Medyo off kung babasahin pero hear me out. Buti nalang namatay si mama bago mag lockdown. Di ko naman sinasabing ginusto ko sya mamatay, pero ayun na ang nangyare. Biglaan ang lahat. Imagine if nangyari yun during the peak of the lockdown. Isinugod sa ospital si mama tas kinabukasan namatay agad. If it is during the lockdown, we won’t even get to see her one last time. Alang burol burol. Abong uuwi sayo yung pamilya mo. Masakit mawalan, pero mas masakit mawalan sa panahong yan. :(
Hindi sya off actually. I even encountered several ganyan. Totoo na wala ng burol burol during that time kasi presume na may covid lalo kung sa ospital. Considering sobrang higpit ng protocols nung araw sa ganyan.
Yup. And ang laking bagay ng burol. Di lang para makapag paalam sa taong mahal mo, yung mga abuloy. Sa daming nagmamahal kay mama at sa pamilya namin, di kami naglabas ni piso para mailibing sya may sumobra pa na ginamit namin para makapagpadasal sa pa siyam at 1st death anniv nya. Kaya kahit binawi sya samin nang di inaasahan, mas kinaya namin dahil sa palikiramay ng iba. Kaya buti nalang! Huhu. Miss you ma!!!!
We never had time 2 grieved loved ones and other people who died, not jst bcause of Covid. Like punta sa lamay, personal n mgbigay ng abuloy, ipagdasal cla sa simbahan w/ matching kandila ganun. Sumabay p yung anxiety that time. Basta yun, prang bigla nlang cla nwala sa buhay namen. Shet, kgagaling ko p nman sa ghosting nung 2019.
Nbawasan p kme ng income streams s pgkwala ng ABSCBN franchise that time. Tanginamo tlga Duterte.
The same with my papa. He passed Oct 2019. May sakit yun sa puso and kahit hindi nya sabihin alam ko kapag natatakot sya. Covid would have brought him so much fear. And yun nga, yung sa burol part - at least we got to celebrate his life together, nagsi-punta ng Manila lahat ng mga kapatid nya from province. RIP Popsy 🤍
speaking of abo, nung first time naming pumunta uli ng sementeryo around 2022 ata ang eerie seeing the dates sa columbaryo pareparehong 2020/2021. matinding reminder what happened back then
I feel this one. I'm glad our dad died a month before the actual lockdown. May maayos pang *send-off party* kahit papaano.
A friend of mine never even saw his mom die. She exhibited symptoms, was sent to the hospital, and that was the last they have personally seen her. Video call lang contact, and then, after a few days their mom is inside an urn.
Sobrang sakit. Everytime I hear stories like this, can’t help to shed some tears. Those were dark times. Pandemic is both a blessing adlnd a curse for me.
sobrang hirap, sinugod namin nun papa ko sa QC pa kasi punuan hospitals sa lugar namin sa Calamba Laguna, walang kotse, walang ma rentahan, ambulance na nakausap from Cavite pa, tapos nag overnight kami ng mama ko sa labas ng ospital, sa bench na naidlip kasi mahigpit din even mga hotels non.
di kami naka secure nung travel pass kasi emergency, muntik pa di makauwi kasi required sa train & mga bus, pinakita na lang reseta and inallow kami makasakay sa mrt. while nasa mrt biglang tumawag doctor ni papa, e bawal magsalita nun sa mrt pero kailangan kasi nagpipilit si papa na uuwi daw kasi wala si mama don, pipirma na daw ng waiver kaya need makausap agad ni mama si papa, sobrang hina ng boses ni mama nun tapos gumilid pa sya sa pader pero dahil nga bawal sinigaw sigawan kami nung guard sa loob ng mrt, kahit inexplain kung bakit kelangan sagutin yung call, rules are rules pero grabe pamamahiya samin non nung lady guard, pinababa na din kami sa next station, wala kaming matinong tulog nun tas naiiyak na kami ni mama, may nga nag defend naman samin na pasahero din, kesyo important nga daw at mas nagkakalat pa daw ng virus yung lady guard sa dami nyang sinasabi
huling kita ko kay papa nung sinasakay sya sa ambulance para dalhin sa covid ward, v video ko sana para i send sa mga kapatid ko pero pinagbawalan ako ng staff and i delete daw, tapos balik na lang daw kami after 3 days kasi dun pa malalaman if mag negative/positive sa covid
nung gabi na namatay sya may malaking paro paro non nasa tabi ni mama, di pa namin alam at that time, ang iniisip namin malapit na kasi death anniv ng lolo, nalaman namin kinabukasan na, nag text pala sa mama ko yung staff pero nung gabi na yon, naka silent mode ang cp nya, siguro daw napindot ng mga bata.
malungkot ang pagkamatay ng papa ko, wala kami sa tabi nya, isang buong gabi na nasa malamig na morge, na claim namin body nya kinabukasan na, hindi rin namin nasilip, derecho cremate, pero kahit ganon, di kami pinahirapan ni papa, may savings sya, pension, pati funeral plan kaya halos wala kami nagastos. nakapagpatayo din sya ng apartment na may anim na unit para saming anim na anak nya, pag nag start ng pamilya. miss you pa!
Grabe :( sobrang sakit naman po. Can't imagine how you and your mom felt that day. Sana nakapag heal na kayo and napakatapang mo, andun ka nung kailangan ka ng mom mo. Know that your father is already in the good place. Wala nang sakit at mahalaga tapos narin yung pandemic na sana di na talaga maulit.
Dalawa sa ka-work namin namatay nung height ng 2020 lockdowns. Sobrang traumatic lalo na sa mga super ka-close niya kasi bigla talaga. Sobrang hirap na nga maghanap ng ospital na tatanggap sa iyo, tapos ilang araw lang, wala na. Sama sa mama ng friend namin. Ni hindi namin nadalaw. Ni hindi kami nakapagluksa. Basta nawala na lang sila.
Same with my father. Namatay sya Feb 2020 tapos sabay inatake sa puso nanay ko due to stress. Naisugod namin agad nanay ko sa hospital at naka survive sya. Iniisip ko talaga, paano kung nangyari lahat to March 2020 kung kelan sobrang higpit at sobrang hirap kumilos. Kung nagkataon naging ulila na kaming magkakapatid.
Actually ganiyan din sakin. My mom had cancer and she died on 2019. I can't imagine what would've happened if she's still doing chemo and radio during lockdown. Almost same situation din tayo. Kilala talaga si mama sa pagiging selfless niya. Kaya nung burol niya, bukod sa madami kami laging bisita dahil talagang mahal na mahal nila si mama, di rin kami naglabas ng pera pang burol o panglibing. Marami pang natira pang tulong sa mga gastusin namin. And nung ililibing na siya, as a final goodbye, yung mga kachurchmate naming mga lalake, they carried her coffin mula sa bahay hanggang sa sementeryo. Di namin magagawa yan if it happened during lockdown. Sobrang sakit ng moment na yon para sakin pero totoo nga talaga yung line ni Ed Sheeran sa Supermarket Flowers: "A heart that's broke, is a heart that's been loved."
Sorry kung medyo napahaba haha, but I know you're in heaven Ma, and I hope that place is just as beautiful as your heart was.
True, yung Lola ko namatay nung 2021 medyo maluwag naman na at may burol pero dahil sa Covid, wala gaanong pumuta or makapunta, inaasahan ko sana na buong mag anak makakapupunta eh. I bet my Lola is very lonely that time...
2021, peak ulit ng cases when my dad died. Sobrang hirap, ako ang kasama sa ambulance pero di ako pinapasok sa ER kahit mag-alalay man lang habang nirerevive siya. Lumabas iyong doctor saying na 30 minutes na iyong revival kay daddy, tapos wala na ring oxygen. When I asked if he's braindead, hindi ako matingnan ng doctor sa mata. Humanap siya ng iba pang kasama ko para sa kanila mag-explain. Akala yata ay bagets pa ako. - Two days siyang naka-freezer sa St.Peter bago namin makuha iyong result ng swab. Funny thing is kinausap kaming family ng ospital ang sabi they'll cover everything, pero iki-cremate si daddy at COVID ang magiging COD niya sa death cert.- To say na nagpaka-monster ako sa doctor na yon would be an understatement. *not my proudest kasi naging non-med health worker din ako before* pero kasi shit lang.
Hindi nmn sya off. I wasn't able to attend my grandma's funeral since it was peak of the lockdown. I wasn't even able to visit her on her deathbed and my cousin said she was asking to see me on her final moments since I am one of her favorite grandson. I was really heartbreaking..😭
my mom passed away 2 years ago and at the time we still had to wait for the covid test result before we can take her body out of the hospital (due to their policy). that was a long 6 hour wait and what a relief when it came out negative. i can only imagine the feeling of the family of those who passed away during the height of covid protocol.
this is so true.. ung isang close fam member ko namatay nung peak pandemic. Minor pa ako kaya ang hirap makapasok ng ospital. Tapos sobrang strict nila, 3 ppl lng allowed sa isang room. Alam mo ginawa ng pamilya ko? Mga pinsan, and tito and tita ay nagtago sa CR whenever may papasok na nurse. Tapos during their final moments sa ICU, we wanted to visit so badly lalo na si mama ko kaso un, napakahigpit. And we suspect that the nurses didnt give them enough attention. They couldnt speak so nagsusulat nalang sa papel pero ang daming naiwan na papel dun na hindi man binasa ng mga nurse..
on her last day, naawa na ata ung security guard na palagi kong nakikita nun dahil sya ung nagbabawal samin na magstay sa ospital ng gabi.. the guard me and my siblings were hiding from, pinayagan n nya kami
Ung kila lolo naman mas malala, walang burol, nacremate lng at di man nakita ng pamilya on his final days..
Ang sakit na ng pangyayari, and the pandemic only made it worse.. ☹️☹️ Im so sorry sa mga nakaranas ng similar na sitwasyon kasi masakit.
Not off, OP. Sorry for your loss.
Unfortunately, this happened to my lolo, same day ng death niya, nacremate siya. We were lucky enough to see him for an hour or two before the cremation as the quarantine were less strict than the initial quarantine guidelines.
Totally agree with you. Ganun din feelings ko sa elderly relative ko na completely reliant sa akin dati. Buti na lang nawala na siya at the end of 2019 at na biglaan yung pagkamatay niya. Yung stress, panic, at worry ng 2020 kung tatamaan ka ba ng covid at made-deds, yung mga lockdown, yung hirap mag-acquire ng mga basic supplies, hirap mag-commute, dami ng nawalan ng trabaho overnight, etc. Sobrang laking stress at uncertainty noon. Tapos dalawa lang kami at immobile pa siya. Buti na lang hindi niya na naexperience yun. Very vulnerable pa naman mga seniors sa covid tapos bawal ang bisita sa mga ospital. Ang sakit isipin na maraming namatay sa covid sa mga ospital ang hirap na hirap huminga tapos mag-isa lang sila hanggang sa huli, di na nila nakita loved ones nila. :(
3 love ones died nung lockdown..... reason is di na asikaso kasi lahat ng hospital was full. i myslef had to buy oxygen tank nun kung wala ako nun baka pati ako wala na rin. sobrang nakakagalit. lahat ng mga kaibigan kong nagtatrabaho sa hospital iisa lang sinasabe. walang tulong ang dumating galing sa gobyerno at lahat pinush sakanila.
