Saturday, 29 February 2020
Wednesday, 26 February 2020
Friday, 14 February 2020
Panic and silliness
Whatever worries I had before this moment are quickly perishing because of how empty and absolutely empty Shanghai airport is.
Moreover I have been screened thrice already and seeing how I end up seeing more people while isolated inside the house than I've seen on this airport makes me worry a little less.
No coffee shops are open, except for a subways which is a food joint and that too is empty.
There are some Chinese families still traveling out and maybe there going back to their countries like Taiwan and so on and perhaps some to the west where they can still fly, but except for them there is absolutely no one here .
The immigration line was just five people and the security check for the first time in my life was also an empty conveyer belt.
I'm guessing the flight back home will be with few passengers and as bad as it is I think it's alright.
The fewer people that travel out the better.
Moreover in this vast city of Shanghai with 2.5 crore people there are 316 virus cases and 1 death and well maybe we are just panicking a little bit extra, a bit more than is warranted.
Can you imagine Delhi going into an almost lockdown with such statistics?
Moreover I have been screened thrice already and seeing how I end up seeing more people while isolated inside the house than I've seen on this airport makes me worry a little less.
No coffee shops are open, except for a subways which is a food joint and that too is empty.
There are some Chinese families still traveling out and maybe there going back to their countries like Taiwan and so on and perhaps some to the west where they can still fly, but except for them there is absolutely no one here .
The immigration line was just five people and the security check for the first time in my life was also an empty conveyer belt.
I'm guessing the flight back home will be with few passengers and as bad as it is I think it's alright.
The fewer people that travel out the better.
Moreover in this vast city of Shanghai with 2.5 crore people there are 316 virus cases and 1 death and well maybe we are just panicking a little bit extra, a bit more than is warranted.
Can you imagine Delhi going into an almost lockdown with such statistics?
Thursday, 13 February 2020
Wednesday, 12 February 2020
Worries
Twenty days quarantine is a bit much seeing how it is supposed to be 14 days but that's okay, the symptoms will show in the first couple days or so in case things go bad which I'm confident won't.
I hope :)
Firstly Shanghai isn't as affected by the virus and also I'm guessing that there would be no one sick traveling on the flight.
Almost everyone on board will be from the homeland returning back since anyone who ain't a citizen travelling from China won't be allowed to enter the country, and I'm thinking that they'll all be a healthy lot.
Moreover there will be screenings done before entering the airport, before taking the flight, after landing and yes I will stick to the quarantine measures, though not so fastidiously if I know I'm not falling sick.
In case however I feel under the weather I'll be immediately reporting to a hospital.
But let's not think of the worst now.
I hope :)
Firstly Shanghai isn't as affected by the virus and also I'm guessing that there would be no one sick traveling on the flight.
Almost everyone on board will be from the homeland returning back since anyone who ain't a citizen travelling from China won't be allowed to enter the country, and I'm thinking that they'll all be a healthy lot.
Moreover there will be screenings done before entering the airport, before taking the flight, after landing and yes I will stick to the quarantine measures, though not so fastidiously if I know I'm not falling sick.
In case however I feel under the weather I'll be immediately reporting to a hospital.
But let's not think of the worst now.
Addressing
Addressing some concerns
My travel isn't a necessity but people think it important because, well, so many reasons.
Work starts next week and perhaps that's a reason why my leaving is better because I will be alone with movements still restricted and well..it's no good.
Secondly the compounds are pursuing a very strict policy in that if even a single person is infected the entire compound will be closed down and no one would be allowed to go outside or come inside and that is a contingency that we wish to avoid because that would mean being stuck for real and maybe that's something people want to avoid
Also there are only a couple more flights still operating and there might, a very small chance but in case the virus explodes there might be a chance that all flights would cease to operate and that would make everything a little too helpless though I did suggest how our country would evacuate us in such crisis, my idea didn't go down too well.
There are concerns regarding flying back. Airport, aeroplane all that, also screening at the delhi airport .
In case I have temperatures there will be further check ups and if I have what I shouldn't then I will be quarantined, but in case I'm all free then I'll probably only be asked to stay at home in isolation.
But mostly It's not going to be an issue and it is risky but I know there aren't any problems that might happen seeing how there haven't been any infections been carried on planes back home.
Phew!
Having said that I am nervous about everything.
About leaving, about coming back and yet there's some happiness.
My travel isn't a necessity but people think it important because, well, so many reasons.
Work starts next week and perhaps that's a reason why my leaving is better because I will be alone with movements still restricted and well..it's no good.
Secondly the compounds are pursuing a very strict policy in that if even a single person is infected the entire compound will be closed down and no one would be allowed to go outside or come inside and that is a contingency that we wish to avoid because that would mean being stuck for real and maybe that's something people want to avoid
Also there are only a couple more flights still operating and there might, a very small chance but in case the virus explodes there might be a chance that all flights would cease to operate and that would make everything a little too helpless though I did suggest how our country would evacuate us in such crisis, my idea didn't go down too well.
There are concerns regarding flying back. Airport, aeroplane all that, also screening at the delhi airport .
In case I have temperatures there will be further check ups and if I have what I shouldn't then I will be quarantined, but in case I'm all free then I'll probably only be asked to stay at home in isolation.
But mostly It's not going to be an issue and it is risky but I know there aren't any problems that might happen seeing how there haven't been any infections been carried on planes back home.
Phew!
Having said that I am nervous about everything.
About leaving, about coming back and yet there's some happiness.
Book done
I have finished the Sherlock Holmes book 'unquiet spirits' which is sort of a fan fiction and a decent suspense story.
It's a bit longer than what it needed to be and gets sluggish in some places but all in all a decent read and not very Arthur Conan Doyle in that it lacks the acerbic wittiness and sharp Holmes dialogues and somewhat put him in a more vulnerable light than what one expects from the great detective.
All in all it was okay not excellent!!
It's a bit longer than what it needed to be and gets sluggish in some places but all in all a decent read and not very Arthur Conan Doyle in that it lacks the acerbic wittiness and sharp Holmes dialogues and somewhat put him in a more vulnerable light than what one expects from the great detective.
All in all it was okay not excellent!!
Quick run
Today started as a Wednesday usually does with people reading coronavirus news in the morning and panicking in a way that I've now gotten used to.
The epicentre of the epidemic fares poorly and my heart bleeds for all the people involved. For Wuhan I have nothing but best wishes and looking at the images and watching people work at that level of efficiency and criticality I feel somehow assured that if there is anyone who can curb this virus then it's the brave group of doctors and Chinese govt. alike and seeing how I am currently in Shanghai where all the resources have been pooled in, where the virus threat is still minimal where precautionary measures are so extreme that it feels nothing short of safe I feel bad that news still manages to panic people who are experiencing this safety net first hand .
How panicked?
Well so much that flight tickets for my quick exit from Shanghai have been booked and I leave day after tomorrow despite all the protests and arguments.
Despite my reasoning and explanations of how it will all be okay I am being ushered out of the country because people feel it's best I stay out until things get better here.
Moreover they are afraid that staying indoors all the time is bad for my head .
It's not, I mean not that bad .
Also, the resources will last longer minimising movements outside when there's only one person instead of two .
