Should we carry on?

If anyone is reading this blog, and wants us to carry on blogging:

Comment below saying if you would like or wouldn't like us to carry on blogging and explain why....

If no one wants us to carry on then we will stop blogging. thank you xx

Studying

Hi, guys.... i'm so sorry we haven't posted in ages. we are studying for our exams now and haven't had much time. We will start posting regularly at the end of June because that is when our exams have finished. We swear that we will keep our word and will post every week. we would appreciate it if you guys gave us some ideas or feedback to see what you guys enjoy or dislike and what you guys need some advice in or if your friend needs some advice.

This blog post is advice about studying and good ways to study. I know..... studying is the last thing people want to hear but we all have to deal with it sometime and this is to help you.

Mindset:

Never think negetavely

Tell yourself that you are almost finished

think of how you will feel when you get good marks in your exam

Don't get distracted from your studying

Don't be ashamed of being that person who studys

think of your future and what you want

make goals

aim for high marks

ask for help if you need any

Good ways to study:

Cue cards

typing up notes 

using color when making notes

highlighting important things

Using trigger words

Make your own tests and exams on the things you have to study and then do those tests overt and over again

Make audio's/record your self reading all your notes and then replay those audios over and over again

use images to understand/study your content

Draw up mindmaps

Make sure you understand something, because if you try memorize something you dont understand you will not get very good marks and it will be much harder to learn

Find worksheets and do them

Get out your text book and start making notes everyday

Study the subjects you find the hardest first and then make it down to the subjects you find easier

Use key words to refocus yourself

Rewrite your notes at homee

try make it interesting

Start studying 1-3 months in advanced depending on how much you have to study 

Go over all your notes and resources over and over again until it is stuck in your head and you know the answer off by heart

Be organised:

File your pieces of paper correctly

Make a study timetable

Use files/books for each subject

Name all your pieces of work and label all your files, books, pages, documents, power point

Make a file on your computer and organise your subjects in different files to make it easier to find your work

Delete or throw away any duplicate pieces of work/ documents/ cue card so you don't get confused

Thank you so much for reading our blog. please give us feedback, comment, email us and follow us on social media. Hope this helped xoxox

Cyber Bullying

Cyber Bullying is not a joke.... People get sued, sent to jail, commit suicide, become depressed, harm themselves, go to court, People seriously mess up their lives by sending a stupid text message. This blog post will be on how to deal with Cyber bullying (For the person who is receiving the messages).

Before we get started, you have to know the definition of Cyber Bullying......

Cyber Bullying: Is the use of electronic communication to bully a person, typically by sending messages of an intimidating or threatening nature.

How i would deal with Cyber Bullying:

Ignore the person

Block them on your phone

Don't delete the messages (so you can show an adult)

TELL SOMEONE!!; Go to someone you trust, preferably an parent/teacher (adult).

Don't say anything mean or nasty if you reply to the message, because then you are as guilty as the other person

Don't believe what the messages say

Don't let the messages get to you.... Its just a stupid kid on the other line who wants to make you feel bad.... DON'T LET THEM MAKE YOU FEEL BAD!!!!!!

Take screenshots of the messages that he/she sent you

THEY ARE LIARS! DON'T BELIEVE THEM.... i know i already said that but i want you to really understand that because as soon as you let them get to you, you will become sad and might become depressed depending on how bad the cyber bullying is.

Kids who are cyber bullied are more likely to:

Have more health problems

Use alcohol and drugs

Experience in-person bullying

Will not want to go to school

Have poor grades

Skip school

Have lower self-esteem

25 percent of teenagers report that they have experienced repeated bullying via their cell phone or on the internet (in 2014). Over half (52 percent) off young people report being cyber bullied.

