Easy Cocktail Recopies for Students

Do you like cocktails? we know that the student houses in Southampton have a place to share with other students. What about you call some of them to take a little break and drinks something to refresh. We know that your life is a little stressful take one moment to distract yourself and your friends. Call the students and share the supermarket receipt to make funny moments for your lives. But take care some studyhomes don’t accept alcoholic drinks. Check if you can make a party there. Or you can invite your close friends to watch a movie or have a good talk, play the guitar, sing in your room. And prepare some cocktails for you and them. Many Southampton Student accommodations have a proper space to have fun.

1.    Mojito - Yummy!

This Cocktail is the most refreshing one. and if you have Mint at home you can save money. Remember, if you have plants at home you can earn more than you think.

Ingredients:1 lime, 1 tsp granulated sugar, a small handful of mint leaves, plus an extra sprig to serve, 60ml white rum, soda water, to taste.

Preparing

Wash the lemon and the mint leaves. Smash the mint leaves and the sugar on a small jar. Mix the lemon juice until you smell the mint in all the jars. Add the run, Mix with the tablespoon. Complete with the water. Use the mint leaves to decorate.

2.    Sex on the beach cocktail - Easy! Nice!

This cocktail is so easy and fast to prepare. The harder thing you have to do is go to the supermarket to buy the ingredients.

Ingredients - ice, 50ml vodka, 25ml peach schnapps, 2 oranges, juiced, plus 2 slices to garnish, 50ml cranberry juice, glacé cherries, to garnish (optional).

Preparing

Prepare two cups with ice before. Take the Vodka, the peach schnapps, and the fruits juice and put on a big jar, and mix. Take the cups and divide the mix into both.

3.    Pink gin iced tea - Gin is a practical thing, you can add some iced fruits, and ready you have a good drink!

Ingredients:  1 chamomile tea bag, 100ml pink gin, 100ml spiced rum, 100ml elderflower cordial, 100ml pink grapefruit juice, ice, thyme sprigs, to garnish

Preparing

Take the tea bag and put on the boiled water for 2-3 minutes or follow the instructions from the tea packet. After that remove it and wait for 5 minutes. Take the pink gin, the rum, elderflower cordial, Grapefruit juice. Add ice and mix. After you take the thyme and mix again. It’s ready to enjoy!

4.    Sweet Manhattan cocktail - Easy peasy, lemon squeeze!

Ingredients: 50ml bourbon or rye whiskey, 25ml Rosso vermouth, 5ml syrup from a jar of, maraschino cherries (we used Luxardo), 2 dashes Angostura bitters, ice, For the garnish, maraschino cherry, a twist of pared lemon.

Preparing: Mix all the ingredients in a mixing cup and strain in a glass of cocktail. Easy no? You can garnish with some pared lemon

5.    Caipirinha - humm! tropical cocktail!

Ingredients: 2 lemons, chopped into wedges, plus extra lime wedges to serve (optional), 5 tbsp, golden caster sugar, 200ml cachaça, ice.

Preparing: Slice the lemon in thin wedges after cur like a Halfmoon. Smash the slices with the sugar in a cup. Top the cup with ice and add the Cachaça. Mix and end with lemon wedges.

Obs:  you can find the Cachaça in some drink stores in Southampton.

6.    Easy bloody mary  - This is only who likes!

 Ingredients: small handful ice, 200ml tomato juice, 50ml vodka, 2

tbsp amontillado sherry, 1 tsp, sherry vinegar, or to taste, pinch celery salt, Worcestershire sauce, to taste, Tabasco, to taste, squeeze of lemon juice, celery sticks, and lemon wedges, to serve (optional).

Preparing

Take a cocktail cup and mix tomato juice, vodka, amontillado, and sherry vinegar. add celery salt, season to taste the Worcestershire sauce, tabasco, and lemon juice. Taste to check if you need more sherry vinegar. You can add celery sticks, lemon wedges, and a sprinkle of freshly if you like.  I confess this is easy but not for me.

