~Colourful Kaleidoscopes~

  T r o u b l e s, T r i a l s, a n d T r i u m p h s (My Third Blogiversary Post) "C'est la vie." ('Such is life' in French) A screenshot I took in Ecos: La Brea. W hat a year. So many losses, so many gains. And once again, very few new blog posts! 😅 With so many things going on in my life, I wondered if I should even continue my blog... but then I met a new friend (who goes by DaShadow) and ended up showing my blog to him. For the first time, I felt as if I had found someone who truly appreciated what I put together on my blog. He was fascinated by its uniqueness and by the way I wrote, forming a different perspective on the world. Thanks to him, I felt inspired and encouraged to continue writing posts from time to time. I have no idea if you are reading this, DaShadow, but if you are, thank you. For this post, I decided to put together some of the major events from last year that stood out to me, both good (the triumphs), bad (the troubles), and in between (th...

 Practical German Habits (That I Wish the States Had as Well) "People are very open-minded about new things... as long as they're exactly like the old ones." ~Charles Kettering Picture taken in Germany on March 3, 2022. G uten Tag! Wie geht es euch? Today, I am sharing a post about Germany and some practical things they do in their day-to-day lives. My family is German, so my sisters and I have visited Germany four times so far (2014, 2017, 2019, & 2022). We're mostly fluent and quite familiar with many German traditions and ways, many of which we even incorporate into our daily lives. At a brief glance, German life and American life don't seem too different (after all, they're both part of Western Civilization). But there are quite a few things that Germans do differently, and in my opinion, make more sense. I was inspired to make this post after my mom sent me this video made by an American family who moved to Germany. They make lots of videos showing wh...

    Q u b o : A F e w o f  G e n  Z 's  N o s t a l g i a "I just really gravitate towards a nostalgia for a time when things were simpler." ~Emmy Rossum The Qubo Channel Logo I t's a breezy autumn day in a suburban neighbourhood in the foothills. The sun is shining with the last rays of warmth for the season, the light illuminating the trees in a brilliant glow of amber and gold. A mother strolls on the sidewalk as her three small children trudge through the leaves that litter the side of the road. They're on their way home from the bus stop, where the two older ones had gotten off from a long and tiring day at school. After arriving at their warm, familiar home, they put their stuff away and have some dinner: Chef Boyardee ravioli. It was getting too dark and cold outside to play in the yard, so afterward, they settled in the living room in front of the TV to watch some kids' shows from the only channel they received a signal for: Qubo. Doki (a show I hardl...

  ... I m a g i n e ... A Parable: Written by Hividah [Reposted from my now deleted blog.] "To make a difference, you don't have to be brilliant, beautiful, or perfect. You just have to  care ." ~Mandy Hale Imagine if you took a few minutes out of your busy day to read this... ~ * ~ I magine if there were only one home you could live in. It's the largest home there is, with plenty of space for you and everyone else you share it with. Imagine if there were a homeowner, someone who made sure that the home kept running and that everyone was alive and well. Imagine that the homeowner was very kind and generous, giving you everything you ever needed and wanted, letting you do and use whatever you wanted. Imagine if suddenly, you find out that they're coming down with a fever. You know that without them, you would die. That scares you, so you pretend that they're okay and that their fever isn't real. So you, and most others, continue to live your lives the same ...

    M y   T w o - Y e a r   B l o g i v e r s a r y (Also, Where Have I Been?) "Always trust your gut instincts. They are messages from your soul, telling you which way to go." ~Unknown A screenshot I took from WCUE on Roblox. W ow. Two years already? And what have I done in that time?! The answer is keeping busy, waiting, changing/growing as a person, learning, and trying new things. Yes, I've neglected my blog, but I do not plan to abandon it quite yet. After all, I still have a list of ideas for posts that may be of interest to you! So, if not blogging, then what have I been up to in 2024...? My sisters finally convinced me to create a Roblox account in early March of last year. I had kept pushing it away, afraid of becoming addicted to it. Thankfully, I have not, but it ended up changing my life anyway in a way I never expected (but more on that later)! I've also become much more active on Discord and joined several servers related to some of my favourite Roblox ...