Sunday, March 29, 2020

2020/03/29: February

Should have written this

long time ago

but anywhere

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February was a long month

subjected to loads

uncertainty, concern

and even fear

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back then

it wasn’t called a pandemic

and it was a regional issue

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it was Lunar New Year

in late January

the first 4 days of Feb

was spent in Southern Taiwan

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lovely weather

sunny and chilly

but the air was a bit tensed

where everyone was

putting on a mask

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then a subsequent Samui trip

was cancelled

because my parents

didn’t feel okay with it

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so i chose not to go

even if my friends did go ahead

but all they did was

chilling around the villa

no beach no sightseeing

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then another short

weekend concert trip

got cancelled as well

the event had been postponed

but no specific date

has been announced yet

after so long

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and a refund is in process

but i kinda fear for the worst

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but thank goodness

sales was pretty good

not common for a February

it kept me occupied

throughout the “dark” moments

given all the cancellation

and of course not forgetting

Valentine’s day

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so it wasn’t as bad

after all

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and i adopted a change of

“being” in the neighborhood

taking my nephews for walk

going to the local market

driving my mom out on

Sunday morning

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kinda miss those now

given the fact that

we are now on a 4 week

movement restriction order

in day 12th now

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during heightened period like this

trip cancellation doesn’t sound

as important anymore

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thank you February

for the trial period

knowing the fact that

i couldn’t travel as much

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now that we can’t even travel

out of the house

unless necessary

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activities have been

further downscaled

from neighborhood to

house compound

doing things like

clearing old stuff

sweeping leaves

bed-time reading

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hope for the best

for everyone

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