But what about the fact that there will be just one person living alone instead of two that still made it bearable?
That is besides the point apparently and so here I am, feeling at a loss and worrying about this whole situation.
The epicentre of the epidemic fares poorly and my heart bleeds for all the people involved. For Wuhan I have nothing but best wishes and looking at the images and watching people work at that level of efficiency and criticality I feel somehow assured that if there is anyone who can curb this virus then it's the brave group of doctors and Chinese govt. alike and seeing how I am currently in Shanghai where all the resources have been pooled in, where the virus threat is still minimal where precautionary measures are so extreme that it feels nothing short of safe I feel bad that news still manages to panic people who are experiencing this safety net first hand .
How panicked?
Well so much that flight tickets for my quick exit from Shanghai have been booked and I leave day after tomorrow despite all the protests and arguments.
Despite my reasoning and explanations of how it will all be okay I am being ushered out of the country because people feel it's best I stay out until things get better here.
Moreover they are afraid that staying indoors all the time is bad for my head .
It's not, I mean not that bad .
Also, the resources will last longer minimising movements outside when there's only one person instead of two .
But what about the fact that there will be just one person living alone instead of two that still made it bearable?
That is besides the point apparently and so here I am, feeling at a loss and worrying about this whole situation.
Tuesday, 11 February 2020
Heartmiss
I'll tell you something darling heart
and that is it's not good
to be so wary around nighttime
when the sun has sunk
and life darkened
no reason to resonate anew
with a distant star
to beat with an echo afar
rippling through little space maps
making magic waves
in virtual mirrors
of black words on white space
trawling through sands
of differential times
scrawling your image
near an incoming tide
and that is it's not good
to be so wary around nighttime
when the sun has sunk
and life darkened
no reason to resonate anew
with a distant star
to beat with an echo afar
rippling through little space maps
making magic waves
in virtual mirrors
of black words on white space
trawling through sands
of differential times
scrawling your image
near an incoming tide
:-()
some women make torn jeans look good
I wish I was that person
who could wear something broken
and not feel conscious
I wish I was that person
who could wear something broken
and not feel conscious
Nightrain
A Tuesday in February
broken by incoming night
of mundane deluge
hoping to rejuvenate
its sluggish pace
broken by incoming night
of mundane deluge
hoping to rejuvenate
its sluggish pace
Self suggestion
you can sometimes stand
in front of the mirror
Picking out your flaws
on the verge of hating yourself
when the heart tells you
you're alright if not perfect
in front of the mirror
Picking out your flaws
on the verge of hating yourself
when the heart tells you
you're alright if not perfect
netflix things
The new season for 'better call Saul' is out and guess who is pleased?
Well, I am.
Also, would you judge me were I to tell you that I'm currently watching 'Sabrina the teenage witch' on Netflix?
Well, I am.
Also, would you judge me were I to tell you that I'm currently watching 'Sabrina the teenage witch' on Netflix?
why the why
There's a jar of coconut butter in front of me and there's no reason why I feel the way I do, that is the need to stir in it my coffee is manic.
Somebody stop me.
Since when did coconut and coffee become compatible? ever since the rise of bulletproof coffee they seem like such a natural combination and in fact I think they pair most idiotically together but then why do bulletproof coffee's, at least the ones I've had a taste so good?
Somebody stop me.
Since when did coconut and coffee become compatible? ever since the rise of bulletproof coffee they seem like such a natural combination and in fact I think they pair most idiotically together but then why do bulletproof coffee's, at least the ones I've had a taste so good?
some things
Who me?
working away on my machine but not quite in my workspace because that room has been invaded currently by ailing people who're under the weather with a minor cold.
I know, I know, any sort of cold in this time is alarming but one has to know that not all forms of cold and sneezes are the virus and so the cosy space of my work area is now no longer mine for a couple days to come which means I do not have access to my excellent sound system and so I'll have to make do with a pair of decent headphones to listen to the audiobook.
Also, there's a food blog to update and I hope that the vpn doesn't fail me today.
Apart from that, there's coffee dripping in a cup which shall soon be devoured.
I must say I have taken quite a liking to the Vietnamese coffee and its apparatus which is the filter called 'phin'.
Right then.
To some work.
working away on my machine but not quite in my workspace because that room has been invaded currently by ailing people who're under the weather with a minor cold.
I know, I know, any sort of cold in this time is alarming but one has to know that not all forms of cold and sneezes are the virus and so the cosy space of my work area is now no longer mine for a couple days to come which means I do not have access to my excellent sound system and so I'll have to make do with a pair of decent headphones to listen to the audiobook.
Also, there's a food blog to update and I hope that the vpn doesn't fail me today.
Apart from that, there's coffee dripping in a cup which shall soon be devoured.
I must say I have taken quite a liking to the Vietnamese coffee and its apparatus which is the filter called 'phin'.
Right then.
To some work.
Monday, 10 February 2020
Deep sighs
The fire burning
in my loins
can char you darling
tread gently
or attack ravenously
in the end
it's your death, baby.
in my loins
can char you darling
tread gently
or attack ravenously
in the end
it's your death, baby.
Sometimes
Yeah I mean sex is good, it's great
but sometimes I wish
someone would just play with my hair
but sometimes I wish
someone would just play with my hair
Night odds
The assholes of internet are no place for the weak and why am I clicking on random
Asmr videos when I'm not even fond of them except I don't know for sure if I am not because there are a couple food channels that I do enjoy watching which are asmr and there's no talking but honestly tapping on wood and caressing wooden brushes for four hours? Scratching and pulling at tapes and playing with wooden blocks and tapping on them for two hours?
Face massage and ear cleaning asmr (which is just someone scratching the microphone) apart from hotel spa and foot scrub and relaxing scalp massage!!!
What on earth?
Is this supposed to help someone sleep?
I don't get it.
Because of the incredulously odd videos YouTube algorithm has taken to showing me the weirdest asmr in my recommendation list for when I was watching MRI disasters. Why I'm watching an MRI machine malfunction is beyond me but they're so scary that perhaps I won't be able to set foot near one for the rest of my life.
Asmr videos when I'm not even fond of them except I don't know for sure if I am not because there are a couple food channels that I do enjoy watching which are asmr and there's no talking but honestly tapping on wood and caressing wooden brushes for four hours? Scratching and pulling at tapes and playing with wooden blocks and tapping on them for two hours?
Face massage and ear cleaning asmr (which is just someone scratching the microphone) apart from hotel spa and foot scrub and relaxing scalp massage!!!
What on earth?
Is this supposed to help someone sleep?
I don't get it.
Because of the incredulously odd videos YouTube algorithm has taken to showing me the weirdest asmr in my recommendation list for when I was watching MRI disasters. Why I'm watching an MRI machine malfunction is beyond me but they're so scary that perhaps I won't be able to set foot near one for the rest of my life.
cat stuff
I don't have enough cardboard boxes!!
What's more, there are two pregnant cats who will deliver any day now.
never thought I'll have to salvage boxes from the trash and that is exactly what I'm masking myself for.
I have no hazmat suit to go dumpster diving, but thankfully there's another old bedsheet I'd been meaning to donate which will come in use to make warm and comforting snug area for the cats and their babies if they chose to deliver in the boxes.
