Stizzoso, mio stizzoso- Pergolesi

Hello Sweets!

As a music major (vocalist), I understand the struggles one may face when trying to learn music inside and outside of vocals lessons. I also understand the challenge of trying to interpret what your vocal professor is trying to tell you. Though your professor(s) may offer phenomenal advice, it is not always easy to relate to their vocal technique or it may not be easy to translate what is being suggested for you to do. From experience, I have often benefitted from vocal advice from my peers. Sometimes they could suggest the same techniques that my professor suggests but because my peers were able to either explain it from a student’s prospective or explain it in simpler terms, I was able to understand it. Here, I would like to document what I have learned, what I am learning, my struggles, my epiphanies, and whatever else that might come to mind by providing videos and text in hopes that this may help you somewhere in your musical journey.

LET’S BEGIN!

 

Check out the live performance here: Here!

Agnus Dei- Bizet

Hello Sweets!

As a music major (vocalist), I understand the struggles one may face when trying to learn music inside and outside of vocals lessons. I also understand the challenge of trying to interpret what your vocal professor is trying to tell you. Though your professor(s) may offer phenomenal advice, it is not always easy to relate to their vocal technique or it may not be easy to translate what is being suggested for you to do. From experience, I have often benefitted from vocal advice from my peers. Sometimes they could suggest the same techniques that my professor suggests but because my peers were able to either explain it from a student’s prospective or explain it in simpler terms, I was able to understand it. Here, I would like to document what I have learned, what I am learning, my struggles, my epiphanies, and whatever else that might come to mind by providing videos and text in hopes that this may help you somewhere in your musical journey.

LET’S BEGIN!

Check out the live performance here:
https://youtu.be/4xT4iyto0lY

Death Does Not Always Accompany A Broken Heart. (RQ)

Diamiss from Unknown asks,
“What can I do at this point of no return? My boyfriend of 2 years broke up with me and even though I still love him, I know he is not the same. It feels like we are still who we’ve always been and now we are enemies. That is what it feels like. I know I love him and I will still like to make it work. Is he still worth pursuing? He says we should just be friends. He says he no longer sees me as his girlfriend and sees me more like a sister. How can he see me as his sister when we have been f******  many times!!!? WTF!! I have so many questions, I really hope you can help! I would truly like to know should I move on, how and why? He acts like a different person towards me now and it hurts. Is this break up for the best?”

“One minute we are f****** and the next minute he is cold and very distant and don’t want to spend time with me. He wasn’t busy and he didn’t have a job at the time. And all of a sudden he goes back to school and gets a job and now he don’t want me even though I was there for him when he had nothing. He wants bigger and better things i guess. How did we go from being so passionate with each other to now living without each other? My heart is broken, how can I go on? I hope there is more to life than just broken hearts then death! I hope this is enough information to help you understand where I am coming from?”

Well Diamiss, you do have a lot questions, haha. Thank you very much for trusting me with this topic. A topic that is very sensitive for many people. Before going any further, I would like to remind you that I am not a licensed therapist, counselor nor am I an expert. All my advice comes from my own personal thoughts, opinions, and experiences. Also, keep in mind that this is your life. It does not matter what I or what anyone else thinks. At the end of the day, you are the one who has to live with the choices YOU make, not I. With that being said, I will do my best to answer, and I pray this advice helps you.

To answer what I think is the over all question, I say, you should move on with your life. He has and so should you. If I am reading your words correctly, it appears that perhaps your ex checked out of the relationship way before he said anything to you. He worked on himself and now its time for you to do or continue doing the same. Now, allow me to elaborate. 

Being transparent here, truthfully, your situations hits home for me. This is very similar to my former relationship, so I think I completely understand where you are coming from. My ex told me he thought we should just be friends. He revealed that he loves me but perhaps that love is different, implying he has love for me but is no longer in love with me. Again, I am not an expert but perhaps hearing a bit of my story can help you.

No Regrets, My Friend.

No Regrets, My Friend. 

By: Shalandra Royal

Look into my heart.
My aching heart,
a hollow shell it became.
I sacrificed my soul,
my weary soul,
to give you all that you’ve gained.

Ewha Woman’s University International Dorm Life (Part One)

Hello, Sweets!
Hope you all have been doing well?

Life in South Korea has been very well so far. I’ve been adjusting well and I’m enjoying the process.

Before I traveled to South Korea, I did my best to research everything I could think of and I learned a lot in the process. What was very difficult to research was specific Korean universities’ life. I found a few YouTubers explaining their dorms and or universities and read a few blogs but unfortunately, I found nothing that really prepared me for my university experience.
(I do not claim to have read every blog and seen every YouTube video dealing with the matter. I am stating that out of the sources I reviewed, I did not find exactly what I was looking for.)

