covid 19 effects - d story

Pehhh!

PKP has entered its fifth week. And already today is the second day of Ramadhan Kareem. Schools and many other government departments and private sectors and firms and factories and shops have been asked to close down periodically for now. 

stay home!

Initially when the PKP began, it was a scary experience coz we never really knew what to expect, except that everyone was ask to stay in. the first few times when I went out to the shops and markets and tesco, the roads were almost deserted. But now everything is a bit relaxed, I would say.

The good things about covid 19 (always look on the bright side, okeyyy!) are, there is less traffic on the road, less pollution, air is a lot cleaner, the skies are beautiful, the rivers are clean, nature is back and on a personal note, I am having all the time in the world to tend to whatever crosses the mind. Though I do send out exercises and quizzes to my students now and then, but before the fasting month began, I stayed outside the house from morning till noon, tending to my greens. Guess it was worth it since the grass is healthy, the plants in the pots are flowering, the old rotten twigs and branches have been removed, the surrounding looks clean an d attractive, and most importantly, I get to be alone @ be with Him always Alhamdulillah 

green grass

My afternoon is filled with reading, another thing I love so much. So far I have re-read the biography on the prophet, old collections of readers digest, and soon I’ll start on a Stephen King novel entitled Revival, which abil found while he was clearing and rearranging the cupboard the other week.

Normally after asar everybody will do a lil bit of exercise just to keep fit. As the head of the family, I’ll lead them. Everything is done on the spot, such as running, jogging, jumping, stretching, star jump, plank challenge and finally sit up and push up. Though it takes just twenty minutes to complete the exercise, but the sweat produced, as well as the feel-good feeling, is a joy, I must say. Once in a while I did go for my early morning run around the kampong. Luckily no cops were on sight then, if not, surely they would want to question me I guess. And probably slap me with a rm1000 fine too hahaa  

Talking about the fine that PKP offenders are being asked to pay, it is very unfair to them, in the sense that quite a number of VIPs are also being seen in public with their entourage, not adhering to the MKN advice and warning. Why are they being treated differently? I thought no one is supposed to be above the law, knnnnnnnn. Well, in bolehland, everything is possible it seems.

After shower, from maghrib till midnite, it is family time. Starting with solat berjemaah, dinner together, and then if there’s a good show, everyone will be in the family room watching the show @ movie. Normally there’ll be ice-ceam or cakes or delicacies. This covid lockdown has made the children at home more creative and productive. Talking about food la. The girls, especially kaklong and lisa, help to prepare the dishes without fail. Arief has managed to make pudding custard, sagu, lengkong coklat, to name a few, and nia too has produced caramel. The girls too have baked cookies, made cheesekut, kueh lapis, spaghetti, roast chicken. On the positive side, it is good for them to learn the trade of preparing all these foods, but bapak diorg la jenuh running errands buying all the needed ingredients and burning a hole in the pocket hahahaaa but for family sake, I’m A-okey with it. 

Covid 19 is so devastating, especially for poor countries that are lacking in health organization and abilities, lackadaisical governments and policy makers who take things for granted, and at the micro level, the families affected, particularly in countries that are badly hit by this pandemic, the deaths are so overwhelming that I find it ridiculously hard to accept the fact that many countries were not ready when the virus hit their shore. And to make matter worse, many people who championed the right to freedom do not want to heed the government advice to stay home. As such the unthinkable happened in many developed countries, especially across Europe and US, where tenth of thousands of people have succumbed to this virus. So much for being developed countries, but in term of logic and rationality, I guess these people are selfish and ignorant.

Enough for now. Hopefully I will be able to share my thoughts again in the future. Writing helps the brain faculty to generate and operate, and produce hindsight too.. inshaAllah.

After everything has been said and done, Alhamdulillah.