More updates on it soon.
What's more, there are two pregnant cats who will deliver any day now.
never thought I'll have to salvage boxes from the trash and that is exactly what I'm masking myself for.
I have no hazmat suit to go dumpster diving, but thankfully there's another old bedsheet I'd been meaning to donate which will come in use to make warm and comforting snug area for the cats and their babies if they chose to deliver in the boxes.
More updates on it soon.
the day snails
I'd have laughed hard were I not busy wiping tears from my eyes.
All the editings aside I simply can't open the WordPress site today and when it does flicker into existence it doesn't completely load and thees no option to create a post.
haha, sob.
But I'm not getting my hopes down because I'm sitting at my desk and there's only so much I can let myself get upset about.
All the editings aside I simply can't open the WordPress site today and when it does flicker into existence it doesn't completely load and thees no option to create a post.
haha, sob.
But I'm not getting my hopes down because I'm sitting at my desk and there's only so much I can let myself get upset about.
hello ello, llo
Well, whaddya know. I'm at my desk and so happy.
The days roll on but I want to be able to decipher the weekdays from the weekends and go on with my daily life just as nothing has changed around a routine that has been greatly amiss amidst the virus situation when the house feels overpopulated following the precautionary isolation inside the house.
I want to think of this as just another day when I'd be at my desk doing my work while the world rolls on normally.
One can hope.
Today has been for editing and I have been able to go through some 80 photographs and now my eyes are tired but the ears are extremely happy because of the audiobook 'a little hatred' goes on full throttle and now it's time to listen to some music and by the dead, I need something groovy, something delicious, something loud and something heavy.
Perhaps I will start with a bit of Limp Bizkit, then go on to the new Korn album and take it from there.
Sounds like a nice plan.
The days roll on but I want to be able to decipher the weekdays from the weekends and go on with my daily life just as nothing has changed around a routine that has been greatly amiss amidst the virus situation when the house feels overpopulated following the precautionary isolation inside the house.
I want to think of this as just another day when I'd be at my desk doing my work while the world rolls on normally.
One can hope.
Today has been for editing and I have been able to go through some 80 photographs and now my eyes are tired but the ears are extremely happy because of the audiobook 'a little hatred' goes on full throttle and now it's time to listen to some music and by the dead, I need something groovy, something delicious, something loud and something heavy.
Perhaps I will start with a bit of Limp Bizkit, then go on to the new Korn album and take it from there.
Sounds like a nice plan.
Loaf aloud
There was no bread in the house so of course it had to be rectified and so here it is. 
Delicious white bread hot out of the oven and yes I woke up early to bake it. How early?
Quite early, because the cat had ventured out and meowed to be let in and I was the chosen sufferer, and how does one sleep after having woken up at 4:30?
Murder on Monday
Living with someone inside closed quarters for continuous weeks is quite the recipe for disastrous self reflections.
Case in point this morning wherein I was told that I try to create fights.
I mean, I never would have thought, nor known this particular aspect about myself had I not been offered this useful piece of information and constructive criticism by the other half over a small argument over trash .
Yes! Trash.
I might never be able to come to terms with strewing empty snack packets on the floor around the house instead of throwing them in the garbage.
Yes that is exactly what some people are in a habit of doing because the trash can is maybe on the other side of the room and the empty bhujia packet is thusly just swept off the table and on the floor from where it will be picked up whenever they deem fit.
Now it does get on my nerves but I have learnt to say nothin and usually I pick it up and throw in the trash except yesterday I didn't.
This morning, and this was well after the others had woken up, when I started cleaning the house, I saw the empty packet of bhujia along with another small biscuit packet lying on the carpet and knew them to be from last night.
Well, I cleaned it up and just now while sipping on water happened to mention it in a way that might have not been very convivial because I hate to feel that my house which I take great pains to clean and resurrect each morning is treated like a dump yard.
That empty packets and tissues are conveniently thrown on the floor either to be trashed later or just left to be discovered by me really bothers me and I let it be known and was told in return that it's my habit to pick up fights in the morning.
The only morning habit I have is finishing the chores and I perhaps do not make any conversations during such times and yet here we are.
I have now resolved to not talk to people who simply cannot abide by basic house rules and right now I want to begin hacking at flesh with my recently sharpened knives.
Case in point this morning wherein I was told that I try to create fights.
I mean, I never would have thought, nor known this particular aspect about myself had I not been offered this useful piece of information and constructive criticism by the other half over a small argument over trash .
Yes! Trash.
I might never be able to come to terms with strewing empty snack packets on the floor around the house instead of throwing them in the garbage.
Yes that is exactly what some people are in a habit of doing because the trash can is maybe on the other side of the room and the empty bhujia packet is thusly just swept off the table and on the floor from where it will be picked up whenever they deem fit.
Now it does get on my nerves but I have learnt to say nothin and usually I pick it up and throw in the trash except yesterday I didn't.
This morning, and this was well after the others had woken up, when I started cleaning the house, I saw the empty packet of bhujia along with another small biscuit packet lying on the carpet and knew them to be from last night.
Well, I cleaned it up and just now while sipping on water happened to mention it in a way that might have not been very convivial because I hate to feel that my house which I take great pains to clean and resurrect each morning is treated like a dump yard.
That empty packets and tissues are conveniently thrown on the floor either to be trashed later or just left to be discovered by me really bothers me and I let it be known and was told in return that it's my habit to pick up fights in the morning.
The only morning habit I have is finishing the chores and I perhaps do not make any conversations during such times and yet here we are.
I have now resolved to not talk to people who simply cannot abide by basic house rules and right now I want to begin hacking at flesh with my recently sharpened knives.
Sunday, 9 February 2020
Feels
Empty buses on silent roads
still following traffic signals
makes me feel
a little less wretched
still following traffic signals
makes me feel
a little less wretched
Blue to grey
In this worn out afternoon
I look outside
At the darkening skies
That was a while ago
an iris in bloom
I look outside
At the darkening skies
That was a while ago
an iris in bloom
Coffee cafe
Today I finally whipped out my Vietnamese coffee filter! 
Serving coffee exactly the same way as they served back in Vietnam.
The coffee cup is typically kept inside a bowl of hot water to keep it warm while the coffee slowly drips into the cup. This is going to be good.
As of today
The world out is abnormally sunny, pleasant and clean and it beckons me with open arms, telling me to step out and sample the fresh weather, cold and crisp and absolutely sunlit under a blue canopy sprawled with thread like white clouds and how bad can a walk be after all?
Sure there are volunteers and police vehicles with loudspeakers patrolling the streets urging people to stay indoors as much as possible but a walk surely isn't bad as long as you're masked and keeping distance from other people who have probably the same idea and so I ponder over this thought.
Maybe I could just walk around the compound despite the weird incident from this morning wherein a fellow masked compound dweller waited almost ten feet away from me as I emptied out the trash in their designated bins and another person about to take out the trash on my way back kept standing on the doorsteps of his house while I passed by, no doubt holding his breath because right now there is absolutely no trust and of course everyone is cautious about their safety, and so god forbid somebody sneezes or coughs.
