The Life of Shinke

Archive for January 2012

Snapshot Tuesday Wk4

Posted by: Shiney on: January 24, 2012

It’s Tuesday! Time to show my week’s photography haul. This week apart from snapping the beautiful clouds I branched out to plants. Flowers are so pretty!!! These as usual were all taken with my iPod‘s camera and edited with Camera+. Let me know what you think in the comments below. Happy photo snapping!   Related [...]

The Idiocy of the English Language

Posted by: Shiney on: January 23, 2012

Reblogged from Cartoons & Creative Writing: If you are at all acquainted with the English language, you may have noticed some common sayings and words in there that are really silly, once you come to think of it. For example, why is it called a boxing ring when it is actually a square? Why is [...]

My Happy Playlist Wk 3

Posted by: Shiney on: January 22, 2012

Well today is actually Sunday but I was sick so I didn’t get around to writing this post. This week I’ve been listening to quite a bit of Jay-Z, more specifically The Blueprint 3 album. My top five Jay-Z songs this week, which are almost all collabs are: 1. D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune) – Jay-Z 2. Run [...]

Snapshot Tuesday Wk 3

Posted by: Shiney on: January 17, 2012

It’s Tuesday! Time to show my week’s photography haul. It would seem I really like taking pictures of the clouds, but they’re so pretty. These as usual were all taken with my iPod’s camera and edited with Camera+. Let me know what you think in the comments below! Happy photo snapping! Related articles Snapshots! (shinke.wordpress.com)

Unplugged

Posted by: Shiney on: January 16, 2012

This morning while lazing about on Goodreads I realized that I had a few ranking awards under my name. Curious I clicked on them and realized I had placed in last week’s round-up for most reviews, top user and best reviewer in my country but most shocking of all I had placed #1 in most [...]

My Happy Playlist Wk 2

Posted by: Shiney on: January 13, 2012

It is yet another Friday and it time to tell you what is helping me to move my feet and keep a smile on my face. Last week I raved about Sara Bareilles but this week Disney has stolen my heart. My happy playlist consists of two songs, Prince Ali from Aladdin and I’ll Make [...]

Little Women

Posted by: Shiney on: January 12, 2012

Title: Little Women Author: Louisa May Alcott Published: 1868 Description: Meet the March sisters: the talented and tomboyish Jo, the beautiful Meg, the frail Beth, and the spoiled Amy, as they pass through the years between girlhood and womanhood. A lively portrait of growing up in the 19th century with lasting vitality and enduring charm. (Taken [...]

Snapshots!

Posted by: Shiney on: January 10, 2012

It’s Tuesday! Time to show my week’s photography haul. However, I don’t think they were that great and as such have decided to rework some of my pictures taken last year to enhance them. They were all taken with my iPod‘s camera and edited with Camera+. Let me know what you think in the comments [...]

A Christmas Carol

Posted by: Shiney on: January 9, 2012

Title: A Christmas Carol Author: Charles Dickens Published: 1843 Description: Cruel miser Ebeneezer Scrooge has never met a shilling he doesn’t like. . .and hardly a man he does. And he hates Christmas most of all. When Scrooge is visited by his old partner, Jacob Marley, and the ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas [...]

My Happy Playlist Wk 1

Posted by: Shiney on: January 6, 2012

Happy TGIF folks! It is the first Friday of the New Year and to start it off I thought I’d give you my happy playlist of the week. I’ve decided that every Friday I will post the songs that have been helping to move my feet and keep me in the best mood ever during [...]


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