Month: Oct 2020

Halloween: Through The Ages

Halloween: Through The Ages

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Thought I would do a short and small photo story for Halloween as I did the tag not long ago 🙂 As many of you know, Halloween is my favourite holiday, I just love spooky stuff! This love of mine has been around since childhood so I figured to do a little photo story of my Halloween outfits throughout my life, enjoy!

All the way back:

Alllllll the way in the beginning, with my innocent childhood obsession, I think this was 2009? We love a good witch dress up, most popular back then and as you can see I took it very seriously, even left my teddy behind. Of course also had to have my little sidekick pumpkin with me, if I dressed up the dogs did too!

Further down:

Still as serious as ever, just had dad to help with the facepaint, I had 2 costumes over 2 days, I remember all that sugar, no way I could handle it all now! This time around it was Leos turn to be my protective sidekick on my trick or treating ways, the little devil!

Getting creative:

Skipping some time ahead, at 15 I started getting crafty myself with makeup and costumes, I tried my hardest as you can tell, concentration levels high as ever, I think I still did pretty good, soon after this, I was taking my boyfriend sister trick or treating so I knew I couldn’t mess up!

Clubbing time:

Now was the time to finally take my looks to an adult night out! the first Halloween at university, we went to a club that was styled inside of an old church, just to add to the creepy vibe, safe to say I enjoyed it and never went back there, you know me, such a clubber 😉

Now:

And were here! A little boring this year but were in a pandemic, I don’t have the energy, also still recovering from coronavirus sooooo give me a break, blue hair will do 😛

I hope you enjoyed looking at my looks through different ages, I know I enjoyed being in every one of them, happy Halloween, remember the sweet calories do count and be safe!

Love, Kasia x

October Sum Up

October Sum Up

by Kasia x ♥ 3 Comments

Hi everyone,

Wanted to do the sum up a bit earlier this month as I have a post planned for the 31st, and also I don’t feel amazing currently so I am trying to write whenever I have the chance, but more on that later. October, like many months in 2020, has been odd and all about getting used to now the new normal, with a few hiccups along the way, but we are here yet again, which means it could have been worse!

To start of the month, before local lockdowns in my area started, I decided to get a little friend to come along with me on the journey of uni stress, covid and general life. So again off I was to pets at home and welcomed little Sahsa into my life ❤ She’s adorable and after sending Pickle back to my best friend, I could not last without a little hammy in the house, at first she was a little sceptical about being held etc but she has gained some trust to us now, loves to play and is excited to be out and about around us in the house. At the same time, my boyfriend got a hamster too, a Syrian, and is in the midst of training him too, he’s a bit more jumpy so well see how that goes.

At the start of October, me and my dad started swimming again, taking advantage of the pools being open and such. We worked quite consistently with it until we both got sick but hey, no one is stopping us from going again after we are past this illness unless we go into lockdown, but that’s the only thing! I enjoyed it as I like exercising in this way much more than going to the gym, it just finding the time for it in this busy schedule as always.

Also managed to get out on to a little date night before my sickness too, for dinner and a movie, which seems to come in hard these days as we both noticed that we have very little time for anything, even each other, during uni times, so we are trying to keep on top of that too. Everything was empty though, the restaurant and the cinema, probably due to fear of the virus and frugal spending now, which I understand, but it was odd being in an environment that is usually so busy, so quiet.

University, as probably mentioned in Septembers sum up, is in full speed, with all lessons and tasks taking over all day time for me. There is now more work on my dissertation being done, which is again stressful, I have never done an assignment so important in my life before so there is a lot of pressure, but also I find it enjoyable in a way as this is something that I am completely in charge of, it’s my research, I make the restrictions and rules, so exciting but nerve recking. The one upside for me is no presentations and exams this whole year, so thanks Covid, the only good thing you have done so far.

