Ring In the New Year!

Yes. Ring in the New Year alright!


Yahoo!!! Anyways, the name of my blog wouldn't be 'Layla's Picks' if I didn't show some 'picks'. So, I'm going to talk about one of my main topics right now: MOVIES!!! YAY!!

Top 10 Movies of This Year in the U.S.
1. Finding Dory (Gross-$486, 295, 561)
2. Captain America-Civil War (Gross-$408, 084, 349)
3. Secret Life of Pets (Gross-$368,324, 855)
4. Jungle Book (Gross-$364, 001, 123)
5. Deadpool (Gross-$363, 070, 709)
6. Zootopia (Gross-$341, 268, 248)
7. Batman vs. Superman:Dawn of Justice (Gross: $330, 360, 194)
8. Suicide Squad (Gross-$325, 100, 054)
9. Rogue One (Gross-$318, 119, 079)
10. Doctor Strange (Gross-$228, 675, 707)
Sadly, my favourite movie, Sing, is only 37. But it's still got 'Major Piggy Power!'
 
Yahoo!

Bday/Christmas Post

Bday/Christmas Post

Hey guys. Have you ever been waiting for something so long, and then it's over and you have nothing left to wait for? Well, I can't feel that when it's my birthday cause a few weeks later it's CHRISTMAS!!! Anyways, birthday summary: it was on a Friday. YAY!!!!

-Opened my gifts at breakfast-Lego set, new shirt, card, toffee bar, and caramels

-Went to dinner at Mandarin w/ family, aunt, and best friend Elena

SO yay!!!! 

My aunt gave me money, and a card. My grandparents gave me a puzzle and a card and money. Elena gave me money, a bracelet with my monagram, and a game book. And a card. 

So, anyways, I'm doing a Christmas poll. 

Favourite Xmas Songs

-Jingle Bells

-It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

-Mary's Boy Child

-Baby It's Cold Outside

I'd pick Mary's Boy Child. Anyways, feel free to comment if you can. Some fans have said to me that the commenting won't work for them. So email me instead. 

My Birthday

Yay! It's my birthday! Well, soon! Yay!

Guess what? It's my birthday in...

             5 DAYS!!!!!

Yay yay yay yay yay!!!!! And the bets part is: DAD SAYS I CAN USE MY BIRTHDAY MONEY TO BUY CLOTHES AND SHOES!!! Even HIGH-HEELED ones! But they have to be short heels!!!!! 

YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And we're going to Mandarin!! Mom, Dad, Kai, my best friend Elena, and Ginny are going to be there!!!! I've only been to Mandarin when I was like, 2, and Elena says it's her FAVOURITE restaurant and she goes there for her birthday. 

Anyways, BYE!!!!!!!

Slideshare

Hey guys! Anyways, I will try to send a link to Slideshare. Then you guys can watch slides! Or just search up 'halloween slides' on Google. Click the 3rd result (not including images.) Then, it'll take you to Slideshare and you can watch a slide. I've watched it. Very fun. Few facts and pictures. And funny. 
Well, baboosh!
www.slideshare.net/carmonafjhalloween-slides-presentation
After you've gotten there, search up halloween slides. Then click the first result. It'll say Paco Carmona Halloween Slides. 

Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day
Hi everyone. As you all know, Remembrance Day was Friday 11, which was 2 days ago. I will put in Flanders' Fields as a tribute to all the soldiers who died in war. 
It's a beautiful poem. Remember back in the summer I typed some haikus. Well, this is WAY better. 

Questions, questions, QUESTIONS!!!!

Hi, guys! Today, I’d like to ask you: how did you like Halloween? How many candies did you get?

Poll: What’s your favourite candy?

-chocolate (Smarties, Kit Kat, Aero, etc.) Note: BE SPECIFIC IN COMMENTS

-Tootsie Rolls/Tootsie Pops

- Reese’s

- Rockets

Or, do you like chips? TELL ME. What type of chips do you like?

Anyways, today’s post was just questions for you. J

BYE!! JJJJJ

Anyways, today I'll make a Halloween slide. And I'll give you a link to it.

BYE! 

