STUDY LIKE A BOSS!

*sigh.. yawn*

 It's that time again ... the exams are coming. That means: lock yourself in your home, read books until you fall asleep and a no social life! Rest assured dear readers, we, as the very smart studying lovers that we are, have some advice for you to endure your exam week without any problems! Studying like a boss? Done and done!

1. Clean up the mess!
  Normally, it's no problem at all if your room is a pigsty but when you have to study, the urge to clean your room suddenly arises. Sounds familiar? However, it is true that a tidy room provides you rest, and to feel relaxed is good, especially during the exam weeks. It's nice to have some space in your head and create a calm feeling so you can dive into books. So before you start studying: clean your room, do this a few days in advance and not on the moment that you really ought to be studying!

Also: turn your computer/smart phone/tablet off (unless they're for learning). Get yourself to study for a couple of hours and then take a break (section 4). This ensure to get you into that 'learning vibe' or a state of optimal mental activity in which your brains will easily accept the matters of the book you are reading.

 



2. The desk is where the books are
Sometimes, switching from your familiar environment to an unknown environment is the right thing to do. Some people are better in studying in the library or at school, at your granny's or maybe even at a bench in the park. At some other place there may be less distraction.

the perfect place to study

3. Keep it real
Sometimes it happens that you feel very stressed before the exams have even started! "I got three exams on Monday, two on Tuesday another four on Wednesday and a couple of oral exams at Thursday". WHUT! You can feel the sweat on your back and your head is spinning... chill man!! Let's be realistic, it's practically impossible to learn for that amount of exams and pass them all. 

Don't set the bar too high for yourself and focus only on the pure essential exams. This will prevent a lot of stress. Focus especially on the resits, but not too much, otherwise you'll have to do twice as much the next time. Therefore, focus on the exams of which you think you have a chance at passing in. It is OK if you don't pass everything!

 

4. Have no fear the schedule is here

Make a study schedule, write down the things you have to do and the amount of time you'll need for every subject. This way you will have everything done just in time for the exams. Oh and stick to it!

 

 

5. Be there or be square!

Learning is already 50% done if you just are present in lectures. When you take notes in class, the brain is already inhaling all the lectures and material. This includes making summaries during learning.Therefore, always make your own extracts and summaries.

 

 

 

6. Treat Yo Self!

And finally the least but not less important rule, treat yourself after a long day of studying or passing an exam. Take a bath, watch a movie, go to a friend, have a (small) drink, have a laugh, beat your grandpa in candy crush sagga, pimp your ride, paint your dog, in short: relaxxx

 



 

 

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How to make your college room a home

Cupcakes!!

There is a new sugary treat in our own little country, cupcakes and cake pops are booming right now. We totally understand why, because they are delicious and irresistible. That's why we are going to tell you how to make your own so that you can try and enjoy them yourself. 


Cupcakes can be made with all kinds of flavors like, strawberry, banana and chocolate, so basically any thing you like. The best thing is to decorate your own cupcake. there is even television shows about these mini cakes. They are not only for children, but of course you can use the excuse of having to make cupcakes for your little cousin but instead eat them yourself. that's why we are going to give you the best recipe for cupcakes.

 Ingredients

200g unsalted butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup caster sugar
3 eggs
2 1/2 cups self-raising flour, sifted
1/2 cup milk

Step 1; Preheat oven to 180°C/160°C fan-forced oven. Line muffin or mini-muffin pans with paper cases.
Step 2; Using an electric mixer, beat butter, vanilla and sugar in a small bowl until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each addition (mixture will separate at this stage). Transfer mixture to a large bowl. Stir in half the flour. Stir in half the milk. Repeat with remaining flour and milk until combined.
Step 3;For 1/3 cup-capacity muffin pans use 2 level tablespoons of mixture. Bake for 15 to 17 minutes. Alternatively, for 1 tablespoon-capacity mini muffin pans use 1 tablespoon mixture. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes.
Step 4; Stand cakes in pans for 2 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.

We'd love to hear how your cupcakes turned out! so leave a comment.
Enjoy!

xoxo

Have some spare time? Pick a movie!

Are you done studying for today and you don’t know what to do? Well than maybe you can go watch a movie. If you don’t know what to watch than luckily for you the 85^th Oscar ceremony was held last Sunday. An Oscar, also known as an Academy Award is the most prestigious award there is to win in the film industry. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences relies on a jury which consists of 5,783 voters as of 2012, so it will probably give you a good idea of which movies out there are worth watching. The Ceremony was held in the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. This year’s show was presented by Seth MacFarlane whom you may know from the cartoon Family Guy. Striking this year was the special guest appearance from first lady Michelle Obama. She presented the award for best picture, live from the White House. The award was won by Ben Afflecks movie Argo. If you want to watch the trailer of this movie click here.

