Year 2019

WHAT A YEAR IT HAS BEEN!
I have to be honest, this year I have felt, it went by so fast. One minute I was organizing a birthday party, the next I was already getting ready for Easter, then next was Christmas.

So now you ask, what happened during this year?
Well...I shall be typing out what I have seen that happened this year. We will be covering music, movies, deaths and what i have felt I have achieved this year.

First off, here a few highlights of the year:

Disney:

• Disney + was launched on 12 November 2019. This is a video on-demand streaming service that features Disney movies and new Disney TV shows.
• On May 1st, Walt Disney World celebrated the 30th anniversary of Disney's Hollywood Studios.
• Avengers: Endgame took over Avatar and has become the highest-grossing film of all time, and is also the second-highest-grossing film of all time in the US and Canada. This film currently has the highest weekend gross of 2019.
• An estimate budget of $356 million, Avengers: Endgame is one of the most expensive films to ever be made.
• The Original Six Avengers Cast members placed their handprints in cement at the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
• 2019 marked the 25th anniversary of Walt Disney Pictures' movie "The Lion King.".
• The themed attraction Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge was officially in Disneyland on Mat 31 and in Walt Disney World on 29 August (On my birthday!).
• The IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth came to an end on September 30th, but there will be an all-new nighttime spectacular taking place in 2020.
• The Walt Disney Company's purchase of 21st Century Fox was made.
• Walt Disney Pictures become the first studio in history to pass $10 billion worldwide in box office.
• Disney is the first to have most of their films reach $1 billion for a single year at the worldwide box office.

Other Highlights:

• On April 6, the Gringotts bank opens to the public, and is included in the Studio Tour. This was a new expansion which included: A new lobby and cafe. The Studio Tour Hub now contains the Ukrainian Ironbelly dragon. There is a Chocolate Frog Cafe, and the Studio Cafe has been redesigned, complete with floating candles.
• Apple TV + was released on 1 November 2019.
• Conan O'Brien and TBS announced that the Conan TV show would be reformatted with a new setting that features a looser structure. The show has reformatted to a 30 minute show, instead of an hour.
• The American animated TV show, The Simpsons, was renewed for its 31 and 32 seasons, which totals the series episodes to 713. This makes this the 1st American primetime scripted series to pass 700 episodes.
• For the first time, the 91st Academy Awards had no host since the 1989 ceremony. 
• Netflix had 15 nominations at the 91st Academy Awards which made it the most ever for a studio owned by a streaming service.
• The 2019 Rugby World Cup was hosted in Japan from 20 September to 02 November, ending with South Africa winning the World Cup.
• The role-playing video game Pokemon Sword and Shield was released on November 15th. 
• For the 4th time in its history, the 71 Primetime Emmy Awards which aired on Fox, did not have a host for the show.
• Spider-Man: Far From Home became Sony Picture's highest-grossing film.
• The Pussycat Dolls announce a 2020 Reunion Tour.
• A dolphin by the name of PJ has become a permanent resident at Clearwater Marine Aquarium due to PJ having hearing loss and vision loss and she will need long term resident care.
• SPUR Steak Ranches releases a vegan/vegetarian option on their menu.
• The Duchess of Sussex gave birth to her first child with prince Harry. This is the couple's first child and the name of the child is Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor.

2019 Deaths:
This year, we unfortunately had to say goodbye to the following celebrities:
Allee Willis; Cameron Boyce; Luke Perry; Robert Forster; Linda Porter; Jo Andres; Pegi Young; Julie Adams; Lisa Sheridan; Elly Mayday plus many more.
I am terribly sorry for everyone's loss during this year. I know it is not easy to cope with the loss of someone, but hang in there. I know it is tough. I can tell you at least you have the memories of that person who passed away. The memories will stay forever.

A few people who sadly passed away in 2019...

Here are a few movies which were released this year:

Avengers: Endgame; The Lion King; Frozen 1; Aladdin; Spider-Man: Far From Home; Captain Marvel; Toy Story; Joker; Hobbs and Shaw; Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker; Knives Out; Glass; Isn't it Romantic; How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World; Dumbo; Shazam!; Pet Sematary; Hellboy; After; Pokemon Detective Pikachu; John Wick Chapter 3 - Parabellum; A Dog's Journey; Godzilla: King of Monsters; Dark Phoenix; The Secret Life of Pets 2; Men in Black; Murder Mystery; Once Upon a Time in Hollywood; The Red Sea Diving Resort; The Angry Birds Movie 2; Angel Has Fallen; Hustlers; Downton Abbey; Rambo: Last Blood; The Addams Family; maleficent: Mistress of Evil; Doctor Sleep; Last Christmas; Charlie's Angels; Playmobi: The Movie; Jumanji: The Next Level; Bombshell; Cats; Little Women; Jojo Rabbit; IT Chapter Two; Abominable and The Aeronauts.

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The film has grossed $362.2 million in the US and Canada, and $363 million in other countries, and for a worldwide total of $725.2 million.
Detective Pikachu: The film went to debut to $54.4 million, finishing 2nd at the weekend box office behind Avengers: Endgame.
Frozen 2: This film grossed $1. 220 billion worldwide and had the highest all-time worldwide opening for an animated film.This film is the 4th highest-grossing animated film o fall time and is the 3rd highest-grossing film for 2019.
Knives Out: As of December 31st in 2019, this film had grossed R110.3 million in the US and Canada and $104.6 million in other countries and for a worldwide of $214.9 million.  This film received a rating of 97% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 402 reviews. This film recieved critical acclaim for its screenplay, acting and direction. This film also received 3 nominations at the 77th Golden Glove Awards. This was also one of the most anticipated movies of the year.
John Wick Chapter 3 - Parabellum: The film made R57 million which then became the 1st film to dethrone Avengers: Endgame at the box office. This film was the best opening of the series.
This film I am going to write about was really the film of the year:
Avengers: Endgame: This film surpassed Avatar's record of 47 days, for the fastest film to reach $2 billion worldwide int he course of 11 days. This film broke the Infinity War's record for the highest weekend debut in April,a superhero film and a 3D film of all time. This film was a worldwide opening of $1.2 billion which is now the biggest of all time.

