The QuaranTEENS

Hello!

People say that I don’t get enough news from them, this period of “confinement” made me think about it, so I decided to get more news from my friendly relationships with people, my friends from school, middle school, high school and hobbies.

At the beginning I thought it was a bit ridiculous to make aperitifs in video conferencing, “it was reserved for adults”… But why not?

Anyway I decided to call each other and take the time to discuss together, everyone seems to be excited by the idea !

I’ve already given it a try and it’s great even if sometimes we don’t talk, the fact is that we missed the moment together.

Although I’m so excited to see all my friends again but I’ll take precautions.
In fact, May 11th is the date planned for the “de-confinement”, is the date on which people will be able to go out without “attestations”.
I hope that people will be careful and that they won’t all go out at the same time and that they won’t get together for useless things.

However, I’m afraid of people they don’t seems to understand because even in confinement we see open markets with lots of people as if everything was normal
As if the fact that it’s “nice weather” or ” wahouu the suns back ” is a valid excuse.

Oh yeah, I almost forgot! My mother made masks to protect us and they’re pretty nice.

The main function of the mask is to protect us, however customizing and creating your own masks can make the thing more fun to lives the situation.
But always keep in mind that it is not a fashion accessory but a sanitary protection.

Hey, everybody,

Before the confinement I spent a lot of time on youtube because I think it’s a social network that offers you good content that you choose to see (not like on TV).

Also, the video creators work hard and constantly to offer us qualitative videos that appeal to their audience.
However, since the confinement, I have noticed that videos on youtube are more and more redundant. Of course, it’s not fortuitously, the containment have consequences at all levels.

In fact, since the containment the famous “youtubers” that we see everywhere on social networks can’t leave their homes which stop and block them in the creation of their content especially for those specializing in travel.

Moreover , they can no longer receive or travel to their friends’ homes, which is sometimes penalizing when they have to create content together. ( I didn’t have an example for this but I know lot of youtube are in this case)

they are a litlle bit forced by the situation, big and little youtubers are forced to reinvent themselves and find something else to share.
Some don’t want to change their content and find solutions to get around the problem such as video conferencing. ( I also do that to talk with my friend)
So finally they seems to be more authentic and closer to their followers.
Many famous people, influencers, or lambda people have turned to other ways to get attention and to not be forgotten by making famous “TIK TOK” or Instagram lives. haha. ( I say that because some friends are doing that and it’s funny but very good and I support them)
Although their videos are less attractive due to their lack of originality and renewal, but the views of these you-tubers don’t drop.

This is due to the fact that people have more time to click and watch their video to be entertained.
Without doubting, those who win are the you tubers” well being” for food and sports. It’s a success !
Maybe I’ll have to become a sports coach to be famous on youtube lol.

the confinement goes well for even after 2 months, indeed after the music and the reading I discovered cooking. so I was able to make 3gateau au chocolat as well as yogurt cake or even Oreo cakes. I also sell cake for the modest sum of 45 €. I also play a lot of fifa with my friends and when the urge takes me I work (but this is rare). I therefore particularly appreciate confinement and I wish to remain confined forever.

Today my mother received a package, I didn’t know what she had ordered. I was surprised when she opened the package, indeed there were washable recycled cloth masks in it. She bought them for the whole family, from my brothers to my grandparents. I was able to choose between the different patterns and colors of the different fabrics I chose 2 of them:

I find this initiative very interesting for the ecological coast because I’ve always been interested in it even if I’ve never really made huge ecological movements. Moreover during a few months the masks will become a daily accessory so we might as well have washable masks for individuals and make them a “fashion accessory” to get used to this habit that we will have to take.

As promised in the previous post, here are some of my pictures:

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So here are a few examples to prove that I did take pictures 🙂

Today is April 30. May 11th is less than 2 weeks away… I can’t wait to get out. I am already planning what I will do the same day. If we can go out at 12h, at 12h01 I would be outside, with my friends. Then you have to know that even if we have the right to go out we will have to protect ourselves more than ever because everyone will be outside, it’s not the time to get sick before holidays. Speaking of holidays … we’re going to have problems I think. Anyway, I still plan my vacations but we will have to improvise more or less.