Officially all offices and factories are opening starting tomorrow as the government has designated and in fact urges people to join their places of work, however I doubt any of it is going to happen.
Everyone I've spoken to over the phone has absolutely refused to step out and I will know more about tomorrow by the number of cars on the roads which as of now are almost zero.
Sure there are volunteers and police vehicles with loudspeakers patrolling the streets urging people to stay indoors as much as possible but a walk surely isn't bad as long as you're masked and keeping distance from other people who have probably the same idea and so I ponder over this thought.
Maybe I could just walk around the compound despite the weird incident from this morning wherein a fellow masked compound dweller waited almost ten feet away from me as I emptied out the trash in their designated bins and another person about to take out the trash on my way back kept standing on the doorsteps of his house while I passed by, no doubt holding his breath because right now there is absolutely no trust and of course everyone is cautious about their safety, and so god forbid somebody sneezes or coughs.
Officially all offices and factories are opening starting tomorrow as the government has designated and in fact urges people to join their places of work, however I doubt any of it is going to happen.
Everyone I've spoken to over the phone has absolutely refused to step out and I will know more about tomorrow by the number of cars on the roads which as of now are almost zero.
Saturday, 8 February 2020
Where’s the world
I now realize that I am not the person for solitary confinement. It would most certainly drive me mad and to think I always thought those people weak who went crazy when living alone by themselves.
They have no books, no space, no internet..all of which I have in plenty, and a television too, along with a living breathing furniture in the form of a co habiting human and two cats and yet here I am feeling like Tom Hanks in castaway.
They have no books, no space, no internet..all of which I have in plenty, and a television too, along with a living breathing furniture in the form of a co habiting human and two cats and yet here I am feeling like Tom Hanks in castaway.
What the change
It's not as much about getting bored as it's just being in the house and after a while the walls get to you and this despite all forms of entertainment.
I have almost finished the book and on that I shall soon report and I continue to watch 'gentlemen and gangsters' and I have already gushed enough about that, these are activities apart from the usual which include clicking pictures for the blog and book, cooking meals and doing chores, and so one can imagine how tedious sitting at home is because usually I'd have some sort of work to attend and be out and about if even for a bit but that really helped me through the day and added to my everyday life and I didn't realize how much it enriched my daily routine because now that I stay at home in self isolation, going out only to throw the trash and see absolutely nobody around it really bothers me and makes me know how much of a shift this has been from my daily life which I thought was boring earlier but nothing can trump this ennui.
I have just finished a ten minute HIIT routine which included a lot of jump squats, lunge hops, burpees, mountain climbers and push ups which I ended with continuous jumping jacks and this after a pretty good workout in the morning because I just felt like my body needed some movement and now I feel better and I'm trying to understand why I never felt the need for a second short workout in the evening earlier and the answer is because I had a routine which I somehow don't right now..case in point on a regular day I'd have been cooking dinner by now but instead I'm going for a shower after which I don't care what dinner will be cuz I just don't.
I have almost finished the book and on that I shall soon report and I continue to watch 'gentlemen and gangsters' and I have already gushed enough about that, these are activities apart from the usual which include clicking pictures for the blog and book, cooking meals and doing chores, and so one can imagine how tedious sitting at home is because usually I'd have some sort of work to attend and be out and about if even for a bit but that really helped me through the day and added to my everyday life and I didn't realize how much it enriched my daily routine because now that I stay at home in self isolation, going out only to throw the trash and see absolutely nobody around it really bothers me and makes me know how much of a shift this has been from my daily life which I thought was boring earlier but nothing can trump this ennui.
I have just finished a ten minute HIIT routine which included a lot of jump squats, lunge hops, burpees, mountain climbers and push ups which I ended with continuous jumping jacks and this after a pretty good workout in the morning because I just felt like my body needed some movement and now I feel better and I'm trying to understand why I never felt the need for a second short workout in the evening earlier and the answer is because I had a routine which I somehow don't right now..case in point on a regular day I'd have been cooking dinner by now but instead I'm going for a shower after which I don't care what dinner will be cuz I just don't.
Some updates
I've taken to pacing around the house because what else am I to do?
Let's see. Today was fruitful in that I clicked more pictures of another recipe for the book. Nice!
Tomorrow I shall edit and try to upload a new post and my drawing is still in the cooler because I haven't gotten around to sitting back in my chair inside the study room because it's nearly impossible to do such things when you're not alone in the house.
Impossible I tell you! I didn't think it would be that tough but it is.
Like always I get done with everything by 1 in the afternoon just like always after which I want to make a nice cup of coffee and retire to my study but questions like why don't I sit right in the lounge and do my work, or why do I want to sit in the colder room to work are launched along with tragic updates of the coronavirus that puts my head in a space I don't want it to, and typing anything on the phone is met with curiosity.
I am bored!
Let's see. Today was fruitful in that I clicked more pictures of another recipe for the book. Nice!
Tomorrow I shall edit and try to upload a new post and my drawing is still in the cooler because I haven't gotten around to sitting back in my chair inside the study room because it's nearly impossible to do such things when you're not alone in the house.
Impossible I tell you! I didn't think it would be that tough but it is.
Like always I get done with everything by 1 in the afternoon just like always after which I want to make a nice cup of coffee and retire to my study but questions like why don't I sit right in the lounge and do my work, or why do I want to sit in the colder room to work are launched along with tragic updates of the coronavirus that puts my head in a space I don't want it to, and typing anything on the phone is met with curiosity.
I am bored!
Now how
That time of afternoon when coffee does its thing, the brownie I'd baked yesterday winks at me and I ignore it to sip on my Vietnamese concoction of strange dark brew which oddly I find far more lovely than the usual and I wonder why?
Brownie, don't stare!!
Coffee, please come to me.
Brownie, don't stare!!
Coffee, please come to me.
Friday, 7 February 2020
That time
Throwback to that time of my life when I was an extremely overworked chain smoking ambitious tart. 
Movies and such
Yesterday I watched two movies, both very okay.
Atomic blonde and polar and they were in essence meh except the former had excellent soundtrack and the latter was laughable and full of wtf moments. It was cringe how hard they wanted to make it look like John wick but let's be serious here, I mean seriously?
I was hoping that atomic blond would have some really good action sequences but barring a few there were no fabulous moments.
Having said that I also watched the new terminator, dark fate I believe it was called and it was good! Excellent action sequences even if the plot was almost the same as always but good action with badass, lovely women.
Fun movie.
Atomic blonde and polar and they were in essence meh except the former had excellent soundtrack and the latter was laughable and full of wtf moments. It was cringe how hard they wanted to make it look like John wick but let's be serious here, I mean seriously?
I was hoping that atomic blond would have some really good action sequences but barring a few there were no fabulous moments.
Having said that I also watched the new terminator, dark fate I believe it was called and it was good! Excellent action sequences even if the plot was almost the same as always but good action with badass, lovely women.
Fun movie.
On the watch
Who me?
Watching 'gentlemen and gangsters' on Netflix and it is good, it is really fucking good.
I mean it is exactly the kind of stuff I'd like to watch.
Also I've been saving a few episodes of peaky blinders season 5 for a rainy day and I think the time has come but how does one stop self from binging and finishing everything good that is left in the world?