A few movies released in 2019.

Here are a few music albums that were released this year:

New Year's Day-Unbreakable; Backstreet Boys-DNA; Bring Me the Horizon-Amo; American Authors-Seasons; Within Temptation-Resist; Ariana Grande-Thank U, Next; Avril Lavigne-Head Above Water; Meghan Trainor-The Love Train; BTS-Map of the Soul: Persona; Andy Black-The Ghost of Ohio; Norah Jones-Begin Again; Aly and AJ-Sanctuary; Miley Cyrus-She is Coming; Motionless in White-Disguise; Avicii-Tim; Ed Sherran-No. 6 Collaborations Project; Sum 41-Order in Decline; Slipknot-We are Not Your End; Taylor Swift-Love; Lana Del Rey-Norman Fucking Rockwell; Lindsey Stirling-Artemis; Sleeping with Sirens-How It Feels to Be Lost; Korn-The Nothing; Lacuna Coil-Black Anima; Liam Payne-LP1; Harry Styles-Fine Line and Iggy Azalea. Plus many more albums released this year.

A few music albums released in 2019.

New Year's Day released 3 new music videos from their new album "Unbreakable" this year. Here is the music video for "Come for Me":

Lindsey Stirling released a music video off the album "Artemis":
Artemis:


Lacuna Coil released about 2 music videos off their new album, here is one of the music videos, "Reckless":


Avril Lavigne released a new album this year, along with a new music video:
Head Above Water:


Within Temptation released w new music titled "Supernova" off their album "Resist":

On a more personal note:
This year, I decided that there was a project I have been wanting to do for a very long time, but I kept on putting it off. So this year, I decided to go ahead with this project and I really hope you will be happy to see what the outcome is.

Thinking back to the beginning of this year, I decided to take a different approach to fitness. This year, I have been walking a lot more than what I used to. I aim to get 10K steps each day. I have also reduced my HIIT training and have adapted to more low impact exercises.

The fitness program I am following is Rachael Attard. I have found that her workouts work for me. Her program is low impact, with a few HIIT training workouts. Since I started my fitness journey I have been struggling with my body. Even though the other fitness programs work, they didn't seem to work for me. Hence why I decided this year I am taking a new approach to fitness. The result? I am seeing that this type of exercising seems to work for me. I do not perform any exercises which are heavy on my legs - such as squat jumps, box jumps and lunge jumps. I am also trying to eat healthier than what I was before. I haven't been making smoothie bowls this year because I did bloat after a while whenever I had smoothie bowls. So I needed to cut down on that. What I have been trying to do is find quick and easy healthy recipes as I would like to still share my journey with you all.
You can take a test to see which body type you are on her website. It's free and it will not take long to fill out.
Here is Rachael Attard's website:
https://www.rachaelattard.com/

I still do follow Lucy Wyndham-Reed's exercises and she is still a huge inspirations for me. I still follow Cara Collective as well as she inspires me too. A new fitness trainer I have started to follow this year is Dana Landgren. Her workouts she posts on her Instagram page are all pelvic-floor friendly and are low impact. Plus there is a workout for everyone.
Here is the link to her Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/danalandgren/


I am still a vegetarian. This would be the 5th year I am a vegetarian. Back when I became vegetarian I thought it would take a while to say to everyone "I have been a vegetarian for XX amounts of years.", now it has been 5 years and I do feel great that I am helping animals. Honestly, it is a choice I have made and no one has forced me to choose what I can and cannot eat. I have also reduced my use of plastic as this year more and more people are aware that plastic is not a good thing to have. Single use plastic is not what we need and many restaurants have swapped their single use plastic with plastic free alternatives.

This year I had the opportunity to run my own competition and it was a success. I personally must thank Eat naked Super Nude Foods for the absolutely amazing opportunity to let me run a competition. I am forever grateful. If you'd like to know more about Eat naked, here is their website:
https://www.eatnaked.co.za/
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This year, I finally posted more blogs than I have in the previous years. I know it is not a lot of blog posts, but it is a start. I have been posting motivation for the week and motivation I have found inspiring. I will try and write more blogs next year. If you have any suggestions please let me know.


HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL!!
HAPPY 2020!!

Year 2018

WOW! This year has gone by so fast!
Hello to all of you absolutely amazing people!! As we draw a close to the end of the year 2018, there shall be great opportunities for us in 2019!
I know I have said that I needed to do certain things in 2018, but I did not do them. I know that there will be next year and I need to make it happen.

So what all did happen this year...?
Well I shall type some of the major events that happened this year that I have heard about. I shall also show what movies and music came out this year, and sadly, a few deaths that happened this year...

First off, here a few highlights of the year:

• In January, there was a Super Blue Moon that took place. This is the first blue moon eclipse since 1983.
• The winter Olympics was held in Pyeongchang, South Korea in February.
• South African president, Jacob Zuma resigns as president after nine years in power.
• There was a school shooting that occurred at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, in which 17 people were killed and 17 were injured.
• In March, there was a "March for Our Lives" in Washington, DC, in which more than 900 cities internationally participated in demonstrating against gun violence and mass shootings.
• The 2018 Commonwealth Games were held in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
• The Duchess of Cambridge, Kate, and Prince William welcomed their third child, Prince Louis.
• Prince Harry and Meghan Markle got married on 19 May this year, and the two are titled the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. The wedding took place at St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle.
• In May, US President, Donald Trump, announced his intention to withdraw the US from the Iranian nuclear agreement.
• In June, The 2018 FIFA World cup took place in Russia, and was won by France.
• In July, there was the longest total lunar eclipse of the 21st century occurred and the planet Mars makes its closest approach to Earth since the year 2003. 
• In August, Apple Inc. became the world's first public company to achieve market capitalisation of $1 trillion.
• On 12 October 2018, Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank's Royal Wedding took place, and it was at the same location as Prince Harry and Meghan's. At St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle.
• At the same time as Princess Eugenie and Jack's wedding, Meghan Markle announced that she is expecting her and Harry's first baby in the spring of 2019.
• The Camp Fire ignited in Butte County, California. It has become California's deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California history, with 88 deaths and 18, 804 buildings destroyed.
• In December, France experienced its worst civil unrest since the protests of the year 1968, due to the yellow vests movement.
• This year, we sadly had to say goodbye to Stan Lee.
• I discovered an online game called Fortnite, which everyone is playing at the moment.