To pass the time I have a schedule that hasn’t changed since the beginning of the quarantine : I wake up, I eat breakfast directly. Then I look at my calendar to find out if I have homework or if I can play. After work, I eat and play. Later I have dinner, I watch a series and then play with my friends. I do some sport before sleeping and I sleep. And then the day begins again.
I go out from time to time but not these last few days because it was raining.

To conclude: I play video games a lot, whereas i had stopped playing. I play sports, I eat more than before. And I’ve never been so much time with friends on the phone. What it changes my life…

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.

Good evening, here I am, again.

It seems that the president read my last post because the Bac exams are, finally, officially canceled. However, I do not agree with the “contrôle continu”. Even if we are not sure of going back in June, if we are “bombarded” by checks, canceling the Bac will have been useless. I am glad that the teachers continue to give notes, even during the quarantine, they allow me to know where I am in my studies, and inform other people which are their issues, but I think that it would be better to make catch-up sessions instead of the controls that await us. Personally I don’t mind but I know there are a lot of people with learning difficulties (go check my last post if u wanna know more about my opinion).

Apart from that, I’m finally able to work, i can say that I missed my 2 weeks of vacation because I was sick from the first to the last day, but hey, it’s not like I could have done many things during this unpleasant confinement. Last week, the weather was wonderful to go out, but now with the rain, this quarantine is really depressing.

However, this large amount of time wasted allowed me to discover activities that I didn’t know I would really enjoy: cooking. It is true that when you do more than pasta, all meals seem so complicated, but in reality it’s not. I made a kind of Top Chef solo version, and frankly, I like that, Couscous, Lasagne, Chicken Curry, stuffed tomatoes, nothing escapes my hand (as long as there is a tutorial on the internet). Maybe I’ll give up the idea of going to Polytechnique to become a kitchen engineer, or something like that.

Well, see you next week. (I have no idea how to end this xD)

My previous articles dealt with the different aspects of confinement. This new article will dwell with the effects of living with confinement. After 44 days of confinement, our contacts with others have been limited, we can’t visit our families, go out with friends or even go out for fun. Some people find it difficult because they feel bored,isolated and lonely.

People are confronted to their fears in view of the actual context, they are scared to be contaminated, to contaminate their loved ones, to see a family member die. Frontline workers whom are directly confronted to the virus, need psychological assistance because it is quit difficult to encounter that type of situation, seing such a number of people suffering, dying and feeling powerless because you can’t save everyone.

I read about a boy in an article who was suffering from a mental illness, he lived with his mother and sisters and with the confinement he couldn’t receive the medical and social assistance he needed so his crisis got even worse and he killed his mom. That happened in Epinay-Sous-Sénart, and it is an example of the kind of psychological effect the confinement has on people their lifes.

Some feel depressed, anxious or get irritated very easily and living in family becomes difficult and respecting everyones private sphere isn’t easy. However confinement shouldn’t be perceived as a punishment, we need to try and planify our days, help the needy people around us, and for those who encounter difficulties, they should be able to get the assistance they need.

27th of April 2020
Recently a weird event just occurred, it would seem that the Pentagon just released publicly three videos of UFOs. The reason why i’m calling out on it is because it is really interesting and odd that the Pentagon, one of the most highly secret information gathering in America just shared something with the rest of the world. Well I know what y’all be thinking, “it’s fake”,”its not real”, and I can totally understand since most of the videos on the internet can be easily deceiving, but moments after the videos were linked, journalists immediately turned themselves to the militaries to ask if the videos are real. Believe it or not they are 100% real, militaries had affirmed that the ones who took those videos were Navy fighter pilots.

We could hear them in the videos completely confused on what they’re seeing, ” it seems that it is rotating…”, “how does it go so fast?”,” it moves in weird ways..”. But apparently, the military are sure that this won’t become a “big thing”, and I asked myself a question, why now of all moments? My point of view would be that since this year have currently been a total mess, throwing out a video like this would seem normal for the rest of the world. I mean hear me out, in January we almost got a third world war, then the death of Kobe Bryant, and then the Corona virus, what’s next … Aliens ? We’ll God bless my soul but if were having a Alien invasion I’ll be with Aliens!