Lockdown stuff🙄

Hola!

I can't believe the fact that I spent 3 months staying at home..

That's the longest I've stayed at home!

Anyways, In this blog I will be writing about some new things I learnt..

And pros and cons of the lockdown and staying at home.

New skills:

*I started a blog!!!

And I learnt a lot by it!

*I started learning Mandarin Chinese.

*I am doing a workout to do the splits! ( A gymnastics skill)

*I don't remember the other things, so let's move on.

Pros and Cons.

Pros:

You get to learn in your PJ's!

Online classes start late!

(Like, if I go to school, classes start at 8:30, but my online classes only start by noon!)

You get less homework.

You can have movie marathons!

You can do anything!

Cons:

You have online classes.

You get lots of homework.

You cannot go out of your house.

You cannot see your friends.

You can't go to school😢

I love going to school.

That's it!

I have a question!

Would you rather stay in lockdown for 1 more month and do whatever you want,

                         Or

Would you rather go to school/college/work next week?

I would totally go to school.

But I really hope that this virus goes away quickly 😔🤞🤞🤞

                            Loggin' off

Last year of school..

Hi! I'm Evin's sister Rupa. I'm guest blogging today! . I'm 17..and I just completed my last year of school!.😌
The beginning of the year was quite rocky..I was separated from my friends and put in a different section😕.. but they always had my back and never let me down🤩. But, I got accustomed to my new class ..I rekindled my friendship with one of my best friends..and I also got a new friend who became really close to me..and it seemed like nothing had changed when we were together 😍. I made lot of new friends and turns out my class wasn't as bad as I'd thought 😅.But as every day, event,everything we did  together passed by we realised that it was our last time together at school😒..2019-2020 turned out to be one of the best years in my school life!. Finally the day some looked forward to and some dreaded came...the last day of school 😣..We had a carnival going on at school and we enjoyed the day together with our friends, teachers and classmates ☺️.. the last bell rang ...most of my friends were in tears 💔. It was hard to accept the fact that it would be impossible to see everyone together at the same place again..😣 With heavy hearts we bid each other good-bye...and just like that the best part of our lives came to an end💔.We all thought that we were having fun but we never realised that  we were making memories 😊!
We have our whole life ahead of us  but school life will always be special ❤️!

It was really nice blogging! Tell me what you think of the post in the comments.🙂Have a Nice day!

My rollerskating evolution 🔥

Hey!

As you know by the title,
This post will be about my favourite pastime, and my Co-curricular  activity in my school. And my skating evolution.

I got transferred to my new school in the third grade (with Sana) .
The school was new as well.
So I didn't know anyone.
I and Sana decided to stick together..
Wait, this blog is about Skating!
So let me fast forward....

A few months later, we had to pick a Co-curricular activity.
I don't remember why, but I chose skating.
At the start, I was really excited , because 
I was learning a new sport!
I hate wearing my knee pad and elbow pads and stuff, they were so uncomfortable!!!
And my pink helmet looked really bad on me!

But skating was really fun!

4th grade: this was my least favourite year in rollerskating....
I was the only girl!!!
I had no one to accompany me😑.
So, I lost interest like totally!!!
I wanted to change my CC.
But my coordinator said I had to stay in the same CC for at least 3 years!

I was really mad.
But the worst part was the talent show.
We were doing a dance called "tanoora dance" or something I don't know.
We had to wear something like a big apron connected to a gown!
No offence, but it looked so bad!!!!
Everyone laughed at me😖

But,when we went on stage and did the dance , the audience actually applauded!!
That made me feel a bit better.

Fifth grade: 3 other girls joined, and we became friends.
This year, it was actually quite fun!
We played basketball and some other games on skates!
But again, the talent show.
We did a mime show on skates!
My friends said we didn't even skate around. We were just standing in a fixed place. It was true . What is the point of wearing skates???!??
But it was totally way better than last year..