7.    Sidecar - So refreshing!

Ingredients: 50ml Cognac, 25ml triple sec, 25ml lemon juice, a handful of ice.

Preparing

Leave a coupe glass on the refrigerator. Mix all the ingredients in the Cocktail shaker. Mix until the cocktail shaker feels cold. Strain the cocktail in the cold glass. This is the best cocktail, isn’t it?

8.    Strawberry mojito - Aww! strawberries.

Ingredients, 9-10 strawberries, 2 limes, chopped, 2 tbsp granulated sugar, 2 mint sprigs, leaves picked, ice, 350ml white rum, 600ml sparkling water.

Preparing

Smash the strawberry, the lime, and the sugar in a jar. Smash the mint leaves and add a pinch of black pepper. Add a lot of ice, rum, and sparkle water. Do you imagine that you would see an easy recipe like that?

9.    Frozen margarita - In one mix you can make, wow! This is really easy.

Ingredients, 50ml tequila, 25ml triple sec (we used Cointreau), 25ml lime juice, 15ml sugar syrup (see 'Goes well with' below), a large handful of ice, a wedge of lime, to garnish.

Preparing

Put aside the sliced lime. Put all the ingredients in the blender and blitz until you see that it is smooth. Put in a glass, garnish with the lime, and serve.

10. Black Russian cocktail - If you are addicted to coffee, this is perfect for you. And give energy.

Ingredients: 50ml vodka, 25ml coffee liqueur, ice, 1 maraschino cherry, cola to top up, chilled (optional).

Preparing

Add in a glass with ice the vodka and coffee liqueur and mix gently for 30 seconds to 1 minute. Add the Cherry. It’s ready. You can add chilled cola if you want.

Here are some easy recipes to make. The only harder thing that you have to do is to buy the ingredients. These recipes were selected from the BBC good food, it was search thinking in the student life and studyhomes. You don’t have much time to prepare things that you need a long process. Thinking about it I choose these recipes. The Southampton student accommodation was a relevant factor to choose these recipes.

Different Types of Student Accommodation in Southampton

when the Southampton students finish high school they think about a new life on the University, learn more, get a profession, change the life. But when you start to think about the things that you have to solve this new life start for real. You have to organize all the things to start the course. You are leaving your parent’s home. No mommy to help you with the dinner or washing your clothes. Your responsibility for your life is enormous. You have to take the compromise to study, clean the house and your bedroom, take care of your stuff, take care of yourself when you are cold. It is all on you. Then you have to be prepared. Here we will read about Southampton and places that you can get to study.

Southampton has two Universities, the University of Southampton that the have 5 campuses with 22,665 students in 19/20. The other is Solent University that has 3 campuses and 10,510 students in 19/20. Because of this, there are many places for the students to live. These places are created specifically for students during graduation time. These residences are for students from England and other countries. They can live together. And learn a lot from each other. They have four types of student accommodations: Residence hall and Dormitories, and Off-campus housing. Here you see a little text from each of them.

On-campus

Residence hall and dorms

These Residences are for Southampton students and students from another country inside the campus. If the main purpose of this house was residence Halls there were no reasons to invest in this kind of thing. Other people could do it. Organized them in pairs can improve severals aspect of the students like cognitive and psychosocial. This is the main reason to invest in this kind of residence. This type of residence is important to students because they can concentrate time and energy in the college, including the informal interactions with other students, lifestyle, and interests. All of this is in one place that supports them. According to research, the first year of the students that live in this kind of residence was better than the students that leave in other places. These students can participate in a lot of things from the University. The management of this student house is from the University and they are divided into three parts: residence Life programs, housing operations, and rooms assignments. The residence hall has several types of rooms. Rooms that you share your bathroom and kitchen. Rooms that you have a private bathroom and private kitchen. Rooms that you have a private bathroom and a shared kitchen. Most residence Hall separate men from women. These kinds of residents have a lot of programs like leaving in learning centers, learning communities, and residential colleges. Leaving this residence they should have more contact with professors and University students and staff. There are a lot of rooms that have good prices. Residential Halls are safer for the students. In these houses, you can find prices from 115 pounds to 335 pounds. It depends on the room that you choose. This residence is for students that are doing their first year at the University. But you can stay more than a year. During the period of vacation, you can stay in your room and do the programs that the University offers for the students.