Watching 'gentlemen and gangsters' on Netflix and it is good, it is really fucking good.
I mean it is exactly the kind of stuff I'd like to watch.
Also I've been saving a few episodes of peaky blinders season 5 for a rainy day and I think the time has come but how does one stop self from binging and finishing everything good that is left in the world?
What I learnt
At the touch of slightest sickness it's best advised to not work out because exercising can be fatiguing and adversely affects the outcome, it may sometimes aggravate the sickness and exhaust the body.
And so it's better to rest first and exercise once completely recovered.
And so it's better to rest first and exercise once completely recovered.
Ghastly today
Today has been a solid D-
Not only is it raining, not only is it colder than everyday but tragedy has struck in the form of coronavirus pioneering doctor passing away leaving behind his pregnant wife who is also infected .
We all mourn the loss of Dr. Li and this day couldn't have gotten worse had I not chanced upon a lot of new cats in the compound.
That these were beautiful, exotic and cats of breed made me realize that these are among the many pets abandoned by people who think that coronavirus can be transmitted through cats and dogs!
What the hell! People, no, not people because that would mean they're human and well, being human has nothing to do with being humane so in fact people have thrown out their pets to fend for themselves on the streets and how cruel can anyone be?
These animals who have been dependent and loved a family and been taken care of are now suddenly finding themselves homeless.
It is painful and I found almost half a dozen cats in the neighbourhood today.
Since morning I've been trying to forage for empty boxes and containers in which these animals can stay warm and eat in.
The entrance of my building looks like a cat inn but where else would these animals go.
I'm still trying to find new boxes and have put a couple bed sheets through scissors to make small stuffings for the boxes to keep the little animals warm and I don't know if they belong to this compound or have walked in from some adjoining ones but it breaks my heart to see them hungry and scared.
Oh man I could cry and in fact I already have.
Not only is it raining, not only is it colder than everyday but tragedy has struck in the form of coronavirus pioneering doctor passing away leaving behind his pregnant wife who is also infected .
We all mourn the loss of Dr. Li and this day couldn't have gotten worse had I not chanced upon a lot of new cats in the compound.
That these were beautiful, exotic and cats of breed made me realize that these are among the many pets abandoned by people who think that coronavirus can be transmitted through cats and dogs!
What the hell! People, no, not people because that would mean they're human and well, being human has nothing to do with being humane so in fact people have thrown out their pets to fend for themselves on the streets and how cruel can anyone be?
These animals who have been dependent and loved a family and been taken care of are now suddenly finding themselves homeless.
It is painful and I found almost half a dozen cats in the neighbourhood today.
Since morning I've been trying to forage for empty boxes and containers in which these animals can stay warm and eat in.
The entrance of my building looks like a cat inn but where else would these animals go.
I'm still trying to find new boxes and have put a couple bed sheets through scissors to make small stuffings for the boxes to keep the little animals warm and I don't know if they belong to this compound or have walked in from some adjoining ones but it breaks my heart to see them hungry and scared.
Oh man I could cry and in fact I already have.
Thursday, 6 February 2020
Eh
all the happy pictures dotted about the house
are temporary moments of fake smiles
while I had the worst time
are temporary moments of fake smiles
while I had the worst time
Kissface
Be still my beating heart
Now is not the time
to ooze out
in a flurry of sighs
on remembering a face
Now is not the time
to ooze out
in a flurry of sighs
on remembering a face
Zing!
The little kiss which travels through several dawns reflected upon mighty oceans stuck on tiny Orion's of broken wall clocks which tick to the flicker of penetrating gaze upon mango motifs rained upon green curtains of white flashes stuck inside a thought cell of emblazoned daydreams is scented with your smile.
Goes on and on
I am worried that I'm half way through this book already. 
Whaaaaa?
Tomorrow I get on with my drawing but the problem is that I'm not alone and I need solitary moments to keep up with my art stuff because I hear others complain all the time.
Bores
My cat wants to stick its head in a mug
which had water a few hours ago
but now it's empty and I'm too lazy
to refill or shoo her away
which had water a few hours ago
but now it's empty and I'm too lazy
to refill or shoo her away
Online awesome
I had ordered a special pillow to help my neck during sleeping because it was sleeping on the side as I do without a pillow that was my undoing and I'd ordered it day before and it was delivered today .
This post isn't about the pillow but about the Chinese logistics still functioning at full despite the crippling conditions imposed by the coronavirus threat.
Bravo! I say .
Also, a nationwide ban on group dining has been implemented in light of the coronavirus to avoid it from happening.
Ah well. Not like I was moving out of the house anyway.
But seriously it's driving me crazy.
This post isn't about the pillow but about the Chinese logistics still functioning at full despite the crippling conditions imposed by the coronavirus threat.
Bravo! I say .
Also, a nationwide ban on group dining has been implemented in light of the coronavirus to avoid it from happening.
Ah well. Not like I was moving out of the house anyway.
But seriously it's driving me crazy.
Uh oh
Just like the weather to take a giant dump when you've begun getting your hopes up.
Case in point today, when I made arrangements to take pictures of a step by step recipe for my blog the weather suddenly darkened and it began to rain and the whole house was engulfed in shadows and clicking pictures became such a hassle that I now look upon photoshop gods to help me.
The last stage is clicking pictures of the final element and that is done outside in the balcony and it is dark as midnight.
This bothers me .
The good thing is that since it's a sweet thing that is a brownie I can wait until tomorrow and click when the weather I better in the morning.
But this does dampen the spirits a bit, damp being the keyword.
Case in point today, when I made arrangements to take pictures of a step by step recipe for my blog the weather suddenly darkened and it began to rain and the whole house was engulfed in shadows and clicking pictures became such a hassle that I now look upon photoshop gods to help me.
The last stage is clicking pictures of the final element and that is done outside in the balcony and it is dark as midnight.
This bothers me .
The good thing is that since it's a sweet thing that is a brownie I can wait until tomorrow and click when the weather I better in the morning.
But this does dampen the spirits a bit, damp being the keyword.
Morning battles
I could smell these issues from a night before.
It's my time to finish chores as it always is every day of the morning and big surprise it gets noisy. The vacuum makes noise, the constant opening and closing of the front door is noisy, opening all the windows to air the house is noisy and brings in the cold, washing machine makes noise, the constant buzzing that involves walking through every door of the house and around the lounge makes noise, kitchen utensils getting stacked in their respective cupboard and cabinets each morning makes noise, cleaning the litter tray and replenishing litter is also an activity with its own sounds and mopping the house isn't noiseless either and is a pretty full on work that needs concentration because I am roaming about the house with the big mop and lifting chairs and shifting tables and couches and cabinets to mop things under and generally clean the house.
So yes, mornings are a time when I'm busy making the house liveable for the rest of the day and I'll tell you what it isn't the time for!
It's not the time to roll out a yoga mat in the middle of the lounge just as I'm starting vacuum and then telling me not to make any noise because yoga!!
This ain't the time for darned yoga and if you wanna do it make use of the other rooms and not the main area where all activities are concentrated, where the kitchen and most other rooms open to.
You need peace, go to the guest room where there is no cleaning to be done, but no!