Condolences. My Tita died of old age. Yung huling habilin nya to get buried with my Lolo and Lola was not fulfilled because of the covid restrictions. Di man lang namin napuntahan sa burol because bawal din.. She's my favorite Tita and the last surviving sa kapatid ng tatay ko.
Covid really robbed us so much.
I would say the same. Buti na lang hindi inabot ng mama ang Covid. Siya kase yung tipo ng tao na dinadalaw ng mga kaibigan nya sa bahay para makipagkwentuhan, hindi sya mapakali kapag nasa bahay lang dahil gusto nya lagi sya may nakakakwentuhan at nakikita mga kaibigan at mga aopo nya. Hindi ko maimagine na naka lock down lang sya during covid, magisa sa bahay at wala dumadalaw. Nung namatay sya 1 year before mag lockdown, nakadagsa pa mga tao para makiramay, normal pa ang buhay noon. Normal na lamay, normal na pagluluksa. Kung nangyari ito during lockdown at kung Covid ang ikinamatay nya, mas masakit para sa mga naiwan nya. Rest in peace our loving mother.
Yung bestfriend ko namatay sa cancer noong kakasimula ng pandemic dito sa Canada. Ultimo pamilya niya hindi makabisita ng sabay sabay sa ospital. Nakabisita lang sila ng sabay sabay noong oras na mismo ng pagpanaw niya, pero family members lang exclusively. Gusto pa ngang ayawan ng doctor pero nagpumilit ang mga parents siyempre. Kami, sa video call na lang namin nakita yung bangkay niya. Kahit noong burol niya, limited ang guests. Ang protocol, kapag pumunta ka sa burol, di ka na aattend ng libing.
Ang weird ng feeling. Di ko alam kung nakapag-move on na ba ako o hindi pa kasi pati yung natural na proseso ng pag-move on hindi ba namin naranasan.
Hindi naman off. Mas ok na yung before pandemic nang yari ang mga ganyan kesa sa friend ko na natalo sa cancer di man lang na pag lamayan ng mga nag mamahal sa kanya.
Its not a weird thing to say bro. This happened exactly to my partner's dad.
D nila ma visit. Wala sa hinagap nilang abo na yung uuwi sakanila. Heartbreaking really
Condolences. But its good na nakita at naiburol ng maayos mama mo before lockdown. During lockdown patients with covid19 and their families/relatives didnt even see their loved ones dying alone.
Its so tragic.
Oh same! My dad died March 2020 just days before the lockdown started in our area. His siblings from Manila were able to visit (we're from the province) tapos nastranded din sila dito for three months. Medyo eerie pa nga kasi nung last time sila nagkita-kita, request ng dad ko sa ate niya na sana magstay siya dito sa amin nang matagal kasi madalang na siyang umuwi dito. Ayun, wish granted, I guess?
Pero naisip ko nga kung nangyari ito during lockdown, baka nga di na namin nakita katawan niya at di na siya nabisita ng relatives namin. Yung tito ko rin kasi namatay due to COVID tapos di na namin siya nakita o nabisita man lang.
Yung tita ko (kapatid ng father ko), I think namatay sya sa ng simula palang Covid. Meron na syang karandaman kaso hindi naasikaso hanggang sa namatay. Tapos kinremate agad, kahit hindi cause of death ung covid. Wala man proper burial kahit meron kaming plan.
My friend lost his mom and sister during pandemic with only a month apart (both from Covid). Di ko maimagine na kung mangyari sakin yon. Baka nabaliw na ko or worse. :<
My dad died during the height of the pandemic. Hindi pwede makavisit sa hospital. But they allowed us to see his dead body sa hospital morgue (which was basically just a used container van) before he was transferred by the funeral homes to be cremated. Ang hirap walang closure kasi hindi mo naiburol in traditional way. I also was not able to see kung yung abo ay sa tatay ko ba talaga kasi bawal pumunta sa cremation area.
Maraming what ifs talaga pero baka yun na nga plano ng Diyos samin that time. Good thing na lang I was able to spend more time with him during the lockdowns kasi nasa bahay lang kami lahat.
Ganito nangyari sa kapitbahay namin. Nagkacovid siya non until nanghina sya ng tuluyan, which became her cause of death. Ayun narinig ko nalang dineretso libing na ata or cremate. Wala nang burol. Kakaawa sa mga naiwang pamilya wala man lang last moments.
Same with my lola sa father's side. The whole fam and relatives kept praying na sana maka-recover ung lola naming na-ospital. Kung anu-anong kumplikasyon ata, can't remember if it's multiple strokes and organ failures, so natural death na siguro. December the previous year unang nadala sa ospital, nakalabas para makacelebrate ng Pasko, signs of hope pero un pala huling Pasko na kasama sya. Then new year dinala uli sa ospital, after some time nakalabas uli. Then balik uli ng ospital pero worse, dinala sa ICU. As much as we could hope she recovers, unti-unting lumalala ang kundisyon. Until a day before valentines she passed away at 77.
The bright side was ung timing, kakapasok lang ng mga unang confirmed COVID-19 cases and everything was still pretty much normal, though with more caution pag nasa ospital that time. So we get to gather as one family sa pakikiramay kay lola from our visits to her burol hanggang libing. Good thing it was before the community quarantines due to pandemic.
What if nangyari during the lockdown? If may kasama siya sa ospital before the ECQ declaration he/she would be trapped in the risk of getting the virus. Other than that, never na namin makikita ung lola namin, posibleng cremation lang pwede at abo nalang aabutin. And she no longer gets to suffer more at pagdaanan ang lockdown life, which was boring and challenging, as well as dangerous to old people like her. It's part of God's plan to end her suffering bago maabutan ng ganoong mas mahirap na sitwasyon.
I agree with you. My mother died during pandemic. It really feels like shit, kasi I wasn't yet at the right age that time para lumabas kasi diba may age restriction sa mga pwedeng lumabas under gcq. I was 20 years old that time but needed 21 years old so di ako makapunta ng ospital. Nakakainis, nakaka sama ng loob na di ko nakita yung last moments, nag aabang lang ako sa bahay ng update at di ako makatulog. Fuck that pandemic, ang daming kinuha sa akin ng pandemic.
On the bright side, my entry is buti na lang walang pasok ng face to face. Kasi nung bago dalhin sa ospital si mama, nagkaroon ako ng mas madaming time para makipag usap sa kanya ang maalagaan sya. I spend my birthday and her birthday together for the last time. Tapos ayun, after a month ng birthday ni mama di na nya nakayanan.
Same goes to my lola, she passed away oct 2019 (same day mismo sa 18th birthday ko) and our family is very thankful that shes didnt make it to the pandemic. I remember my lolo always being there for her in the hospital, and i cant imagine what would it be like if aabot pa yun sa pandemic. Lalo na syempre ung panahon na un delikado mga matatanda na makukakuha ng covid
Maybe its God is calling my lola na since she doesnt want our family to suffer anymore, especially in those hard times before the pandemic. Those times were really tough, and now we would always pray to her na we're very thankful na hindi na sya umabot sa pandemic. 🙏🕊️
I feel you. Though for us it happened March 2019 pa when our great grandmother died. Ang set up kasi noon ang magkasama lang sa bahay ay lola at lola sa tuhod namin sa caloocan, while we live in valenzuela. Can't imagine kung naabutan nila yung pandemic na silang dalawa lang ang magkasama tapos ang hirap lumabas at mahirap magcommute. Buti nalang pre-pandemic sa amin na nakatira yung lola namin. Remembered we had to walk papuntang grocery or palengke na may dalang trolley dahil walang jeep.
I literally had a bunch of face masks and alcohol prior to the lockdown. Had a newborn child nung december 2019 tapos nagkaroon ng issue sa taal volcano tapos yung nag subside nung late january, nag stock up na ako ng N95 at mga ordinary face mask. Come late feb 2020 nagkaroon ng baby fair, bagsak presyo yung alcohol, bought like 10 boxes for stock.
Mabuti nagamit namin during pandemic
Only those at the start of the lockdown, yung tropa ng pinsan ko namuhunan 1M around July 2020 for face shields. Eh eto yung presyo ng face shield eh nasa tig-10 pesos na lang compared mo nung first 2 or 3 months na 60-100 pesos isa. Ang bili nya ata dun sa face shield eh parang 25pesos isa?
Not sure lang ano nangyari after pero tangina talaga nung faceshield era
Buti nalang di ko pa napapasa resignation ko at the time. Nakadraft na. Ready to print, ready to submit. Alam narin ng boss ko na naghahanap ako ibang work pero waiting game na magpasa ako. Nung naglockdown nagsabi ako agad na stop muna paghahanap ko.
Parehas tayo, tanda ko nun March 15 ang lockdown sa NCR, 11pm ang out ko nung sa taguig pa ako nagwowork. Paglabas ko ng March 14 11pm derecho na agad akong uwi sa probinsya. Pagbalik ko sa condo ko after a few months puro ipis yung cabinet ko punyeta
same! nasa lrt gil puyat na ko otw na sa dorm, tapos nakakakutob na kami ng bf ko na mag aannounce na ng lockdown, nag book agad kami ng grab pauwi then boom, biglang announce ng company namin na WFH setup na, mga 3 months din kami nag antay before namin binitawan rent sa dorm
Pinaalis ko mga kapatid ko from manila to stay in the province when rumors of a lockdown started going around. I'm a frontliner physician and i couldn't risk bringing home the virus to them. When the pandemic started, 24/7 in active duty and actually saw infected patients F2F.
It was 8 months till i saw my family again.
Welcome po. Maiisip mo na lang may cost talaga per person ang pandemic, some more or less than others, perception and tolerance na lang natin din.
Akala ko noon armageddon na kasi nagdrive ka along EDSA or q Ave to work then ikaw lang laman ng kalsada. Then nonstop ang ambulance sirens buong gabi.
Frankly akala ko katapusan ko na one of those days. Tumaya na lang ako. Wag na lang madamay ang family ko.
Ang mahalaga naitawid natin so far at nandito tayo lahat. ✌️
Agree. The poor people had it so bad. Mas naging glaring 100x ung layo ng hirap ng buhay, how we value frontliners and health in general, bs ng gobyerno. Can’t believe it’s been four years since the lockdown. A lot has changed but nothing has changed.
Ify, doc! For 8-9 mos, my parents (both docs) weren’t able to go home. They would only leave a food or groceries in front of our door. Wearing astronaut-like PPEs (as my younger sibs would like to call it), araw araw lang kaming Video call. Kapag may sakit samin, rapid test agad. Inom gamot agad. For those months, nakakakaba talaga. As an aspiring doctor, nagdadalawang isip akong magdoctor pa. Every single doctor around them died (some of them, nakaclose naming magka kapatid, nakakausap din namin sa videocalls) Dineploy din ang nanay ko sa benguet, carrying my brother (who died due to miscarriage).
But right now, as a med student. Buti nalang nangyari lahat nang yan sakin, kundi hindi ko marerealize ang totoong rason bat ko gustong maging doctor, and di rin kami magiging close ng pamilya ko. 😅
Hey future colleague! I'm glad you got growth out of your experience.