2018 Deaths:
It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to these talented people: DJ Avicii; Barbara Bush and George H.W. Bush and Paul Allen, plus many more.
I have to admit, the death that affected me this year was Stan Lee, the legend! he was the co-creator of action heroes from the Marvel Universe, including creating the superhero Spider-Man - one of my favourite superheroes. Even though he retired in the nineties, he still continued to make cameo appearances in the Marvel movies.

This year my grandfather also passed away this year, and it was sad to hear of his passing. When I went to St. George's Chapel, I did light a candle for him. I did see my grandfather this year, and I am glad that I did get to speak to him.
I am sorry to all of you whose loves ones passed away...

Deaths of 2018...sadly...

Here are a few movies which were released this year:

Aquaman; Avengers: Infinity War; Mary Poppins Returns; Venom; Incredibles 2; A Star is Born; Second Act; Bumblebee; Ralph Breaks the Internet; Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindlewald; Deadpool 2; The Grinch; The Nutcracker And the Four Realms; Ant-Man and The Wasp; Robin Hood; The Meg; Mission: Impossible Fallout; Holmes and Watson; Smallfoot; The House with a Clock in its Walls; Solo: A Star Wars Story; Mortal Engines; The Nun; Ocean's 8; Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom; A Simple Favor; Christopher Robin; A Quiet Place; Night School; The Spy who dumped me; Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse; Rampage; Hotel Transylvania 3; Early Man; Teen Titans GO! To the movies; Johnny English Strikes Again; Paddington 2; Fifty Shades Freed and Braven.
Avengers; Infinity War made it into the Guinness Book of records 2019. It was the first superhero movie to gross over $2 billion worldwide, which broke numerous box office records, and also became the highest-grossing film of 2018. The movie also became the 4th highest-grossing film of all time.
The Solo: A Star Wars Story is the first film in the Star Wars franchise to be considered a box office bomb, which grossed $392.9 million worldwide.
Ralph Breaks the Internet grossed over  $350 million worldwide and also received mostly positive reviews from critics, who called the movie a "worthy successor" and also praised the animation, characters and humor. The film even received a Best Animated Feature nomination at the 76th Golden Globe Awards and also the 24th Critics' Choice Awards.
Aquaman has grossed over $751 million worldwide, which made it the 7th highest-grossing film of 2018. there was an announcement of an early Amazon screening, and Aquaman's first 24-hour pre-sale totals had become the highest in the history of Atom Tickets, which beat Avengers: Infinity War.
A Star is Born has grossed over $388 million worldwide and also received critical acclaim, with praise for Lady Gaga, Sam Elliot and Bradly Cooper's performances and Brad Cooper's direction.
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom grossed over $1.3 billion worldwide, making it the 3rd film from the Jurassic franchise to pass the billion-dollar mark. This movie is the 3rd highest-grossing movie of 2018 and the 12th highest-grossing film of all time.

A few movie released in 2018.

Here are a few music albums that were released this year:

Fall Out Boy-Mania AND Lake Effect Kid; Of Mice and Men-Defy; Justin Timberlake-Man of the Woods; Toni Braxton-Sex and Cigarettes; Kylie-Minogue; Thirty Seconds to Mars-America; Breaking Benjamin-Ember; Loreena McKennitt-Lost Souls; Five Finger Death Punch-And Justice for None; New Years Day-Diary of a Creep; Jessie J-R.O.S.E AND This Christmas Day; Owl City-Cinematic; 5 Seconds of Summer-Youngblood; Christina Aguilera-Liberation; Bullet for my Valentine-Gravity; Halestorm-Vicious; Ariana Grande-Sweetener; Josh Groban-Bridges; Disturbed-Evolution; Michael Buble-Love; The Chainsmokers-Sick Boy; Amaranthe-Helix; Alan Walker-Different World and Ice Nine Kills-The Silver Scream.

A few albums released during 2018.

Ice Nine Kills released a few music videos, which lead up to the release of their new album The Silver Scream. These music videos also tell you a story each time, here is my current favorite song from them:


Bullet for my Valentine released a few music videos for their new album Gravity:


Josh Groban released a music video from his album Bridges:


Disturbed released a music video, plus a few lyric videos, from their new album Evolution:

On a more personal note:
I was lucky enough to visit the United Kingdom for a while, including going to the Harry Potter Studio Tour. WOW! Was that an amazing place to be - bucket list-tick-done! I could not believe how many shops sold Harry potter merchandise. It was truly an amazing experience to behold!
I am thinking of posting a blog on its own with my time in London...If I do start typing about London on this blog, I will be typing for a long time. What I can tell you for now is that I went to see as much of London as possible, and I went to Windsor, which was absolutely lovely!! I can tell you that London was absolutely beautiful and is definitely a place you would want to see!

Me at the Harry Potter Studio Tour next to Buckbeak!

I was in a Quidditch match at the Studio Tour!

Me next to a telephone box in Windsor.

Reflecting back during the course of this year, I can say that I am happier with my body shape now. I can definitely see a change in my body, and this year, I had a better understanding on what foods are good for me and what foods are not.
I did start a program which was MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) inspired, and those exercises were really good.
I still consider Lucy Wyndham-Read and The Cara Collective as a huge inspiration for me. Cara is the main person who inspired me to start practicing Yoga and if you follow her on Instagram, you will see that Cara's posts are motivating and inspiring.
Lucy Wyndham-Read has started a 7 minute 7 day challenge this year, and there are quite  a few videos that you can follow. You can even choose four 7 minute 7 day challenges and that is your whole month of workouts done. Lucy's videos are also amazing to follow along as her workouts require no equipment, and if there is equipment involved, you can substitute with something else.