So having October be okayish is fine by me, but at the end of October it went all downhill from there, my dad brought home the rona from work. I know, daunting, but something we have to deal with, its been nearly 2 weeks now and he is still a bit ill and not 100% so we are still stuck at home. Then I got it a week later, well I think I did, I have, not left the house since he got sick and now I’m sick so its the only explanation really, I am awaiting test results but 99% sure I do. My symptoms are not that bad, all the typical ones, except a really runny nose, but I am well enough to sit here and write this for you, so it can’t be that bad. Everyone is different though and I count myself lucky to be going through it so smoothly. The only big boo I have is I had to cancel my Halloween plans with my boyfriend, boo, but it’s all for the sake of safety!

I hope you have enjoyed my post on the October Sum Up, not an exciting month, lots of stress and illness, lets hope for a better November! Keeping up with friends and having uni on my mind has been good, keeping the mind active. The only big good thing this month is my nan hit 70 yesterday! All in good health too. Also, writing may not be the best quality, as I get better so will it so be patient with me!

Love, Kasia x

Thank You!

Thank You!

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Hi everyone,

Another post aimed just at you! Wanted to just do a quick little post here saying thank you so much for 40 follows on my blog!

This means a lot to me and inspires me to write more and create content for you, helping me build my online precense in this way also really aids my further job prospects after student life has finsihed.

So again,

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!

Love, Kasia x

Poland: August/September 2020

Poland: August/September 2020

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As I am now back into full speed with university, I wanted to give myself a nice reminder of the summer I got to have even though we are in a global pandemic. To have a fresh reminder of the memories made and know that at the end of all this hard work there is a reward too. You can find it in family and friends, photos and events and have it make your darker days a little brighter. Also wanted to share with you my summer and that doing holidays in the heat of the moment is now the new normal, otherwise, there is a chance you won’t get to go! I had many holidays booked for this year, this was not one of them, but I still made the best out of it. So even if you can’t go on holiday, go see family, travel your country (according to guidelines of course 😉 ) see new things or try new things you may not of before!

Arrival:

Obviously, going to another country this time required flying, not a fan. I have done a lot of work with my flight anxiety since my last time flying and learnt a lot of new ways to keep it in control, let me know if you would like a post on that! Anyhow, I got on the plane, it was not too bad, I didn’t cry, I got safely to the ground and thanked the crew and was on my way. Nothing new flight wise about the pandemic, other than wearing masks at the airport, on the flight and the cabin crew collected information sheets with our details on incase someone caught the virus on the plane, other than that no biggie. When I arrived, at my boyfriends home, we were greeted by family and did the usual introductions, but then I was met with this angel! my dog obsession went from 100 to 150 when I saw her, she then completely filled my holiday.

General meet ups:

While the restrictions in Poland were off, we got to meet a couple of friends and spend some time with them, not common as the last time we saw them was a year ago, so lots to talk about. Had a couple of drinks, a couple of days out, a couple of hangovers, generally a good time!

Heat, heat and MORE HEAT:

it was so hot this summer, I don’t remember when I had sunburn this bad again! most of the time we also spent doing water activities, for example on the first day we all as a family went to the lake, and here you can see we went again on our own for some time alone boating, as relaxing as it was, being on a boat with 2 boys had its down falls, ie they act like idiots, but they did take nice Instagram pictures for me!

Relaxing:

obviously, when you’re on holiday, you come to relax, so when all the family goes off to work and the boys go off to the gym, I take time to soak in the silence and peace around me. Obviously making use of the hot tub all the time regardless!

Sport, obviously:

Could not get away without the boys making me attend any sort of sports event this holiday, so we went to see a speedway match. I enjoyed it live as my boyfriend often watches it on TV at home and its not so exciting, so it was not a complete waste of time. Putting aside that the venue threw all the pandemic rules out the window 😦 so I had to watch out for myself, it was a okay day.

Travelling to Lodz:

Now on to going to see my family and spending some good qaulity time in the city, also going to get some work done …

THE kitchen:

As some of you have seen on my blog, I made it my mission to transform my nan’s kitchen. She has had the whole flat done but due to covid, she could not get the last room done, so I and my boyfriend volunteered to do it for her! I have never done anything like this, ie wallpaper, but we learnt along the way and the results are amazing, I love it so much. Took 3 gruelling days but one pair of happy grandparents for years to come.