Michelle Obama, a slippery, a song about boobs and even a Dutch winner. This year the Oscars where a phenomenon again. But which nominees ended up walking away with the price, and are worth your time? Here a short review of the winners of the evening:

1. Best Picture: “Argo.”

2. Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, “Lincoln.”

3. Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, “Silver Linings Playbook.”

4. Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, “Django Unchained.”

5. Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway, “Les Miserables.”

6. Directing: Ang Lee, “Life of Pi.”

7. Foreign Language Film: “Amour.”

8. Adapted Screenplay: Chris Terrio, “Argo.”

9. Original Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino, “Django Unchained.”

10. Animated Feature Film: “Brave.”

11. Production Design: “Lincoln.”

12. Cinematography: “Life of Pi.”

13. Sound Mixing: “Les Miserables.”

14. Sound Editing (tie): “Skyfall,” ”Zero Dark Thirty.”

15. Original Score: “Life of Pi,” Mychael Danna.

16. Original Song: “Skyfall” from “Skyfall,” Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth.

17. Costume: “Anna Karenina.”

18. Documentary Feature: “Searching for Sugar Man.”

19. Documentary (short subject): “Inocente.”

20. Film Editing: “Argo.”

21. Makeup and Hairstyling: “Les Miserables.”

22. Animated Short Film: “Paperman.”

23. Live Action Short Film: “Curfew.”

24. Visual Effects: “Life of Pi.”

More information about these movies and actors/actresses are found here.

Addicted to food

    How to fix it when your stomach is calling you all the time

It’s Friday afternoon, the end of an exhausting week of school, work or other activities that you rather don’t want to do. You’ve planned to see your friends tonight for a night out and are walking in the mall because the most important thing on your mind right now is : get some nice new clothes, because I need to look good tonight. When you are on your way to your favourite clothing shop, you pass the snack corner. For a second you think.. Okay stop it from here!

In the situation described above, your mind receives an impulse: your body senses tell you, that you are hungry. Even though it is not your intention to eat, you eat. The above mentioned scenario is how most people are often tempted to eat fast food products. We can conclude that fast food is a temptation, because it’s so easy and delicious. Our approach to enlighten you about this extraordinary phenomenon is to first lay out the facts and afterwards the methods to avoid addiction to specific food types.

Obesity is a worldwide topic of the day nowadays. Don’t worry, we don’t want to get stuck in the social debate about obesity, we are only here to help you out how to ignore signals you get from your stomach when you are passing ‘delicious food’ stores. However we’d like to tell you a little bit more about obesity. People eat since they began to exist, so that’s simple isn’t it. But where did it go wrong? There are many theories about that, some people point their fingers towards the big fast food suppliers; some say it can be seen as a cultural trend. We think it went wrong when commercials became more important than relevant information. People see food all day long, 24/7, everywhere. But as we are not scientists or cultural researchers, we won’t judge whose mistake it is because in the end you are responsible for your own eating habits. Now about the facts, we can see a shift in populations where obesity is prevalent, obesity was first associated only with people from higher income groups but also in the low-and middle-income groups obesity is very common. A disturbing fact is also that children getting more and more body mass and create a basis for obesity. Especially children from 9-14 years old are likely to eat more ‘bad’ food and gain more mass than they should.

Nevertheless, what your reason for visiting this blog is, we would like to give you some advice about regulating your impulses and changing your eating habits. A good way to start your journey to a healthy eating pattern is to create an image of yourself with a healthy body and all the benefits you receive from it without comparing yourself with other people. It’s very important that you focus on yourself and your own body, because even when you tend to compare yourself with somebody else, it’s all false information because each body is different. Maybe now you think that you are not appropriate to become healthy and you want to stick to your old habits, please don’t! The secret of a healthy body lies in the fact that it’s all just a matter of breaking your habitable routine and start a new one.

For example, when you are used to eat a bag of chips when you return from school, just replace the bag of chips for a fruit salad. Believe us, we don’t want to punish you with stupid diet programs or whatever but it’s all about the routine.

Try to stay away from fast food or fattening products on weekdays and reward yourself with a snack on Saturday. In this way you keep it achievable and fun to yourself and people around you don’t see you as a total freak.

At last, when you pass that snack corner you will think about your new routine and even forget about the clothing shop because all you want to do is hurry up and go home, because there is a delicious healthy fruit salad waiting for you!