A Teenagers Take on The Song Challenge + A Ton Of Baking

Hey there!

I haven’t posted in a while now because… okay, I have no reason other than the fact that I was just too lazy and spent hours procrastinating XD

So I decided to start blogging again with The Song Challenge 🙂

The rules for this are basically: 1. Put your music on “shuffle”.

                                                            2. Write about the first 10 songs,artist, album that play 

 

This is going to be slightly weird because my iTunes is filled with music right from the time I was 10 till now so there’s about 8 years of music on there.. And I haven’t heard a ton of songs for a while. I’ll link the songs with their videos, in case you haven’t heard it.

1. Heart Attack – Demi Lovato

          I haven’t heard this song in a  year or so but the song’s pretty good. Demi’s a great singer and I’ve been listening to “Stone Cold” on repeat. Her high notes in Heart Attack are brilliant. And I remember all the lyrics 😛 Favourite lyric:  So scared I’ll take off in a rush, I’m flying too close to the sun and I’m bursting your flame.

    2. Everybody Wants To Rule The World- Lorde

         This is one of my current favourites. I’ve been going through a Halsey-Lorde phase.  Lorde’s crazy talented and her voice is incredible with that rasp. Favourite Lyric from this song: Holding hands when the walls come tumbling down/ So glad we’ve almost made it. 

   3. Teenage Dream – Katy Perry

WOAH. Haven’t heard this in ages. It’s like a flashback to the days I didn’t even understand the lyrics completely. Also, the 5 Seconds of Summer cover is pretty cute XD. I’ve stopped listening to Katy Perry in the last couple of years. She’s a great singer but I didn’t quite like “Prism”. Favourite Lyric: You think I’m funny when I tell the punchline wrong, I know you get me so I let my walls come down. 

4. Bad Enough For You – All Time Low

This is such a fun song in a sort of twisted way.But it works for this song and the band. The title’s pretty self-explanatory. All Time Low’s one of my favourite bands. Favourite Lyric: You love to hate me when I’m chasing you and I hate to say this but I’m stuck on loving you, So I’ll pretend that I don’t care, I’ll stand you up to keep you here.

5. Every Chance We Get We Run – David Guetta

Another throwback! I don’t particularly like this genre of music and that’s probably the reason I haven’t heard it in a long time. But this song’s pretty good if you like this genre of music. Favourite Lyric:  A stage before us A song, a chorus We could try, But we don’t want anything to change the mood tonight.

6. Legendary- Daya

I heard about Daya after listening to her song “Hide Away” on T.V. and I’m glad I found her 🙂 Legendary and Sit Still, Look Pretty are great songs. Favourite lyric: We’re not wasting our precious time We know it’s never going past today so.Why not make it legendary? 

7. Social Casualty- 5 Seconds of Summer

YAY!!! I *love* this song. Not just because it’s a 5 Seconds of Summer song but also because it’s sort of relatable.  I hate stereotyping, but I’m sure every teenager has felt this way at some point.  And if you haven’t, you still have a couple of years left 😛 Favourite lyric: Just a kid, it’s all the same Growing up, it doesn’t change Who are they to try and put us down? Had enough of what they say Sick and tired of all their games.

8. Radioactive – Imagine Dragons

I’ve been listening to Imagine Dragons in the past couple of days but I haven’t heard Radioactive in a long time. I prefer “It’s Time” and “Ready Aim Fire” but Radioactive’s pretty good as well 🙂 Favourite lyric: I raise my flag and dye my clothes
It’s a revolution, I suppose We’re painted red to fit right in.

9. Heels Over Head – Boys Like Girls

Yes, that’s the name of the song. I haven’t got the name wrong 😛 This song used to be one of my favourites, for no real reason XD Favourite lyric: And when you hit the coast
I hope you think of me And how I’m stuck here with the ghost of what we used to be.

 

10. Colors – Halsey

HALSEY! I’ve been listening to her because of the whole phase I’m going through 😛 But seriously, Halsey is so incredibly talented and her songs give off amazing vibes. She’s got a very distinctive voice and that makes her voice special. Her new song “Castle” came out and it’s incredible. Favourite lyric: You’re ripped at every edge but you’re a masterpiece And now you’re tearing through the pages and the ink. 

 

Also, I’ve been on a baking spree lately (with all the exams getting over) and here are a few things that I’ve been baking. If you’d like me to post recipes, let me know 🙂

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Let me know if you liked this post by liking, commenting or emailing me at shubhamb1806@gmail.com. Also, I wanted to start attaching voice notes to my posts, like the challenges and all that so it’d seem a bit more realistic 🙂 Let me know what you think of that! 

 

Song of the Day: 

 

Till next week,

A Perpetually Baking Teenager.

