on friday i was in campus alongside my other friends. we were there to finish our thesis: taking data, writing chapter three, and being a mental support for each other. then the news dropped. sixty nine people affected, positive. we panicked and started to think about the worst case situation, what if this undesirable event delays our graduation? turns out the conversation didn’t only happen in the room. on my way to the bathroom, i heard lecturers and staffs talking. combined, there were these phrases “enam sembilan”, “gimana dong?”, “cepet ya,”. on different circumstances, those phrases might sound wrong or have different meaning. but that day, it surely affects the whole population in the campus. we were panicking.
at first, i was planning to go to big bad wolf the following night. nope, cancelled.
on saturday i caught up with all the series i’ve been watching: grey’s anatomy, station 19, a million little things, this is us, grown-ish, mixed-ish, kim’s convenience, and what else i forgot. the whole day i watched a lot of episodes. i didn’t realise it’s already dark out there.
it rained. hard.
there were a lot of people in the house. my dad’s second cousin visited. they were talking a lot a lot. however, this didn’t intrude my activity: watching YouTube for the whole day.
it helped. leaving my phone in my room, while i watched YouTube in the living room. i didn’t get TOO much updates on covid-19. it gave me the time to ACTUALLY relax. but then at night the real joke was one of the minister is covid-19 positive. reading that news gave me mixed feelings. it was “makan tuh!” kind of feeling, because most executives were not thinking straight. they were irrational in making the decisions and stuffs. but also like “nah lho,” kind of feeling.
at night, i checked up on some friends. asking their condition. i was anxious okay, i needed to know the people i care about is safe and feeling safe. some friends were also panicking, but some just don’t really care. my anxiousness led me to replying a lot of people posting instagram story about covid-19.
“stay safe ya!”