Why??
No reason just stop with the vacuum I'm told and that is exactly what I don't do because you know what, friend, this is the only time I get to finish my chores and spruce my house and surroundings and no way in hell I'm going to postpone it and do it an hour later because that's MY time for TEA.
So yes.
Sore moods and do I care?
This was coming. We are stuck indoors and clashes are imminent but let me tell you in advance about who is not going to be compromising. Well, it's me, cuz some routines I have set and they will not budge!
It's my time to finish chores as it always is every day of the morning and big surprise it gets noisy. The vacuum makes noise, the constant opening and closing of the front door is noisy, opening all the windows to air the house is noisy and brings in the cold, washing machine makes noise, the constant buzzing that involves walking through every door of the house and around the lounge makes noise, kitchen utensils getting stacked in their respective cupboard and cabinets each morning makes noise, cleaning the litter tray and replenishing litter is also an activity with its own sounds and mopping the house isn't noiseless either and is a pretty full on work that needs concentration because I am roaming about the house with the big mop and lifting chairs and shifting tables and couches and cabinets to mop things under and generally clean the house.
So yes, mornings are a time when I'm busy making the house liveable for the rest of the day and I'll tell you what it isn't the time for!
It's not the time to roll out a yoga mat in the middle of the lounge just as I'm starting vacuum and then telling me not to make any noise because yoga!!
This ain't the time for darned yoga and if you wanna do it make use of the other rooms and not the main area where all activities are concentrated, where the kitchen and most other rooms open to.
You need peace, go to the guest room where there is no cleaning to be done, but no!
Why??
No reason just stop with the vacuum I'm told and that is exactly what I don't do because you know what, friend, this is the only time I get to finish my chores and spruce my house and surroundings and no way in hell I'm going to postpone it and do it an hour later because that's MY time for TEA.
So yes.
Sore moods and do I care?
This was coming. We are stuck indoors and clashes are imminent but let me tell you in advance about who is not going to be compromising. Well, it's me, cuz some routines I have set and they will not budge!
Wednesday, 5 February 2020
This image
This image was stuck in my drafts.
I was lucky to witness the loveliest of sunsets for an entirety of a week.
Like a giant plasma tennis ball dunking itself slowly into a vat of sky blue ink leaving a residue of eurythmic glimmering orange streak mingled with the faintest of pastel pink in its wake stretched over an Elysian spread of deepening darkening velvet.
On movies and more
I am currently watching a South Indian movie called 'run Raja run' while watching 'outlander' on Netflix because I need some background noise and there was some other Hindi movie playing earlier which had only mildly caught my attention but now I find myself fully engrossed in the ridiculousness of this Telugu movie because it has so many wtf moment.
The female lead falls in love with her kidnapper.
The male lead makes jokes about impregnating her to her father.
There are some obligatory gravity defying action scenes.
The comedy sequences have a fat friend who is the big butt of all jokes.
Telugu film world is notorious for its patriarchal and utterly female hating outlook with the worst jokes made on their female leads on music launch events for their movies and their sense of understanding and archaic beliefs are broadcasted in full Dolby digital in their movies and it's unbelievable how callously they disseminate their moth eaten axioms and why on earth such intelligent actresses actually acquiesce to such roles and play the objective fiddle? Well, money and fame is a motivation I know but it's sad that no one would come forward, someone who has faced their horrors first hand and speak about it because these are exactly the kind of stories and facts that boost and encourage movements that specifically target such atrocities.
Sighs.
I have digressed, haven't I?
The female lead falls in love with her kidnapper.
The male lead makes jokes about impregnating her to her father.
There are some obligatory gravity defying action scenes.
The comedy sequences have a fat friend who is the big butt of all jokes.
Telugu film world is notorious for its patriarchal and utterly female hating outlook with the worst jokes made on their female leads on music launch events for their movies and their sense of understanding and archaic beliefs are broadcasted in full Dolby digital in their movies and it's unbelievable how callously they disseminate their moth eaten axioms and why on earth such intelligent actresses actually acquiesce to such roles and play the objective fiddle? Well, money and fame is a motivation I know but it's sad that no one would come forward, someone who has faced their horrors first hand and speak about it because these are exactly the kind of stories and facts that boost and encourage movements that specifically target such atrocities.
Sighs.
I have digressed, haven't I?
Whoosh!
I do not want to live in a world where I have to wear a mask to take out the trash but sighs that is where exactly I am living.
Shanghai isn't a quarantine zone but all its borders are now closely regulated and it's not allowing anyone living outside with even the slightest temperature through the toll gates and in fact most places in China, small cities, towns that haven't widespread infection rates have closed themselves to keep anyone from outside from coming in and anyone inside from going out.
Maybe it is a good thing.
These are extreme draconian measures and we have to abide by the current rules that are being implemented to reduce the rate of casualties and spreading of the infection even if it means staying indoors for weeks but heavens help me I can't take it anymore .
Deep breath!!
Okay, onwards and upwards I say.
The book waits to be read and I am quite exhausted after a rather tiring day.
Maybe some coffee then.
Shanghai isn't a quarantine zone but all its borders are now closely regulated and it's not allowing anyone living outside with even the slightest temperature through the toll gates and in fact most places in China, small cities, towns that haven't widespread infection rates have closed themselves to keep anyone from outside from coming in and anyone inside from going out.
Maybe it is a good thing.
These are extreme draconian measures and we have to abide by the current rules that are being implemented to reduce the rate of casualties and spreading of the infection even if it means staying indoors for weeks but heavens help me I can't take it anymore .
Deep breath!!
Okay, onwards and upwards I say.
The book waits to be read and I am quite exhausted after a rather tiring day.
Maybe some coffee then.
Foods
Lunch today. 
A Wednesday treat because it's not Friday but everyday seems like it.
Pizza afternoon.
Somethings
30 minutes of basic cardio with 20 minutes of intense yoga = everyday workout routine that I'm going to try and follow while isolated indoors. 
Just some variations when I can switching things with Pilates, body weight and some strength exercise with lighter weights and I mean really light weights. Perhaps not exceeding 10 kilos or less depending.
There’s a virus out there
Here's to another morning with undertones of nothingness to fill up today which will be spent inside the house yet again.
My movements are so restricted it feels almost exhilarating to take the trash out every morning and something inside me asks me to go on a long walk or a short run but I know it's not something I should do but then again the roads are so empty out that this is exactly the right time to go running.
It's only people we have to be wary of not the air which has been very clean the past week since all the industries and factories have shut down and almost zero vehicles are out emitting poison.
Add to that the weather which has stopped being dreary and wet and is now sunny and bright.
Almost like the weather knows that now is the time to punish everybody for being an asshole to the environment.
Looks like the enforced holidays that were meant to go on till the 9th will only get extended and I'm gonna cry.
All my complaints apart, this is such a unique experience. One that is most trying but so different to everything I've been through.
Enforced isolation for self protection during a virus outbreak.
Hmm.
My movements are so restricted it feels almost exhilarating to take the trash out every morning and something inside me asks me to go on a long walk or a short run but I know it's not something I should do but then again the roads are so empty out that this is exactly the right time to go running.