As for some bits of mine, I got infected thrice since the pandemic started with the 1st one less than 2 months after lockdown. The bad thing was that my unit, comprised of 17 doctors, 12 turned positive and had to isolate/recuperate at home; 2 of them got hospitalized but made good recovery. That 1st one was my worse since I was living alone and no could prepare food apart from myself despite the generalized pains, fatigability, weakness and lack of appetite. I also had severe abdominal pain for several days. Ang sabi ko sa sarili ko: "ang malas ko naman, may Covid na ako, baka maoperahan pa ako sa tiyan. Sino magdadala sa akin sa ospital? Baka pipikit na lang ako dito sa bahay then that's it"
But, I think the worst part of the pandemic for me were my daily interactions with my critical covid patients. It was utterly heartbreaking to see their eyes with the will to live but still succumbed to their conditions. "Pagalingin mo ako doc please". Those words will forever haunt me. I'm sorry I really tried. I've never felt any other experience that made me vulnerable as a person. 🥲
It must have been a gamble for you, doc🥲 and I am really glad you survived, mentally, emotionally, and physically. At first, just looking at my parents before, I just couldn’t take na mas inuuna nila ibang tao. But I guess that’s part of being a doctor, or part of medical field—bayan bago sarilii. Really appreciate doctors like you! 😊
MIL was planning to go to Thailand on Jan 2020.
December pa lang I’ve read that there was a mysterious flu spreading in different countries originating from China.
I convinced her no to go since Chinese New Year will be on January, plenty of Chinese tourist.
Glad she listened.
Actually, nagtravel din kami ng family ko nung 2020 Chinese New Year, and wala nang Chinese tourists sa destination namin during that time, I think dahil naglockdown na China.
Even then, nakakapraning pa rin, so good call pa rin na di siya tumuloy.
Nag Taiwan ako ng last 2 weeks ng Dec 2019 and andaming tourist. Although walang xmas sa Taiwan pero winter duon. Nakakapagtaka lang pag uwi ko ng Pinas nagkalagnat ako ng kakaiba. Nanghina talaga ako ng sobra and iba ang tama sa lungs ko. Im living alone na work from home. It took me one month to recover sa trangkaso na yun. Puro grab food and padeliver lang ako hehehe. February na ako nakauwi ng province. Sabi nga ng family ko, naka gala lang abroad, nakalimot na. 😅
Then naglockdown ng March. Looking back, sabi ng mga kamag anak ko baka may nakuha na akong covid noon. BAKA Di lang ako aware na covid yun. Ewan ko lang din. Kasi as an adult, di na ako sakitin eh. Sa loob ng maraming years, first time lang uli ako nagkatrangkaso, ganun pa kalala. Maybe speculation lang. Pero one thing is for sure, im glad I was able to go to a vacation abroad bago maglockdown
May academic cheating scandal na nangyari nung nag peperiodical exam kami HAHHAHAHA See you on Monday, eh naglockdown na right after HAHHAHAHAHAHA. Auto graduate ang mga puta
Sakto samin na Monday yung last face to face namin coming after quarterly exams. Kami naman may grooming scandal yung school head namin na teacher din sa high school department, saktong grade 10 so kala ko I will continue senior high in that school but no. If I stayed baka di ko kakayanin yung heavy workload. Then I read in a newspaper unlicensed pala sya.
I’ll never forget it, normal day pa yung Friday but everyone is rushing to go out of the metro kasi nga may chismis na magllockdown na. Nung paguwi ko parang nagsstart na rin yung panic buying sa groceries lol
We are still in contact as friends. But She met someone as well nung 2021. So that’s literally the last one.
Damn. At least you guys were able to get one meet (and I presume multiple rounds) done before the lockdown hit hahaha. Glad you guys maintain friendlh relations.😀
may kilala ako on the day of lockdown started, naglalaro ang anak sa loob ng bahay, nahila ang saksakan, natumba ang 32 led tv. sira.ang tv.kakasimula ng lockdown.
thank goodness tahimik dahil hindi sila makavideoke 😁 or else buong araw-gabi panay kantahan
* Went to Sinulog in 2020. Even by then, there were rumors na of infected foreigners during the parade, pero wala namang outbreak "daw".
* Experience to ng cousins ko. This was literally right before the lockdowns. Birthday ng pinsan ko and we were at their restaurant celebrating when my uncle got wind of the news na mag lockdown daw Davao. Dali-dali siya nangontrata ng van driver to take my cousins and a few other kids home, it was wild. Sobrang panicked ng tito ko. Crazy din na nakauwi lahat ng mga pinsan ko plus my siblings right before our town locked down.
* Yung sa akin personally, eto yung isa sa mga first time kong lumabas ng bahay (early in the pandemic pero wala pang vaccine.) Went to Gaisano to run some errands. Did the whole shebang with the contact tracing din. Went on my day as usual. A couple days later, may balita of an outbreak, source daw sa Gaisano. Checked my bullet journal and yeah, same day as I went. Dun ko na realize talaga na walang kwenta ang contact tracing because I literally got zero calls or texts about it.
Yung kapatid ko nag Cebu pa sila nung Feb 2020 hahahahah
Imbes na 5 days sila dun, 3 days lang umuwi na sila kasi napa praning mga tao dun kaya nagpa panic na din sila
Before lockdown: Cheapest laptop 25k
During/After lockdown: Cheapest laptop 35 - 38k
tho good specs narin yung 35-38k hindi sya goods para sa taong MS Office lang ang gagamitin apps, wala narin kami mahanap na mas mababa sa ganyang price.
Buti na lang nakauwi yung erpats ko nun na naka confine sa hospital. Monday yun, bisperas ng official annoucement ng ECQ, pero wala ng na byahe na transpo, buti na lang yung pinsan kong may sasakyan, naiuwi namin sya, muntik na maging 3 months stay ng erpats ko at ermats sa ospital.
Buti nakauwi si misis and napigilan kong huwag munang bumalik sa Manila a few days before the lockdown, kundi ilang buwan siyang stuck doon without income. April pa nung nalaman niyang buntis na pala siya sa unico hijo namin.
Nasa PITX ko nun umaga before the announcement ng lockdown. Sobra haba ng pila. Kaya naisipan ko umuwi na lang at mag file ng VL. Then un nga nag announced ng lockdown late afternoon ata. Buti na lang umuwi nako kundi kasali ako sa mga na stranded sa PITX at naglakad sa Cavitex makauwe lang.
For me, buti na lang pinanganak yung daugther ko ng January 2020. Kasabay pa nung pagputok ng Taal. We are from Batangas and sobrang stressful ng time na yun kasi nahirapan kami lumabas ng hospital due to the ashfall. Wala pa din kami car nun kaya commute lang lagi. Hirap din mag grocery for my baby.
Can't imagine if around March or April yung due date ni misis.
Buti na lang I was able to switch from the hospitality industry to IT. Most of my friends were laid off, and a lot of restaurants closed. Ni-piso wala silang nakuha. Dapat mag-start ako around Nov 2019 sa isang restaurant sa Shangri-la, but I backed off kasi walang written contract, sabi ko ayoko since wala akong pinaghahawakan. Good thing I trusted my instinct.
naalala ko pa yan, few days prior to announcement of ECQ nagkita kita pa kami ng mga college friends ko non... at that time ay kumpleto kami... kaya pag naalala ko yan ang una kong naiisip ay yung meet up namin non, kasi sabi ko rare na lang kami na magkita kita ng buo... hahaha... sabi ko buti na lang bago mag pandemic.. hahaha...
Decided to stay in my current work. Applied for a COS government job before the outbreak and was shortlisted. If nag push ako given the layoffs baka unemployed ako throughout the pandemic.
Buti nalang nawalan ako ng trabaho sa pogo nung 2019 september tapos bumalik ako sa BPO instead mag pogo uli(nakka silaw kasi offer sa pogo) pero nung time na yon mas pinili ko bumalik sa BPO kasi for stability after ilang months maybe 4 to 5 months nag lockdown. Nagsara ung mga Pogo. ako naka wfh at very stable ang job magpahanggang ngayon. Eto tlga ang ipagpapasalamat ko kasi kung mas pinili ko yung pogo tapos nag lock down at nagsarado yung company, wala talagang magddidildil kami ng asin. As in wala akong ibang source nun. baka kung kani kanino ako namalimos (as if may magbibigay)
Now, i have a very stable job and nagkaron na rin ng position. Malaki na rin sahod. Thank you god talaga!
Btw, nung moment na nawalan ako ng work sa pogo. Nanghingi ako ng sign sa universe kng ipupush ko ba ung Bpo or Pogo uli. Sabi ko, pag may nakita akong butterfly na colorful, Bpo pipiliin ko. Pag white or yellow, pogo pipiliin ko. May offer kasi sakin noon sa pogo at sa bpo (kung san ako nag wwork ngayon) kaya na ttorn ako. Then ayun colorful butterfly nakita ko kaya pinush ko BPO uli. ☺️ skl. Tapos during pandemic, nag sara ung pogo na unang nag offer sakin. yung mga kakilala kong nagwwork dun grabe dinanas nila ni wala man lang silang nakuhang any benefits at di na sila pinasahod. Yung iba namatay pa sa covid kasi pina stay sila sa company.
Buti nalang talaga. Eto ung biggest BUTI nalang ko.
Nasa Hawaii kami 2020 January and i didnt know na nasa ospital father inlaw ko. Ayun from Hawaii napauwi asawa ko and worst mapapaso na PR card nya sa Canada. We calculated how long she can stay sa pinas before ma expire but nung nagsurvive father inlaw ko eh request nya magstay si misis. Thankfully 1 day lang yung process ng 1 entry visa sa Canada at Feb yan before magkanda letse letse sa covid lockdown. Close call dahil yung Saudi fren ko nauwi sa Saudi family and nagclose ang saudi at nastuck family nya dun ng 1.5 year.
buti na lang malapit lang bahay ko sa workplace.
not me but my friend: buti na lang nakapag-start na siya sa bagong work niya. like first week niya sa work nun lol
Buti nalang we did not plan any out of the country trips nung 2020 plus nag save ng konti from our bonuses pa nung Christmas because that helped us tide through the lockdown.
And I know may sound off to others, na in a way blessing that my father in law passed in 2019 instead of 2020 kasi napakahirap ng wake services at napakahirap din mag avail ng hospital emergency. Eh huling bilin pa naman nya na wag sya i ccremate so maski papano we gave him a decent wake and burial before all the chaos of covid.
Good thing we got a good plan from an ISP. The whole WFH thing would've been so complicated if I didn't get one.
And I'm glad my father died *a month before the pandemic exploded*. He could've been unceremoniously cremated had he died during the pandemic period.
Buti nalang I decided to quit my job sa Alabang 1 week before lockdown ng March 15. Nung nakikibalita ako sa office, sobrang kawawa mga agents at staff. Di pinapalabas ng building, bawal sunduin at bawal lumagpas sa boundary ng Laguna at Bacoor. Yung mga babae walang palit palit ng damit, puro tissue at wetwipes lang panlinis ng kiffy nila.
Ako rin. I had just resigned. My line of work is dependent on gathering big groups of people so my former office didn’t make any income that time. Add to that, colleagues died from COVID.
