Best Friend Test - continued :)

Yo!

 It's us again (Charlotte and Ranveer), just to say that we're back with PART 2 of our Best Friend Tag.

http://youtu.be/45uw5uu7RRQ

In this half, we answered these questions:

- What's your favourite inside joke?

- Who takes longer to get ready in the morning?

- Favourite seasons?

- What's it like being friends with someone who is OBSESSED with YouTube?

- Heels or flats?

- Pants... or dresses? (NOT what Charlotte thought that question was going to be asking; pants or boxers. Eek! It's TROUSERS all you Americans! Trousers I tell you!!! lmao)

- Okay. So your house is burning down but everyone inside is sure to be safe. What object do you save and why?

- Comedy, horror, or chick-flick?

- Blackberry or iPhone?

- Do you guys have anything matching? (Lol... ummmm.. you'll see in the video. DON'T JUDGE, K?)

- Favourite TV shows?

Phew! Twas a lot of questions. But it was definitely fun answering them together, and we hope you guys have just as much fun watching the video and finding out some new things about us. Would your answers have been similar or completely different? Let us know with a comment!

OH, and have an amazing week :)

Charlotte and Ranveer xx

Best Friend Test

Why hello there! :)

Charlotte and Ranveer here.

Now for those of you who don't know... we're best friends. Surprisingly, we only have been for about 2 years - but if you ask me (Charlotte) it feels like it's been forever! I still remember going to Ranveer's house for the first time and just going absolutely crazy with the PhotoBooth on her laptop... There must've been about 100 pictures of us on there just messing around in her room. Although that is of course how all of the best friendships are formed; a hell of a lot of selfies! xD

Even so, we thought it was about time to put our friendship to the test; tag style. Here's part one!

http://youtu.be/HgLTnNYIiRo

The questions we answered in this half were:

- How and when did you meet?
- What's your favourite memory together?
- Describe each other in one word!
- What's your dream job?
- What's your favourite make-up brand?
- What annoys the other person most about you?
- If you could go anywhere in the world together, where would it be?

We hope you enjoy watching it, and learn a bit more about us - we certainly learnt some things about each other filming this lol.

OH, and keeeep smiling!

Charlotte and Ranveer xx

P.S: Part 2 will be up tomorrow! Also, how would you have done with your best friend? Better, worse? Leave a comment :)

The Headband Challenge

Hey guys :) Charlotte and Ranveer here with another Challenge videoooo! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OBdAyBAn1U

This game was pretty simple; we each had to wear a headband (chunky, blue, plastic-y... so stylish), and the other person would insert a random card into it. Each card had a picture, with the pics varying from objects, to food, to animals. Whatever is on the card is effectively YOU for the duration of the round, and you have to ask yes or no questions until you find out what you are! 

10 questions each, 1 opponent, 1 aim: DO NOT lose. Whoever does will be forced to eat a spoonful of ketchup. *yuck*

Simple, right? Well... that's what we /thought/ anyway. 

Ok so it did go quite well at the very beginning - we did Rock Paper Scissors to decide who would start off (as usual), and then I, Charlotte, won (also as usual... hehehe). 

But the easy ride all ended when Ranveer managed to get insanely confused in the FIRST round of the game. xD It went something along these lines.

Me: "Am I to do with sports, Ranveer?" 

Ranveer: "Hmmmm... Ummm... No?"

Me: "Err.. Ok. Am I round?"

Ranveer: "Ermmm... Um.. Well... No?"

Me: O_o

What did she mean? Why was she so confused?! I must be something that miiight be used in a sport, and is sooner of round, but not really. Otherwise, she wouldn't seem so confused about what to say, right?

Well.

Turns out I was a PENCIL. From then on I doubted everything she said, "um"s and "ahh"s included lmao. 

Ranveer managed to guess she was a bed in exactly 5 questions. I worked out, after what felt like a long list of meats, that I was in fact a fish. It felt like it was going nowhere. We were both too good despite all the confusion complicating matters. xD

So in the end, it was a draw. We both won... so we both lost. And what did anyone who lost have to do? Eat a spoon of ketchup. *shudder* I really don't want to have to describe that experience to you, so if you want to watch our suffering, then please... Watch the video :s

In spite of that last bit though, the Challenge was definitely fun for us, and we hope you had fun watching it too! 

Until next time,

Charlotte and Ranveer xx

P.S: Keep smiling :)

The Language Challenge

Helloooo people :)

Now, here's the thing: Ranveer and I (Charlotte) are both people who like languages. I'm going to be studying French and Russian at university, and both of us talk from time to time about wanting to learn more languages... especially Korean. Cos... Well. Them Kpop guys though! xD

Anyway, because of this shared interest (in languages, not in Korean guys hehe), we thought we might as well give the Languages Challenge a go!

 All we had to do was say a series of phrases to the other person in a random language, using our good - if slightly unreliable - friend, Google Translate. That person then had to guess both which language we were undoubtedly failing at speaking, /and/ the meaning of the sentence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaifIsmt_AA

Simple right? Wrong. So wrong! I mean, maybe it was our terrible pronunciation. Maybe it was the randomness of the phrases. But WOW some of our guesses were a bit... Um... Interesting. xD 

I think my favourite dodgy guess was when  Ranveer said "the football match was boring" in Lithuanian and I was completely convinced that she had said "footballer Rooney is chubby". DON'T JUDGE, K? Someone on the TV had literally just been talking about his recent increase in chubbiness before we filmed the video. I really wasn't trying to be mean D:  But still, tooooo funny!