This year I have also started following Kayla Itsines workout programs. Her program does consist of equipment, but it is minimal and plus, you don't really need the equipment if you do not have it, or you substitute the equipment for something different. Even though I like body weight training mostly, this year, I have tried weight training too with dumbbells and a kettlebell. Kayla Itsines also has an app called SWEAT, and Kayla's workouts are short and will definitely give you results that you will notice within weeks. On Kayla's Instagram account, from what I have seen, she shares workout videos that you can follow as some of her fans request for workout videos and then she will share the video.
I have also discovered another Youtube fitness channel, Love Sweat Fitness. The channel has videos that are amazing to follow, and some of the workouts are quite short. The lady behind Love Sweat Fitness is Katie Dunlop, who also shares her weight-loss story on Youtube. Remember everyone, mostly everyone has struggled in their life to loose weight...remember that. The Love Sweat Fitness channel - or should I say LSF channel - is amazing for all you ladies. On her channel you will find HIIT, toning and weight training plus more! On the official website, if you sign up with LSF, you get a weekly workout schedule each week - isn't that amazing? The workouts are about 10 - 15 minutes each, so if you only following these workouts, you only workout about 10 minutes a day. I discovered LWF from seeing Katie on a video from POP Sugar Fitness. POP Sugar Fitness is also another great channel to follow for good workouts and exercise moves.
If you'd like to check out LSF on Youtube and social media, here are the pages:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lovesweatfitness/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lovesweatandfit?lang=en
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lovesweatfitness/?hl=en
Official website: https://lovesweatfitness.com/
Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/LoveSweatFitness
For those who are interested in Kayla Itsines, here are her social media websites, plus here official website:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/k.itsines/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kayla_itsines
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kayla_itsines
Official Website: https://www.kaylaitsines.com/

I am still a vegetarian, however I have been consuming more vegan products this year. I have also been going a little more gluten-free this year. Going gluten-free is great to do. I do however still consume a few products that contain gluten, because if I do go completely gluten-free I do not think my body would handle gluten anymore. If you are a person who cannot have gluten, then that means would go gluten-free, but for those who can still have gluten, if you do go completely gluten-free, your body can build up a gluten intolerance - which means you cannot consume gluten anymore.

Me living a fit and healthy life!

I know I do type this probably each year, but next year I will definitely try to post more blogs. This year I did post a few blogs, but next year, I need to post a few more. I will try as much as I can to post at least one blog each month.

So 2018, it was lovely to see you. You flew by!
Now 2019, I am ready for you! I made it through 2018, I am ready for you 2019!
Just think, in 2019, you will have 365 opportunities to make a difference! I do hope you all had an amazing 2018!
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL!!
HAPPY 2019!!

So long 2018! You were such a fantastic year!
I cannot wait to see what is in store for 2019!

Finding Dory Movie Review:

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Before Finding Dory came onto the movie screen, we first see a Disney Pixar short film titled Piper, which is based on a baby sandpiper. We first see a flock of sandpipers go near the sea to peck at the sand to find food. A mother sandpiper encourages her baby to go with her to find the food, but the baby refuses at first. When the baby sandpiper joins the flock, she fails to retreat from the sand and is then drenched in water from the sea water. This leaves the baby sandpiper scared of going back into the water, but then she soon discovers she is standing on 3 hermit crabs that are walking toward the sea. The baby sandpiper then notices how the hermit crabs dig deep into the sand to prevent them from being buffeted by the tide. The baby sandpiper copies what the hermit crabs do and discovers the beauty of the underwater world and also discovers the food. She then becomes skilled at discovering food for the flock of sandpipers. The short film ends with the mother sandpiper looking at her baby foraging food into one pile by the sea.

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We then see the movie Finding Dory. The movie starts off with Dory as a baby who suffers from short-term memory loss. Her mother and father try to help Dory remember things, but Dory's mind seems to wander elsewhere. Dory then somehow ends up lost in the ocean. We then discover, over a few years, how Dory ends up knocking into Marlin, the clownfish who at the time was chasing after the boat that captured his son Nemo.

It then changes to the present day which shows it is 1 years later after the incident from the first film. We see Dory start to remember that she has a family –a mother and a father – as she says that they lived at “the Jewel of Morro Bay, California”. After hearing about a speech on migration from the eagle ray Mr. Ray, Dory’s memories start to come back to her about her family and she suddenly starts to swim super fast and says that she needs to find her family. Marlin at first is reluctant to go across the ocean to help Dory find her family, but with encouragement from Nemo, he then agrees to help Dory. We then see the trio with the sea turtles with help from Crush, riding the ocean current to California. After saying their goodbyes to the sea turtles, the trio then swim near a shipwreck. As they are swimming, Dory starts to call her parents out loud, but crabs then tell her to keep quiet. We find out there is a giant squid there that attacks the trio and nearly kills Nemo. Marlin is then angry at Dory and tells her that she must wait at a spot as forgetting things is all that she is good at. Hurt at these words, Dory wanders off only to hear a noise above the surface, and she swims to the top of the surface. She is then taken by volunteers who work at a nearby place called Marine Life Institute. As Marlin and Nemo get help from 2 sea lions, Fluke and Rudder, Dory is then put under Quarantine in the Institute, and is also tagged on her one fin. She then meets an octopus by the name of Hank, who escaped from his own tank. Hank lost a tentacle in the past, which causes Dory to refer to him as a “septopus”. He notices Dory’s tag and asks her for the tag as he wants to go to an aquarium in Cleveland. They both then make a deal that if Hank helps Dory find her parents, he can take her tag so he can go to Cleveland. Hank explains that due to a past traumatic experience, he would rather live in an aquarium where he can be in a safe enclosure. Hank takes Dory to a map of the Marine Life Institute and asks where her family are situated, and Dory remembers that her family was in the Open Ocean section of the Institute. Along the way, Dory sees a bucket with the name “Destiny” on it. Dory thinks she knows the word, so she jumps into the bucket and sees fish in this bucket – but is unaware that they are all dead fish. The human lady that is taking the bucket throws Dory into a tank and it is here that Dory is reunited with her childhood friend Destiny, who is a short-sighted whale shark. We find out that Destiny and Dory used to speak “whale” to each other through the pipe system back when Dory was a baby. Dory also meets a beluga whale named Bailey, who believes he cannot echolocate due to a concussion. Dory does eventually get to the Open Ocean section, but before she does, her and Hank end up at the “Kid Zone” where fish and starfish are in a tank and children can pick up the fish and touch them – this does show that fish in real life actually are stressed out from being handled vigorously. During this time, Dory remembers her parents singing to her the song "Just Keep Swimming", and the song is how Dory and Hank manage to stop the children from touching them - one child puts his finger on Hank, and Hank releases ink into the water, which ends up making the water black and scaring off the children.