Seeing the city:

Took some time off after the kitchen to just go and explore the city, as unfortunately most of my family is shielding from the virus I could not go and see them. Still enjoyed my time with my grandparents, caught them up on our lives and took them out with us too.

Date night:

We also managed to squeeze in a date night, having family around all the time gave us very little “us” time so spending one night alone did us some good. We have been here for a month now and as much as we love seeing everyone, you get enough eventually, so wine and good food came to the rescue!

Time to go home:

Before we knew it, we had come to the end of our holiday. Took the train back to Tourn and got on the flight back, not my best flight I must say but I got through it in the end, I now have some sort of peace of mind that flying is at bay for me now, the only good thing to come from this pandemic. We made it home just in time as a week later the UK and Poland started tightening restrictions on everything and travel, so good timing. Also, I said this puppy was with me the whole holiday 😉

I hope you enjoyed looking at my time on my last-minute vacation! I love doing these stories, but you might see less of them now due to no travelling, but I hope to get one to you at the start of next month with my Halloween night movie date! Also, I have a little announcement post coming later today/tomorrow, keep updated!

Love, Kasia x

Changes

Changes

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Hi all,

As most of you know, I am in my final year of study and keeping up with writing here has been incredibly hard, along with other engagements and just general life. I am starting my dissertation next week and along with that, I have 3 other units to be completing and doing assignments for. It would usually be 2 but due to covid, they had to bump it up a little to have more space in the second semester.

Therefore, I am changing my writing schedule from now on for just Sundays, not Sundays and Wednesdays. I feel this will be more manageable and better for me as a writer as coming up with 2 fresh ideas to write about along with a million other things to do, is a lot.

When I go into my second semester in January, I will review this again depending on how my dissertation is going, as then I will just have this and one other unit to complete.

I hope you understand and see my joy for this blog but for now, other engagements have to come first! I will still be here, just a little less. So, for now, enjoy the posts and I will be back with another update in January ❤

Love, Kasia x

Halloween Tag

Halloween Tag

by Kasia x ♥ 2 Comments

Hi all!

It has come to my attention, that tags have resurfaced and are becoming popular again, and with the information from my best friend Simply Everything, I have decided to try it out myself. I have always been a huge Halloween geek so this is my time to shine! Enjoy!

  • What is your favourite halloween song?

Definitely the Nightmare Before Christmas “This is Halloween” Best song to listen to and just gets me in the spirit! Any song from that movie is my favourite pretty much.

  • What is something you wouldn’t want to meet in an abandoned building or dark forest?

Anything! even if I saw another person I would freak out. You have the obvious anything supernatural, but I think it would be even stranger to find another person there.

  • Have you ever played with a Ouija board?

No, But my mom has always wanted to get one, I am 50/50 on this, I don’t know if I want to play with that side of the world, but at the same time, I am curious, yet terrified.

  • Who is your favourite horror monster/villain?

My favourite would be Jack from the Nightmare before Christmas, my absolutely favourite film, I love all the Tim Burton films really, and all his characters, Corpse Bride would also have to be one of my favourites.

  • What is the creepiest thing that ever happened while you were alone?

I used to live in a house that was about 1 street away from the cemetery, not only was I constantly sick through the 2 years that we lived there, but all sorts of family drama and tragedies happened. But also we had lots of things disappear or just general odd sounds that were not normal. We used to joke and say it was my great grandmother but in that house, in particular, the joke was too common.

  • You are dared to spend the night in a haunted house, do you go?

How much are you paying me? 😀 No, I probably would but not alone, maybe with my boyfriend or friends but never alone.

  • Are you superstitious?

Superstition in terms of black cats and ladders, no, I think its all silly and it is incredibly annoying to me when I do something and someone shouts “that’s bad luck!” No, it’s not, stop believing nonsense. After death wise, I am not religious by any means but I find comfort in the idea that maybe there is something later on? That might be my way if getting a good nights rest, thinking of the afterlife in this way.