Off-campus

Flats and common houses

After the first year from the University, a lot of his students take House off-campus. This type of house is not managed by the University. They have their own landlord. In Southampton, many students in the second year start to live in another house among themselves. They now have a lot of friends that they can share a house. Before you rent a house or apartment ask for help. There are apartments with one single bed, kitchen, and bathroom for one. There are Student houses in Southampton with five bedrooms and the rest you share. You can talk to your friends to rent this kind of accommodation. Some Studyhomes accept students from both sexes. But other separate them. Most student houses in Southampton are common houses that were transformed into Studyhouses to receive them. You can find modern flats in Big buildings where the price of one of these starts from 99 pounds per week. This place was made specifically for students. This flat has two types: one you have your own bathroom but you have to share other things like kitchen, living room.  Another is a two-bedroom flat where you can share your bathroom kitchen and living room with the students. Or you can choose your own space that you won't share with anyone else. Around the campuses, you can rent a lot of types of rooms or houses. The best thing to do when you don't have any information is to find a real state agency.

When you are prepared to move out you can feel all the weight in your back. It’s your responsibility now. If you choose the Residential hall you can have more security. Because they are inside the campus and the university takes care of a lot of things. But most students start the University living on-campus residence halls. Generally, they think that is better to get the interactions with the staff and other students. After that, you gain more confidence to search for another place and you have new friends that can help you to find a good place for living. The prices of both types of student’s houses are almost equaled, but off-campus you can find options to live in the same room sharing a bed, and get cheaper rent. And sometimes the location is pretty good for that student who likes to hang out with friends. The prices in Southampton are calculated per week, but you have to pay monthly. Living outside the campus you can get different jobs to help your finances. Then you can choose a location that is next to the campus or next to your part-time job. Sometimes you can find part-time jobs in your study area. Some flats have internet and you can pay a bill. Houses are more simple and sometimes they can’t offer internet. If you look for the best place for you slowly you can find the perfect place.

Daily Workout To Help Your Concentration

Concentration is essential for human beings. Any activity you want to do you need it. But a lot of people complain that they don’t have concentration. They can do some activities without pay attention to everything around them. But many people don’t know that this capacity can be improved if you train. Many students make some mistakes when they are studying. they can’t concentrate on the contents for a long time. Then how can you solve this? let’s think about it.

Counting

You can take one book and count the words from a page. Count two times to confirm the total. If you are distracted by something you have to start again. Because now it’s your time to think. Counting number is a good thing too. Try to count skipping some numbers. For example, you can count until 100 skipping the numbers 3 and 6. Every time that this number appears you skip. Or you can count from 100 to 1.

Describing

You can take one fruit and start to observe it. At this moment you have to look only at the fruit. Try to feel the sensation to carry it on your hands, smell it, the shape. Don’t think about the place you bought, the nutrition, or the place that is the tree. Think only the fruit for three minuts. After you can eat and think about the sensation of the fruit in your mouth until the moment you swallow. if you could pay attention to these things you are improving your concentration. This exercise can be used for food too. Or you can read a book, watch a movie and after you write or tells to someone.

Imagination

try to imagine a place that you would like to be or food that you would like to eat. the first step for this exercise is to imagine the food for example. You have to think about the food, the taste, the smell. Do this fr two minutes. After you close your eyes if you can see clearly the food you can open your eyes and look at the table to imagine the food there.

Draw

Take one piece of paper and start with the shapes, triangles, circles, rectangles,s, and others. after you draw you can paint. concentrate on your paint. Take care with the border. You have to concentrate on your exercise. don’t look around the image that you are drawing is more important.

Can you think anything?