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When Hank and Dory make it to the Open Ocean section, Dory says goodbye to Hank, who receives the tag from Dory. Dory finds her home by following the shells on the ground as Dory remembers when she was a baby, her parents told her to always follow the shells if she ever got lost. Dory discovers that her parents are not at the home she grew up in, and she also remembers how she left her parents: She overheard her parents talking about her, and she saw a purple shell and wanted to give it to her mother as she knew her mother loved the purple shells. As Dory tried to get the shell, she was pulled into the current in the water and was pulled into the ocean.
After speaking to a crab, Dory finds out that all the blue tangs are all being moved to Cleveland, which means her parents should be by the Quarantine section.

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During this time, Marlin and Nemo ask the sea lions to help them get into the Marine Life Institute. The sea lions then call on Becky, a common loon who is dimwitted, and the sea lions tell Marlin to imprint with Becky so that Becky would recognise him in the future. As Becky flies into the Institute, she is sidetracked by popcorn which was on the ground and drops Marlin and Nemo – who are in a bucket of water – into a tree. Marlin tries to call Becky, but then pushes the bucket to the end of the branch, which leads him and Nemo flying in the air and the two end up in a small tank with a toy windup fish. Dory on the other hand, is stuck in the pipes as she swam through the pipe system and has forgotten the directions which was given to her by the crab, and is then heard by Destiny, who asks Bailey to echolocate and find Dory.

©Disney/DisneyPixar

At first, Bailey cannot echolocate, but then he starts to echolocate and finds Dory and also helps her to try and escape out of the pipes. Marline, Nemo and Dory are then reunited in the pipe system. The trio then head for the Quarantine section and they manage to find the tank where the blue tang fish are. Before the trio reach the tank of blue tang fish, they fall into a bucket of cleaning water, but are then saved by Hank who puts them into the tank of blue tang fish. The blue tang fish explain to Dory that her parents went to the Quarantine when Dory was sucked through the pipe system to look for her, but are not there anymore as this was years ago, which could mean that Dory’s parents are gone. While Dory is shocked by this information, Hank attempts to help Marlin, Dory and Nemo escape, but in the haste, Hank couldn’t retrieve Marlin and Nemo, and also the Marine Life staff capture Hank, who drops Dory into a drain, which leads her back into the ocean. Dory then forgets who she is looking for in the ocean, but then comes across shells. Dory then remembers to follow the shells, which leads to another home – home to where her parents have been staying since Dory was sucked through the pipe system. After reuniting with her parents, Dory’s mother Jenny explains that she and Charlie – Dory’s father – have been placing a trail of shells everyday in the hope’s that Dory would find them one day. Jenny also explained that since she and Charlie couldn’t find Dory in the Quarantine section, they both escaped the Institute because they knew Dory must be in the ocean. After hearing this and happy to be with her family, Dory remembers that she needs to rescue her other family – Marlin and Nemo. Dory asks Destiny and Bailey to help them rescue Marlin and Nemo. Both Destiny and Bailey escape from their tanks and jump into the big wide ocean. At first though, Destiny is scared of the ocean as there are walls everywhere, but Bailey tells Destiny that “there are no walls in the ocean” – which is a clever way of showing the cruelty behind captivity. Dory has a plan to stop the truck which Marlin and Nemo are in, with the help from the cute and adorable sea otter’s who sit on the highway to distract the traffic.

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Destiny then throws Dory into the hands of an otter who then takes her to the truck. Once inside the truck, Dory helps Marlin and Nemo escape into the ocean, but during this, Dory is left behind. She then asks Hank to help her, who was also in the truck after being captured by the Marine Life staff. Dory then convinces Hank that the ocean is not so bad, which Hank then agrees to help Dory escape. Dory and Hank work together to hijack the truck and to drive the truck into the ocean, which also releases the other fish who were inside the truck. After being reunited with everyone, Dory, Marlin, Nemo, Hank, Bailey, Destiny and her parents swim back to the Great Barrier Reef. The movie ends off with Hank being a substitute teacher for the school as Mr. Ray is migrating. Bailey and Destiny also help the class with Hank. Dory then swims just to the edge of the Great Barrier Reef to look out at the view, as Marlin also joins Dory to look at the view as Marlin said earlier in the film why can't they - Nemo, Marlin and Dory - just swim to the edge of the Great Barrier Reef and just look at the view.

During the post-credits scene, we see the fish from the dentist’s tank from the first movie still trapped in the bags they were in. They all manage to make their way to California, where they are supposedly “rescued” by the volunteers from the Marine Life Institute.

Before I end off, there is something I noticed in this movie: There was a focus point on captivity. When Destiny was scared that there are walls in the ocean, Bailey says that "there are no walls in the ocean". This is true as animals can swim for miles and miles in the ocean as the ocean is huge. In captivity however, animals only have the limited space available in their tanks.It could feel like a cage to an animal.