 

The Chronicles of A Weird Teenager #Part 1

HAHA.

I needed a title for this post so if you’re looking for a blog post about trekking in the mountains or eating exotic food, TURN AROUND AND ABORT MISSION.

It was my first day back at school today (I’m finally a senior!) and so I decided to have a flashback to what I’ve been up to during my tiny break.   

Being the extremely busy soul that I am (trust me, I’m lying), I decided to write down all the things I did in the short break that I had. *It didn’t mount to much to be honest*

It started right after I gave my last paper. I came home and spent the next two days being the lovable anti-social nerd that I am, holed up in my room and staying up till 2 A.M. trying to get up to date with what was happening. 

My friends then decided it was time for me to come out of my bat cave. So they came over and we went on a complete baking spree! It was legen- wait- for- it-dary.Legendary. *Yes, I just made a How I Met Your Mother reference.* Then there was my friends pool party which was to sum it up – AMAZING 

Another few days of being a potaaaato and going on a baking spree and basically going bored out of my mind, meeting my closest friends and just walking around like aimless people, we realised that in just two days it was one of my closest friends birthday! Being the procrastinators that we are, we waited till the last minute to plan a surprise party but we managed to make all the decorations and arrange a party with her family. We had a bunch of people come to her house to wish her at 12 AM and that turned out to be eventful. If you ever read this (I’m sure she won’t.), happy belated birthday! (Even though I wished you already. A ton of times)

Throughout this vacation I’ve also injured myself (being the Class-A klutz that I am). I’ve gotten two knife cuts, a couple of burns and had my lip busted. No, I was not involved in a knife fight. I was simply showing off my ninja skills while baking (not the smartest thing to do). But the lip bust? That was my younger brother who decided to punch me in the face. With a pillow. But SOMEHOW I ended up getting my lip busted. And till date he denies punching me (trust me, I just asked him again!). 

I was then told that we were going for a vacation to one of the prettiest places I’ve ever been to! It’s this tiny beach town and we make it a point to go there at least once a year for the past six years! The last days were spent frolicking on the beach, swimming, stuffing myself till I couldn’t eat anymore (the food was soooo delicious) and of course, sleeping!

I had so much of fun this break. Honestly.

But now, it’s back to school for me.

A Going Back To School Teenager. 

 

 

31 Day Challenge for January: Day 9

31 Day Challenge for January

Day 9: The theme is “Made with love”.

Huh?

I’m so confused with this theme.

I give up.

Something that I made with love?

Birthday and anniversary cards, gifts and cakes I guess.

Okay,

I’m done.

Bye,

I have sooo much baking to do today

Sorry for the teeny tiny posts

They’ll get better

Soon,

A In A Hurry Teenager.

30 Day Challenge

30 Day Challenge

Day 30: Your highs and lows for the month

Can everybody just take a moment to laugh at the fact that this is meant only for one month and here I am compiling everything from the past 2 months into this post.

It’s the last and final post 🙂

Well, not literally.

I’ll still be posting. I’ve just finished with this challenge 🙂

If you have a challenge that I should do just email it to me or comment on this post. I’ll get to it. Eventually.

Anyway, My highs would be-

1) My school trip

2) Baking a lot

3) Doing well in school

4) Getting selected for an inter-school creative writing competition

5)Being happy (most of the time)

My lows-

I believe in not having lows. After all everything’s a learning experience. Plus, nothing really bad has happened so I’m at a loss at what to write. 🙂

And the last post of this challenge has come to an end.

I’m going to act like a proud director who has just finished with a movie shoot that’s been going on for ages and say

“AND THAT’S A WRAP”

Till the next time,

A Seriously Happy Ponguinda.

30 Day Challenge: Day 29

30 Day Challenge

Day 29: What are your goals for the next 30 days?

For the next 30 days you say?

I could have an entire year planned out with each minute detailed but trust me, that never works. EVER. So my goals for the next couple of months (because just 30 days is not going to be enough) are:-

1) Ace my exams which are coming up

2) Try to get as much baking done as possible because I won’t have a life next year (12th grader problems)

3) Try not to over-analyse things and situations. Go with the flow and try losing a bit of the control. (This is the hardest thing because I’m a bit of a control freak).

 

 

Just one more day to go,

And I’ll actually finish this Challenge.

WOOHOOO

30 Day Challenge: Day 18

30 Day Challenge

Day 18: Post 30 facts about yourself.

 

I know, I know I’m terrible at posting everyday. Anyway, here it goes- 30 facts about myself in no order of importance.

1) My full name had 25 letters *extremely long*.

2) I’m 16.

3) I’m a Gemini *We’re awesome. Admit it*

4) I love reading– every genre other than non-fiction.

5) I love listening to music.

