The QuaranTEENS

Since the beginning of the lockdown, I have been watching the news to see how this situation is evolving. In most countries, people stay at home and do not move or rarely move and I was really interested in the benefits made by this global containment.

First of all, let us look at Italy, which was the first European country seriously affected by the Coronavirus. As shown in this picture, marine animals regain their rightful place in the waters of the Mediterranean. In Sardinia, where 30 million goods usually pass through every year, dolphins are once again approaching the now desert shores because of the drop in cargo traffic.

Venice, the well-known city for its canals has also found “its beauty” back thanks to the comeback of the fishes, swans . . . with clearer waters.

In the French capital, the evolutions are also present with different animals taking their place. Spotted in the streets of Paris, the ducks also take back their rights. With sidewalks deserted by locals and millions of tourists a year, the birds take the time to stretch their legs.

In the South of France new animals also make their appearance with rorqual.

At the Hong Kong zoo, which has been closed to the public for the past two months, the two pandas, Ying Ying and Le Le, have mated and it is a first for these two animals who have been living together for ten years.

In many other countries, nature takes over these rights with: in Australia kangaroos walking the streets ; in Nepal, the rhinos that are in the city like in South Africa with the penguins that are on the sidewalks and so on.

In the pollution heat, the effect of containment is truly present with a level of fine particles that fell by 40% to 10% in April. It would have prevented 1,230 deaths in France (according to a European Research Center).

As a conclusion, we can say that nature is gradually taking back its rights with the global lockdown. It also reminds us that nature needs room and clean air to live and that we cannot damage earth permanently.

We’ve been in confinement for a long, long time now. The confinement hasn’t brought me much because apart from watching TV shows, doing sports and cooking, I don’t do anything at all except homework. But confinement made me realize how valuable my best friends were to me…I missed going out with them, eating with them, going to the movies with them and doing many activities together. I think the thing that I missed the most and that saddens me the most is not being able to eat out because I love fast food.I think I’m really getting depressed because I don’t go out of my room having in mind that it wouldn’t do any good to walk around inside the house it doesn’t make me want to leave my room i.e. my bedroom. I could notice the importance of going outside because I really miss even the forest, walking around… What can be seen as an advantage is the fact that I cook a lot I knew I could cook but not as much I find that I make good recipes almost every day even if I don’t do it out of envy but out of boredom it doesn’t matter at least it passes the time. But knowing that on May 11th I could finally get out of my house by respecting the limit, i.e. at most 100 km from my house, reassures me a little even if we have to wear this mask yes because I hate it I feel like it’s suffocating us and we can’t even breathe properly. Anyway, I just hope I have nightmares and wake up as soon as possible.

Writing is all I’m doing right now, talking to some people too. But the rest of the time my mind is so overwhelmed that writing is the only way to calm it down. To be able to have the clear ideas, and to follow my underived thinking completely off my limits, to actually stay alive.

Here’s one of them.

He was smiling, that handsome man. He was young, and certainly had dreams full of his head. But he wasn’t smiling because he was happy. No, he wasn’t, he had misplaced his dreams in his shopping for pain. The pain had caught up with him by his dreams. He was not even strong enough to flee his nightmares. He was a broken man. But I would have loved to look like him so much. He was strong, gifted, tall. No physics but soul. Yes, he had a great soul that fascinated me. His frail hands could have killed anyone.

He was a good, fair, loyal being. But no one wanted to taste his righteousness and he had no one to be loyal to. He only had me and he didn’t even know. I remained his shadow, I was like the smile around his lips almost invisible, but present. He made me taste love, a new love, slow, sweet, sweet. But he didn’t know. He made me taste the hatred that had recently invaded me, the hatred that led me to want the death of his oppressors.

He wandered the streets like me in my thoughts. He was always there, everywhere I saw him. But he never spoke. No, he never opened his mouth. Finally, he avoided this drama.