I know this is not a lot of advice and it is a pretty short post but that's because i wanted to give you a short understanding and some few tips about how to deal with it. If none of these things helped then please comment below/Give us feedback/Email us/DM us.

http://www.stopcyberbullying.org/what_is_cyberbullying_exactly.html

https://www.stopbullying.gov/cyberbullying/what-is-it/

https://consumer.healthday.com/health-technology-information-18/misc-computer-health-news-150/in-person-bullying-still-bigger-problem-than-cyberbullying-expert-667098.html

Hope this helped xx

New Images

Hi, guys.. This is just a short blog post to tell you about all the changes we have made 💞

As you may have noticed, we have changed a couple of things on our blog:

• Our background image
• Our profile images
• Our other images
• Our theme color.. etc

We wanted to explain why....

The reason we did all these changes is because our old color theme, profile etc made our blog look sad, depressing and a little scary 😂 so we wanted to make it look more happy, girly, pretty and light. If you have any ideas about our theme colors and images then email us about it... we would really want to hear your opinion. Please email us if you have any idea's, criticisms, thoughts or things you need advice on 💕

Whatsapp Chain

This is a whats app chain specifically made for you guys to test you friends with small silly questions to see how well they know you. Please forward this chain to as many people as possible xx love you guys.

This is the chain:

Are you my true friend? Answer the following questions... and see what you know about me.... Send this message to 10 of your closest friends/people you know and see who really knows you xx These are just some small silly questions, but let’s see what you know about me <3 Go to this link: https://escapinglies123.blogspot.co.za/ and read about how to tell who your true friends are xxx

Name my:

1. Middle name

2. Favourite season

3. Favourite holiday

4. Favourite author

5. Favourite ice cream flavor

6. Favourite Series

7. List 2 items that I always carries

8. List three things you would never fail to find in my refrigerator

9. If I was stranded on a deserted island, what are the three things I couldn't live without (besides food, water and loved ones)?

10. What is one of my favourite movies of all time?

11. What is my shoe size?

14. If I had to wear either short-shorts or a tube top, which would I choose?

12. List the names of her parents and siblings

13. If you were ordering a pizza for me, which toppings would I want?

16. What do I think your best quality is?

15. What do you think my best quality is?

17. What do you admire most in me?

18. What do I admire most in you?

19. What is my favourite snack/food?

20. What is my favourite country?

Please give us feedback and comment below xx Hope you enjoyed the chain xx

Rainy Days

Rainy Days

Well..... Personally i love rainy days.... (besides the fact that you cant do much sport or that you cant go to the beach) I just love the feeling of staying inside in comfortable cloths, with/without friends, cuddled up in a blanket, watching a movie/reading. I feel relaxed and i feel like all my stress just goes away. Sometimes it can get a little boring, when you are stuck inside, nothing to do and you just sit there staring at a screen. This blog post is going to be about what you can do on a rainy day.

Things to do in the house:

• Watch a Series/Netflix while you chill and binge
• Get dressed up with a friend and have a photo shoot (take photos of each other posing
• Make coffee/Tea and cuddle up in blankets while watching a movie
• Bake something in the kitchen
• Write a blog entry
• Write in you diary, all cuddled up in a blanket
• GO SHOPPING!
• Go to the gym
• Do your make up
• Paint/Get your nails done
• Paint a painting
• Doodle
• Draw
• Study
• Make a to do list
• Make a list of what you want to get
• Play board games with you sibling/friend
• Do a word search/cross word/Sudoku
• Play a game on your computer
• Face time/Skype/house party/call/text a friend
• Go through old memories, videos, scrapbooks/photos
• Make a scrapbook
• Dance in the rain with a friend
• Go to an indoor place e.g. Hint hunt, Salon, Gym, Indoor pool, Ice skating, Bowling, 
• Go to the cinema
• Write notes to your close friends/family
• Download new music
• Sleep
• Do arts and crafts
• Invite a friend over and gossip/binge watch/have a sleepover
• Have a long hot bath with a lush bomb and candles or something, while listening to music, reading a book/gossiping with a friend
• Clean your room
• Go through old things and see what you want to throw away
• Make up a card game
• Play a card game
• Research something
• Watch your favorite Youtuber
• Learn how to twerk.. XD
• Make a questionnaire
• Fill in a questionnaire on the internet
• Learn how to say something in a different language
• Re do your room (move things around and make it look better)
• Online Shopping
• Look at your favorite shops online
• Read our blog XD
•  Read a book/magazine
• Play video games

• Do DIY things;
• Clothes
• decor
• Jewelry
• Phone case
• etc....

