44. Lying Is The Most Fun A Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off-Panic At The Disco!
45. New Perspective-Panic At The Disco!
46. I Write Sins Not Tragedies-Panic At The Disco!
47. 9 In The Afternoon-Panic At The Disco
48. Numb-Lincoln Park
49. Little Talks-Of Monsters And Men
50. Wake Me Up-Evanescence
51. Lithium-Evanescence
52. Closer To The Edge-30 Seconds To Mars
53. From Yesturday-30 Seconds To Mars
54.Hurricane-30 Seconds To Mars
55. What I Am-Will.I.Am (Sesame Street)
56. Black and Gold-Sam Sparrow
57. Valerie-Amy Winehouse
58. Rehab-Amy Winehouse
59. Don't Let Me Get Me-P!nk
60. Perfect-P!nk
61. Just Like A Pill-P!nk
62. Some Nights-FUN
63. Homeless-Ed Sheeran
64. Small Bump-Ed Sheeran
65. U.N.I.-Ed Sheeran
66. Ho Hey-The Lumineers
67. C'mon-Kesha
68. Die Young-Kesha
69. A Whole New World-Aladdin (Disney)
70. Kiss The Girl-The Little Mermaid (Disney)
71. I'll Make A Man Out Of You-Mulan (Disney)
72. Hakuna Matata-Lion King (Disney)
73. I Just Can't Wait To Be King-Lion King (Disney)
74. We've Got Tonight-Kenny Rogers/Sheena Easton cover
75. Kiss-Prince
76. Bohemian Rhapsody-Queen
77. Fat Bottomed Girls-Queen
78. Shake It Up-Florence And The Machines
79. You've Got The Love-Florence And The Machines
80. Fighter-Christina Aguilera
81. Hold It Against Me-Britney Spears
82. Oops I Did It Again-Britney Spears
83. Slave For You-Britney Spears
84. Bring It All Back-S-Club 7
85. Hot Patootie-Rocky Horror Picture Show
86. Time Warp-Rocky Horror Picture Show
87. Far Away-Nickelback (A/N: I hate this band, yet I absolutely love this song!)
88. Tears In Heaven-Eric Clapton
89. Knocking On Heavens Door-Bob Dylan
90. Love Shack-B 52
91. Wake Me Up Before You Go Go-Wham!
92. Uptown Girl-Billy Joel
93. Piano Man-Billy Joel
94. New York State Of Mind-Billy Joel
95. Nobody's Home-Avril Lavigne
96. I'm With You-Avril Lavigne
97. Misery-The Maine
98. Misery-Maroon 5(A/N: Yes these are both completely different songs, not covers)
99.She Will Be Loved-Maroon 5
100. Sunday Morning-Maroon 5

Ok, remember I am always up for suggestions!
It was so hard to pick these, you should listen to the songs you don't know!

Moya xxx

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7 August 2013

Polyvore!

Hey guys!

Sorry about the lack of updates, my internet has been screwed up for the past week or so. Have you guys heard of Polyvore? If you haven't and you like fashion, beauty and even interior design you should go to it!
Its pretty much creating a set or collection of clothes, furniture etc.

If you join follow me, my user name is moyatheexplorer

Moya xox

1 August 2013

Recommendations!

Hi everyone!
So I am out of recommendation of movies,music, bands, books etc...that I could look at. If there is any band, singer, artist, books or movies you guys have seen and want to spread around please share them with me!

Here are some questions you could answer for me by telling me in the comments below, email me at moyabaker@gmail.com or telling me on twitter at https://twitter.com/MoyaTheExplorer!

1. What is your favourite band? Whats your favourite song or songs from them?
2. Who is your favourite singer? What is their song/s you like the most?
3.Is there a movie you have watched and been stuck in your mind? If so, what?
4.Who is your favourite author?
5.Whats your favourite book?

I hope to hear back from yous!

Moya xxx