He had blond hair, a beautiful ashen blond, and strands that always fall in front of his eyes. Even today, I don’t know the color of it. Maybe green like emerald? Jade? Blue like sea-aigue? Cobalt? Maybe even red like blood? I don’t know. I only know that I would have killed a thousand times to glimpse even a piece of his eyes, and a thousand times again to see a glimmer of hope shining there. But his eyes were more hidden than justice in this world.

He stole the smile from the stars and hung it around his lips. I imagined his beautiful white and regular teeth under his fine lips, but the truth is that I knew only of my bitter ignorance. I prayed for Love in the rain, to see him laugh one day, but this moment never came. So I kept watching it, every day, every moment of my life. I was watching over him, I hope to one day drive out his demons, who were haunting his thoughts like mine, I wanted to kill those kids who put him down as they had done with me. We were the same.

And that day, I followed him to the end of the world, because I was no longer alone. I saw Him looking at the city from the top of the cliff. The sun started to get tired of us and it was shedding in the daylight. I sat behind that tree, and looked at it with my eyes whose color I don’t know. I was staring at him, standing still, saying that this would stop the time. That was not the case. But I saw him turning his head in my direction, slowly, very slowly, and incredibly gentle. Her lips stirred. They had fangs as canines, and his teeth were white. Yes, his teeth were as sharp as blades, they could have shredded the necks of all the bullies of this world, they could have bleached all the idiots. They could’ve done so much. He was so beautiful. And he talked to me.

“Thank you”

And for a moment I suffocated. Not understanding. Her hair was getting lost in the wind. His body was floating in the air. Just before gravity catches up with him.

He jumped. And he was looking at me again.

He looked at me as his body, having failed to defy gravity as no one had, crashed to the ground. He was still staring at me, as I guessed the inside of his body imploding in shock. Her eyes remained open, her body laid like a doll of rag swung on the floor by a child tired of her hobby. He had jumped, looking at me, and had not even left me a drop of blood.

He had gray eyes.

Hey! On Tuesday April 28, Prime Minister Edouard Philipe finally announced the terms for the end of the confinement which is supposed to take place on May 11. I am both happy and worried about the end of this period because even if the numbers of the dead and those who enter the hospital improve, I am afraid that a second wave will be all the stronger and still kills a lot of people. At least I could have gotten something positive out of confinement (if it ends as planned on May 11) by successfully getting into sport every day. I also have a lot of fun with my dog ​​who too must be bored to death..

But the situation is becoming more and more tiresome and I would very much like to return to the rhythm of life that we all had before. With that, pay attention to yourself and see you next week !!!

Hi, everyone, I hope everyone is fine, as we saw on TV, the end of the confinement is scheduled for May 11, very happy with this news. I plan a lot of things but the most important thing is to make up for lost time and find my barber. While waiting for this day to arrive I continue to do what I did for 1 month, that is to say: eat, sleep, netflix, sport and of course do homework… nothing very interesting. I watched an interesting movie today that I recommend to you called Green Book. That’s all for me hoping that we’ll see each other in June.
Take care of yourself.

In order to kill some time, I’ve been watching tv shows since the quarantine started. I know you can find a bunch of tv series on netflix, amazon prime video and even illegally on the internet for free. And I’m also aware that it’s an effective way to pass the time, but the point is, that in my opinion, spending time in front of screens, should also be a way to learn something. Improve you linguistic capacities for instance. That’s way, I’ve been watching Criminal minds for more than a month. It’s a famous tv show that you all must have been seen being on tv at least once.

It follows a group of criminal profilers who work for the FBI as members of its Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU), using behavioral analysis and profiling to investigate crimes and find perpetrators. The show tells the story of the team as they work various cases, and tackle their personal struggles. Of course it’s a way for me to work my English skills. But it’s mainly a good way to learn a lot about psychology and human behavior. It’s interesting to see how awful can be a serial killer who seems to be a random family man, to see how these profilers have to work and to struggle not to mentally and physically break down (even if it’s fictional). Moreover, my brother have been studying psychology for two years now, it allows me to get knowledge from an “expert” and an objective point of view.

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.