Something that really wasn't funny for the loser of this challenge - and you're gunna have to watch the video to find out who that was - was that they had to eat a whole chilli. Eek >.< Throughout the entire challenge, I was terrified that I would lose, and that when I ate the chilli, my taste buds would kinda like... Explode. Haha! Well, it definitely gave us both some more motivation to win. 

For now though, that's it from us over here on ourhappyplace. We hope you enjoy watching the video, and that you have an amaaazing day. <3

Keep smiling guys!

Charlotte and Ranveer xxx

Milkshakes!

HELLO beautiful people! I hope you've all been well :D It's Ranveer here and recently, I've been in a really random but happy mood. So I decided to write a lil somethin' somethin' about my day today. 

In just over a week, I will be heading off to university and so will quite a lot of my friends from school. For that reason, we all decided to meet up for lunch at a nearby milkshake place. 

I got a chocolate chip banana crumble milkshake (Something like that....I'm not sure if I got that right) and Charlotte got a Cookies and Cream milkshake - yum!! #oreos 

And of course, we had to take selfies with our milkshakes, hehe.

So now, with around a week left at home, it's time to buy those last minute items to take to university and then pack a whole load of clothes, pictures, plates, cups etc. I really don't know if I'm ready to go but I guess I'll just have to go with it and really make the most of my time there. Nervous. But so freakin EXCITED.

I'll catch up with you guys soon, but until then. Keep smiling!! xxx

When in Paris

Salut tout le monde! Charlotte here :)

If you follow me and Ranveer on instagram (@_ourhappyplace_ ), then you'll know that I recently went on a day trip to Paris with my family. Whilst I was there, I couldn't resist filming a load of the things we saw and did on that day to show you guys.

 http://youtu.be/VJ9HIRtmFWY

As someone who is going to be starting to study French at University come October, I definitely love going to France (and especially Paris, which is undoubtedly its major cultural centre). Not only do I get to see beautiful sites when I go there, but I get to practice my French - at least... I usually do. This time... I'd lost my voice. I could only speak for brief points in the day and usually only after I'd had a hot drink. *sigh*

Still, it was a great day. We managed to see loads of the major tourist sites, as well as visiting some a bit further off the trail, like La Basilique Saint Denis, and an enormous French bookshop called Gilbert Jeune, situated very close to Notre Dame - one of the best stops for me considering I love to read in French.

 

We literally went all over Paris, going from the end of one metro line to the end of another, but making many stops along the way so we could fit in as much as possible. It was sooooo worth the early start, even if I couldn't really speak for most of the day. To me, Paris is just one of those places you can go to fifty times and still find more to see. Not only is it huge but you have both huge touristy things and hidden gems that no one seems to know about... to find them you have to go exploring. And I love exploring - or going on "adventures". xD

I hope that everyone is having an awesome week! xxx

GCSEs + A-levels: Grades & Advice

Hey guys!! HAPPY SATURDAY!! Ranveer and Charlotte here. So it’s September now, which means that summer is officially over for this year and the schools are opening up again. Boo! Charlotte and I (Ranveer) both finished school back in June and so we’ve still got a few more weeks of chilling out before we start university. As we just completed our A-levels, (and our GCSEs 2 years ago) we wanted to give you all some tips and advice, and just some motivation to get you through the school year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-vemkvz9yI&feature=youtu.be

These exams that you will have to sit at the end of the year are SO IMPORTANT. Once you’ve completed your GCSEs, you have to move onto A-levels and these will be the subjects that YOU have chosen and weren’t forced to do like Maths, English, Double/Triple Science (and ICT for me). It may be that you really enjoy these specific A-level subjects or that they are required for the course/degree that you want to apply for at university. BUT, if you don’t achieve a high enough grade then there’s a possibility that you won’t be able to study this subject at A-level. When I was choosing my A-level subjects, I was told that I had to get a B or better in GCSE Maths to be able to study it during sixth form. So please take your GCSEs very seriously.

We give 8 key points that are really important to take into consideration when going to school and revising for exams. The advice we give in the video really worked for us, and it showed in our grades (which are revealed towards the start of the video).

I’m not sure how the education system works in other countries but these tips definitely apply to everyone: Keeping yourself organised, doing you work the day you get it, making a timetable, staying healthy, revision sessions, going through as many past papers as you possibly can, NOT staying up all night to do your revision and just STAYING MOTIVATED throughout the year because once your exams are finished, you will have a really nice, long and relaxing holiday to do whatever you want!! (We go into a lot more detail about these points in the video) 

Also, if you have any questions then please either leave a comment here or in the video or tweet us @_ourhappyplace_ and we will definitely reply. We could even make another video if there are specific topics that you want to hear us talk about. Trust me, we’ve been through it all: Stress, depression, anxiety, mood swings, friendship problems. But we got through it all and it made us stonger individuals. So if you have any problems then we would love to help you out!

Don’t forget to also have fun and make the most of this year with your friends. Now that we’re going off to university, we won’t be able to see our friends from secondary school as much as we’d like to. 

So keep smiling and I know you will get through this year of hard work. xxx

Summer 2014 Bloopers + Extras

Hey everyone! It's us again and we just really wanted to thank everyone who has subscribed, liked or commented nice things on our videos. We can't believe that in exactly 2 months we managed to get exactly 300 subscribers - and that we've had over 22000 views on our reaction to Superwoman and Humble the Poet's #LEH mv! 

To show you guys how much your support means to us, we thought we'd put together a video full of bloopers, extras and other shizzle for you. We hope you enjoy it :))

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl0ORlP7nmE&feature=youtu.be

Charlotte and Ranveer xx