  • Do you ever see figures in your peripheral vision?

I have definitely seen a figure or heard a voice and such before but never anything to stick with me forever, I don’t specifically remember a big event when this happened but I know I have felt such experiences before.

  • Which urban legend scares you the most?

When I was young, I feel old saying that now, we had a lot of trail messages, ie “if you don’t send this to 10 other people your mom will die” sort of thing, but never an actual proper urban legend, truth is I don’t think they are that popular anymore so this is not so common.

  • Do you prefer gore or thrillers?

Thrillers definitely, they are just more enjoyable I think. Seeing gore and guts just puts me off, I will watch one if I have to or in the mood to but this is not something that happened often.

  • Do you believe in multiple dimensions or worlds?

If you say no to this question then you are narcissistic. We cannot be the only things alive in the universe and beyond, think about it.

  • Ever made a potion?

A mud one as a child? yes. One to curse a person? No, but I wish I could.

  • Do you get scared easily?

Most of my fears come from anxiety so it’s just a general feeling for me but scared by spooky things, not really if I know its coming. If I don’t then prepare to hear a good scream and a lot of cursing.

  • Have you every played Bloody Mary?

Yes, nothing happened, but never again because then I couldn’t sleep for a week. My poor 14-year-old self regrets this very much. I still feel if I did it now I would be more scared though.

  • Do you believe in demons/the devil?

Maybe? I don’t know, again its another topic of the afterlife with I am not sure about as most.

  • You’re home alone but you hear footsteps in the house, what do you do?

Decide if I am hearing things, run, hide, call the police, call my mom? I am not sure, I think I would have to be in the situation. Usually, if I do hear something like this I get prepared to fight, grab a book or something like that, although that won’t do much damage its the effort that counts right?

  • If you got trapped in one scary movie which one would you choose?

Corpse bride! Looks like lots of fun in a way, other than the being dead and getting killed at your own wedding thing.

  • If you could only wear one halloween costume for the rest of your life what would it be?

A sheet, a white one, so I can be a ghost, its comfort, fashion and easy to get in and out of, and I can sleep in it!

  • Would you go to a graveyard at night?

I am very much about respecting the dead and not touching their resting place, also living next to one as I said before, I would stay away.

  • Would you rather go to a halloween party or trick-or-treating?

Trick or treating definitely! I am not a fan of parties, and I used to go all the time as a child so I have fond memories of this, also free sweets, you would be crazy not to go!

  • You’re in a horror movie, which trope are you?

The one who tries to be logical and do all the right things but is the first to die because she is too smart for her own good. Yep, sounds like me.

  • Do you have to watch something happy after a horror movie?

Something funny on Youtube, probably some sims videos as this is what I do in my free time, I like gaming videos the most overall so this gets me out of the spooky mindset.

  • Whilst watching scary movies are you the person yelling at the characters, the person with their eyes covered or the one asleep?

The first two mostly, I am also always the one to ask questions to anyone who is watching the movie with me. It’s not like their going to know what’s going to happen as much as me but it’s worth a shot, right?

  • Are you the scarer or the scare-e?

Both, but I get really mad if someone scares me but then I see it to be okay when I do it to someone, a double standard, so don’t ever scare me 😉

  • What is your favourite horror book?

Not much of a horror more of a thriller, I love all the Dexter books, love the show too, even named my dog after it.

  • How old were you when you saw your first horror movie?

No clue, I was always exposed to horror and thriller films as a child so my first one might have been at 10-11 years of age, my parents like horror and I always wanted to watch it with them.

  • What was your first halloween costume?

My parents are not a fan of Halloween so I cannot remember as I did not do it often, but the closest I can remember is a witch, the easy to go to.

  • What are you going to be for halloween this year?

A sleepy young adult with a crammed head and a caffeine addiction.

  • If you could have a spooky pet what would it be?

The bone dog from corpse bride, very cute and fitting for me in the afterlife I feel.