Think nothing is the hardest exercise you can do. you would be able to do if you could do the previous exercises that you saw above. Try to empty your mind. Take a relaxing song and sit in your room, stay in silence. if someone opens the door you can’t turn to see. If they insist in talk to you don’t move. They will see that you are doing something. You can close your eyes to do this exercise. take 10 minutes for this exercise.

Youtube

You can find a lot of exercises from videos on youtube. There are a lot of exercises that you can do in silence. Find videos ready for your exercises. One of them is ready to you do. Or you can do one circle on white paper with a point in the center. You have to look at the point in the center until the lines of the circle disappear.

Distractive things

Take a paper next to you when you are studying. After that, you have to note everything that takes your concentration. after that you can remove all the things that can take your concentration.

Games

Do you remember when you were a child and your mom gave to you a memory game. Then that kind of exercise is so good for you brain your brain for concentration. You can find it in the supermarket, bookstores, Internet, you can produce your memory cards with elements from your course. all these things can help you to concentrate when you are studyng. Sudoku, crosswords, dominoes, puzzle, and more. These games may be can make you remember your childhood but they are excellent for your concentration.

Apps

You can download some apps to train your concentration. For example, there are many options that if you can’t concentrate you have a punishment. Forest, Noisli, Focus Keeper, Freedom, Coffitivity, Focus To-Do, Kanban Flow, Engross. All these apps can help you in your journey. Some apps to learn languages are good for you. Like Babbel, Mondly, Lingoda, Utalk, Busuu, Duolingo, and much more.

Mouse

Try to change the side of your computer’s mouse to train your brain for different things. you will realize that you need more concentration in the first few days.

Hands

Try to use your hand to improve your concentration. If you are right-handed try to do some simple tasks with your left-handed. imagine you brushing your teeth with the that you don’t use to do! Or take the mug with this hand! you will see that is hard but if you do this exercise every day you can improve this ability.

The last but important too

Get physical exercise. If you are a green people you already ride a bike at the University. Then you have halfway.  Doing exercise is good for concentration because you have to pay much attention to the exercise you are doing. If you do something wrong it can cause damage to your health. When you are riding a bike you have to concentrate more on the streets, on the pedal, the brakes.

Besides you can do other things that can help you like learn how to play piano, study new languages, do a gardening or pottering course. the option to you improve are so numerous. Take these exercises and make a schedule of them. You can take two or three exercises a day and do it. But don’t forget you have to do it every day if you don’t do it you don’t improve your concentration ability.

Create a Music Playlist To Share With Your Friends

Who doesn’t like music? Music can change our mood. For example, if you take the “spring”  by Vivaldi” you can feel the spring in your heart. If you take the song “ this is Holloween” by Danny Elfman sung in the movie The nightmare before Christmas you can feel the horror from the song. Listen to the song “I’m a believer” by smash mouth and you will want to start the dance. Or Chinese Journey song and feel so calm. Anyway, music is the joy of the soul. Nowadays you have a lot of places to do a playlist. Many apps on your cellphone, websites. Or download it to listen if you don’t have internet. This is so hard to happen, but...nobody knows!

First things first

Decide your favorite gender. Or if you are an eclectic person you can make a list with a lot of songs. You can share the lists with your friends and add them to yours. It depends on the app you are using. Choose where you will save your playlist and enjoy them.

Spotify

This app is one of the most popular in the world. In this app, you can create your own playlist, share it with your friends and from them, and one of the coolest things, you can share your idol playlist. You can organize it into categories too. The app is free, but you can unlock some tools if you pay. The app is easy to install on  Windows PC, Mac OS, Android e iOS systems. The coolest thing about this app is that you can add a song to your playlist anytime. For example, you are at the university and you hear a song, immediately you search for the song using google. When you discover the name you can add it to your Spotify list. If you want you can separate your songs by gender. Sometimes you don’t want to list rock music and you don’t listen during the playlist you can separate them. If your student houses in Southampton have a speaker system you can create a list to listen to when you and your friends are in the common area.