Poll Post

Fact Poll Post Continued

Hello! I’ve come to ask you, what is your favorite activity to do in the fall? Please answer in the comments. 

Fall Activities:                                                                   

-  Rake leaves and jump in them

-  Dress up for Halloween/Carve your pumpkin/ Throw a Halloween party

-  Collect colorful leaves

-  Go for a hike

-  Go for a hayride

-  Enjoy warm treats on a cold/cool day

- Other

 

 

 

I’d say my favorite fall activity would be Halloween activities. So much fun! I love dressing up, decorating my house, and carving a pumpkin. Also, I LOVE dong scary makeup! So fun!

Hey, speaking of Halloween, I will make a poll right here!

Halloween Activities:

-      Dress up

-      Do makeup

-      Carving a pumpkin

-      Going trick o’ treating

-      Decorating your house

-      Throwing a Halloween themed party

 

My fav would be dressing up. It’s just so cool! I love looking spooky! Would like to see your costumes, so you could try posting a picture of them on the comments box. Anyways, see (well, I’ll write) to you soon!

Happy Halloween!!

Love and Hugs,

You Anonymous Blogger :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

FACTS! Exciting!!!

FACTS! Exciting!!!

Today I decided that I’d give you some interesting facts. Here are 11:
-At least 22 million gallons of water is trapped in plastic bottles and thrown into landfills every year in the U.S alone.

-There are 93 million Wangs in China, is the most popular name in the country.

-Caodaism is a Vietnamese religion that worships Joan of Arc, Shakespeare, and Muhammad.

-Each year, up to 50 million people are injured in traffic accidents, globally.

-Australia’s first police force was composed of the best behaved convicts.

-The biggest dam built by beavers is twice as long as Hoover Dam.

-The giant palm salamander can stick its tongue out 50 times faster than you can blink.

-Norway’s coastline is long enough to circle the planet 2 and a half times.

-Each anteater eats about 35,000 ants and termites each day.

-The hole in the ozone layer of Antarctica is twice the size as Europe.

-Breathing 100% oxygen,instead of the 21% in our atmosphere, is generally bad, and sometimes toxic.

-St.Lucia is the only country in the world named after a woman.

So, what did you think of that? I had NO idea that there was a religion called Caodaism. It’s really interesting, this post.

HEY! I have another fact. FACT: this post is very funny/interesting. HEE! X10,000,000,000

I Don't Know. Quit asking me what this is called!!

I Do Not Know What to Call This Post

Again, I’m back. Today I had so much fun with my friends at school today. Inside Story: the friends I was playing with are: Madison (Madi), Elena, Joshua, Angela, and Monica (Moni). Madi had a scarf and Angela actually started the game. She took Madi’s scarf and Madi started chasing her. Then my best friend Elena saw them playing and she said, “C’mon Layla, let’s play!” So we joined in and then Joshua and Monica joined in once they were outside. Then I had the scarf and was waving it around. I was only focusing on where Madi, Angela, and Elena (we ended up with teams) were that I tripped and fell flat on my butt. It hard so badly. I looked up and a bunch of faces were staring in my face. (The people I was with.) Elena asked, “Are you OK?” I started laughing. It was so funny, but I don’t know why! I guess I was having so much fun that I thought it was really funny.

Well, that was basically all that went on in my life today.

I  guess this is an update on my school day.

Bye and see you soon,

Layla

Hello, I'm Back!!!/Thanksgiving

Hello, I'm Back!!!/Thanksgiving

Hello, I’m back! My humorous, beautiful self!! I know, right? You totally missed me. ANYWAYS, this is a Happy Thanksgiving post. So, restart.

Hello, and happy Thanksgiving! I’m so happy to be seeing you again. (That was a lie-I can’t see you.) Today I’m wishing you a happy Thanksgiving. Here is a list of things that I’m beyond grateful to have:

- A home to live in

- A family

- Friends

- A peaceful country

- A blog

There’s more. Food, water, etc. I’m so thankful for Canada. We are not involved in war, and we have no diseases. Today, I read the book Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes. It’s a book about Compassion, the virtue of this month. You should read it.

Anyways, that’s mostly all I want to cover with you today. (Do I sound weird?)