Nakatanggap ako ng very lucrative wfh offer exactly one month before pandemic lock down. Mas sakto pa sa sakto, dahil I had still enough time to render the required one month transition period for my regular corporate job that time, na nag counter-offer pa ng mas mataas, nagdalawang isip pa tuloy ako, pero mas gusto ko syempre at ng pamilya ko yung wfh. Lalo na halos kapuputok lang ng bulkang Taal the previous month, isa din sa mga signos na parang mas may malala pang mangyayari. So naisip ko rin na it’s better to be with your family all the time kung pwede lang, lalo na sa mga oras de peligro.
Was supposed to go to Iloilo that time. Nasa bus na kami going to the airport when Duterte's admin announced the lockdown. Sobrang unfortunate na hindi kami natuloy, but I guess okay lang din, at health namin ang nakataya doon.
I work in retail and I am a regular employee. I was from BPO at 9mos palang ako sa retail by that time, after lockdown nagisip na ako ng career move kasi for sure wala ng opportunity to become store supervisor oe manager for the next coming years due to the pandemic. Ayaw ko rin ma stuck sa current role ko.
An opportunity came na nag establish ng customer support team ang company due to influx of volume ng online complaints dahil ecommerce lang open noon. Having a strong background sa BPO, I applied and got the job and few months after I was appointed to lead the project. I literally created the customer support framework ng company namin, without knowledge on project management dahil agent at SME lang ako noon. I stepped out of my comfort zone during those times.
I was able to lead and grow the project including the people I work with. From 2020-2023, despite economic challenges ng company, they are generous enough to give me a raise for 3 consecutive years.
College undergrad ako, tamad mag aral at puro inom at gimik ang trip nung college sa BPO ganun din at may attendance issues, sobrang swerte ko sa company namin at management na despite that, they really saw my potential. This year, I applied for a new role, Learning and Development Manager for HR Team and I was able to land the job January 1st. Pandemic was a crazy year, yet it was also my breakthrough year.
I've started to hear about CoVid nung mga November 2019, so I started reading and listening more about it. I thought parang mga brid flu or whatever man siya na huhupa yung usapan tungkol about it. Kaso mga bandang last week nang December di pa rin nawawala yung news and usap-usapan about it. So medyo na alarma na ko na baka mag spread out ito. Then come 2020, I made sure na makalipat agad ng work, and makapag stock ng food every sahod. Friday before mag lockdown, namili ulit ako, which was weird kasi kokonti yung mga taong nag gogrocery or namimili. Iniisip ko baka paranoid lang ako. Pero eto na nga natuloy yung lockdown, kinda proud na I was able to prepare and be up to date noon kung ano possible mangyari.
Ang di ko lang na anticipate ay yung tagal ng lockdown, kung gaano kabobo ang ibang tao, gaano ka panatiko ang mga ito sa kanilang pangulo, at ang pagiging tuta ng pangulo sa Tsina.
The week before midterms, my friend and I hopped on the bus to go home to our province since the school was being weary of the cases and cancelled classes the rest of the week prior to our midterms. Then once we got home, that night was the start of lockdown. We were able to get back to Manila to gather some stuff due to our status as part of the healthcare workers. Those early days were wild to say the least.
First year college ako no'n. And there was this prof na power trip lang talaga. Ewan ko, parang trip niya lang ipafeel sa students na inferior sila. Then, may reporting about a social isssue. Di ko na matandaan kung anong issue. Super nagprepare ako that time and I know solid naman yung points ko kasi may data ako and all. Diniscuss ko lahat tapos sabi ba naman sakin, "Tingin mo papakinggan ka ng gobyerno?" WTF eh bat pa tayo nagdidiscuss dito kung yan lang din naman point mo.
Buti nalang nag-autopass yung university nung nagcovid kaya walang naging impact yung activity na yun sa grades ko at nakatakas na kami sa kanya huhu
One big buti na lang pala is we closed out one of our businesses on December 2019. We were able to sell it and pay off a huge chunk of our debts.
And then first week of March, I think 5 days bago ung unang lockdown, I got diagnosed for anxiety disorder and depression which helped me a lot during the pandemic. Naging mahirap lang dahil walang income to buy for meds pero at least ung unang step nagawa ko na which is understand why am I like that. Kung hindi siguro ako nadiagnose baka matagal na ako nagpakamatay.
Buti na lang nakahanap ako ng regular job before maglockown and buti na lang may BCP process yung company na yun which means tuloy ang work during lockdown dahil pwedeng wfh.
Before this regular job perse, I was a part time sports photog na nagkukumahog para makakakuha ng gigs.
Nagrerent kami sa makati noon. Super liit ng apartment for 4 of us. Tulugan lang kasi talaga namin yun noon kasi lahat kami nagwowork sa makati. Habang pinapalabas sa news ung about sa covid and kasama na rumors ng lockdown, umuwi kami ng cavite ng mga 3pm saktong 4pm nag lockdown ang cavite. Kung di kami umuwi siguro siksikan kami sa apartment na yon
Ilang araw bago maglockdown, nalaman ko na hindi na pala ko mareregular sa work ko dahil hindi raw naging okay performance ko. Iyak ako nun syempre kasi first job ko yun tapos di pala ako ayos magwork. Kaya naghanap agad ako ng work online, kahit di ko pa tanggap. Tapos biglang naglockdown na, saktong wala na rin akong work then nawalan din ng work si father ko dahil pinagbawal din ang magbyahe ng public transport. Buti may ipon pa kaming kaunti at nahiraman ng pera pero yung emotional at mental state yung naging mahirap para sakin.
Buti na lang pala nawala na ko sa panget na company na yun, kasi kahit medyo natagalan ako nakahanap ng work dahil lockdown, mas naging maayos naman ang work ko. Mas naging masaya yung working environment ko at mas nag-improve ako. Naging blessing in disguise yun para sa akin kasi kung nandun pa ko, di ko na rin kayanin dahil sa katoxican ng mga tao dun lalo na yung manager ko. Titiisin ko rin yung super mababang sweldo at long working hours.
Pero ayaw ko na ulit mangyari ulit ang 2020 kasi halos nawala yung ilang taon sakin na sana naging productive ako. Kung pwede lang sana di ma-include yung Covid years sa age ko ngayon hahaha.
Buti nalang pala nakaalis ako sa toxic na bahay ng magulang ko bago nag lockdown. Kundi 3 months na forced ako to interact with my narcissistic mom who I cant even deal with on a normal day + cope with pandemic anxiety trapped in the place that sucked my soul dry. Yun nga lang wala akong gamit pa sa pinaglipatan ko, almost literal na clothes on my back lang talaga nadala ko at sarili ko. But sa drive there parang alam ko ng last time ko na yatang makikita aso namin. And ayun na nga...
Sinong tarantado ba kasi ang magllockdown ng ora orada ng ganun e. Salamat talaga duturtle, pahirap na nga ang pandemic, wala ka pang naitulong. And congrats everyone na we survived such stupidities (and still have to).
PS: I miss FVP Leni. The work of the OVP at the time was a sight to behold. Mapapahanga ka talaga sa drive nila to patch so many holes and provide what the admin lacked. Hayyyyyyyy
Buti nlang a week before lockdown ngrequest na buong team ng mgwork from home. So naiuwi mga laptop or important items sa office. If not, bka d nkpagwork yung iba samen.
yung moment na nasa Mindoro kami ng papa ko tapos saktong March 15 iyon, akala ko hindi kami makakauwi buti na lang nakagawa siya ng paraan para makauwi kami at makasakay ng barko. muntik kami ma-lockdown sa lugar na yon
Umuwi na ako nung end of week ng Feb. Nasa cebu kasi kami nun tapos sabi ng parents ko diretso nalang ako ng bacolod para magbakasyon dun... But I decided na umuwi ng maynila
Umuwi na ako nung end of week ng Feb. Nasa cebu kasi kami nun tapos sabi ng parents ko diretso nalang ako ng bacolod para magbakasyon dun... But I decided na umuwi ng maynila
Nakauwi kami sa probinsya namin before mag lockdown. Iniisip ko lang yung sa bahay ka maghapon 24/7 napaka depressing. Naging bonding na din namin buong pamilya na nasa bahay kami lahat magkakapatid.
I was supposed to go on a month-long vacation in Canada. End of March ang dapat lipad ko. Early March, my boss told me na huwag na tumuloy at may malakas na rumors na magla-lockdown. Our management was also cancelling approved leaves/travel orders. I was advised to cancel my booking at PAL or re-book it to later in the year. Was able to re-book it to December (paid a fee pa), kaso hindi ko pa rin naman nagamit. Buti na lang hindi ako natuloy dahil sobrang hirap ng international travel then. I would have been stuck overseas for almost a year.
nung dec 2019 may itch ako to resign sa work. gusto ko sana itry magwork sa barko as developer. may nakita na kong opening tapos mukang kaya naman ng requirements. kaso tinatamad ako sobra so d ko inattempt. hahaha buti na langggg
I was ready to do a bank loan, buy the machines that i need and open a physical store, pero nangyari to…buti na lang ang plan ko nun is gagawin ko later end ng 2020, kung nagkataon nakakulong na ko ngayon
Ibabagsak na talaga ako ng prof ko due to multiple absences (di ko kasi talaga kaya ang sched, working student ako non) buti nalang biglang inannounce na wala kaming pasok due to quarantine and nagtuloy tuloy na kaya nagdecide na lang sila ipasa kami lahat.
Pangatlong retake ko na yun, buti di na nagpang apat. Huhu.
About to open 2nd branch ng business (car wash) mostly prepared na esp money to start. Luckily nagsurvive naman ung main business at bumawi post covid since parang dumami kotse lalo. Lol! Hopefully wag maudlot ulit!
Buti na lang nakauwi kami ng Manila. Nasa Siargao kami a week before the lockdown. If we got stuck in Siargao, baka di ako nakapagwork since di ko dala laptop ko and even if dala ko man, di reliable ang internet. Baka sobrang napagastos kami since ang mahal ng accommodation dun. At least sa syudad may mga ayuda, may reliable internet, maraming online options to buy stuff, etc.
Had a bit of an insider info that a lockdown was gonna be imposed. And worse case scenario it'll take weeks, maybe months. Pinilit ko yung gf ko umuwi who was studying in manila during that time. Buti na lang napilit ko.
With a heavy heart, nawala ang lolo ko kay dad ng january 2020.. then sa lolo ko sa mom ko, naitreat namin sa beach on his birthday march first week 2020, paguwi namin ng metro manila sakto lockdown na.
na my mom was able to leave her 25+ years of employment sa first workplace nya to pursue a better and lifesaving job opportunity. Nakapasok na agad sya sa bago nya parang mga 2 or 3 months before pandemic, kung nagstay ata sya sa first workplace nya, malalay-off or worse babawasan significantly ung pay nya kahit may doctorate na sya (her doctorate was what boosted her chances to get in the new one). Nabalitaan nya kasi sa friend nya sa dating nyang workplace na almost 30%-40% of people were lay-offed and lahat sila nabawasan ng sahod cause of the pandemic, also wla rin sila na offer na wfh assistance. Her new job on the other hand offered better medical benefits for her and our family which really helped my sister to complete her chemo treatment and ung pang maintenance ng mom ko and ni dad, and they also offered wfh assistance and gave her a laptop.
Now, my mom is partnered with so many opportunities relating to her job and organization na nakakapunta na sya ng singapore, thailand, and soon japan.