Another focus point in the movie was when the children picked up marine life in the one tank. Fish do in fact get stressed when so many hands are in the water, and sometimes unfortunately, children do tend to not care too much for handling animals. In the movie, children stuck their hands in the water and grabbed fish they found. Dory and Hank had to try and hide away from all the hands in the water. Fish and star fish were terrified being grabbed on and being taken out of the water.

What impressed me was that what you see in the film, does indeed happen in the real world, and some of it is sad. Animals just want to be free. Some animals however,do need to be rehabilitated and some animals who cannot survive in the wild, are then put into an aquarium or rehabilitation center.

A drawing of Dory as a baby and as an adult. The drawing is done by the blogger.

I retrieved most of my images from searching on Google.

Thank you to everyone who read this review,

I hope you enjoyed reading this movie review.

Year 2013

An illustration showing what all happened in 2013. I do not own any of the picutres above, this is just to show what all amazing events happened in 2013.

Year 2013!! What a year it has really been!
I must say, this year, I started out with New Year resolutions. I got to admit, 2 out of the 3 New Year resolutions I wrote down happened. It may have been 3 small New Year resolutions, but you got to start somewhere right? One of my resolutions were to be more closer to my sister and not fight with her. I feel we have become more closer and talk a lot more to each other. What I love about my sister is that we have the same taste in music, games, movies and TV series. For that, I am truly blessed to have my sister.

Here are a few highlights that I can remember during the course of 2013:

·         Kim Kardashian and Kanye West had a baby girl called "North West".

·         Justen Bieber performed in South Africa for the very first time (and was not late for any of the shows this time around).

·         Justin Bieber is also retiring from singing. I think I am going to give this about a year or two, then you'll see...he will make a come back. So don't worry all Beliebers, he won't be gone for long.

·         Nickelback performed in South Africa, which I was really sad that I did not go to their concert.

·         Barak Obama visited South Africa, he went to Robben Island to see where Nelson Mandela was kept. It was an honour to have the president of the United States to come visit South Africa.

·         The tragedy of Nelson Mandela's death, a great and powerful freedom fighter, as well as the great actor Paul Walker's death.

·         The tragedy of Cory Monteith, a great actor and singer, as well as Michael Clarke Duncan, Karen Black, Richard Griffiths and August Schellenberg. All these tragedies makes you want to mourn and think why did such talented, great and inspiring actors and freedom fighters have to leave us. I feel such heartache for all these freedom fighter and actors family. I really feel terrible for their losses.

·         Miley Cyrus's twerking and raunchy performances, especially the performance at the MTV VMA's. Ok, I know some people may find it horrible to look at, and some may find the twerking quite cool to do, after all, twerking has been around for quite some time. Many parents may not like the way Miley Cyrus has turned out, but you know, it is her choice. Everyone in life have choices they make, you just have to know there are consequences with the choices you make. I have to admit though, I was quite shocked at Miley's performance at the MTV VMA's 2013, but I understood that this is Miley's choice and her life, and she really does care for her fans (Smiler's). She really does. I have found that she is an amazing singer, and a very good actress. I have watched every single movie and series she has been in and have listened to all her music she has made. I love that she writes her own music and cares so much for her Smiler's! Miley is really talented, I just hope people will be able to look past her appearance and see what good she does for the world.

·         Big Time Rush began their "Summer Break Tour", alongside them was Victoria Justice, on 21 June 2013, and ended on 15 August 2013.

·         Heffron Drive had their first tour in Austria and Germany in May this year. Heffron Drive officially went on a winter tour held in the USA, which was between 23 November 2013, until 22 December 2013.

·         The Jonas Brother broke-up this year. It is quite sad news to have such talented singers and songwriters to leave each other, and their brand new album was going to be released and they were preparing for a tour. Then the album launch and tour was cancelled, but I guess nothing lasts forever...Kevin Jonas currently has a reality show, along with his wife, called "Married to Jonas".

·         Pokemon X and Y Nintendo 3DS game was released this year in October 2013. I have been a big fan of Pokemon from when Pokemon first came out way back in 1996. Well, Pokemon came out a little later than 1996 in South Africa, but I am truly happy to have the memories of playing Pokemon, collecting tazos and everything you bought was basically something to do with Pokemon. Pokemon isn't that popular in South Africa anymore, but I am still very happy to be a fan of Pokemon (Or should I say PokeFan).

·         Floor Jansen, the lead singer of ReVamp, has become a permanent member of the symphonic metal band Nightwish.

·         The Nickelodeon hit series "Big Time Rush" came to an end, reaching up to four seasons. I can still remember when the first season premiered, all the excitement around the series, the fans, and most of all, the creator of the show, Scott Fellows. There were such incredible actors on the show, who are really funny and super talented. One thing I can say that is really nice is even though the show has come to an end, at least we will still be able to listen to Big Time Rush music and look forward to more albums and tours in the years to come.

·         Burger King finally opened in South Africa.Within the first couple of months, Burger King was full, full, FULL! I even went there one day and waited one hour just to get my meal. Burger King's service is very good and they always makes sure their customers are happy.

·         The new frozen yogurt place, Wakaberry, opened up in South Africa. All I can say is, Wakaberry is just the best. Their yogurt is all organic (there is an illustration as to how the froyo is made in the Wakabery stores). All you do is grab yourself a Wakaberry bowl, fill the bowl up with as much froyo as you want (there are different flavours everytime you go to Wakaberry), and also add some toppings to your froyo, get your bowl weighed and dig in. As simple as that. Wakaberry service is also very good, there are always smiles and a positive atmosphere whenever you enter Wakaberry.

·         One Direction released "This is Us" documentary movie out in 3D.

