CAS blog of L. G.

Every teenager is used to hearing the fraze "clean up your room!" and I'm not an exception. My room definitely needs a major clean-up every now and then because I'm not one of those people who can keep a room clean daily. Nevertheless, each one of us still feels obligated to manage the mess created. However, have you ever thought about the mess created in a school? I believe it's not only charwomen's duty to clean the school but students' as well. Kamilė, Ignė and I all agreed on this aspect and decided to contribute to the clearer windows of our school. If charwomen wash the floor daily, they definitely don't wash windows that often. It's simply impossible for them to keep up with our vast school. That's why we thought it would be a great work to do. After all, we, students, are the ones who leave the prints of fingers all around those windows, so we ought to clean them respectively. Today the three of us girls met early before the classes ...

Colder and colder days are approaching but as almost every girl, the urge to look good remains in my heart. It's easy to go and buy warm clothes in a store, but recently there's nothing that suites my taste. After last year's pretty successful experience I once again decided to create what I want by myself. This time I thought to go for something different and try sewing a skirt. The challenge that I anticipated was the thick material needed in order for the skirt to be warm enough in our windy Lithuanian weather. The thicker the material the harder for the sewing machine to move the needle across it and the harder it is to make stable steams. Despite knowing this, I still was determined to achieve the best result. First things first, my mother and I went to the store to pick up the required material and she helped me to choose the suitable one. Afterwards, I went through all the sewing magazines we had at home and tried to find something similar to what I wanted. Luc...

It’s always two kinds of emotions wrecking inside of me when I cook something I’ve never tried before. It’s excitement and fright of failure. This month was especially filled with these emotions because I’ve tried three new recipes that I kind of always wanted to try. The first one was flourless and sugarless cupcakes . This recipe arouse the most doubts in me but the end result was probably the best of all three. Never have I ever before used beans to make a dessert, but who could’ve thought that it’s actually the best idea in the whole world of cooking! I loved the cupcakes and they were a perfect balance between healthy and tasty. In the future I will definitely try more sweet recipes with beans or even create one myself! The second recipe I’ve tried was a breakfast one . This one was quite easy to make but the idea to substitute eggs for tofu was a great discovery for me. I adjusted the original recipe a little bit by excluding some ingredient and including some additional sp...

Believe me or not, I always wanted to try yoga class. After a complete failure with a 30-day challenge last year , I was even more determined to try a professional class. Today my wish came true and Kamilė, Ignė and I attended Sivananda yoga center trial lesson. Coincidently, recently I felt completely exhausted and somewhat physically constrained, so the idea of stretching and relaxing my body was more than simply attractive. At the center we were welcomed by the sophisticated smell of incense and a dozen pair of shoes - it turned out that there was a class proceeding at the time and we were kindly asked to wait for a few minutes. While we were waiting, a receptionist told as about the complexity of yoga and the use of it in a daily life. It was interesting to find out this kind of information but it was even more interesting to attend the class itself. As the three of us were completely newbies in yoga, we got our own trainer to run us a personal class in order to introduce us ...

It was always one of my fears to be unexpectedly caught up in a situation of not being able to help someone with a stroke, seizure or any other kind of similar sudden ailment. My mental weakness in such situations involving relatives especially frightens me  so I decided to overcome this apprehension and finally feel confident in what future might bring. However, this 3-hour course I signed up for with my sister was nothing I expected it to be like. First of all, the courses appeared to be intended to gain general knowledge about the human body and how to sustain it in emergency situations of injury until ambulance arrives. This frustrated me a little at first as my main goal was slightly different. Nevertheless, I was intrigued to finish the courses. Surprisingly, I learned a lot of new information with which I, as a future biologist, wasn't familiar at all. For example, did you know that human's have seven points where major arteries run close to the skin? I certainly thou...

In our contemporary world  the majority of people live in a constant stress, especially those working and studying. It's hard to avoid tension, but there are several methods that can help to learn to do so. One of them is meditation. There was always this kind of imagination of mine that meditation is only for yoga-practitioners and super organized people who have everything under control in their life. However, daily stress made me look for solutions and I encountered meditation as one of the best methods to release all the accumulated burden on my shoulders.  After reading a little bit about meditation online, I decided to get an app "Insight timer" which had to provide with guided meditations. Truly, it did. At first, I was lost and confused how to choose the right meditation but considering my busy schedule, I've set a plan to meditate for 10-15 minutes before bed. Surprisingly, I liked it so much that didn't skipped even once, except of replacing half-we...