It's only people we have to be wary of not the air which has been very clean the past week since all the industries and factories have shut down and almost zero vehicles are out emitting poison.
Add to that the weather which has stopped being dreary and wet and is now sunny and bright.
Almost like the weather knows that now is the time to punish everybody for being an asshole to the environment.
Looks like the enforced holidays that were meant to go on till the 9th will only get extended and I'm gonna cry.
All my complaints apart, this is such a unique experience. One that is most trying but so different to everything I've been through.
Enforced isolation for self protection during a virus outbreak.
Hmm.
Tuesday, 4 February 2020
thump bump
it must have been the prettiest room
but I don't remember much
except the white sheets
the abstract cushions
and a heap of clothes
some of which were neatly folded
the ceiling was white
and the rest was a collage
splattered like mad dots
Jackson pollocked gasps
ingrained on standard bed sets
or a cubist portrait
where there was a kettle
some tea bags
But you drank red bull
white towels
draped a torso and a loin
smudged deep
thickly most grievously
sharp inhales
whispered encourages
gouged in deranged paint
like the starry night
on a warm afternoon
but I don't remember much
except the white sheets
the abstract cushions
and a heap of clothes
some of which were neatly folded
the ceiling was white
and the rest was a collage
splattered like mad dots
Jackson pollocked gasps
ingrained on standard bed sets
or a cubist portrait
where there was a kettle
some tea bags
But you drank red bull
white towels
draped a torso and a loin
smudged deep
thickly most grievously
sharp inhales
whispered encourages
gouged in deranged paint
like the starry night
on a warm afternoon
Gotta love
I watch my cat
kneading in my lap
purring with contentment
and there is nothing else
I care for anymore
than not disturbing him
while he goes on feeling so
kneading in my lap
purring with contentment
and there is nothing else
I care for anymore
than not disturbing him
while he goes on feeling so
Endings
The bones are picked dry and the day is ready to begin its end
I till the soil
and plant some seeds
for tomorrow
that will soon be today
I till the soil
and plant some seeds
for tomorrow
that will soon be today
Sinewy
That time of night
when I hold on tight
To a single thought
until it crashes me
Into a mind numbing relief
with all its might
when I hold on tight
To a single thought
until it crashes me
Into a mind numbing relief
with all its might
Nightwater
Nighttime and the small ocean of pink peonies and their neon leaves studded with primrose buds peak at me through the billowing waves stuffed with thick cotton to warm me through the night.
A duvet then, primed and poised to enact its sole purpose in its rather long life (I hope), crisp in its linen sheen, brightly cleaned, chaste smelling the flaxen trimmings ruffled in lilting ripples, the sight for night.
A duvet then, primed and poised to enact its sole purpose in its rather long life (I hope), crisp in its linen sheen, brightly cleaned, chaste smelling the flaxen trimmings ruffled in lilting ripples, the sight for night.
Ugh
Never thought I'd say this but God's I am bored.
How much longer will I stay stuck inside the house? And that too not alone .
I mean I need some time to myself but here I am not doing that at all.
Arghh!!!!
How much longer will I stay stuck inside the house? And that too not alone .
I mean I need some time to myself but here I am not doing that at all.
Arghh!!!!
Some few
It's not mine but lives in our bookshelf and hasn't been read because some people only like buying books but not reading them and so I try to let not any words go waste and so here we are.
-
I'm still trying to figure out how to avoid cervical headaches which sometimes won't happen for weeks and sometimes will happen every day and it boils down to the sleeping posture and the pillow I use and sometime the way I sleep and I'm trying to exactly pin point these small problems.
This is but a small issue and it will get fixed, but I write about it so that I know it's still a problem I have to resolve because sometimes it's so non existent from my life that I often forget that small mistakes on my part can bring them hurtling back and we don't want that.
I've realized that the more physically active I am the less the neck pains persist and that is good.
-
Two cities near Shanghai have done a precautionary lock down to keep the virus at bay. They've taken some extreme draconian measures but maybe that's the way to go in these times.
Hangzhou, one of our favourite places to spend the weekend has locked itself and isn't allowing anyone coming in to keep the virus problems outside of their city.
They have asked everyone to stay inside and are allowing only one member of the family to leave the house very two days to buy supplies etc.
These are frightening times and the more I read and know about it the worse I feel but is there any option apart from keeping our chin up?
Not really, so here I am hoping for the best.
So then here we are
Tuesday morning and it's almost exactly as yesterday and I am not complaining.
Now is the time to start getting everything on track and live like I normally would.
Currently making a list of all the things I'll be cooking in the week and coming week both for the book and blog.
Starting tomorrow I start with my workout and drawing that was left somewhere in its pencil stages and I mean to finish it soon without compromising my neck.
Right, so I watched two movies yesterday.
The nightingale and once upon a Time in Hollywood.
Well..what do I say?
The nightingale is a movie which one has to most definitely watch and maybe die in the process but by the heavens it's so unapologetically heinous and absolutely fantastic.
To say that it shocked me and left me rattling half dead would be most accurate but was it a bloody good movie or what?
Once upon a time in Hollywood is so Tarantino and a much needed lift after the nightingale and it is well made, crisp, funny and well acted and near summarises everything Tarantino ever brings to the table.
Today?
I don't know.
Let's see.
Now is the time to start getting everything on track and live like I normally would.
Currently making a list of all the things I'll be cooking in the week and coming week both for the book and blog.
Starting tomorrow I start with my workout and drawing that was left somewhere in its pencil stages and I mean to finish it soon without compromising my neck.
Right, so I watched two movies yesterday.
The nightingale and once upon a Time in Hollywood.
Well..what do I say?
The nightingale is a movie which one has to most definitely watch and maybe die in the process but by the heavens it's so unapologetically heinous and absolutely fantastic.
To say that it shocked me and left me rattling half dead would be most accurate but was it a bloody good movie or what?
Once upon a time in Hollywood is so Tarantino and a much needed lift after the nightingale and it is well made, crisp, funny and well acted and near summarises everything Tarantino ever brings to the table.
Today?
I don't know.
Let's see.
Monday, 3 February 2020
Thee
Say one thing about my body say my veins breed a new memory of your ever loving tongue all over my breasts that quickens my breath and sends tingles down places that you excavated with nary a restraint.
Ola
Hello heart
It's been a while
Since I tried to feel you up
And know that you beat
With the viscous fluidity
of one needing
Remarkable amounts of love
And orgasms
It's been a while
Since I tried to feel you up
And know that you beat
With the viscous fluidity
of one needing
Remarkable amounts of love
And orgasms
So and so
The very fact that I'm putting a heart next to your horribly clicked, out of frame, badly placed photograph goes on to show that I have zero integrity and little beliefs.
Also, cuz you're a part of a very extended family whom I've met twice. :/
Also, cuz you're a part of a very extended family whom I've met twice. :/
Well
3 cases in India.
Is this inducing panic yet?
Are people in every part wearing masks and roaming about?
Because this is what's exactly happening in other countries .
What's the reason for face masks to go out out of stock in UK and Canada?
I have a friend coming over from Canada and I asked her to buy face masks and she can't find any there.
Hahaha.
Now isn't that funny?
Is this inducing panic yet?
