#1 Introduction!

Today marks not only the first day of one of my favourite months of the year - September is the month when summer collapses into fall in beautiful colours and when new dreams arise with the new school year - but also the start of the awesome-sauce Blog-tember Challenge, a great link-up hosted by Bailey Jean of Brave Love Blog!




The prompt for today is: Introduce yourself however you like! Pics, collage, vlog, your choice!

So, without further ado, here are some facts about the girl in the picture above!

• I'm 19 years old, and people either think I look older (because I get along with older people quite easily) or younger (because I'm really goofy and not at all a "proper lady"!)
• I'm an INFJ, aka an outgoing introvert. I love people, but I need some alone time to keep myself going!
• I have an extremely tall and handsome boyfriend, who goofs around with me all the time, but also knows my deep dark stuff and loves me for that. He's such a huge part of my life!
• I'm a med student at the University of Porto, starting my second year in two weeks, which excites me a lot (I really miss the people, the learning oportunities and the uni activities!) but also terrifies me, because anxiety and exams.
• I also study music! My #1 instrument is piano and I take musical theory classes as well, but I also play the guitar, and hopefully I'll buy an ukelele in the next few months.
• I named my guitars Hannah Baker and Hazel Grace, in honor of characters from my favourite books at the time I got them (13 Reasons Why and The Fault in Our Stars, respectively). I'm naming my future ukelele after a character from Game of Thrones, even though I haven't decided which one yet.
• I'm a total bookworm!! I take a book pretty much everywhere. My favourite book so far is The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. Currently, I'm reading A Dance with Dragons, the fifth book of A Song and Ice and Fire (the Game of Thrones saga). I've been reading all these books since Easter!
• If you talk to me about Harry Potter, Game of Thrones or Lord of the Rings, prepare for my massive fangirling and for a huge discussion. Seriously! This past weekend I started watching the first Harry Potter movie with some friends and had a massive fangirling and nostalgia attack.
• I secretly wish I could attend Hogwarts. In my dreams, I'd be in the Hogwarts Express as I type this.
• I love love love to sing.
• I am currently trying to learn as much as I can about photography. It's one of my favourite hobbies and I like to take my camera everywhere! I've recently invested on my analog camera and let's see how that turns out.
• My favourite time of the year is Christmas! Christmas stuff makes me so happy. My favourite season of the year is Autumn - I love the clothes, the falling leaves, drinking tea with scones and hot coffee.
• Panic! at the Disco have been my jam since the beginning of high school. Their most recent song, Death of a Bachelor, is soooo awesome!
• If I could go out and have coffee with someone of my choice right now, it would be Carrie Hope Fletcher, my favourite youtuber. Her book came on the mail yesterday and I can't wait to read it! She seems to be such a nice, caring and uplifting person, and she's a huge role model to me!
• God keeps me going, whether things are easy or difficult in my life. My faith is a huge part of my life; I'm a part of my church's youth choir, which has taught me a lot!

Wow, seems like I have a lot to say about myself. Thanks for sticking around and see you tomorrow, for Blog-tember Day Two!!

lots of love,

Mariana