Quarantine

This year so far, just 6 words: Do you have any spare ventilators?

So, New years day. "Hey, 2020 is going to be the year!" I can't wait!" We were barely half way through before we realised that the smallest mammal could cause global destruction. What exactly happened here? If this bat had the virus, then was it a new virus that would have spread through bats only, or was this already a thing in bats? In that case, does that mean that eating bats should actually be illegal? Next thing you know someone drank some caterpillar juice and we are growing extra arms.

People are talking about how they are staring at a wall in lockdown. At this rate I am actually taking their word for it. Okay, so exams are cancelled. Does this mean that you should melt your brain by cramming it into Instagram? What are you looking at? People aren't going out anymore. What do you see on their stories now?

Next time you see someone doing something productive on the internet, even if you are looking for memes, take inspiration from it, rather than mindlessly scrolling past it. They could be showing of skills, or they could be trying to tell you something. People procrastinate or make excuses for not doing something by saying that they don't have time. Well, now you have ample time to do whatever it was you were supposed to. Write some essay on something, paint a landscape, get back into playing an instrument you gave up years ago, anything. Maybe people on the internet are trying to get you to read between the lines. Well now you don't have to... I got what you're looking for in its simplest form: get off your phone.

I gave up learning Hawaiian for months after I found out that the app I was learning from was giving me the wrong answers. I was very annoyed as I had worked quite hard, but now in quarantine I got bored so I thought I'd relearn it. I double check my research from a bunch of sites so I know exactly what the correct term is.

Just an idea.

I might just go insane. Did you know that even though people are dying because someone ate a bat, people in China are still selling bats? One can only ask why. While scientists are busy going crazy trying to find a cure for coronavirus, you are just putting lives at stake? The microwave says that none of it is real and it's all in my head but no one can ever be sure. ;-;

I have spent most of this lockdown working. Of course I have been taking breaks by talking to friends and staying inside is already driving me crazy. Why go even more crazy working non-stop? I just cannot imagine the feeling of seeing the news reporting, "Covid-19 cure found - 0 cases left." Perhaps it'd be everyone running outside screaming and shouting meeting friends drinking coffee at a coffee shop and being all happy. However I could also imagine people using spatulas to rip themselves of their sofa, crawling out of their holes, hissing at the sunlight like a cat and returning to their lair as if nothing ever happened. That beloved day shall go down in history and all homes would be deserted for at least 5 minutes. Except for Greenland. They would just be confused as to why India is now underpopulated and screams can be heard from the next continent.

So let us try to stop Corona from ruining lives. Corona is encouraging you to get off the screen and explore your mind.