The Pandemic Times

Canberra goes into lockdown starting from 5pm today. There is one new case (which has then developed into 4 cases - all close contacts of the first one). A guy in his 20s, who went to sooo many places, including a long period of time in a nightclub (possibly working there) over last weekend. As soon as I heard the news, I was in the middle of baking for customers, my brain froze. Anxiety hits. I didn’t know what to feel, I didn’t even feel hungry. I ate my lunch at 3.30 pm. I knew this was bound to happen. I have had this sinking feeling for the past few days that we are going to have a positive case soon. What worries me are entitled, idiotic humans who think they are beneath lockdowns and wearing a mask. They call themselves the freedom protestors, A few of them and we’ll all be in danger, like Sydney.  Told you, this covid thing... it’s going to get to all of us at the end. No one is safe. 

 I’m sure everyone has their own version of their very last normal day. The very first time I heard about covid was sometime in January 2020. We were still healing from that awful bushfire in Australia, waiting for our days, sky, and breathing capability to become normal again. And my husband just casually said “there is a new virus outbreak in China. People die” I told him, who cares. it would be just like SARS. I was living in Singapore when the SARS outbreak happened. I didn’t even remember it. It was over just like that. Fast forward to February, case numbers start to creep up in the bigger cities like Sydney and Melbourne. My memory of the last big event/day out I went to that still felt normal was the Royal Canberra show on February 28th 2020. The last Canberra show before covid (it was cancelled in 2021). I’m so glad I went to take my son. It was such a beautiful day. It was such a beautiful normal day, without any fear of touching surfaces, without having to wear a mask or ...

 Hello. I have decided to start a blog during this very strange time of our lives. The covid-19 era. No, this is not going to be one of those monetised blog that would help you plan your meals, or make you better parents. I just simply want to record this very strange experience of my life, which I hope I will never get to experience ever again. But maybe, hopefully, one day in the future, when all of this is over, when words like “social distancing, mask, community cases, lockdown” are things of the past, I could look back and smile (or cry) at what happened around me, or with me, during that strange time.  If you’ve found this blog in the very very distant future, the year is 2021. We are currently over half way through our second year living with this pandemic called the CoVid-19. I am living in Canberra, Australia. Which, as of this moment, surprisingly, have ZERO cases. Yep, that is very strange. Sydney, a big city 3 hrs drive from us, is having a major outbreak. 200-300 ...