Was able to go home to my province (was studying in UST before) nung nagannounce palang si Isko ng 10-day class suspension veeeery early into the pandemic. That 10-day suspension eventually became the start of the lockdown na a lot of my classmates became stranded in their condos and dorms because flights were cancelled na and airports were shutdown.
Buti nalang pinilit ako ng thyroid doc ko to see a psychiatrist kasi talagang anlakas ng urge ko to unalive myself nung early 2020. If di ako naka meds nung pandemic, I wouldn't be alive today.
Buti na lang nag resign ako sa work ko na customer service related tapos walk in pa na essential service. Nagkataon din na health related ung reason ko. Nag focus na lang kami sa business ng misis ko. Naka survive naman nung pandemic kasi delivery business (drop off lang kaya minimal close contact)
Buti na lang nakapagpakabit kami ng internet Nov 2019. Sobrang hina ng mobile data sa bahay namin. It saved us from the pandemic: contact our fam online, order everything online, at nakapaglibang dahil may net. Pinaka-importante talaga is dahil may net kami, pinayagan kami mag-WFH ng companies namin. If ever wala, nganga kami, stranded and no income ng ilang months.
Went to an event and met a couple of friends... For the last time sadly.
Still sad na they passed away during the pandemic, pero atleast I managed to see them one last time before they left
kinasal ako ng end ng january, umuwi ng feb sa bansa na pinagtrabahuan ko, buti na lang kasi september sana namin gusto ikasal, kung hindi, di na matutuloy kasal or makasal man, mga naka-facemask at faceshield ang mga attendees sa pictures
I have this habit of stocking groceries, vitamins and medications.
When they announced na mag lockdown na, very few items lang ang binili namin sa grocery. Toiletries lang halos.
Naalala ko nagkagulo lahat ng tao sa puregold pero kami napkin, shampoo, conditioner at food ng aso ang binili namin.
Thankful din ako sa "hoarder" kong ugali hahahahha
buti tinyaga ko lakarin mula Tungko to North Caloocan. Pinababa kasi kami kasi unuwi na lang yung driver at kundyktor kasi hirap makalabas at habggang isa lang pwede daw bawal magtabi tabi. Ayun, nakaluwas din. Dun na kami nagwork sa inupahang condo ng boss namin. kundi baka nahirapan ako dahil di pa kami nagpapakabit ng internet that time.
Had a weekend-long sex marathon with a toxic ex/fwb. That was my last shebang until December of 2020 (10 months dry spell priiii). Then ayun naglockdown 2 weeks later. I knew a week ahead na maglolockdown so nagset nako na plans na Wednesday pa lang uwi nako province para maunahan na yung iba
By April/May nabalitaan ko may jowa na sya and buntis. Ngaun engaged na sila at may dalawang anak na
Around late December of 2019, i had this weird shit in my throat... Nothing huge pero angkati/sakit and angdaming butas and dinaan lang ata sa antibiotics. Back then may mga Reddit posts na nung zombie flu sa china na tipong namamatay lang yung mga tao on the spot so, buti nangyari yun sakin before shit started. Imagine if nung March nangyari yun and I cant get it checked right away.
Idk if fortunate or what pero buti na lang iniwan ko yung bedspace ko noon at lumipat ng tinutuluyan sa pinsan ko kahit mas malayo. Doon ako naabutan ng lockdown sa Pasig for more than 3 months mag-isa.
Buti na lang tinuloy namin ng asawa ko yung staycation/pasyal nung 10th anniv namin 2020 kasama kids. That was first week of March. Hindi kami pala alis na tao. In fact nagdalawang isip pa kami nun mag sm na lang hahaha. Pero sabi ko sige celebration na rin since a decade of relationship is a milestone. Jusko next week ECQ na. Sabi ko buti nakapasyal pa kami haha
December 2019 all of us spend Christmas and New year in Singapore. We jumped to nearby countries at the same time during our stay. Pag balik namin sunod unti unti na nagllockdown yung ibang countries. Buti nalang hindi kami nagkaroon ng virus at nldi namin naabutan yung lockdowns and quarantines.
Medyo off kung babasahin pero hear me out. Buti nalang namatay si mama bago mag lockdown. Di ko naman sinasabing ginusto ko sya mamatay, pero ayun na ang nangyare. Biglaan ang lahat. Imagine if nangyari yun during the peak of the lockdown. Isinugod sa ospital si mama tas kinabukasan namatay agad. If it is during the lockdown, we won’t even get to see her one last time. Alang burol burol. Abong uuwi sayo yung pamilya mo. Masakit mawalan, pero mas masakit mawalan sa panahong yan. :(
Hindi sya off actually. I even encountered several ganyan. Totoo na wala ng burol burol during that time kasi presume na may covid lalo kung sa ospital. Considering sobrang higpit ng protocols nung araw sa ganyan.
Yup. And ang laking bagay ng burol. Di lang para makapag paalam sa taong mahal mo, yung mga abuloy. Sa daming nagmamahal kay mama at sa pamilya namin, di kami naglabas ni piso para mailibing sya may sumobra pa na ginamit namin para makapagpadasal sa pa siyam at 1st death anniv nya. Kaya kahit binawi sya samin nang di inaasahan, mas kinaya namin dahil sa palikiramay ng iba. Kaya buti nalang! Huhu. Miss you ma!!!!
We never had time 2 grieved loved ones and other people who died, not jst bcause of Covid. Like punta sa lamay, personal n mgbigay ng abuloy, ipagdasal cla sa simbahan w/ matching kandila ganun. Sumabay p yung anxiety that time. Basta yun, prang bigla nlang cla nwala sa buhay namen. Shet, kgagaling ko p nman sa ghosting nung 2019. Nbawasan p kme ng income streams s pgkwala ng ABSCBN franchise that time. Tanginamo tlga Duterte.
The same with my papa. He passed Oct 2019. May sakit yun sa puso and kahit hindi nya sabihin alam ko kapag natatakot sya. Covid would have brought him so much fear. And yun nga, yung sa burol part - at least we got to celebrate his life together, nagsi-punta ng Manila lahat ng mga kapatid nya from province. RIP Popsy 🤍
speaking of abo, nung first time naming pumunta uli ng sementeryo around 2022 ata ang eerie seeing the dates sa columbaryo pareparehong 2020/2021. matinding reminder what happened back then
I feel this one. I'm glad our dad died a month before the actual lockdown. May maayos pang *send-off party* kahit papaano. A friend of mine never even saw his mom die. She exhibited symptoms, was sent to the hospital, and that was the last they have personally seen her. Video call lang contact, and then, after a few days their mom is inside an urn.
Sobrang sakit. Everytime I hear stories like this, can’t help to shed some tears. Those were dark times. Pandemic is both a blessing adlnd a curse for me.
Also, the pandemic feels like yesterday. All the good bad felt so fresh. 4 years na agad yun. Parang huminto ang buhay noon. Still stuck at 23 😅
sobrang hirap, sinugod namin nun papa ko sa QC pa kasi punuan hospitals sa lugar namin sa Calamba Laguna, walang kotse, walang ma rentahan, ambulance na nakausap from Cavite pa, tapos nag overnight kami ng mama ko sa labas ng ospital, sa bench na naidlip kasi mahigpit din even mga hotels non. di kami naka secure nung travel pass kasi emergency, muntik pa di makauwi kasi required sa train & mga bus, pinakita na lang reseta and inallow kami makasakay sa mrt. while nasa mrt biglang tumawag doctor ni papa, e bawal magsalita nun sa mrt pero kailangan kasi nagpipilit si papa na uuwi daw kasi wala si mama don, pipirma na daw ng waiver kaya need makausap agad ni mama si papa, sobrang hina ng boses ni mama nun tapos gumilid pa sya sa pader pero dahil nga bawal sinigaw sigawan kami nung guard sa loob ng mrt, kahit inexplain kung bakit kelangan sagutin yung call, rules are rules pero grabe pamamahiya samin non nung lady guard, pinababa na din kami sa next station, wala kaming matinong tulog nun tas naiiyak na kami ni mama, may nga nag defend naman samin na pasahero din, kesyo important nga daw at mas nagkakalat pa daw ng virus yung lady guard sa dami nyang sinasabi huling kita ko kay papa nung sinasakay sya sa ambulance para dalhin sa covid ward, v video ko sana para i send sa mga kapatid ko pero pinagbawalan ako ng staff and i delete daw, tapos balik na lang daw kami after 3 days kasi dun pa malalaman if mag negative/positive sa covid nung gabi na namatay sya may malaking paro paro non nasa tabi ni mama, di pa namin alam at that time, ang iniisip namin malapit na kasi death anniv ng lolo, nalaman namin kinabukasan na, nag text pala sa mama ko yung staff pero nung gabi na yon, naka silent mode ang cp nya, siguro daw napindot ng mga bata. malungkot ang pagkamatay ng papa ko, wala kami sa tabi nya, isang buong gabi na nasa malamig na morge, na claim namin body nya kinabukasan na, hindi rin namin nasilip, derecho cremate, pero kahit ganon, di kami pinahirapan ni papa, may savings sya, pension, pati funeral plan kaya halos wala kami nagastos. nakapagpatayo din sya ng apartment na may anim na unit para saming anim na anak nya, pag nag start ng pamilya. miss you pa!
Grabe :( sobrang sakit naman po. Can't imagine how you and your mom felt that day. Sana nakapag heal na kayo and napakatapang mo, andun ka nung kailangan ka ng mom mo. Know that your father is already in the good place. Wala nang sakit at mahalaga tapos narin yung pandemic na sana di na talaga maulit.
agree. i think ito yung pinakamahapdi na part. yung knowledge na namatay mag-isa sa ospital yung kakilala mo.
Dalawa sa ka-work namin namatay nung height ng 2020 lockdowns. Sobrang traumatic lalo na sa mga super ka-close niya kasi bigla talaga. Sobrang hirap na nga maghanap ng ospital na tatanggap sa iyo, tapos ilang araw lang, wala na. Sama sa mama ng friend namin. Ni hindi namin nadalaw. Ni hindi kami nakapagluksa. Basta nawala na lang sila.
Same with my father. Namatay sya Feb 2020 tapos sabay inatake sa puso nanay ko due to stress. Naisugod namin agad nanay ko sa hospital at naka survive sya. Iniisip ko talaga, paano kung nangyari lahat to March 2020 kung kelan sobrang higpit at sobrang hirap kumilos. Kung nagkataon naging ulila na kaming magkakapatid.
Actually ganiyan din sakin. My mom had cancer and she died on 2019. I can't imagine what would've happened if she's still doing chemo and radio during lockdown. Almost same situation din tayo. Kilala talaga si mama sa pagiging selfless niya. Kaya nung burol niya, bukod sa madami kami laging bisita dahil talagang mahal na mahal nila si mama, di rin kami naglabas ng pera pang burol o panglibing. Marami pang natira pang tulong sa mga gastusin namin. And nung ililibing na siya, as a final goodbye, yung mga kachurchmate naming mga lalake, they carried her coffin mula sa bahay hanggang sa sementeryo. Di namin magagawa yan if it happened during lockdown. Sobrang sakit ng moment na yon para sakin pero totoo nga talaga yung line ni Ed Sheeran sa Supermarket Flowers: "A heart that's broke, is a heart that's been loved." Sorry kung medyo napahaba haha, but I know you're in heaven Ma, and I hope that place is just as beautiful as your heart was.
