Life before and during the Pandemic
Let me paint you a picture, it cold weather of march of 2019 in Baguio and I am walking to the street of Legarda going to the University of the Cordilleras. I see many students hurriedly walking to the pedestrian lane so as not to be reached by the red light and I see people are busy preparing for their businesses. The sounds of the taxi, motor, and more vehicles are deafening and bustling on the street. When I already reach the school, many students are laughing in the corridor and some of them are reading their notes, the guard inspects my bag and I already enter my classroom. And as time pass by, my class already ends up and time to go home to my apartment just a farther from my school street.
Just one big announcement that can change our life the suspension of class due to the Virus. All of the students are happy and they already plan what to do when no classes, we are all jumping because of no classes for 1 week. But then, another huge national announcement is a lockdown. All of us was expecting that was exciting because of no classes for the whole of the month. However, that was the last I will see my classmates, my alma matter, and the City of Pines, Baguio.
Silent but deadly. From my point of view, that is the best phrase to describe this new strain of coronavirus named Covid-19. Only months ago, we were all living our normal life, but due to the coming of this life-threatening, invisible, and deadly enemy, all of us are now in fear and anxiousness.
The University of the Cordilleras has released an announcement that students will educate through Online Class and some of the students was against regarding of online class, various reason of students and parents but nothing to do because we need to learn and to graduate even if there is Covid-19 Virus that conquered the planned that was settled.
I enrolled 3rd term 1st year when the online class has begun. The first day of online class was confusing, anxious, having depression and I feel nervous because I don’t know what to do, there is no classmate that I can talk about the lessons. It is difficult to learn due to internet connection and the power interruption. However, I survive until now that I am 2nd term 2nd year and halfway of 3rd term 2nd year this coming May.
Better be safe than sorry, that’s how I express our way of living in this New Normal caused by the Global Pandemic; CoVid19. I didn’t imagine that this time would come, never did it cross in my mind. It feels surreal because months ago, we were living just fine with our normal lives then in one blink of an eye, this happened. It is just like what they say, expect the unexpected. However, this global crisis is not just an unexpected scenario, thus, also an alarming and petrifying one.
A lot of things happened and almost everything has changed. Saddening events occurred; most of the people losing their job, classes being suspended in some areas of our country, a lot of people dying, name it. Sometimes when
the sun goes down, my hopes in overcoming this pandemic go down as well. How could it not be if some of our fellow Filipinos are being hard-headed and not following the government’s simple protocols? Nevertheless, when there’s good news or an improvement even if it is just the smallest one, my hopes rise again just like how the sunrise every day.
The next year 2022, I will Graduate of BS in Criminology. Claim it!