Keystroke Journal

 I can't believe I'm still writing about COVID-19!  It's been a year now since the pandemic started. And, in a year's time, a lot of things transpired; many lives have been transformed instantly. Although the inevitable change caused insurmountable losses in terms of property, jobs, travels, dreams and most of all the lives globally impacted by the pandemic, it has brought out good outcomes in my little corner. Working from home has its own challenges but, at the same time, I learned to do chores now with a grateful heart because if it wasn't for the year 2020, I wouldn't have realized how much I took these tasks for granted: cooking baking cleaning gardening Yes, it's a domesticated life in addition for the need to be tech savvy in this ever-changing digital work life. On the other hand, I was also able to hone my creative-side because of lesser time to be on the road and more time to focus. Connectivity has never been easier these days, too. Due to the pan...

COVID-19 came so sudden that no one was ever prepared to deal with this unknown novel sickness. It struck every one and every where. No one is spared of its daunting effects. Rich or poor, educated or uneducated, male or female, old or young, animals or humans, from the north to the south to the east and west. Only the strong and the fittest can survive. It's like watching a plot in a movie, only this time, we are all making our own reality TV shows.  It's been a month now that lives have transitioned from commute days to lockdown days. The year 2020 is indeed a year of vision. A time to realize what values most in life and rediscover life's passions. Nowadays, there are more days to  reflect, more days to clean up, more days to do what we can't usually do on an actual busy day; more days to juggle self-care, family/home care, online classes, and remote work, all in one roof. This, for now, is the new normal. Years from now, we will have our own lockdown stories to ...