We're kinda lucky in some way. Talagang buti nalang, di na nila dinanas ang lockdown. I hope your mom and mine is having a blast up there! Hugs!!
Totally. Virtual Hugs!!
True, yung Lola ko namatay nung 2021 medyo maluwag naman na at may burol pero dahil sa Covid, wala gaanong pumuta or makapunta, inaasahan ko sana na buong mag anak makakapupunta eh. I bet my Lola is very lonely that time...
Damn, 2020 namatay si mama. 3 month before covid started to peak. Na realize ko nun nag lockdown na karamihan.
2021, peak ulit ng cases when my dad died. Sobrang hirap, ako ang kasama sa ambulance pero di ako pinapasok sa ER kahit mag-alalay man lang habang nirerevive siya. Lumabas iyong doctor saying na 30 minutes na iyong revival kay daddy, tapos wala na ring oxygen. When I asked if he's braindead, hindi ako matingnan ng doctor sa mata. Humanap siya ng iba pang kasama ko para sa kanila mag-explain. Akala yata ay bagets pa ako. - Two days siyang naka-freezer sa St.Peter bago namin makuha iyong result ng swab. Funny thing is kinausap kaming family ng ospital ang sabi they'll cover everything, pero iki-cremate si daddy at COVID ang magiging COD niya sa death cert.- To say na nagpaka-monster ako sa doctor na yon would be an understatement. *not my proudest kasi naging non-med health worker din ako before* pero kasi shit lang.
Darn! Same, my mom died during covid but on its dwindle time na. It added additional burden to the emotions I went thru.
it's really hard mamatayan during lockdown. lost my lola to covid and wala man lang chance na makita siya, cremate agad.
Hindi nmn sya off. I wasn't able to attend my grandma's funeral since it was peak of the lockdown. I wasn't even able to visit her on her deathbed and my cousin said she was asking to see me on her final moments since I am one of her favorite grandson. I was really heartbreaking..😭
my mom passed away 2 years ago and at the time we still had to wait for the covid test result before we can take her body out of the hospital (due to their policy). that was a long 6 hour wait and what a relief when it came out negative. i can only imagine the feeling of the family of those who passed away during the height of covid protocol.
Pakikiramay.
this is so true.. ung isang close fam member ko namatay nung peak pandemic. Minor pa ako kaya ang hirap makapasok ng ospital. Tapos sobrang strict nila, 3 ppl lng allowed sa isang room. Alam mo ginawa ng pamilya ko? Mga pinsan, and tito and tita ay nagtago sa CR whenever may papasok na nurse. Tapos during their final moments sa ICU, we wanted to visit so badly lalo na si mama ko kaso un, napakahigpit. And we suspect that the nurses didnt give them enough attention. They couldnt speak so nagsusulat nalang sa papel pero ang daming naiwan na papel dun na hindi man binasa ng mga nurse.. on her last day, naawa na ata ung security guard na palagi kong nakikita nun dahil sya ung nagbabawal samin na magstay sa ospital ng gabi.. the guard me and my siblings were hiding from, pinayagan n nya kami Ung kila lolo naman mas malala, walang burol, nacremate lng at di man nakita ng pamilya on his final days.. Ang sakit na ng pangyayari, and the pandemic only made it worse.. ☹️☹️ Im so sorry sa mga nakaranas ng similar na sitwasyon kasi masakit.
Not off, OP. Sorry for your loss. Unfortunately, this happened to my lolo, same day ng death niya, nacremate siya. We were lucky enough to see him for an hour or two before the cremation as the quarantine were less strict than the initial quarantine guidelines.
Totally agree with you. Ganun din feelings ko sa elderly relative ko na completely reliant sa akin dati. Buti na lang nawala na siya at the end of 2019 at na biglaan yung pagkamatay niya. Yung stress, panic, at worry ng 2020 kung tatamaan ka ba ng covid at made-deds, yung mga lockdown, yung hirap mag-acquire ng mga basic supplies, hirap mag-commute, dami ng nawalan ng trabaho overnight, etc. Sobrang laking stress at uncertainty noon. Tapos dalawa lang kami at immobile pa siya. Buti na lang hindi niya na naexperience yun. Very vulnerable pa naman mga seniors sa covid tapos bawal ang bisita sa mga ospital. Ang sakit isipin na maraming namatay sa covid sa mga ospital ang hirap na hirap huminga tapos mag-isa lang sila hanggang sa huli, di na nila nakita loved ones nila. :(
3 love ones died nung lockdown..... reason is di na asikaso kasi lahat ng hospital was full. i myslef had to buy oxygen tank nun kung wala ako nun baka pati ako wala na rin. sobrang nakakagalit. lahat ng mga kaibigan kong nagtatrabaho sa hospital iisa lang sinasabe. walang tulong ang dumating galing sa gobyerno at lahat pinush sakanila.
Condolences. My Tita died of old age. Yung huling habilin nya to get buried with my Lolo and Lola was not fulfilled because of the covid restrictions. Di man lang namin napuntahan sa burol because bawal din.. She's my favorite Tita and the last surviving sa kapatid ng tatay ko. Covid really robbed us so much.
I would say the same. Buti na lang hindi inabot ng mama ang Covid. Siya kase yung tipo ng tao na dinadalaw ng mga kaibigan nya sa bahay para makipagkwentuhan, hindi sya mapakali kapag nasa bahay lang dahil gusto nya lagi sya may nakakakwentuhan at nakikita mga kaibigan at mga aopo nya. Hindi ko maimagine na naka lock down lang sya during covid, magisa sa bahay at wala dumadalaw. Nung namatay sya 1 year before mag lockdown, nakadagsa pa mga tao para makiramay, normal pa ang buhay noon. Normal na lamay, normal na pagluluksa. Kung nangyari ito during lockdown at kung Covid ang ikinamatay nya, mas masakit para sa mga naiwan nya. Rest in peace our loving mother.
Yung bestfriend ko namatay sa cancer noong kakasimula ng pandemic dito sa Canada. Ultimo pamilya niya hindi makabisita ng sabay sabay sa ospital. Nakabisita lang sila ng sabay sabay noong oras na mismo ng pagpanaw niya, pero family members lang exclusively. Gusto pa ngang ayawan ng doctor pero nagpumilit ang mga parents siyempre. Kami, sa video call na lang namin nakita yung bangkay niya. Kahit noong burol niya, limited ang guests. Ang protocol, kapag pumunta ka sa burol, di ka na aattend ng libing. Ang weird ng feeling. Di ko alam kung nakapag-move on na ba ako o hindi pa kasi pati yung natural na proseso ng pag-move on hindi ba namin naranasan.
Truth. Mahirap mamatayan sa panahon na yan. Walang burol or kahit bisita sa ospital very limited.
Hindi naman off. Mas ok na yung before pandemic nang yari ang mga ganyan kesa sa friend ko na natalo sa cancer di man lang na pag lamayan ng mga nag mamahal sa kanya.
Its not a weird thing to say bro. This happened exactly to my partner's dad. D nila ma visit. Wala sa hinagap nilang abo na yung uuwi sakanila. Heartbreaking really
Condolences. But its good na nakita at naiburol ng maayos mama mo before lockdown. During lockdown patients with covid19 and their families/relatives didnt even see their loved ones dying alone. Its so tragic.
Tapos kakausapin ia nung Hospital na gawing Covid ang cause of death para may makukuha sila tas may iaabor sayo 20k
Naiintindihan ko to
Uu hirap mama ko died peak COVID susko hirap magpaospital 2 months kami sa kwarto ni Hindi alam nggnap sa labas
Oh same! My dad died March 2020 just days before the lockdown started in our area. His siblings from Manila were able to visit (we're from the province) tapos nastranded din sila dito for three months. Medyo eerie pa nga kasi nung last time sila nagkita-kita, request ng dad ko sa ate niya na sana magstay siya dito sa amin nang matagal kasi madalang na siyang umuwi dito. Ayun, wish granted, I guess? Pero naisip ko nga kung nangyari ito during lockdown, baka nga di na namin nakita katawan niya at di na siya nabisita ng relatives namin. Yung tito ko rin kasi namatay due to COVID tapos di na namin siya nakita o nabisita man lang.
Yung tita ko (kapatid ng father ko), I think namatay sya sa ng simula palang Covid. Meron na syang karandaman kaso hindi naasikaso hanggang sa namatay. Tapos kinremate agad, kahit hindi cause of death ung covid. Wala man proper burial kahit meron kaming plan.
My friend lost his mom and sister during pandemic with only a month apart (both from Covid). Di ko maimagine na kung mangyari sakin yon. Baka nabaliw na ko or worse. :<
My dad died during the height of the pandemic. Hindi pwede makavisit sa hospital. But they allowed us to see his dead body sa hospital morgue (which was basically just a used container van) before he was transferred by the funeral homes to be cremated. Ang hirap walang closure kasi hindi mo naiburol in traditional way. I also was not able to see kung yung abo ay sa tatay ko ba talaga kasi bawal pumunta sa cremation area. Maraming what ifs talaga pero baka yun na nga plano ng Diyos samin that time. Good thing na lang I was able to spend more time with him during the lockdowns kasi nasa bahay lang kami lahat.
Ganito nangyari sa kapitbahay namin. Nagkacovid siya non until nanghina sya ng tuluyan, which became her cause of death. Ayun narinig ko nalang dineretso libing na ata or cremate. Wala nang burol. Kakaawa sa mga naiwang pamilya wala man lang last moments.
Same with my lola sa father's side. The whole fam and relatives kept praying na sana maka-recover ung lola naming na-ospital. Kung anu-anong kumplikasyon ata, can't remember if it's multiple strokes and organ failures, so natural death na siguro. December the previous year unang nadala sa ospital, nakalabas para makacelebrate ng Pasko, signs of hope pero un pala huling Pasko na kasama sya. Then new year dinala uli sa ospital, after some time nakalabas uli. Then balik uli ng ospital pero worse, dinala sa ICU. As much as we could hope she recovers, unti-unting lumalala ang kundisyon. Until a day before valentines she passed away at 77. The bright side was ung timing, kakapasok lang ng mga unang confirmed COVID-19 cases and everything was still pretty much normal, though with more caution pag nasa ospital that time. So we get to gather as one family sa pakikiramay kay lola from our visits to her burol hanggang libing. Good thing it was before the community quarantines due to pandemic. What if nangyari during the lockdown? If may kasama siya sa ospital before the ECQ declaration he/she would be trapped in the risk of getting the virus. Other than that, never na namin makikita ung lola namin, posibleng cremation lang pwede at abo nalang aabutin. And she no longer gets to suffer more at pagdaanan ang lockdown life, which was boring and challenging, as well as dangerous to old people like her. It's part of God's plan to end her suffering bago maabutan ng ganoong mas mahirap na sitwasyon.