With that being said, I would like to provide information about my university in hopes that this article can be a great help in preparing anyone interested in attending Ewha Woman’s University as an International Exchange Student.

Being Sick in my Seoul

Hello Sweets,
I hope you all have been well?

I’ve been trying very hard to post the many articles I have written for you, but like always, there were a few obstacles in the way. One major obstacle was my blog being blocked from my laptop and a few other computers on campus. The reason being, the university I attend has software that is REQUIRED to be properly downloaded and installed on to your electronics (Not including Apple products). I was fine for the first couple of weeks (I produced my first two Korea based blog posts), but sometime during week three I started up my laptop, searched for one of my favorite sites to watch my American television shows and suddenly my laptop was bombarded with notices and webpages telling me my internet use is now restricted, unless I download EVERYTHING it desired me to download. At first, I question the legitimacy of these notices…then I noticed that the notices had my university’s logo on them, so this meant I had to do it.

I’m in Seoul! (The Honeymoon is over!)

Hello, Sweets!
I hope all is well with you all?

First, I would like to say, THANK YOU to all of you who are very supportive of me on this journey. I am loving it here in South Korea and I can not wait to experience all that I can.

*This blog post in not intended to speak for everyone, these are my personal experiences. :)*

You know, for the first week it was very difficult for my mind to grasp the concept that I was no longer in America. For me, it didn’t feel like Seoul was any different from my home city back in the U.S. Going to small stores and shops seemed fun and eating new foods seemed adventurous, but nothing stood out as odd (Other than the fact that I was totally ignoring the language barrier).

I’m in Seoul! (Week One in South Korea!)

Hello Sweets!

I’m back and currently, I am embarking on a brand new journey that allows me to study abroad at Ewha Women’s University in Seoul, South Korea for the Spring Semester of the 2015 school term. I never would have imagined having this opportunity come to me so soon, especially judging by the difficult events that have been happening for quite sometime, but dispite it all, I am here! Through this blogging process, I will fill you in on everything eventually but for now, I would like to begin sharing my experience in the awesome country.

Your Armor

Your Armor
By: Shalandra Royal
We all know someone who has worked very hard in life just to survive. Sometimes we are those very people to do so. It does not feel good to be on the opposing end of the armor that is often built in the process and this often causes other to begin to build theirs. Then once you are done and you are in it, it can be very difficult to remove it. Beware and Best wishes to you all! 

I am so very proud of you!
Of your strength.
Of your victories.
Of your voice.
Of your mind.
Of your heart…. of what’s left of it.

Overcoming your past to live in this present with a little of nothing…
I am very proud of you.

I’m proud of you…
Your strength is so mighty, that no one can fight it
Your victories of which you defend, are won from within
Your voice is your weapon of choice,
Your mind holds your instrument that sounds supreme
And your heart yet and true, feels only for rent, sometimes?

Pouring Stressing Over Salad Will Not Make You Healthy! (Stress can ruin your health too, not just eating fast food!)

Hello Sweets!
(Cheesy Title…I know! But you read it! Haha!)

Hope you all are doing well! Take it one day at a time, that is all you can do! Just prepare accordingly!

A few of my friends along with myself are trying to bring attention to eating healthier, making healthier life choices. We all have our different reasons as for why, but we do our best to help one another in this transition. There is one particular friend that did not agree to this willingly and they occasionally buck against the advise, support and tough love we give them. One evening, while we were shopping, there was another friend in the group that would make comments on selected food choices we would want to purchase. They would say “That’s not healthy,” every time.  For a while, I went a long with it, because glancing at the items it is very easy to assume if it’s not a fruit or a vegetable then it is unhealthy, but this is always not true. This friend continued to sing the same song on other ventures to get food and soon I became very aware of how false that statement was. I respect the fact that this friend is very dedicated to eating healthier but it is important for them to learn that you do not have to starve yourself and give up everything to be healthy. We are young, and our bodies are still changing.

There is much more to being healthy than just eating well. What solidified this for me, was when I was notified that my life insurance monthly premium decreased. I was shocked because I was under some odd impression that it would decrease if I’ve had it for a while. I just applied for my own life insurance a month ago so how could this be? (I quickly learned I was wrong, and now I know the truth about life insurance and how it works) Anyway, I was told my premium went down because the medical tests they performed on me to see how healthy I am came back and the results were great! They said I was very healthy therefore my premium went down about six dollars. (That is a lot of money for a broke college student!) My life insurance is very cheap now for a very great life insurance plan! (I highly recommend StateFarm for everyone! Get a quote today and see if it can work for you too!) Me? Healthy!? I knew I didn’t have poor health but I am in a very awesome percentage of healthy!