6th grade: so...
2 girls joined a different CC activity.
So now, it was me and another girl .
We became close friends.
Oh! I totally forgot to mention!
I had quad wheels from third grade.
I had practice wheels at first, but then I started training in quad wheels,and get this, until 4th grade, I was the only girl in quad wheels!
Anyways, this year is when I went on my first ever rollerskating tournament!!
It was so exciting 🤩


However, I won't be writing about the tournament in this post..
That was part 1.(my rollerskating evolution)
I will be writing about the tournament anytime sooner!

Also, I have a new concept! - guest blogs!
Stay tuned if you want read blogs written by my family, friends,and other guest bloggers!☺️

Bye for now✌️

Raining cats and dogs!😸🐶

Hi!

Today, it rained so heavily!
And I had to blog about that!

At around 3:45 it started to drizzle..
Then rain was pounding down!!
And I've never heard thunder as loud as today!
(Good thing I'm not scared of lightning or thunder😅)

Heavy rains are pretty rare, where I live..
I love to get wet and dance around with an umbrella..
I also love to sing super loudly while it's raining, because no can hear my voice😅😂😂.
I did that today!
Try singing in the rain! It is awesome!!

Also, this is my favourite kind of weather⛈️.
Taking photos is the best part..
Speaking of which, I took some photos and a video today!

COOL STUFF!

Here are a bunch of really interesting and cool facts that are pretty much useless...😜

rubber lasts longer when refrigerated.

the national anthem of Greece has 148 verses [that's a lot to memorize!]

Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.

a group of cows is called a 'murder'.

tomato sauce was sold in the 1800's as medicine

[WOW!]

it's impossible to hum while you hold your nose.

[try it!]

peanut butter can be turned into diamonds!

[can you believe that?]

Honey is the only food that does not spoil.

astronauts get taller in space due to the lack of gravity

[woah! so I just have to go to space to get taller.

easy! NOT!

"Dreamt" is the only word in the English alphabet

to end in "mt" 

that was it! 

I personally find the humming fact really interesting ...

what about you?

tell me in the comments.

should I use more colors in my blog frequently?🌈

check out my latest post "I HIT A MILESTONE"

click  here to read!

thanks for reading!

for featured updates, follow me at 
itzevinhere.blogspot.com


Update: I will be posting on the 29th of May.


                                                                    bye!

I HIT A MILESTONE!!!!🎉

Hi!

I was just checking on my blog, and I noticed my stats.

I looked at the page views...

1001 !!!!😲

That is huge😮.
In just a month of blogging!

Thank you so much for reading my blogs!!
It seriously means a lot😸

And thankyou for all the comments!

This is a special post✨✨✨
 Why do I like to blog?

First of all, I like anything that is related to literature.
I participate in literature competitions , and last year I won in one!

Why did I start blogging?
Well,it all started when I wrote my first book with my friends.
( I wrote about it in my "dreams and aspirations" blog)
Click Here to read my "dreams and aspirations" blog..

My mom told me that i could could start a blog and write my stories and other stuff in it.
And,there we go!

Why did I name my blog "Thoughts and Dashes"?

Well, I always have thoughts on my mind and I am a daydreamer.
But, when my mom asked me what to name my blog, I suddenly thought of "Dots and Dashes".
So then, I was like " why not name it Thoughts and Dashes??

I like to blog, because I can customise my blog my own way, and it makes me happy!
At the top of all..
Reading your comments!

Thank you loads☺️☺️☺️.

P.S. if my blog gets to 1,500 page views anytime sooner, I will share my secret recipe for pizza sauce !
Which can be made under a minute!

you have pizza?😋😋😋

Hola!

Is there someone in the world who doesn’t like pizza?

well, pizza is my favorite food.

In fact, my favorite video game is a related to pizza!

It’s called Good Pizza, Great Pizza.

You should totally download it!

i am really good at that game.

Anyways, I made pizza today!

At home!

All by MYSELF!

It was AWESOME!

OK umm.

So, making pizza at home is easier than you think!

Since we are in lock down, I’ve been craving for pizza.

But then, I thought that I could make pizza at home!

DUH!

Rupa and I made it together. But I had already made pizza before.

It turned out really good!

But this time, I made it all by myself.