• Make a collage of photos of either:
• Your best friends
• Heart throbs (Hot guys)
• Tumblr quotes
• Tumblr summer pics
• Your Family... etc

There are so many other things that you can do..... but if i had to list all of them you would have probably not read this post because it would be too long XD <3

Thank you so much for reading our blog.. please comment below and email us/DM us/Tweet us/Message us on Facebook/Snapchat us and please give us feedback xxx

If you don't like these ideas/activities that we have listed or you couldn't do any of them or you have more ideas of what to do when it is raining please email us and we will add more xx Hope this helped you guys xx

Spoil Yourself

Treat yourself every now and again, you deserve it. You have been working hard and have got through yet another month of stress. Maybe take your friend/s or go by yourself and enjoy a relaxing spa day.

Today (after we had a sleepover and going for a run), we traveled to Cape Town and went to a relaxing beauty anesthetic salon, called 'legs eleven'. At legs eleven (link below), One of us enjoyed an amazing and relaxing facial, the other got a great face peel (to get rid of her pimples).

After having relaxing facials, we then went and had a smoothie/coffee at this retro little cafe that was just around the corner (called Maggie's, link below). 

To feel like we've done some exercise today we went to the gym (Virgin active, link below) and burnt off any stress we had left. 

As soon as we finished our workout at the gym we felt like we wanted to treat ourselves and get our nails done, so we went to 'glam bar' (link below) and got fake nails. One of us got basic beige nails, and the other got a cute French manicure.

After all this we had soft skin, fit-looking bodies and we had pretty nails. We couldn't let this all go to waste, so we decided to go to a friend's house. We swam and had a barbecue and just caught up with each other. It was a great day together, but it wasn't over yet... 

Straight after the barbecue we both had (yet again) another sleepover, we watched a movie, did makeovers and went running the next day.

Days like these put a little calmness and organization back into your life. We recommend that you have a relaxed day with no stress or responsibility at least once every three-five months. You will feel calmer and those grey hairs will stop appearing, scaring the zen out of you. We made a deal with ourselves that once every few months we would treat ourselves, and already we feel calmer.

Maggie's cafe:

https://www.zomato.com/capetown/maggies-cafe-green-point

Legs eleven:

http://www.legs11.co.za/

Virgin Active:

http://www.virginactive.co.za/clubs/point

Glam Bar:

http://www.theglambar.co.za/

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Our Social Media

Our apology to why we have not been posting new things in the past 2 weeks....

I am so sorry that we have not been posting much these last few weeks. I know there is no excuse to not posting new blog posts, but the reason we haven't been posting is.... We have been sorting out all our social media/networking apps and accounts. So, since all of it is not sorted out properly yet we will be hopefully asking all you viewers to wait 2 weeks so we can get everything in order, so we can get back on track. After those 2 weeks we promise that we will post a blog entry every week or so.

We have now got escaping lies on:

Facebook

Instagram

Twitter

Snapchat

Gmail

Google +

Blogger

Feel free to please go and contact us on any type of social media listed above, and we will get back to you ASAP! Thank you sooo much for reading our blog and for understanding why we have not posted in a while. Please comment below, give us feedback, tweet us, DM us, Message us, snapchat us or gmail us. <3

True friends

Friends, True friends, fake friends, best friends, BFF's, on and off friends, frienemies......... But who is your true friend? I find that as a teenage girl can sometimes be hard to realize who your true friends are, or who to tell who your fake friends are. Personally i never found it that hard to know who my true friends are, but some people find it harder than others.This is some advice on how to know who your true friends are:

True Friend:

Someone that is loyal

when you are there for each other through the good and the bad times

When you make each other laugh when you are upset

Someone that trusts you

Someone that will never choose someone else's side against yours

someone that you trust

When you can not see each other for 3 months and pick up from where you ended the last time

someone that always has your back

you always have their back

never spreads rumors about you

is always your shoulder to cry on

does not use you

You can be yourself around

someone who can be themselves around you

you feel safe with them

you are happy when you hang out

you make memories, laugh and have fun

you treat each other equally and respect each other

you can share your opinion

someone that doesn't get jealous of you or stab you in the back

Someone that still believes in you even after you've stopped believing in yourself 

A true friend is the only person who never gets tired of listening to your own pointless drama's over and over again

someone who doesn't continually lie to you etc...

-fake friends are like shadows they follow you in the sun and leave you in the dark

You want a friend who's going to tell you the truth. 

A True friendship is when someone knows you better than yourself and takes a position in your best interests in a crisis.Friendship goes beyond just sharing time together, and it is long lasting.

Friendship can mean different things to different people.

-True friends don't get insulted when you insult them, instead they smile and call you something even more offensive.

Find out more about true friends:

http://tinybuddha.com/blog/25-ways-to-be-a-true-friend/

 https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/true_friend.html

Thank you soo much for reading our blog. i am sorry we haven't posted in a while, we have be busy organizing the two blogs and adding to them. Hope this helped you xx please comment below, give us feedback and email us xx <3

Cape Town IY Fire!

Imizamo Yethu 

This was an unfortunate and tragic event, It is absolutely awful , it is frightening and eye opening.

There was a fire today in Cape Town, Hout Bay, Imizamo Yethu burning down hundreds or thousands of homes and leaving hundreds/thousands of family's homeless. I mean imaging if your house was burnt down and you now have to sleep in the cold at night, hardly sleeping on a rocky road with your belongings out in the open, staying awake to make sure thugs don’t come and steal your few left over belongings.

Oh, and it gets worse, During the incident of the fire, when the firemen arrived a few thugs stared cutting the firemen's hose pipes, causing some of them to not be able to help stop the blazing fire. Now loads of beautiful kind children and families are sitting in the cold, windy, dark night on a rocky, uncomfortable mountain, with no blankets to keep warm, that have had no food or water the entire day, hanging on to their few left belongings and trying to keep their belongings and their family's safe. 

 Please Donate any cloths, toiletries, blankets, food, water, bags, shoes, etc to help the people and families to be more comfortable and safe.

If you want to see/learn more about the fire in Imizamo Yethu:

http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/2017/03/11/Nine-people-die-as-fires-flare-up-in-dry-Cape-Town1

https://www.enca.com/south-africa/two-killed-in-imizamo-yethu-fire

http://www.helphoutbay.co.za/Thula-Thula-Hout-Bay.aspx

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hout-Bay-Fire-Station/342406302457930

New Blog!

Go read our new blog!!!

It is basically a boy version of this blog xx

We haven't posted much but that will change in a few days, thank you xxx

It is full of advice, stories etc but for boys!

Go to our side gadget and you can find the link there.

Please comment below, give us feedback and email us xx

Whats Your Story?

Everyone has their own story......

We want to know your story <3 

Send us an email/DM/Comment below and tell us your story.

We will do a blog post and post your story... Any story eg. it can be funny, sad, happy, angry, irritating, horrible etc.

If your story get chosen we will email you or contact you on Instagram.

You can chose: 

• You can choose for us to post your story anonymously
• You can choose for us to post your story with your name
• You can choose for us to post your story with a fake name

We are all unique and equally beautiful. We all have our own stories, we all live our lives differently and we all have different lives.

Share your story with us and keep up to date with our blog posts to see if your story is one of the chosen stories to be posted <3

Thank you for reading our blog so far <3

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