·         This year, I learnt a lot more about 247Paps.TV - A New York based paparazzi. They are not the "in your face" or "up close and personal" type of paparazzi with celebrities, and they do not ask personal/private questions to celebrities. They are always smiling and always positive! If you view their YouTube channel, you will see that they are super nice people, and actually try to help the celebrities out. Most of the celebrities that you see on the 247Paps.TV even know who the crew is. The one crew member I know is Ceasar, a great guy and always nice to all the celebrities he videos. I have seen that the famous boy band, One Direction even know who 247Paps.TV are. 247Paps.TV even made a cameo appearance in the One Direction "This is Us" 3D movie. I am not saying other paparazzi are bad and always "in your face", but I have just seen that 247Paps.TV are super kind to every celebrity as well as their fans. You are welcome to check out their official website here: http://247paps.tv/ Here is also one video from their YouTube account, I highly recommend you subscribe to their account: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZoldDGZSh0&list=PLRzfX51TF4z8MmE5E3q-e3mqbIN-St44d&index=7

There were also quite a few amazing movies that were released this year. Here are some of the most popular movies that were nominated for awards, and movies I quite enjoyed watching:
Warm Bodies; Smurfs 2; The Host; Star Trek: Into the Darkness; Fast and Furious 6; Man of Steel; Despicable Me 2; Grown Ups 2; The Wolverine; Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters; Thor: The Dark World; The Hunger Games: Catching Fire; The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug; 47 Ronin; Beautiful Creatures; Iron Man 3; World War Z; Prisoners; GI Joe: Retaliation; The Mortal Instruments:City of Bones; Scary Movie 5; Escape from Planet Earth; Frozen; Saving Mr. Banks; The Lone Ranger; Now You See Me; Oz: The great and powerful; Pacific Rim; Walking with Dinosaurs 3D; The Great Gatsby; The Internship; Jack the Giant Slayer; Ender's Game; Machete Kills; Monster's University; Turbo; Planes; The Croods; Epic; Blackfish; Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2; Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters; Safe Haven; Khumba; Dragon Lore: Curse of the Shadow; Swindle; Jinxed and list goes on and on. These are just a few movies that I have seen during the course of this year, well I did not watch all the movies, but I heard comments that these movies were great to watch. There will be even more movies next year that will be just as good as these movies...maybe even better...These movies I mentioned were funny, emotional, action packed and whole lot of adventurous scenes.

Some of the movies that were released this year.

There were also quite a few albums that were released this year. Here are the albums that were released this year, from what I can remember: Big Time Rush - 24/Seven; Amaranthe - The Nexus; The Graeme Watkins Project - Soldier On; One Direction - Midnight Memories; Love and Death - Between Here and Lost; Avril Lavigne self-titled album; Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience; Paramore self-titled album; HIM - Tears on Tape; Lady Antebellum - Golden; Demi Lovato - Demi; Thirty Seconds to Mars - Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams; Tarja Turunen - Colours in the Dark; The Letter Black - Rebuild; Sirenia - Perils of the Deep Blue Sea; Timo Tolkki - The Land of New Hope; Flyleaf - Who We Are (EP); The Used - The Ocean of the Sky (EP); Robin Thicke - Blurred Lines; Selena Gomez - Stars Dance; ReVamp - Wildcard; Ariana Grande - Yours Truly; Jessie J - Alive; Miley Cyrus - Bangerz; Katy Perry - Prism; The Wanted - Word of Mouth; Lady Gaga - Artpop; Little Mix - Salute; Serenity - War of Ages and the list goes on and on. I have listened to most of these albums quite a couple of times and I must say all these artists I have just mentioned are all super-talented, have great music - some are emotional and very meaningful - songs are great to listen to if you can relate to these artists lyrics. As I have said before in my previous blogs, I absolutely love it if music artists write their own music. I feel as if the song they write are their songs, and you can relate more if music artists write their own music, as the lyrics are also about their own lives and their experiences they have had, and you can see that through their songs and lyrics.

Some of the albums that were released this year.

Amaranthe has released three singles from their new album, "The Nexus", you can view them here:
The Nexus: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxOybZcRXhI
Burn with Me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEgkUKCwi30
Invincible: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnY8C77EQKU

Love and Death released three singles from their debut album, "Between Here and Lost", you can view them here:
Chemicals: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CvKap2rY2k
The Abandoning: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udbJaoLfqsw
Meltdown: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp1dd_vq5Tg

Big Time Rush released two singles from their new album "24/seven", you can view them here:
The promotional single: Like Nobody's Around: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L34hPO8j75M
The first single: 24/Seven: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61XJ4k1pn1k

The Letter Black released a single this year from their new album "Rebuild", you can view the music video here:
Pain Killer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLun2zunP0E

I know this isn't an album, but I do know the actress/singer-songwriter Victoria Justice released two new singles this year, "Gold" and the B-side "Shake". You can check out Victoria's single "Gold" here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjy-WcKoxzc

Another singer-songwriter, CARA, who also may have not released an album this year, released a single "Same Moon", you can check out her song here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOTf3w8BP3Q

The French-South Africa pop duo The SoapGirls have released two new single for their upcoming albums, "Lie to Me" and "Looking for Love":
Lie to Me: https://itunes.apple.com/za/album/lie-to-me-single/id751686007
Looking for Love: https://itunes.apple.com/za/album/looking-for-love/id751693029?i=751693043

The Pretty Reckless released a new single this year called "Going to Hell" from their upcoming album "Going to Hell", as well their other single "Heaven Knows". You can view the songs here:
Going to Hell: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmtbg5b7_Aw
Heaven Knows: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVZe5K3PZig

On a more personal note:
I may have not met new celebs this year, but I did see local celebrities again this year. I have not had a picture with the celebs I met, but they did know who I was, and we chatted. I don't know what it is, but I actually don't mind if I do not get a picture anymore...might be because I already have a picture with the celebrity I met up with this year. Or it could be I am past that stage...anyway though, I am thankful for knowing these amazing celebrities.