I hope you have enjoyed looking through my answers just as much as I enjoyed answering the questions! If you are a Halloween fan like me, please take a shot at this and tag me, has definitely put me in the spirit for October 31st!

Love, Kasia x

University Online? My Experience And Tips

University Online? My Experience And Tips

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Hi guys,

University is a hard experience on its own, for most it’s moving away and starting a new life, meeting new people and a lot of self-development. You learn so much about yourself and gain amazing skills, great opportunities and altogether it’s just a great experience for most, when you take advantage of all it has to offer. I as a student can confirm this and say that the past few years of my life have been both shocking but also amazing! I wish everyone the experience I had as a student and to see this as a way to have this final chance of fun with learning.

As I wish for people to have this experience, for the past year most have been unable to do so. When Coronavirus started at the start of 2020, most students were left neglected, ignored and deprived of the experience they want, and also paid for. For most, like me, the university experience has moved on the world of online. Using eBooks, online lessons, pre-recorded lectures and meeting friends via zoom. Today I wanted to give you some of my experiences that I have had as I started my online learning 2 weeks ago, show you what I have picked up and to look at the positives and negatives of it.

Firstly, A not so positive experience, probably not a good one to start off with but as I spoke to my peers, it is not common for most students. I am currently living at home, because Bournemouth is 3 hours away from me and my student aid would not cover my living costs for the year but also I did not see the point of moving away and spending so much money just to sit in front of my computer screen. I am used to the way I study and my parents are used to me not being home while I study so the adjustment has been hard, also not having many people to relate to in this situation has not been the best either, as I found out many of my peers moved to Bournemouth anyway, which to me is pointless but it is their choice, maybe its the idea of trying to stay close to friends and having some of the university experience, I am not sure. Anyway, with all of us in the house it has been hard to adjust, my dad sleeps during the day as he works at night, and I have online lessons where I need to engage and speak, so this is an issue in its self. Also, I work all day, at my desk, and the communication between us is hard, it’s hard for them to understand that I don’t have time to relax with them or do some chores most of the time. But as the weeks go by, it’s getting better, and having them close to me does benefit in some sort of way, I can talk about my stresses and anxieties and maybe get some advice on assignments, there’s always a good side to a not so great situation.

On a more positive note, through online learning, I have gained more confidence to participate in my lessons. While being on campus and in lectures or seminars, I mostly chose to stay quiet and out of the way as I just do not like attention or the stress of getting the question right or making a fool of myself. But with my lessons all online, I feel more excited to engage, maybe because I have a feeling everyone is a bit stressed as this is something new to us so we are all on the same boat or the safety of my computer screen and bed. I also have come to the realisation that I am paying for this and engagement is key, this is my final year and I need to make the best of it and everything it has to offer! I have started relating to my lectures more and gained overall confidence, so although this is not how I have imaged my final year, there are some benefits to it.

A minor stress that I am having and I feel most people will in my situation is trust. Trust towards the teachers and organisers of the whole online learning idea, I feel uneasy about how people might forget things or don’t show up to lessons simply because its all virtual, or people won’t know how to work certain things and chasing up people for content will be harder than ever. I feel this is something that could happen but is not likely, yet it still sits in the back of my mind. I am also keeping graduation in mind, my boyfriends is in July and mine next November and I just don’t want it to be online too, I want this final gratifying goodbye to education, to celebrate with my friends and I don’t think doing it through a screen really shows how hard we all worked to get there.

On a final note, I know this is stressful not just for students but for the lecturers and organisers too, my program and all the teachers that work on my degree are doing the best they can to make sure we are supported and have everything we need, this includes to calling one of them to have a chat to more extensive mental health help. It’s appreciated and does not go unnoticed, and more helpful than ever with local lockdowns and practically doing everything from home now, basically no human contact can drive anyone insane.

I hope you have found this post useful, as a way to relate or to educate yourselves on what students are currently going through, as we are not really being spoke about in the media and in politics in general and kind of left behind. Students are doing ok but we could be better, so if you know a university student or member of staff, check on them as they might really need some positive attention.

Love, Kasia x