Being My Own World ! =))

What'z up everyone? My name is Conor Reid and I'm 17 years old. The last couple of years have felt like the craziest of dreams. I swear one minute i was stuck with my head down in the books in Scotland, and in the next I'm in a land surrounded by snow and trees. You know what? Let me back track a little. This whole thing started when I was walking home from school one day and some random girl saw me messing around with my friends. She asked me if I liked music and believe me, the look on her face made me realize that being me was something I should take further.

After that I started doing singing for my choir which we sang all sorts of songs that I loved till one day we went up to the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall and performed with an Orchestra in 2004. The response was mad, It really blew up, I never expected so many people and so much love. Over a bunch of singers and thousands of people watching, It's still hard to get my head around. I started getting attention from all sorts of people and like all people, we caught the eye of others and won trophies and medals for our school. They told us they were impressed and got our photo and names in the local newspaper. To be honest it was an amazing experience.

After that, things really cooled down a bit when I started the first 2 years of Inverclyde Academy, The largest school in Britain which was built just a few years back. Next minute I find myself packing my bags to hit the country of Finland. Like I mentioned previously, There was alot of Snow and Trees. It's crazy, I don't even wanna like it here, but as time went on I met new friends, who one day after another came closer. Now I'm in the spotlight I know I've just gotta work as hard as I can, prove to people that I deserve to be here. And make some great decisions of my own. Sometimes I really have to keep myself motivated in learning this language.

My next move is to become an English teacher in a few years to come, that is if i learn the finnish language enough to understand the grammer and sorts. This summer I really hope everyone gets where they gotta go and make decisions for themselves. I don't know what the future holds for me but I just wanna ride this roller-coaster and just enjoy every second of this incredible journey. This is my chance to live my dream. And I'm gonna take it with both hands.

I think I'm going to give this blog a break and hopefully I get my name brought out into the world, See wonderful things.. Eat wonderful food.. and in the end.. What are your friends for? I think you already know the answer . With love and all respect to all my friends and family out there. Now is the time to act and be appreciated for your arts, your skills, your commitment to being who you are and who you become. For even in our memories, We live on. :)

The End.. Is Really Just the beginning =)

Conor Reid Clements

xx

The Candy Monsterrr =P

Sugar, Spice & Everything Nice.. And yes I may have just quoted the Powerpuff Girls, but the thing is I like candy as much as the next person apart from when I call them "Sweeties". I'm British and love sweeties, well I come from Edinburgh, Scotland, It's pretty lovely to be honest, Always raining but it's still cool. :) The one main thing that makes up Britain is our chocolate, Cadburys <3

The more I go to Britain, The more wonderful things I find. Things I didn't think of discovering, Chocolate as you know it, Glorious Cadburys <3 Sadly to this day we all have to kiss it goodbye, It's gone :( Kraft took it, I think it's this american corporation that does experiments with cheese, like cheese in a can. Wtf? :D

Kraft makes the individual cheese slice, for people too stupid to figure out how to cut cheese. =P Then they thought they'd make it easier to cut and laminate it for you.. for what? To play card games with? :D C'mon.. Imagine if they've did this to cheese, what are they gonna do with our chocolate? :( Really does make you think, This suckssss =))

At the end of the day, The Candy Monsterrr stole our chocolate. I'm sure we'll get it back, one way or another. lol =)

Until next time..

Conorrr =]

I'ma.. Sk8er Boi ! =P

As of knowing my lifestyle from where I've been, Been wanting to go, And from what I did. Today tells of an adventure but to tell it short is easier cause' I can't be bothered thinking :P Bought some Roller Blades because most of my mates have them and they're like pure cool gathered from my love for Ice-Skating.. well they just look different because of the pointy sharp metal things and hesto presto boom shakka lakka they're now skates ! :D .. with wheels ;)

Went around the whole of Pori, Backwards, Forwards and Sideways.. No wait, Not sideways. That would just seem really silly and impossible.. which now makes no sense because nothing's impossible. (: Later on, Managed to get back to Valintatalo, A far way up the road towards the back of Toejoki & Got some orange juice cause it was so hot !! :D

Went to the Kirjurinluoto, Saw lots of girls @ the Beach.. Had my earphones on so yeah it was an Awesome day! :D Now going back outside because it's so boring inside without your mates wanting to come over. lol:D 

Catch you l8rrr

Conorrr :]

Wishing on a Shooting Star ! =P

Let's see, Took my phone into the shop to get it fixed today cause the buttons weren't working. I know what you're thinking.. why would you need buttons if it's touchscreen phone? lol:D Steady yet, I've been given this stupid "piece of sh*t" Nokia which is red, and has a flippy thingy.. I'll call it "A flippy thingy" :P Well, only 4 days until all us friends get our acceptance letters for the schools we've applied to. Hopefully i get into Ammatti-Koulu (Professional School) and I hope all of my other close friends Hannah & Mia get into something so they aren't worrying at the last minute (: 