If you have any friends (and I hope you do :)), then please tell them about this blog. I want people to read it. Not because I want to be popular, but I want people to smile in their life. Have fun reading. Laugh.

So, goodbye for the day! And hope to see you commenting! 

I'M BACK FROM VK AND HERE TO TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT!!!!

HEYYY everybody I'm back! Spunky, frank, gregarious, amiable, ME!!!!! (I never used to know those LONG words(except frank) before I searched up words to decribe a person because I didn't really know the word to describe myself. So that helped me a LOT. 
I'm recording on here what I wrote in my Quebec-New Brunswick trip. Actually, we were in New Brunswick and I wanted to go to Parlee Beach, the warmest saltwater beach in Canada, I think. Or in the world? This is what my mom and dad quoted.It's actually helpful. "What you know is not always the best, because you still haven't seen the diversity of other places." In other words,"What you are used to isn't always the best, because you're only used to what you have and not other places." Anyways, we went on Confederation Bridge, and had to pay a toll of $100 for there and back! So, we drove around, and stopped at a cute plaza. There were a series of different coloured stores, and we looked around. (It's real windy in PEI and New Brunswick.) I was craving an ice cream, so we stopped at this milkshake place. I had a Double Chocolate milkshake. Boy, that was piled HIGH! The lady had also dropped in a small chocolate donut!!!!!!!!!!!!!I planned to slurp the milkshake down and eat the soggy, chocolate soaked donut down, and I ended up doing that. My bro was complaining, so we also stopped for a box of donuts and got some coffee for the adults. He had a donut, I drank my milkshake, and the others ate donuts and had coffee. Guess what? There's only 1 Starbucks in PEI, and that's in Charlottetown. We were in Summerside. 
That's all for now, folks. 
Bye, all you Canadians and what nots!! 
I miss Quebec(the longest province), New Brunswick, and PEI(the smallest!) I can't believe I've traveled to the biggest AND smallest planet! Stay tuned for what's up next!

WE'RE GOING ON A VK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I Can't Believe It-We're Going On A VK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can't believe it-I finally like the words on a vacation! Yay!! Well, my mom visited my blog yester' and said,"You are SO hilarious, girl." Well, not exactly, cause mom's don't say things like that. They say,"Your blog is very humourous, my daughter. I like it." Again, not exactly. They actually, actually say," You are so hilarious, _________" That blank is for my name. I can't tell you my name because I could be hacked-and WHY are you laughing?! I know you like to laugh-but I'm not accepting laughs right now. But I REALLY COULD be hacked and you'd be pouting because I was telling you 'I told you so' instead of you telling me that. Anyways back to the topic-what was the topic again? Yes. My name. My beautiful, purifying name. Hey! I should show you some of my stories. 

NOT NOW, THOUGH! I know you're my adoring fans, but guess what? This busy socialite girl has a schedule too. Don't forget that. You're the fans, and I'm the fan attracter(that sounds weird), so don't forget about the main course here-you're lovely blog writer-moi.

So, ta-ta for now. Bye bye!!  

Medal-You Know, I'm Just Going to Call It Whatever

So, here we are again.
Maybe we could save me some time and talk abut something else? Let's talk about.......I know! Well, guess what? Let's see you suggest. I'll just.....Um......

Since I don't know what to talk about, I'll just do something random.
Poems
Haikus: a poem with 3 lines. Line 1 should have 5 syllables, Line 2 should have 7 syllables, and Line 3 should have 5 syllables too.
Let me show you one.
(5) The sky is so blue
(7) The sun is so warm up high
(5) I love the summer
Let me try.
It is so windy
In Ontario
A storm has risen
Whoo!