Ever since the beginning of August this year, I have officially become a vegetarian. I am trying to become a vegan, but it is kind of hard to do so. I don't drink milk anymore, but I still eat yogurt and some foods and rinks that contain milk and eat eggs. I know it hasn't been that long, but you have to start somewhere right? Just a month before becoming a vegetarian, I watched a video of how meat is processed. I do know the animal is slaughtered, but seeing how they are slaughtered is really sad, and heartbreaking. I burst into tears to see how many animals are slaughtered. I have found out a fact that slaughtering animals for humans to eat actually effect the environment as the animals are fed a large amount of food, which could actually go towards the people who really need to be fed...I am not saying "GO VEGETARIAN!", but maybe just to think about it...I do know there are people out there who love their meat, and those who believe it is right to have meat as part of their diet. I cannot change your mind for you, nobody can, your life is made up of the choices you make. I do not wish to force you to change your mind about what you think is right. All our beliefs are different in many ways, so if you decide to completely ignore this section of writing, or decide to see more into this writing piece, then it is entirely up to you.

Here is a illustration from peta2, explaining how meat is made and how processing meat effects our environment. Most facts are from America as PETA originally started in Virginia, US. Here is the illustration:

An illustration of how meat is effecting the environment.

What I also found out that is really sad is that I do not want to go to SeaWorld, nor a zoo or circus as animals are not ours to use for entertainment. I have never been to SeaWorld, but after watching the documentary "Blackfish", I would not go to SeaWorld anymore. What I also have never worn is animal fur or skin. You are actually wearing an animal, another being on your body...it is kind of disgusting...anyway, I do not want to dwell too much on this topic as I do understand many of you have choices you have made in life. This is just my life choice I have made.

Theatrical poster for "Blackfish".

You can check out the "Blackfish" trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLOeH-Oq_1Y

For those of you who are interested, you can check out PETA and PETA2 website and YouTube account for more information (PS: PETA stands for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals). You can also follow PETA and PETA2 on Twitter. On PETA's website, you can find 100% vegan recipes, and also ask PETA questions as to how you can go vegan. If there are some questions that you would like to know, you can also read the articles PETA has on why animals are not for us to use and abuse. Many celebrities have joined PETA to help stop animal cruelty. If you are new to PETA and you also join the street team, you can receive a vegan starter kit if you'd like. One of PETA's motto's are: "I am 'someone', not 'something'." with regards to animals, an animal is 'someone', bot an 'it' or 'something'. Here are the following websites you can check out:
PETA: http://www.peta.org/
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/officialpeta
Twitter: https://twitter.com/peta

PETA2: http://www.peta2.com/
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/PETA2TV
Twitter: https://twitter.com/peta2

I also started listening to more heavy metal music, an example would be The Agonist and KAMELOT. I also started listening to Amaranthe. At the start of the year, I was busy searching for new music, and came across Amaranthe (You can read more of my thoughts of Amaranthe in my previous blog).
Over the years, I did hear about KAMELOT, but never really had the time to listen to their music. This year when I did, I was astounded as to how amazing their music is. My favourite song has to be "Sacrimony (Angel of Afterlife)" who features Amaranthe's front woman, Elize Ryd and The Agonist front woman, Alissa White-Gluz. I then found out about The Agonist through listening to "Sacrimony (Angel of Afterlife)". At first, I thought I won't be listening to The Agonist as I never really did listen to front woman who growl as well as sing clean vocals. I have listened to the rock bands Halestorm and Flyleaf which both front woman scream in their songs, but The Agonist was a bit different, definitely more metal music. After about 2 months of listening to only "Predator & Prayer", and then eventually "You're Coming with Me", I started to listen to The Agonist latest album "Prisoners". After the third month, I started listening to The Agonist previous two albums, and then become a big fan of their music. Their music is unique in a way that most of the lyrics are based on animal rights and society dilemmas. I now see The Agonist front woman, Alissa White-Gluz as a role model towards her fans as she is setting such a good example to the world. She was born vegetarian, and then later become a vegan. It was through Alissa that I wanted to live a more ethical life. I have seen some amazing quotes Alissa has said either on her Facebook or Instagram page that I found so inspiring. There are so many songs from The Agonist that I love listening to, but for the new fans who would love to listen to The Agonist, I highly recommend you listen to the following songs: "Rise and Fall"; "Take a Bow"; "Trophy Kill"; "Business Suits and Combat Boots"; "Memento Mori"; "The Tempest (The Siren's song; The banshee's cry)"; "...And their Eulogies sang Me to Sleep"; "Thank You Pain"; "Waiting out the Winter"; "The Sentient"; "Chlorpromazine"; "You're Coming with Me"; "Predator & Prayer"; "Panophobia"; "Ideometer"; "Lonely Solipsist"; "Dead Ocean" and "Everybody wants you? Dead?". The instrumental part at the end of "Ideometer" is very cool, and quite inspiring. The instrumental solo piece is the reason why I love rock/heavy metal music. Such talented singers and great music! Don't get me wrong, I love all kinds genre's of music, where it be pop, punk and classical, but rock/heavy metal is my favourite. Most of the music artists I have mentioned before have really good music.

Here is a YouTube link to The Agonist singles "Business Suits and Combat Boots", "...And Their Eulogies Sang to Sleep", "Thank You Pain" and "Panophobia":
Business Suits and Combat Boots: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZo4bOZf3B4
...And Their Eulogies Sang to Sleep: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXzIeI0mkFI
Thank You Pain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jud_SnKTlY
Panophobia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdT7M4f2L9A

If you'd like, you can check out The Agonist Facebook page:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheAgonistOfficial
I know The Agonist has not released any new songs in 2013, but you are welcome to view their music videos on their YouTube account.
Here is the Facebook link to The Agonist front woman, Alissa White-Gluz official page: https://www.facebook.com/AlissaWhiteGluzFans

I have officially become a Street Team member of two amazing artists. I am a street team member for CARA, and for The SoapGirls.
You are welcome to check out the Facebook pages here:
CARA: https://www.facebook.com/CARAStreetTeam
The SoapGirls: https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-SoapGirls-Street-Team/752937764733509

Overall, I think this year has been fantastic! I sincerely hope everyone else had a great year as well. All the new experiences, new liking to music and movies/TV series.
May the year 2014 bring you even more joy, excitement and new challenges, and of cause, new adventures in reaching your goals!
I hope everyone had a joyful and exciting 2013!
I wish you all to have an eventful and terrific time in the New Year 2014!