Are people in every part wearing masks and roaming about?
Because this is what's exactly happening in other countries .
What's the reason for face masks to go out out of stock in UK and Canada?
I have a friend coming over from Canada and I asked her to buy face masks and she can't find any there.
Hahaha.
Now isn't that funny?
Something long.
On a normal Monday I'd have been digging into my lunch by now or making preparations for it after a workout but not today.
Today is a different Monday under extremely different and difficult circumstances when a virus is out there trying to infect everybody, every resident has been asked to keep themselves locked inside their houses and that is exactly what everyone is doing.
The compound is still a safe space and most people are roaming about the premises without any masks and that is slightly hopeful to see but talking about this Monday, it is extremely weird in a way that it lacks the usual buzz and busy air about it.
I, for example am not in the kitchen making lunch because people have volunteered to make lunch for the rest of the week that we are all in isolation and that works for me.
So what's the plan now?
Well, keeping oneself safe and healthy is the top priority and for that I will do everything I can and that means making a few changes in my daily routine.
I am altering my exercise plan so as to avoid any injuries which might make it important for me to visit a hospital or a chiropractor or a physiotherapist. Which means heavy weights are out of the question.
I'm going to stick to more of Pilates, yoga and lighter weights for working out because now is not the time to pull a hamstring or suffer from quadriceps and shoulder problems or neck issues. Neck being the keyword.
I'm slowly getting it on track and let's not hamper the process.
Meat is off the table for now absolutely yes. One can never know the integrity of where the dead animals have been bought and slaughtered, especially in these times and therefore a completely plant based diet is what I'm going to follow except I have bought eggs which will be over cooked and eaten because screw taking any chances.
Nothing cold shall be ingested by moi. Effectively smoothies and frozen banana ice creams are out of question and if there is anything I drink it will only be hot or just boiled, cuz I'm not making my body susceptible to anything.
Precaution is the key here because I want to avoid hospital visits at every cost, seeing those are the places that are most likely to be..um..infected. Moreover during these times of unforeseen future most Hospitals have changed their policies and I don't know if I'll get the usual VIP expat benefits I earlier enjoyed. I know, it's a weak and selfish excuse but let's be clear about how much I enjoy being comfortable at all times, letting myself distress only while I sweat to keep myself fit.
Right.
Onwards to deciding what movie shall be watched today while lunching.
Today is a different Monday under extremely different and difficult circumstances when a virus is out there trying to infect everybody, every resident has been asked to keep themselves locked inside their houses and that is exactly what everyone is doing.
The compound is still a safe space and most people are roaming about the premises without any masks and that is slightly hopeful to see but talking about this Monday, it is extremely weird in a way that it lacks the usual buzz and busy air about it.
I, for example am not in the kitchen making lunch because people have volunteered to make lunch for the rest of the week that we are all in isolation and that works for me.
So what's the plan now?
Well, keeping oneself safe and healthy is the top priority and for that I will do everything I can and that means making a few changes in my daily routine.
I am altering my exercise plan so as to avoid any injuries which might make it important for me to visit a hospital or a chiropractor or a physiotherapist. Which means heavy weights are out of the question.
I'm going to stick to more of Pilates, yoga and lighter weights for working out because now is not the time to pull a hamstring or suffer from quadriceps and shoulder problems or neck issues. Neck being the keyword.
I'm slowly getting it on track and let's not hamper the process.
Meat is off the table for now absolutely yes. One can never know the integrity of where the dead animals have been bought and slaughtered, especially in these times and therefore a completely plant based diet is what I'm going to follow except I have bought eggs which will be over cooked and eaten because screw taking any chances.
Nothing cold shall be ingested by moi. Effectively smoothies and frozen banana ice creams are out of question and if there is anything I drink it will only be hot or just boiled, cuz I'm not making my body susceptible to anything.
Precaution is the key here because I want to avoid hospital visits at every cost, seeing those are the places that are most likely to be..um..infected. Moreover during these times of unforeseen future most Hospitals have changed their policies and I don't know if I'll get the usual VIP expat benefits I earlier enjoyed. I know, it's a weak and selfish excuse but let's be clear about how much I enjoy being comfortable at all times, letting myself distress only while I sweat to keep myself fit.
Right.
Onwards to deciding what movie shall be watched today while lunching.
Outta window
If you look closely at this picture you'll see a person perched up on a ladder trying to saw off tree branches. 
I understand the need to keep yourself distracted in this time of self isolation and boredom but why and what is this?
They've been up at it since morning and why do I feel like they're gathering wood for more difficult times when there will be no more gas and electricity.
Mind you these are people are from a generation or two above and they've seen things in their times and this novel virus is but another repetition albeit a more modern one and they're trying to only be more cautious.
Or maybe they're just trying to pass time.
Sunday, 2 February 2020
Some updates
Ghost town Shanghai.
This is one of the busiest roads which is now empty.
Not too many people venturing outside and most places don't allow people who're not wearing a mask, moreover there's a machine pointed on every head to check the temperature before entering any public place.
Today a few hours after touching down I found myself inside a super store which had maybe twenty other people besides me stocking up on supplies.
This feels a bit doomsday special and sad seeing how the stores are choke full of all the New Years related fun stuff but the shoppers are largely absent, except some who are filling suitcases with necessities, so that they don't have to step out of their houses, which was exactly my idea, because I shopped two overflowing carts today.
The government has declared all businesses and offices shut until the 9th, and the markets are almost dead and that means I will be stuck home with others who are not going to make my time easy.
There are few guidelines everyone needs to follow to ascertain their healthy well being.
Most important is to not be in a crowd or form clusters and eat out in big groups.
Well, that is certainly not going to happen seeing how everyone is so scared of each other.
On has only to cough to get lynched (not really) but public coughing does draw stares and people suddenly start feeling uncomfortable.
I cannot even come close to imagining what must be the atmosphere in Wuhan, which is now called the epicentre of coronavirus.
One can only hope it passes soon.
Year of the plague
Who me?
Sitting at the airport, waiting to board a plane.
Time is currently 3:43 in the am and there isn't a single soul here who isn't wearing a mask.
Fun times.
Sitting at the airport, waiting to board a plane.
Time is currently 3:43 in the am and there isn't a single soul here who isn't wearing a mask.
Fun times.
Saturday, 1 February 2020
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There has been one Coronavirus patient in Philippines and the entire country is wearing masks.
How does one argue this level of paranoia?
How does one argue this level of paranoia?
Now and plans
Who'd have thought I'd be eating my breakfast at 6:30, yet here we are. 
The view is gorgeous as usual and I will miss it. This was a truly fantastical experience. Amongst my top five beach moments and maybe I'd like to repeat and relive this time again. Maybe at some point in my life.
Now, onwards to Manila and then half a day later I have a flight to Shanghai. This is going to be something.
From a completely uncontamintaed place to one that has virus and paranoia filling the air. Thankfully Shanghai isn't problematic but people are scared and from all accounts that I've got it has turned into a ghost town.
The plan is to shut myself inside the house until the corona virus situation has seen some relief and maybe in a day or two, sooner than later I will go out masked and all, to buy a suitcases full of supplies.
I think that would be both fun and scary.
I will update with pictures.
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