The QuaranTEENS

This week, I bike in Paris. It was really pleasant because since the confinement there are much less cars in Paris. I did Vélib because I do not have a bike at home and it turns out that it is quite practical.

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During my ride, I saw that there were a lot of bikes compared to before this coronavirus crisis. However, I could see that people are now using their own bikes and are not using the Vélibs much. I can imagine that it is because of the fear they have around the virus, and the fear of being infected. It is true that people have become quite paranoid. I respect the safety rules and suddenly, I do not think I run a big risk. But people are afraid, which is quite paradoxical knowing that they are not afraid to go queuing for hours to go to buy clothes at Zara for example.

In any case, the fact that there are more bikes and less cars does a lot of good for the environment and that is already a very good point. To go further, there are measures that have been taken for the environment that sound good to me. For example, rue de Rivoli is closed to cars for the moment, except for buses and taxis. This makes that in addition to being pleasant for the people who wander, it is important for the planet.

It has been a few days that we’re not anymore in containment. So we can now go out to do whatever we want except all activities or places where there is plenty of people.I went out a bit because it’s good for our health. If you stay at home every time during a too long time, you become crazy. When I went out I respected the security rules by wearing a mask, and staying not too close from the others.

However, I was surprised about the number of people who don’t even give a little little bit importance for the virus. I saw old people meet their friends with no mask, hugging, kissing on the cheek, shaking hands etc, while they are the most exposed to the risks of coronavirus. That’s unbelievable…

Even if we may go out, I don’t find a lot of things to do because mostly everything is closed. So when I go out it is mainly to get some fresh air while respecting the safety rules. However, I miss too much going to bars, restaurants and even more fast foods with my friends. I have a lot of five guys, mc donald’s or stake & shake planned. We’re just waiting for the end of the virus and the opening.

This week is the first week of end of the lockdown. Actually that’s sound cool and I’m pretty happy about the situation because I fed up with the containment. Today was the first day where I returned to Paris for the beginning of the containment. And it was the first time I go out except in the garden of the hotel where I live these days. But I was surprised about the number of people out whitout any masks or something to protect themselves on the one hand and the others on the other hand. I think that’s not reasonable at all. It’s not because the containment is finished that the virus doesn’t exist anymore.

You will probably find it stupid but when I came back from Paris, I directly washed myself because I was afraid of non-respectful people. If they wanna be contaminated they can but without contaminate me lmao.

Otherwise, it’s been a long time since I sa was the hairdresser. But I decided to let my hair continuing pushing because finally I like this style with longer hair 🤷‍♂️

The decontainment is coming soon… That’s why I’m getting more and more enthusiastic every day that goes by. The containment was long and just the idea of refinding a social life makes me happy. However, it will be gradual. We are not going to be completely free as of May 11th even if I’m waiting impatiently for this date. But if we start going out, the fear around hand washing is going to be even worse lmao. Here is a meme to illustrate this situation.

To pass the time, to have fun, to serve my parents and to eat well, this week I cooked quite a bit. I tried all kinds of dishes: starters, main courses, and even desserts. I tried to innovate and not do the same thing I usually do. You may see here examples of what I cooked.
Enjoy your meal !

The latest weeks wasn’t that uncomfortable for me because the weather was amazing. So I could go out and have fun outside. However, this week that’s not the same. Actually, the weather is horrible, it’s raining the entire day. That get me bored because I can only indoor activities. This is why I rediscovered the passion I had for monopoly when I was a child.

Next to that I try to continue practicing sport. It can be football, tennis, running or fitness. But this week because of the weather, most of the time I do fitness inside 🤷‍♂️. I’m crazy about sport because when I’m practicing sport, it’s the only time of the whole day when I’m thinking about nothing.

During the vacations, the government broke the news telling us that we will probably resume classes at school. I’m quite happy because I wanna go back to school for a while. Actually the containment begins to be a bit long without seeing anybody except my parents and my brother.

For instance we just resume classes at home. The recovery wasn’t that easy because at didn’t work too much during the holidays. But now, it keeps me busy at least most of the day.

Out of work, I try to do things unusual for me, as manual things for example. Last time I made a fire in the parc of the hotel where I’m confined. I’ve never done this before but I finally found it pretty cool.

However, even if I try to not staying the whole day behind a screen, I have to admit that sometimes it’s complicated. My guilty pleasure is watching series. The last two series that I watched are “La casa de Papel” that everybody know and “Validé” which tells the story of a young French rapper who start to know success, fame and worries about this job.

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It’s the second week that we are in quarantine. And contrary to what I thought at the beginning, I got pretty used to it. Two weeks ago, I thought that it would quickly become boring, even unbearable. However, we get used to it.
Actually, working at home is getting easier. This is probably due to the fact that we had lessons in audio and even videoconference this week.

I still miss seeing friends and going out. But this week, I discovered an application called “House Party” which allows you to see your friends online by video call and even to meet friends of your friends. I found it really cool and I do it quite regularly (every nights lmao). This helps to fill the lack of social life ….

It has been now more than a week that we are in quarantine. That’s why our daily life has changed. Thanks to my father who is an hotel manager, I have the luck to be confined with my family in the Hotel that he manage rather than being confined in our flat. Actually that’s a great advantage because there is much more space than in an appartement. So, I can go out in the garden of the hotel, spend time in the swimming pool and the sauna and even practicing sport as football with my lil bro for example. I’ve even learned to dance with him lmao. Here is the link if you guys wanna see us dancing 😉

However, there are still negative points to this even if I’m not the less lucky… Firstly, we don’t have any social life except with our families. I really miss my best friends. Even if we FaceTime each other every nights, I miss the real contact with them. Then, it’s a bit harsh to work in some classes because we don’t have oral explanations anymore… But we don’t have to lose hope and continue to work everyday.

But for me, the most difficult thing since the beginning of the containment is that there is no Paris Saint Germain football games. Actually I’m a great fan of PSG since my childhood because I have been watching games with my daddy since I was born…. and I was habited to go to the stadium 🤷‍♂️.

However I’m conscient of the risks, that’s why I have to accept all these negatives points and stay confined to have a better life as soon as possible…