6) I love singing even though I’m pretty horrible.

7) I have a crush on this adorable penguin called Luke Hemmings.

8) I really like to write because it’s only through my writing that I let loose a lot of emotions I feel at that point of time.

9) I’m on Twitter, Wattpad and Instagram.

10) I like to bake.

11) I never trust people easily.

12) 5 Seconds of Summer is my favourite band and I really want to meet them.

13) I’m a Psychic Ponguinda with a pet unicorn. Poguinda = Potato, Penguin and Panda  *yes I’m weird. Deal with it*.

14) I love chocolate.

15) I’m so sarcastic that I don’t even know when I’m not sarcastic anymore.

16) I want to become a Youtuber.

17) I am terrible at keeping this blog.

18) I have a very boring life.

19) I really love the song Amnesia.

20) I love it when I see comments that praise my writing on here.

21) I never get close to people.

22) I hate feeling vulnerable.

23) I like playing basketball and swimming.

24) I’m weird. I wasn’t always this way though.

25) I love food.

26) I don’t really watch many movies.

27) I think ninjas are pretty cool.

28) I don’t play video games. *Don’t judge.*

29) I don’t believe in love at first sight. It’s lust; not love.

30) I think it’s funny how I took so long in writing 30 facts about myself.

 

Well, there it is.

30 Facts About Me 😀

It took me ages to write them.

30 DAY CHALLENGE:

30 Day Challenge: Day1

Day 1: List 10 things that make you happy 🙂

Here it goes

In absolutely NO ORDER :-

1) Music – If I’m sad, I need to listen to music. It’s such a mood-booster and generally will always make me happy. There’s a song for each and every emotion of yours that’s just waiting for you to find it and connect with it.

2) Chocolate- Chocolate is the one and only love of my life. I’m not even joking. Somehow everything tastes yummier when it involves chocolate.. I’m pretty much a chocoholic 🙂

3) New Books- That feeling after I have a new book in my hands is probably one of the best feelings. Fact- I can never go to sleep without finishing a book. I’ve stayed uptil 3 a.m. just to finish a book. Yes, I know it sounds intense, but if you’ve heard of the phrase “you won’t put it down until you’ve finished,” that applies to every single book that I read.

4) Baking- Baking is a HUGE stress-buster for me. I’m always in a much better mood after baking some brownies or a cake 🙂

5) Writing- Just sharing my works and writing new things makes me happy. The amazing response that I get and the creative criticism make me want to write more and get better.

6) Time with my family- My family has a pretty hectic schedule and we rarely get to spend anytime together. My family’s completely dysfunctional but that’s one thing I love about them. Dad, Mom, my younger brother and I take out time every weekend just to spend time with each other. My younger brothers crazy antics, Moms sarcastic humour, Dads funny remarks and my amazing singing skills(NOT) is what make me happy when I’m with them.

7) Meeting friends- I have a bunch of insane friends. I’ve known some of them for about 4 years and I’ve known some of them for 8 years and they’ve seen all my mood swings and been there for me whenever I’ve needed them. They’re all the kind you can call up at 4 a.m. just to say ‘hi’. They’re the ones who’ll stand up for me and back me no matter what. We know each other so well that we can practically read each others mind and know what the other one is thinking. They get my sarcasm and find my comebacks funny. They know everything about me and still don’t judge me. They’ve all got their quirks and we all are so different from each other in some ways that one would wonder how we’re friends, but we make it work 🙂 I’m always happy when I’m with them or I’ve spoken to them cause they’re such mood lifters.

8) 5 Seconds of Summer- Listening to these amazing and talented boys literally makes my day. I’m probably just going through a phase but this band is always a mood lifter for me. They’re four boys who do the weirdest things but are still adorable. They’re voices are perfection and there’s not a day that goes by that I haven’t heard at least two of their songs. They’re the type of guys who dressed up as ninja turtles for the last show of their tour ( they actually did that). They can always make me smile. Sad part? They don’t even know that.

9) Rain- The rain makes me happy. I’m the kind of girl who loves thunderstorms. I love being out in the rain and everything looks so pretty after it rains. Honestly speaking, I love the water. I swim because I like being in the water. It refreshes me and makes me happy.

10) Foooooood and Sleeeep- This one’s pretty obvious, I’m a big foodie and I love my sleep. There’s no way I can be anything but happy after food or after I’ve slept 🙂

 

There you go 🙂

These were again not in order so don’t go thinking that I like my friends more than food… ( Just kidding).. 😛

 

 

A Swirl of Chocolate and Vanilla

Cause whenever I get bored or nervous, I bake 😀

A little chocolate never killed anyone 🙂

Pardon my terrible photography skills here.. I’ll put up a decent picture next.