Day 9 of the Rio Olympics

       Day 9 of the Rio Olympics

Medal count, again!!!!
USA:60, CHINA:41, GREAT BRITAIN:30, JAPAN:24, RUSSIA:25, AUSTRALIA:22, ITALY + FRANCE:19, GERMANY:16, SOUTH KOREA:13, CANADA:12, HUNGARY:11, and all the rest are 7s, 6s, 5s, 4s, 3s, 2s, and 1s. I have more to say this post. For all of you who are all set to go to the next Olympics, it's going to be in Tokyo, Japan. Whenever I say the name Tokyo, I giggle in my head. No offense. I just like that name. Toki-OOOO, Toki-OOOO, Toki-OOOO!!! Hee. Well, don't go shaking your heads, going, oh, so expensive. Guess what? I found 5 tips to save money in Japan. I'll tell you right-now. Actually, I'll keep you hanging and tell you next post. Which I'm not going to post until October, because I'm going to Jamaica. Yeah right! I wanted to see if you were paying attention. Ha! Bye!

Medal Count Number I Don't Know-30000000??????????

Medal Count Number I Don't Know-30000000?????

USA:50!!, CHINA:37, JAPAN:24,  GREAT BRITAIN + RUSSIA:22, AUSTRALIA:18, FRANCE:17, ITALY:15, SOUTH KOREA:13, GERMANY +  HUNGARY:11, CANADA:10, KAZAKHSTAN + NEW ZEALAND:7, NETHERLANDS:6, SPAIN, NORTH KOREA, + SOUTH AFRICA:5, THAILAND, SWEDEN, BRAZIL + DENMARK:4, and you know what I'm gonna say..... all the other countries are 3, 2, and 1. Bye for now! And keep commenting! 

ABOUT ME

About Me

Hi. I know I should have told you about myself earlier, but I forgot. So, I'll give you guys 11 facts about myself, because 11's my favourite number.
1. I was born in Canada
2. I have a passion for fashion, the computer, and basically anything artsy
3. I am learning French, and I can speak a little Tagalog. I've recently tried to learn Italian on the Internet. Quite easy.
4. I have 1 younger brother, who torments and loves me day and night. He's so funny, because whatever I say to him, sooner or later he says it back.
5. I love to play board games like Scrabble, Monopoly, and Backgammon. I'm still learning Backgammon, though.
6. I will eat anything with potatoes, unless if it's fish, spinach, or spicy.
7. As you can kind of see here, I'm picky. Really picky. Really really picky.
8. My dream car would be a Porsche. A red one. Turbo SS. : )
9. I'd love to be an actress, a designer, a writer, or maybe a teacher.
10. I'd really love to take a world trip. Awesome!
11. One of my biggest passions right now is to take a VK!!!!! : )
12. Sorry! I'm lots of fun, happy, and artsy. I love to be outside even thought I'm not really a sporty type person. 
There is my 11-er, 12 facts about me. Hey, guess what? I'll have a competition. Whoever shows me they're my biggest fan can ask me a question-and I will answer directly, on a separate post.   

Tips On A Blog and A Dessert Pic

Sometimes the right dessert can fuel me up, and get me going. You know, sometimes you hear a dessert name, and then suddenly you're really hungry and can only eat that dessert? And it's torture if you can't have it, and you go on and on? Yeah. Well, I'll try and make you feel like that on this post? Here are some delish dessert pics.
  The torture about this is I pushed over mountains and jumped over seas to find out what this is called for you guys, but no such luck!!!!!!!!!!!!
Random Tip: If you want to start a blog, go to christinelovestotravel. Just search that up. She's so organized. So, that's organization. And, explore the computer. Don't be afraid to press buttons. Unless of the button says Bomb Placer. Then, don't touch it and be afraid. : )

Medals

Medals

USA:38, CHINA:30, JAPAN:22, RUSSIA:19, GREAT BRITAIN:16, AUSTRALIA:15, ITALY:12, SOUTH KOREA + FRANCE:11, GERMANY:8, HUNGARY, KAZAKHSTAN + CANADA:7, and you know what I'm going to say.... all the rest of the countries have 2, 1, and 0!! The Philippines have 1, you know? For weightlifting, too. 

Even though we probably won't get 50 medals, let's cheer for Canada!

To make a point, though, all the women are doing the work. For all you girls out there, GIRL POWER!!!!!! 

P.S. Please share this site's address with your friends and family. 

Books, books, books, and books galore!!!!!!

Books, books, books, and books galore!!!