You know, I'm quite happy with whatever suits us, I mean as long as we are happy then of course we'll get somewhere in life and love while doing so. (: I always seem to talk about myself in these situations like if I left Finland, not that I'd want to.. I mean it's just the language that bothers me really :) I've got all my family and friends here and to say goodbye wouldn't be the best thing but to go around the world and see new things, meet new people, well that's a start at least. Deep down I would love to just travel and find work in other countries such a Australia, Italy, America or even back home in rainy Great Britain. (:

This fall, I'm getting my Finnish citizenship, that is, only if my dad passes it because it is told that if he passes it before i turn 18 years old, I'll get mine automatically but still need to do the civil service (6 months in the army which isn't so bad, means I can come back whenever) Do you know what I've learned from all this, Is that even if you love someone and they don't feel the same way, It might not be because they feel different, It might just mean they don't want to make decisions too young :)

It'z a funny thing about memories, You'd think we would remember the really good stuff.. and the really bad stuff. But that's not true, Sometimes it's the stuff that doesn't seem important at all when you're doing it that remains. Stuff like coconut cake, paper crowns.. and even snow angels on a winter day or going to the Uk to visit a few dear friends and I bet Mozzarella is gonna wanna come along. i don't know why, maybe, Just maybe in the end that's the really important stuff of all. :)

"Good friends are like Stars, You don't always see them , But you always know they are there"

Conorrr :]

Last Nighttt ! :D

It's really quite amazing what you can do after 12am, It's starts off with Artjom. This Russian dude who is actually pretty cool, Much more fun when you get invited over to his place at 12:30am at night :D His parents were away in a caravan somewhere so we just chilled out with this girl who was also there.. she kept falling asleep everywhere.xD There was no waking minute that we were sleeping.. We just kept eating candy and drinking Tea and Coffee all night so yeah no sleep at all but we were extremely tired which was weird. lol:D

Later on, We played Battlefield 3 which was Awesome!  Watched some Russian Tv.. In Russian on a 55" Television. Then like he called everyone he knows and while I'm busy playing the PS3 he has my phone and is calling my friends who at that time were sound asleep. I was like.. Ok man, Just don't piss anyone off. In the end managed to piss Mia off well he thinks so cause he was texting some random Finnish slang or whatever but she was not pleased. :D

Around 4am, Having had 4-5 cups of Tea/Coffee.. He's actually a real gentlemen, Always tidies up and cleans everytime he does something :) Funny thing is when he always says "Wtf man, British people don't drink tea in 1st 5 seconds" i was like "Yeah, but i don't want it to go cold" lol xD Then after we just went a walk around outside, watched the sun come up while sitting on a school roof near Rolands house who i didn't want to bother cause he doesn't like Artjom that much cause he thinks I've replaced him as he's replaced me with Francis :P

I left around 7am, Went and Got a Banana Milkshake @ McDonalds. Went home.. Fell asleep by accident and woke up at 4. << Idiot! :D Now Apparently I'm having another party at my house once again.. need to set everything up but I'll be back! :P lol

Snowy White Chocolate ♥

Today, I went to see Snow White & The Huntsman with Mia. It was really good, I mean it's like one of my favourite Disney movies reinvented into some other scarce and dramatic adventure much like Alice in Wonderland & Red Riding Hood :) Pretty fun day really, Brought all my sweets from my party I had the other day & We just put our feet up and munched the lot. lol :D Most of us teenagers think 20e is makes us rich but in some cases, a 7 euro cinema ticket isn't that bad. :))

Start All Over :D

As i look back on the best days of my life, i see them all standing right before me. All those special moments in time, divided into what's real and what's not. It just makes you think of the past couple years that went by pretty quick, really though they truly were the best years of my life. Now, people and other things have come and gone. I wish I could go back and do it all again.. not to do it differently, but to do it all the same. Make the mistakes. Live the same memories. :)

I remember when i was a kid and old people use to tell me you dont need to be in a rush to grow up. Back then I was saying in my head "Shhh" but now at 17 I understand that there will be a time where you can't do anything but sit there and be old. There are no time machines. And you cannot stay young forever. Doesn't mean you can't make the most of it, right? :)

Live Life 2 The Fullest :D

Take Chances, Make Mistakes. Yes, Sometimes it's important not to be perfect. It's important to do the wrong thing, not to learn from your mistakes but to make them. To find out what's real and what's not, To find out what you feel while making them. :)

You see if we could all go back to a certain point in life and relive it, I wouldn't change anything at all, because right here at this very moment.. It'z all good from here. :)

Keepin' It Real

Conorrr :]