Fine I admit, I had a little help from each of my family member.

But it was mostly me.

Anyways, all you need to make pizza is dough and sauce, cheese, and toppings of your choice!

Well, it takes time to make the dough.

Then knead it.

Then rest it.

Then knead it again and rolling the base into a circle.

That’s the hardest part.

It’ll take time to type down the whole recipe and method, so here’s a link.

https://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/homemade_pizza/

This is how my Pizza came out.

the image is a bit blurry, but the pizza was awesome!
everyone loved it!

also, the sauce is a secret recipe i found today!
   
                       thanks for reading!
  

have you ever made pizza before?
what is your favorite food?
tell me in the comments below!

P.S. play Good Pizza, Great Pizza.
[its awesome]

                        bye!😀

My mom's birthday surprise! Part 2.

hey!

This is part 2.

Umm, what was I saying?
Ohh, yes.

After I had my yummy stack of pancakes🥞, I watched a couple episodes of my favorite series , from Netflix with my mom. It's called "Alexa & Katie".
It's really funny and it's mostly about friendship.

Anyways, Rupa made lunch and I helped her.( A little..)
We made Schezwan fried rice, a Chinese cuisine with gravy and a veggie ball.

It was pretty good. So,we did American, Indian,Chinese.
Since we forgot dessert, I asked my dad to buy a cake. But outside the shop, there was a big queue. So he left. Without a cake! 😑 I was pretty mad, because I love 🍰!!

Well, I had to attend my online class 😑.
So I didn't really do anything .

By the evening, we had a mini-photo-shoot .
Then I did rollerskating.

My mom had a cloud meeting.☁
So by that time, we prepped for the dinner course.
We were making Italian and Mexican.
On the menu: Bruschetta and Quesadillas.

I love Quesadillas.🤤
 But Rupa said she didn't want to make Bruschetta , because it was just raw veggies on bread.
I didn't mind because we were making Quesadillas either way!

And it was really easy to make as well!
It was the best homemade dinner ever!😄

 quesadillas🤤😋

Finally, we had a movie night.🍿

That was it!.😄
Thanks for reading!

                          Adiós!✌️

(I'm learning Spanish , remember?)

Do you think i should start writing in Spanish, (with translations.)??
So you could learn a bit of Spanish as well!
Comment down below 😜!

                               Bye!👋

Music lover🎶

Hi!

What is your favourite kind of music?

 I really like pop music. 
I am not a big fan of  rap though.

I really love listening to the band 'One Direction' . Although the band broke up 5 years ago, the 1D fandom is still alive.
I'd say that this fandom is immortal.

I also like listening to instrumental tunes and classical instruments like the piano 🎹 and the violin.🎻

My top 4 favorite music artists are : 

One direction 😍.
Taylor Swift.
Justin Bieber.
Shawn Mendez.

Did I mention any of your favorite singers? 
What kind of music do YOU usually listen to?
Tell me in the comments down below😜.

Part 2 of  "it's my mom's birthday!" Will be out tomorrow ! 
Stay tuned!

                             Peace✌️

IT'S MY MOM'S BIRTHDAY! part 1.

Today is my mom’s birthday!

I will be writing all about this in 2 parts.

This is part 1.

A week ago, Rupa and I were searching up recipes. We wanted to make all the meals for the day.

Since, we are in lock down, I wanted to do cuisines around the world; my mom loves to travel. So, we picked out American, Chinese, Italian, French and Greek cuisine recipes.🌏

We thought of making breakfast in bed, lunch, early dinner and dessert.  

 my dad bought all the ingredients, but then 

 I realized that we forgot to get ingredients for the dessert!😅

Yesterday evening, I made a card with a photo of me and my mom, ten years ago. I also made a bookmark since she reads lots of books.📚

My sis tried to paint a portrait of my mom, but… well let’s just say it was kind of…. Not-so like my mom. But then she fixed it. Well, she covered it up and painted a new painting, that was really good.😄

I couldn’t wait another day to give my present, so I decided to give it to her by 12:00 am.

But, in a “cooler” way.