If you like reading books, I'll give you some of my favourite books. Yes, I know I'm not the world-wide famous bloggers, but here are some of my favourites for kids.
Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan, Dear Dumb Diary series by Jim Benton, Enchanted Tree series by Enid Blyton(yes, she's dead now, but her books aren't), and I'll give you some more book titles when I find some more. BYE!!!!!

Not An Olympic Post

Not An Olympics Post

Yes, now you know this isn't an Olympic post. SO, I'm going to give you some of my favourite shows. See? I'm starting to show you some 'picks', get it? Even though probably no one is reading this, I want whoever is to tell their friends and family about this here blog. Yes, even if they're really old, even if they are teenagers, but not babies or toddler. Get what I'm saying? (Or typing?) It's called promoting! Or so I think. Whatever. : )

My Favourite Shows

1. Some Assembly Required
2. K.C. Undercover
3. Best Friends Whenever
4. Elena of Avalor
Some Assembly Required is about a teenager named Jarvis Raines, and he wins a toy company called Knick Knack Toys. He hires his staff called Piper Grey(the Goth girl), Geneva Hayes (the girly girl), Bowie Sherman (the dork),  Astor _____ (the fashion freak), and Malcolm 'Knox' Knoxford. The previous Knick Knack owner Candace wants to take the company back, so she disguises herself as a cleaner lady Mrs.Bubkes.
K.C. Undercover is a show about a teenage girl called K.C., and she's a spy. K.C. goes on lot of exciting adventures.
Search up all the other shows.
Jarvis Raines (Kolton Stewart), Piper Grey ( Charlie Storwick), Geneva Hayes ( Sydney Scotia), Aster ______ (Travis Turner), Bowie Sherman (Harrison Houde), Knox (Dylan Playfair), Candace ( Ellie Harvie). There. Are you asleep? I know this was a long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, very long post, but don't fall asleep, OK?

RIO SUMMER OLYMPICS

Rio Summer Olympics Post 2

Here we are again. I'm afraid the medals have changed. 

USA:32, CHINA: 23, JAPAN:18, RUSSIA:15, AUSTRALIA + GREAT BRITAIN:12, ITALY:11, SOUTH KOREA:9, HUNGARY+KAZAKHSTAN:7, FRANCE + CANADA:6, and all the rest are 4, 3, 2, 1, 0. Wait. Don't go yet. Let's clap for Kazakhstan. They got a gold in Men's swimming the other day. Well, yesterday. The swimmer's name was Dmitiry Balandin. (Clap, clap, clap.) At least Canada has as many medals as France. If you have kids, tell them to play sports for Canada. 

GO CANADA!!!! 

Go go go go go Canada

All our athletes

All our athletes

Oh oh oh oh oh

Yeah they're elite

Oh oh oh oh oh

We go for Canada! 

My First Poll

I'll start my first poll. There won't be any percentage, though. But, who cares? My question to all you readers is: what Olympic sport(s) would you like to do? I mean, if you had the chance to play ANY Olympic sport, which one would you do? There are endless options. Swimming, fencing, basketball, rugby........
I think I'd like to try fencing, rugby, and gymnastics. Not counting the injuries, though. What would you do? Oh, and a second question: What country would you play for?

2016 Rio Summer Olympics

       2016 Rio Summer Olympics

Let's get started!

Medal Count
United States:27, China:17, Japan:14, Russia:13, Australia + Italy:9, South Korea:7, Hungary + France: 6, Canada:5, Thailand, Kazakhstan, + Netherlands:4, and the rest are 2, 1, or 0. I wish sometimes the good athletes would say, "Alrighty, I love my team and my country and all, but what about those poor countries out there who have no money to get good training? I'll prove my citizenship to them and help their country succeed. Then, THAT will be a good deed." I'll get back to you later.

Maybe I'll worry about that later, after I learn how to change my blog name. I'll start a post on the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics. That's a hot topic. Keep updated by looking on my blog, and feel free to correct me if I got something wrong!:)

OK, let's get this started!! Since this is the first time I ever started a blog, don't expect me to know everything about one. (Helpful explanation: don't be a goody goody. That sounds weird, so, MOVING ON.) Maybe you should try to start one. Harder than you think. I'm not going to always post videos cause that takes up space, but sometimes I will.