Amazon Music

Amazon is one of the most known websites for shopping in the world. Now you can download on your cellphone Amazon Music and create your perfect list of music. This is recommended if you have the Smart home, Alexa. You can install Alexa in your student houses in Southampton to use it.  This app is not free, but you can make a test for 30 days. If you like you can share the payment with your friends with the familiar plan. This is a good option if you want to use more apps from Amazon. You can contract more services for a good price like the prime video. Start to do your list. Imagine you arrive in your studyhome and with voice command, you can listen to your favorite songs.

Deezer

This app is available for iOS and Android by now. Is another popular app for playlists around the world. It is free, but if you pay you can make more tools. You can make a big playlist and download it to listen to when you don’t have internet. You can read the lyrics from your cellphone scream.

Shazam

One of the coolest tools from this app is that you can identify a song that is playing next to you from another device. It is available for iOS and Android. What do you think? If you want to discover the song or singer, a band you have to turn on the function and, ready! The song was discovered. You can import your playlist from Spotify.

Google play

Google is the most used browser in cell phones today. But when you instal Googe on your cellphone you can take a lot of tools. Google Play is one of them. But this tool is not free. You can create your playlist and separate it into genders. You can listen to your playlist from your computer because it is a tool from google service. You can access the official website and understand how can it work.

Youtube music

Now if you like to watch your idol sing you can use this app. You can listen to your favorite songs from youtube, but if you don’t want to see the advertising you have to pay for it. Basically, you can create your playlist for free. If you pay you can take more advantage.

Now after discussing some apps that you can create your playlist let’s see some tips on how can you make your list?

Steps to create your list

1.    Define your vibe

You can choose the correct song for the correct moment. Hear Vivaldi around the Swimming pool is not a good thing, Is it? When you know the vibe of the song you can choose the correct song to listen to when you are at the birthday party for example.

2.    Use your creativity

Creativity is the most perfect thing that you can use in your life. A playlist is not different. When you are creating your playlist think about the place that you are and try to feel the beat from some song that you know. For example, imagine that you are cleaning the house, and take the song ‘Hey Jude” will you feel good? this song will bring certainly be lazy for you and you will lean the house slowly. Try to imagine you clean the house listening “twist & shout” from Beatles or “feel this moment” from PitBull.

3.    Be trustful

Don’t mix up your personal taste with the song concept. Even if you like a lot of this song. Do you remember the vibe? Don’t insert in the playlist a song only because you like it.

4.    Show the vibe

Show everyone the vibe of the playlist in the first music. You have to show give the purpose of the list immediately. From the beginning, you can show the vibe by putting the right song first. It’s common the people to search for a playlist looking only at the first screen. You have a few seconds to hold the attention of your listener, don’t waste time.

5.    Avoid change the styles suddenly

You can put two songs from different singers, but take care with the style of the song. Don’t change from Amy Winehouse to Metallica sudenly. this tip is not a rule. But it can look weird. And maybe you can cause some problems with your Southampton student accommodation neighbors. Imagine you are listening to a good volume of the song “Rehab” from Amy Winehouse and the playlist change for “welcome to the Jungle” by Guns N’ Roses. You have to turn down the volume immediately.

Create a list doesn’t have a rule, you can make your playlist with your own taste. But remember, you will share with your friends and they can avoid your Studyhome if they don’t like the songs. Some Southampton student accommodations have a gym, you can create a list for this place too.

Cheap Cleaning Hacks To Keep Your Bathroom Sparkling Clean

Your bathroom is one of the worst parts to clean at home. And you will have problems organizing the cleaning with your friends. but always you can talk a solve all the problems. Sometimes the product can’t help you and you waste a lot of money to buy the cleaning stuff and don’t see the results. But if you and your friends make some little changes in your routine you can maintain your bathroom always brighting.

Mix

If you bought a lot of product you can don’t see your bathroom bright try this mix and you will see the cleaning. Recipe: Three tablespoons of baking soda, ½ cup of ammonia, and two cups of warm water. take this mix and throw it on the surface of your bathroom. After that clean with a sponge or a wipe.