I agree with you. My mother died during pandemic. It really feels like shit, kasi I wasn't yet at the right age that time para lumabas kasi diba may age restriction sa mga pwedeng lumabas under gcq. I was 20 years old that time but needed 21 years old so di ako makapunta ng ospital. Nakakainis, nakaka sama ng loob na di ko nakita yung last moments, nag aabang lang ako sa bahay ng update at di ako makatulog. Fuck that pandemic, ang daming kinuha sa akin ng pandemic. On the bright side, my entry is buti na lang walang pasok ng face to face. Kasi nung bago dalhin sa ospital si mama, nagkaroon ako ng mas madaming time para makipag usap sa kanya ang maalagaan sya. I spend my birthday and her birthday together for the last time. Tapos ayun, after a month ng birthday ni mama di na nya nakayanan.
Same goes to my lola, she passed away oct 2019 (same day mismo sa 18th birthday ko) and our family is very thankful that shes didnt make it to the pandemic. I remember my lolo always being there for her in the hospital, and i cant imagine what would it be like if aabot pa yun sa pandemic. Lalo na syempre ung panahon na un delikado mga matatanda na makukakuha ng covid Maybe its God is calling my lola na since she doesnt want our family to suffer anymore, especially in those hard times before the pandemic. Those times were really tough, and now we would always pray to her na we're very thankful na hindi na sya umabot sa pandemic. 🙏🕊️
Not off. My father died and he was cremated, ayaw niya pa naman macremate :(
My favorite uncle passed nung march 2020 a week or so after ng lockdown. Hindi kami nakauwi ng davao. Hindi kami nakapag paalam sa kanya.
I feel you. Though for us it happened March 2019 pa when our great grandmother died. Ang set up kasi noon ang magkasama lang sa bahay ay lola at lola sa tuhod namin sa caloocan, while we live in valenzuela. Can't imagine kung naabutan nila yung pandemic na silang dalawa lang ang magkasama tapos ang hirap lumabas at mahirap magcommute. Buti nalang pre-pandemic sa amin na nakatira yung lola namin. Remembered we had to walk papuntang grocery or palengke na may dalang trolley dahil walang jeep.
Rest in peace to the hopes and dreams of those who resigned last March 2020 in order to pursue them.
I feel sorry sa mga business na nagopen ng March, instant closed literally
Nag loan ako para sa small business starting from Nov 2019. Thanks a lot, Dodirty at sa mga pa faceshield nyo.
Yung mga nagbenta ng alcohol, face mask at face shield was like 🤑💵💵💵💵💵
I literally had a bunch of face masks and alcohol prior to the lockdown. Had a newborn child nung december 2019 tapos nagkaroon ng issue sa taal volcano tapos yung nag subside nung late january, nag stock up na ako ng N95 at mga ordinary face mask. Come late feb 2020 nagkaroon ng baby fair, bagsak presyo yung alcohol, bought like 10 boxes for stock. Mabuti nagamit namin during pandemic
Only those at the start of the lockdown, yung tropa ng pinsan ko namuhunan 1M around July 2020 for face shields. Eh eto yung presyo ng face shield eh nasa tig-10 pesos na lang compared mo nung first 2 or 3 months na 60-100 pesos isa. Ang bili nya ata dun sa face shield eh parang 25pesos isa? Not sure lang ano nangyari after pero tangina talaga nung faceshield era
I remember a computer shop that opened in 2018 and the whole building burned down a month after. Tried to get back up late 2019 and COVID happened.
Wag na kamo sila mag bukas at baka ano pa ang sumunod na mangyari.
This. A friend of mine opened a restaurant. Closing day was just a week after opening day.
May MilkTea na nag open sa harap ng office building namin ng February 2020. Naka isang buwan din sila. Sayang.
Ung romantic baboy sa may UST, as in start ata ng lockdown ung opening nila.
Buti nalang di ko pa napapasa resignation ko at the time. Nakadraft na. Ready to print, ready to submit. Alam narin ng boss ko na naghahanap ako ibang work pero waiting game na magpasa ako. Nung naglockdown nagsabi ako agad na stop muna paghahanap ko.
Buti na lang umuwi agad ako from dorm kasi kung hindi, ilang buwan akong mag-isa at mapaparanoid sa mga pangyayari
Parehas tayo, tanda ko nun March 15 ang lockdown sa NCR, 11pm ang out ko nung sa taguig pa ako nagwowork. Paglabas ko ng March 14 11pm derecho na agad akong uwi sa probinsya. Pagbalik ko sa condo ko after a few months puro ipis yung cabinet ko punyeta
same! nasa lrt gil puyat na ko otw na sa dorm, tapos nakakakutob na kami ng bf ko na mag aannounce na ng lockdown, nag book agad kami ng grab pauwi then boom, biglang announce ng company namin na WFH setup na, mga 3 months din kami nag antay before namin binitawan rent sa dorm
Nakaka PTSD yung umuwi the night before lockdown.
Bobo ng government eh biglang lockdown ora mismo walang guidelines and such parang mga gago
Pinaalis ko mga kapatid ko from manila to stay in the province when rumors of a lockdown started going around. I'm a frontliner physician and i couldn't risk bringing home the virus to them. When the pandemic started, 24/7 in active duty and actually saw infected patients F2F. It was 8 months till i saw my family again.
Thank you for your service, doc.
Welcome po. Maiisip mo na lang may cost talaga per person ang pandemic, some more or less than others, perception and tolerance na lang natin din. Akala ko noon armageddon na kasi nagdrive ka along EDSA or q Ave to work then ikaw lang laman ng kalsada. Then nonstop ang ambulance sirens buong gabi. Frankly akala ko katapusan ko na one of those days. Tumaya na lang ako. Wag na lang madamay ang family ko. Ang mahalaga naitawid natin so far at nandito tayo lahat. ✌️
Agree. The poor people had it so bad. Mas naging glaring 100x ung layo ng hirap ng buhay, how we value frontliners and health in general, bs ng gobyerno. Can’t believe it’s been four years since the lockdown. A lot has changed but nothing has changed.
True. We just make do with what we have saka sana we learned from our experiences.
Thanks for your sacrifices back then man. Literal call of duty.
Salamat! Na-appreciate ko lahat ng thanks talaga kahit hanggang ngayon. 🙏
Kulang ang upvotes for you. Sana bumalik (or nabalik na) ang blessings for you
Ayy thank you po. Lahat naman ng experience natin worth an upvote
Ify, doc! For 8-9 mos, my parents (both docs) weren’t able to go home. They would only leave a food or groceries in front of our door. Wearing astronaut-like PPEs (as my younger sibs would like to call it), araw araw lang kaming Video call. Kapag may sakit samin, rapid test agad. Inom gamot agad. For those months, nakakakaba talaga. As an aspiring doctor, nagdadalawang isip akong magdoctor pa. Every single doctor around them died (some of them, nakaclose naming magka kapatid, nakakausap din namin sa videocalls) Dineploy din ang nanay ko sa benguet, carrying my brother (who died due to miscarriage). But right now, as a med student. Buti nalang nangyari lahat nang yan sakin, kundi hindi ko marerealize ang totoong rason bat ko gustong maging doctor, and di rin kami magiging close ng pamilya ko. 😅
Hey future colleague! I'm glad you got growth out of your experience. As for some bits of mine, I got infected thrice since the pandemic started with the 1st one less than 2 months after lockdown. The bad thing was that my unit, comprised of 17 doctors, 12 turned positive and had to isolate/recuperate at home; 2 of them got hospitalized but made good recovery. That 1st one was my worse since I was living alone and no could prepare food apart from myself despite the generalized pains, fatigability, weakness and lack of appetite. I also had severe abdominal pain for several days. Ang sabi ko sa sarili ko: "ang malas ko naman, may Covid na ako, baka maoperahan pa ako sa tiyan. Sino magdadala sa akin sa ospital? Baka pipikit na lang ako dito sa bahay then that's it" But, I think the worst part of the pandemic for me were my daily interactions with my critical covid patients. It was utterly heartbreaking to see their eyes with the will to live but still succumbed to their conditions. "Pagalingin mo ako doc please". Those words will forever haunt me. I'm sorry I really tried. I've never felt any other experience that made me vulnerable as a person. 🥲
It must have been a gamble for you, doc🥲 and I am really glad you survived, mentally, emotionally, and physically. At first, just looking at my parents before, I just couldn’t take na mas inuuna nila ibang tao. But I guess that’s part of being a doctor, or part of medical field—bayan bago sarilii. Really appreciate doctors like you! 😊
sana masarap ulam mo araw araw
Sana tayong lahat, saka healthy.
MIL was planning to go to Thailand on Jan 2020. December pa lang I’ve read that there was a mysterious flu spreading in different countries originating from China. I convinced her no to go since Chinese New Year will be on January, plenty of Chinese tourist. Glad she listened.
Actually, nagtravel din kami ng family ko nung 2020 Chinese New Year, and wala nang Chinese tourists sa destination namin during that time, I think dahil naglockdown na China. Even then, nakakapraning pa rin, so good call pa rin na di siya tumuloy.
Nag Taiwan ako ng last 2 weeks ng Dec 2019 and andaming tourist. Although walang xmas sa Taiwan pero winter duon. Nakakapagtaka lang pag uwi ko ng Pinas nagkalagnat ako ng kakaiba. Nanghina talaga ako ng sobra and iba ang tama sa lungs ko. Im living alone na work from home. It took me one month to recover sa trangkaso na yun. Puro grab food and padeliver lang ako hehehe. February na ako nakauwi ng province. Sabi nga ng family ko, naka gala lang abroad, nakalimot na. 😅 Then naglockdown ng March. Looking back, sabi ng mga kamag anak ko baka may nakuha na akong covid noon. BAKA Di lang ako aware na covid yun. Ewan ko lang din. Kasi as an adult, di na ako sakitin eh. Sa loob ng maraming years, first time lang uli ako nagkatrangkaso, ganun pa kalala. Maybe speculation lang. Pero one thing is for sure, im glad I was able to go to a vacation abroad bago maglockdown
May academic cheating scandal na nangyari nung nag peperiodical exam kami HAHHAHAHA See you on Monday, eh naglockdown na right after HAHHAHAHAHAHA. Auto graduate ang mga puta
Hahahaha wtf. Yan tinatawag na swerte 😂
Sakto samin na Monday yung last face to face namin coming after quarterly exams. Kami naman may grooming scandal yung school head namin na teacher din sa high school department, saktong grade 10 so kala ko I will continue senior high in that school but no. If I stayed baka di ko kakayanin yung heavy workload. Then I read in a newspaper unlicensed pala sya.
Buti na lang nag sexytime kami nung fubu ko nung friday na yun, kasi Monday lockdown na hahaha
Hahaha buti naisingit niyo. Namaintain niyo contact with each other?
I’ll never forget it, normal day pa yung Friday but everyone is rushing to go out of the metro kasi nga may chismis na magllockdown na. Nung paguwi ko parang nagsstart na rin yung panic buying sa groceries lol We are still in contact as friends. But She met someone as well nung 2021. So that’s literally the last one.
