Life in Pandemic
Photo: Rowena Molina loses her job and fear for her family’s future as she tries to afloat “Online business” in the midst of pandemic, to earn money.
Photo: Students enroll because they do not want to be left behind, even the government is not yet fully ready to the new mode of learning in the Philippines.
Photo: Relation of the family gained closer and tight due to 1 year of quarantine in the Philippines.
Photo: Businesses, Malls, transportation, Street, turn unto ghost town due to strict implementing rule in Metro Manila, order by the Local Government Unit (LGU).
Photo: Pandemic cannot stop faith of Filipino, but with protocols and safety precautions due to Covid-19.
On the 15th day of March 2020, we slept in a peaceful evening and woke up in a very tight world. The only real reason that life matters is that we are all living pretty exceptional moments each time. Millions of us, around the world, are forced to remain at home, practicing social distancing, and I am curious how were my family, friends, and my countrymen are doing.
Suddenly I realized that “The City of fun” the Philippines ” is no longer fun, “Artificial Kingdoms” are out of magic, “Recreations were no longer fun”, now empty, and “Fictional Cities” does not light up anymore. All places are blocked, everything has closed from north to south. And, we have all been asked to stay indoors. Yet, most people are unaware and do not give importance to our current issue.
Malls, entertainments and out-of-town vacations have all gone for a toss, as we are finally learning to live without them. And until now, we are all stuck in our own homes. Even talking and hugging with loves ones personally became a weapon and an act of love in order for them to be safe. Our old routines have been disrupted and many of us have been separated from our workmates, friends, and loves ones. But the one thing that imprints on my mind on the situations we have is our own health, home and family that keeps us safe.
We finally learned that in this new world we have to create our own new environment. A good example are body builders who are used to go to the gym but now, they perform their physical activities inside their homes. Which they find happiness, appreciations and alternatives on the things that are available. We are all going through an unprecedented moment in history. Creating new routines at home is important to find joy within. Many events might have been cancelled but still we are able to move forward to it. What is happening outside our boundaries, is not controllable.
This pandemic brought us changes in many aspects of our life. To the economy, “empty streets”, living, and most people are losing their jobs and many of us are not prepared because we cannot even imagine that the world will be like this. Wearing masks and social distancing has disrupted social spontaneity. We lost the warmth in our social expressions, ‘’hugs’, ‘mano’ were forced to be self-confined and inhibited. We live in a different way depending on where you reside in the world, masks, and gloves may be commonplace. Queuing has become the norm, whether it's for medical appointments, shopping, or even getting into a lift.
With social distancing in effect and people donning masks and gloves, public transportation looks extremely different.
We do take when we hear somebody hack, wheeze, or sneeze. We've been adapted these previous few months to be hypervigilant for these manifestations, yet ideally this may likewise imply that better expectations of hand and individual cleanliness will continue. We’ll begin to occasion more in our own patios because of movement limitations, which must be something beneficial for nearby economies as they adapt to the decrease in abroad and highway vacationer numbers. Craving for something new for abroad colorful areas will likewise be on the ascent, and Instagram will almost certainly fuel those longing. The little things that make up our local area have changed. No more wiener sizzles at Bunnings, no local area sports, no waiting over early lunch with companions at the nearby bistro, and salons have shut because of the pandemic. We're trusting our neighborhood independent companies -our stylists, hairdressers, bistros, eateries, wellbeing experts, newsagents, stores - endure the opposite end (so make certain to help your nearby little business.
The bigger donning scene has additionally changed. Donning associations have stopped however are carefully looking at a return, and public and global meets are close to unthinkable limitations.
Quarantine, social distancing, is the main rule in the time of pandemic and because of that face to face learning are prohibited, so this is the time where I am battling in this day’s, it’s really hard to cope with online class, poor internet connection, and the most of us are battling with miscommunication, this issue is triumphant during online class, it’s like a domino effect starts with the poor internet connection, but we don’t have any choice but to battle it I don’t want to be left behind.
But this pandemic brought me to bond with my family. In the Philippines, we already fell into 1 year of lockdown and during these days waking up with your brother, sister, mother, father is the best part I did not imagine that we were going to bond like this, but still, it’s hard cause some of my relatives are struggling to have no jobs in midst of the pandemic.
After all, pandemics made me realize that the world and life are not just about living but it’s because of having faith in God, we can’t control our life, because someone has the authority and power over us, do good things while you’re here, no one will know when you’ll leave this world just a little droplet and you’ll get sick.
The situation around us leads to uncertainty. We do not know, and no one will ever know when will this end. The only thing that I am aware of is that we do not need to focus on the uncertainties but enjoy our life with our love ones. The world we live in today, taught us that everything that used to revolve around us can change in one tick of the clock. Everything will end one day and the day we are all ready to go out and take off our face mask. We will always remember what we have gone through, learned, and reflect during the hardships of our world. These pandemic changes the world, but the faith and hope of nation will still shine brighter than the virus, that the world is coping in these days.