Shower and faucets

You can use a bag with vinegar and hold on to the faucets and shower they will help to remove the dirt from the little holes. Leave for the entire night. If you don’t have vinegar but you have chlorine it is the same result.

Toothbrush

Remember the toothbrush that you have to replace, then you can use the old tooth broth to clean the spaces that are hard to clean with sponges. But first, boil the toothbrush before use. leave on the cabinet, among the clean stuff.

Mirror

Protect your mirror from fogging you can use the shaving cream to clean the mirror, The glycerin that this cream contains will protect the mirror. You can use soap too. Buy soap with glycerin and pass it on to the mirror but the soap must be dry. take a dry wipe and scrub the mirror. You can use detergent too. that you use to wash the dishes. but remember the mirror must be dry. don’t mix water with the detergent.

Toilet

Clean the bathroom is not a cool thing to do. Today is your time to clean. Imagine after your friends finish doing something there. It really is a dab thing. Take easy, I’m here to help you. If this kind of thing happens to you, take a cup of bleach and wait for 20 minutes. After that wash with the toilet brush. The Bleach contains Chlorine and this component takes the odor and makes the porcelain bright. when you use your toilet brush to wash the toilet it stays wet when you put it on the holder. Then to avoid mold you can squeeze it under the toilet sit until dry. after that you can put it in the holder.

The faucets

If the faucets are made of stainless steel you can use shaving cream or toothpaste to make them bright. You don’t need much. Take a little quantity and spread for all the faucets, after that, start to scrub you will see the result. It’s good.

Dish brush

One solution for your bathroom is to leave on the shower or bathtub one dish brush. They have a compliment to put the soap. And you can scrub your shower or bathtub during the shower. Then you can leave your bathroom always clean.

Towel

Use your hand towel to dry the sink faucets. After you use this bathroom use your towel to dry the faucet and the sink to let free from the water drops that you can leave on them. Then you will see your place clean every time.

Squeegee

If your bathroom has the Glassdoor you can use the squeegee to clean the class. do this after each bath you take. then away be clean.

Shaker of baking soda

You can leave a shaker of baking soda in the bathroom then you can clean it every time you miss the bright. You can use between the big cleaning. and your bathroom will be bright every time.

Dryer sheet

Before you throw out the dryer sheet that you use in your washing machine you can wet then and clean the soap scum. The dryer sheet can help you to remove the nail polish from the sink. You can take the nail polish removed to wet the dryer sheet and scrub on the sink. Then you will remove all the nail polish.

Curtain

The bathroom is the most humid space at student houses in Southampton. Before using the curtain you can put it on the salty water, dry and hangs it in the bathroom. or if you see the mildew appear you can use this mix to wash. Take ½ cup of borax, ½ cups of vinegar, and two cups of water. Pour onto the curtain and wait for 10 minutes. Then scrub with a sponge. Another option is two tablespoons of detergent and 500ml of bleach and sprinkles on the affected areas. You can make a paste of salt and vinegar and spread out the curtain. let dry after that clean with a wet wipe. You can use Bleach with high quantities of Chlorine and leave for one hour. after that you can have a clean toilet and without a bad smell.

Don’t forget to clean your ceiling

Use white vinegar to clean the ceiling, don’t forget to use glasses. 

Smelling good

Wash your towels, curtain, windows, and carpets aways. Use softener, they have a strong perfume that will stay in your bathroom for days.

Disinfect the sponge, damp it, and put it in the microwave oven for 2 minutes

Don’t forget to remove the hair from the drain: sink and bathtub.

Clean and dry the recipients that stay in your bathroom

Use Baking soda and vinegar on the drains.

If you and your friends take these tips and do all the times you will see your bathroom every time clean. Don’t forget you all have to help. Put one basket inside the bathroom. If one person forgets the clothes inside you can throw them in this basket. Them when it will be organized all day. If your friend asks about the clothes you tell them where it is and ask to take the clothes always. You can take