I organised a treasure hunt! [again, I really like treasure hunts]

The treasure was my present and Rupa’s painting.

It was really awesome. My mom really liked our presents.🥰

 MY SISTER'S PRESENT..

 MY CARD'S FRONT PAGE.

 INSIDE THE CARD. AND THE BOOKMARK.

I wanted to watch a movie. And I asked Rupa and my mom to watch it with me. They said they wanted to sleep [it was 12:30 am]

I kept bugging them, and they finally agreed, we watched a movie called “back of the net”.

It is kind of boring at start, but then it’s a really nice movie. Check it out sometime!👍

We went to sleep at around 1:45.

                                      _ _ _ _

I woke up Rupa at 6:45, without an alarm! [I wake up at noon usually, I’m a sleepyhead]😴

We started making breakfast.🍴

Fluffy pancakes with chocolate syrup. [not really, I got chocolate and melted it, so more like melted chocolate, but lets just go with choc syrup…]🍫

Rupa made tea as well.🍵

Our pancakes were not like I expected, but when I ate it, it was really good!😋

So, that was part 1.

Hope you enjoyed reading!😉

Part 2 will be coming out really soon!

Follow me on my blog, so you stay posted!

P.S. if you haven't read my mother's day blogs, go to this link: 


to read mother's day part 1 , go to this link.
https://itzevinhere.blogspot.com/2020/05/mothers-day.html


 to read mother's day part 2, go to this link.
https://itzevinhere.blogspot.com/2020/05/mothers-day-part-2.html          

                                Bye!👋

WHY ALGEBRA?

Hey!

I haven’t been posting in a while, but here I am!

You have been studying algebra from the start of middle school [ probably] ...

But have you ever wondered why?🤔

Today, I will be sharing my thoughts about this.

Almost everything we study in mathematics is applicable in real life, for instance; addition, division, fractions, decimals etc.

 But not really algebra.

So why do we learn algebra?

I did some “research” and found out that sometimes, we DO use algebra in real life without realizing it!

 #1 while cooking.

#2 technologies.

#3 logical thinking.

#4 fitness. Etc.

 if you want to find out more about how algebra is applied in these daily activities, its simple! just search the web!😉
Just kidding!
go to this link for examples:
https://studiousguy.com/examples-of-algebra-in-everyday-life/

I personally find algebra really interesting.

What about you?

thank you!

[This blog was accidentally deleted and re-published. Thankfully, I saved it .]

Hi!

I have been blogging for one month now, my blog is officially one month old!

This is a special post.

I just want to say thank you to all of you for reading my blogs and commenting, it means a lot to me!

So. Here are 7 things that you probably did not know about me.

#1 I have been roller skating for 4 years now.

#2 I have been learning Spanish for a year now.

#3 I can read, talk and write in Spanish.[sort of..]

#4 I am a self-taught dancer [sort of...]

#5 I am not very good in pencil sketching.

#6 I have a fear of heights. [acrophobia]

#7 I am terrified of lizards.

Thank you again!

I have written 15 blogs and I got 705 page views in just 1 month!

That is huge!!

That’s all I have to say for this post!

my post was deleted .☹

Hi.

The post I wrote on my blog’s one-month anniversary was accidentally deleted ☹.

I can’t restore it now, but I will try to publish it again as soon as possible...😢

It was a special blog, ( which was posted on the 13th of May).

Thank you for visiting my blog site and reading my blogs, stay tuned for my upcoming blogs.☺️

MAD LIBS !

Hi

Today, I played a fun game with my family. It’s called “Mad Libs” [The greatest word game] .  This is how the game is like;  

 

First, I wrote down a story with blanks in it, and my family haven’t seen the story yet.📝

 I asked them a series of words; nouns, adjectives, verbs…

With the words they said, I filled up the blanks.

 This is how it came out

This story doesn't make any sense..🤣

[the pink words are the words my family picked out]

but it was super fun!

play this game with your family.!👍

Comment down below if you've already played this game, and follow me at: itzevinhere.blogspot.com

So you know whenever I post!

                                BYE!👋
                    
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