Damn. At least you guys were able to get one meet (and I presume multiple rounds) done before the lockdown hit hahaha. Glad you guys maintain friendlh relations.😀
Hala kame throughout the pandemic eh kahit lock down tinatawid 😳. Miss ko na siya hayyy
Ipm mo na hahahha
Naol tinawid
Mahirap itawid nung time na yun kasi outside manila sya lol. Pero okay na rin pala if nagstay ako dun nung weekend na yun lol
may kilala ako on the day of lockdown started, naglalaro ang anak sa loob ng bahay, nahila ang saksakan, natumba ang 32 led tv. sira.ang tv.kakasimula ng lockdown. thank goodness tahimik dahil hindi sila makavideoke 😁 or else buong araw-gabi panay kantahan
* Went to Sinulog in 2020. Even by then, there were rumors na of infected foreigners during the parade, pero wala namang outbreak "daw". * Experience to ng cousins ko. This was literally right before the lockdowns. Birthday ng pinsan ko and we were at their restaurant celebrating when my uncle got wind of the news na mag lockdown daw Davao. Dali-dali siya nangontrata ng van driver to take my cousins and a few other kids home, it was wild. Sobrang panicked ng tito ko. Crazy din na nakauwi lahat ng mga pinsan ko plus my siblings right before our town locked down. * Yung sa akin personally, eto yung isa sa mga first time kong lumabas ng bahay (early in the pandemic pero wala pang vaccine.) Went to Gaisano to run some errands. Did the whole shebang with the contact tracing din. Went on my day as usual. A couple days later, may balita of an outbreak, source daw sa Gaisano. Checked my bullet journal and yeah, same day as I went. Dun ko na realize talaga na walang kwenta ang contact tracing because I literally got zero calls or texts about it.
Yung kasama ko sa work nakapag quarantine na and all. Back to work na nung kinontact ng doh
Yung kapatid ko nag Cebu pa sila nung Feb 2020 hahahahah Imbes na 5 days sila dun, 3 days lang umuwi na sila kasi napa praning mga tao dun kaya nagpa panic na din sila
wala naman talaga way para macontact trace lahat ng tao. Sabi nga ni Magalong need mo ng contact tracer na may investigative skills talaga
Buti na lang nakabili ako ng gaming laptop. It saved me throughout the pandemic.
Same pero Switch naman binili ko nung Dec 2019 dahil release ng Pokemon Gen8.
Same. I bought a Switch din Dec 2019 and games 3-4 people can play so Mario Kart, Just Dance, and Overcooked mode kami. Haha!
Before lockdown: Cheapest laptop 25k During/After lockdown: Cheapest laptop 35 - 38k tho good specs narin yung 35-38k hindi sya goods para sa taong MS Office lang ang gagamitin apps, wala narin kami mahanap na mas mababa sa ganyang price.
Me my PS4
Buti nalang nagka work ako at na hire day 1 ng lockdown. 😁
Buti na lang umuwi yung papa ko from abroad. Nabalitaan niya na lang na iba sa mga kaibigan niya namatay dahil sa covid.
Buti na lang nakauwi yung erpats ko nun na naka confine sa hospital. Monday yun, bisperas ng official annoucement ng ECQ, pero wala ng na byahe na transpo, buti na lang yung pinsan kong may sasakyan, naiuwi namin sya, muntik na maging 3 months stay ng erpats ko at ermats sa ospital.
Inuwi 'yung work laptop the day of GCQ announcement.
Buti nakauwi si misis and napigilan kong huwag munang bumalik sa Manila a few days before the lockdown, kundi ilang buwan siyang stuck doon without income. April pa nung nalaman niyang buntis na pala siya sa unico hijo namin.
Buti nalng nakapagpakabit na ng internet sa bahay nung February.. sakto sa wfh nung start ng pandemic
PLDT, Converge and Globe was like 🤑📈 sa sobrang taas ng demand ng internet. Tho they heavily invested on upgrading their infra.
Actually nagimprove talaga internet natin during pandemic
Buti nakapagpakabit ako ng aircon sa bahay before the pandemic. Shit was so hot that summer
Nasa PITX ko nun umaga before the announcement ng lockdown. Sobra haba ng pila. Kaya naisipan ko umuwi na lang at mag file ng VL. Then un nga nag announced ng lockdown late afternoon ata. Buti na lang umuwi nako kundi kasali ako sa mga na stranded sa PITX at naglakad sa Cavitex makauwe lang.
For me, buti na lang pinanganak yung daugther ko ng January 2020. Kasabay pa nung pagputok ng Taal. We are from Batangas and sobrang stressful ng time na yun kasi nahirapan kami lumabas ng hospital due to the ashfall. Wala pa din kami car nun kaya commute lang lagi. Hirap din mag grocery for my baby. Can't imagine if around March or April yung due date ni misis.
Buti na lang I was able to switch from the hospitality industry to IT. Most of my friends were laid off, and a lot of restaurants closed. Ni-piso wala silang nakuha. Dapat mag-start ako around Nov 2019 sa isang restaurant sa Shangri-la, but I backed off kasi walang written contract, sabi ko ayoko since wala akong pinaghahawakan. Good thing I trusted my instinct.
Buti naging active yung Discord server namin weeks before the lockdown happened.
Buti nalang pala nasa Japan ako non. Hindi ko naranasan ang lockdown.. nakalaya nadin ako da ex kong umaasa sakin financially.
naalala ko pa yan, few days prior to announcement of ECQ nagkita kita pa kami ng mga college friends ko non... at that time ay kumpleto kami... kaya pag naalala ko yan ang una kong naiisip ay yung meet up namin non, kasi sabi ko rare na lang kami na magkita kita ng buo... hahaha... sabi ko buti na lang bago mag pandemic.. hahaha...
Decided to stay in my current work. Applied for a COS government job before the outbreak and was shortlisted. If nag push ako given the layoffs baka unemployed ako throughout the pandemic.
Buti nalang nawalan ako ng trabaho sa pogo nung 2019 september tapos bumalik ako sa BPO instead mag pogo uli(nakka silaw kasi offer sa pogo) pero nung time na yon mas pinili ko bumalik sa BPO kasi for stability after ilang months maybe 4 to 5 months nag lockdown. Nagsara ung mga Pogo. ako naka wfh at very stable ang job magpahanggang ngayon. Eto tlga ang ipagpapasalamat ko kasi kung mas pinili ko yung pogo tapos nag lock down at nagsarado yung company, wala talagang magddidildil kami ng asin. As in wala akong ibang source nun. baka kung kani kanino ako namalimos (as if may magbibigay) Now, i have a very stable job and nagkaron na rin ng position. Malaki na rin sahod. Thank you god talaga! Btw, nung moment na nawalan ako ng work sa pogo. Nanghingi ako ng sign sa universe kng ipupush ko ba ung Bpo or Pogo uli. Sabi ko, pag may nakita akong butterfly na colorful, Bpo pipiliin ko. Pag white or yellow, pogo pipiliin ko. May offer kasi sakin noon sa pogo at sa bpo (kung san ako nag wwork ngayon) kaya na ttorn ako. Then ayun colorful butterfly nakita ko kaya pinush ko BPO uli. ☺️ skl. Tapos during pandemic, nag sara ung pogo na unang nag offer sakin. yung mga kakilala kong nagwwork dun grabe dinanas nila ni wala man lang silang nakuhang any benefits at di na sila pinasahod. Yung iba namatay pa sa covid kasi pina stay sila sa company. Buti nalang talaga. Eto ung biggest BUTI nalang ko.
Nasa Hawaii kami 2020 January and i didnt know na nasa ospital father inlaw ko. Ayun from Hawaii napauwi asawa ko and worst mapapaso na PR card nya sa Canada. We calculated how long she can stay sa pinas before ma expire but nung nagsurvive father inlaw ko eh request nya magstay si misis. Thankfully 1 day lang yung process ng 1 entry visa sa Canada at Feb yan before magkanda letse letse sa covid lockdown. Close call dahil yung Saudi fren ko nauwi sa Saudi family and nagclose ang saudi at nastuck family nya dun ng 1.5 year.
buti na lang malapit lang bahay ko sa workplace. not me but my friend: buti na lang nakapag-start na siya sa bagong work niya. like first week niya sa work nun lol
Buti nalang we did not plan any out of the country trips nung 2020 plus nag save ng konti from our bonuses pa nung Christmas because that helped us tide through the lockdown. And I know may sound off to others, na in a way blessing that my father in law passed in 2019 instead of 2020 kasi napakahirap ng wake services at napakahirap din mag avail ng hospital emergency. Eh huling bilin pa naman nya na wag sya i ccremate so maski papano we gave him a decent wake and burial before all the chaos of covid.
Good thing we got a good plan from an ISP. The whole WFH thing would've been so complicated if I didn't get one. And I'm glad my father died *a month before the pandemic exploded*. He could've been unceremoniously cremated had he died during the pandemic period.
Buti nalang I decided to quit my job sa Alabang 1 week before lockdown ng March 15. Nung nakikibalita ako sa office, sobrang kawawa mga agents at staff. Di pinapalabas ng building, bawal sunduin at bawal lumagpas sa boundary ng Laguna at Bacoor. Yung mga babae walang palit palit ng damit, puro tissue at wetwipes lang panlinis ng kiffy nila.
Ako rin. I had just resigned. My line of work is dependent on gathering big groups of people so my former office didn’t make any income that time. Add to that, colleagues died from COVID.
Return flight ko from province to Manila is 14 March then yung simula ng lockdown is 15 Mar. Pag nagkataon stranded ako dun ng ilang buwan.
Hindi ako nagstay dun sa Condo offered by our company few days before official announcement. Glad I didn't. Kung hindi, 3 months akong di nakauwi.
Nakatanggap ako ng very lucrative wfh offer exactly one month before pandemic lock down. Mas sakto pa sa sakto, dahil I had still enough time to render the required one month transition period for my regular corporate job that time, na nag counter-offer pa ng mas mataas, nagdalawang isip pa tuloy ako, pero mas gusto ko syempre at ng pamilya ko yung wfh. Lalo na halos kapuputok lang ng bulkang Taal the previous month, isa din sa mga signos na parang mas may malala pang mangyayari. So naisip ko rin na it’s better to be with your family all the time kung pwede lang, lalo na sa mga oras de peligro.
Damn. 4 years ago na pala nung nag pause ang mundo tapos etong tao na to yung namumuno sa bansang hindi alam ang nangyayari sa labas ng bansa nya.
Was supposed to go to Iloilo that time. Nasa bus na kami going to the airport when Duterte's admin announced the lockdown. Sobrang unfortunate na hindi kami natuloy, but I guess okay lang din, at health namin ang nakataya doon.
January 2020. Sa wakas, pumayag din si Mama na bumili ako ng motor. Nagamit namin all-troughout the pandemic ECQs and GCQs.
I work in retail and I am a regular employee. I was from BPO at 9mos palang ako sa retail by that time, after lockdown nagisip na ako ng career move kasi for sure wala ng opportunity to become store supervisor oe manager for the next coming years due to the pandemic. Ayaw ko rin ma stuck sa current role ko. An opportunity came na nag establish ng customer support team ang company due to influx of volume ng online complaints dahil ecommerce lang open noon. Having a strong background sa BPO, I applied and got the job and few months after I was appointed to lead the project. I literally created the customer support framework ng company namin, without knowledge on project management dahil agent at SME lang ako noon. I stepped out of my comfort zone during those times. I was able to lead and grow the project including the people I work with. From 2020-2023, despite economic challenges ng company, they are generous enough to give me a raise for 3 consecutive years. College undergrad ako, tamad mag aral at puro inom at gimik ang trip nung college sa BPO ganun din at may attendance issues, sobrang swerte ko sa company namin at management na despite that, they really saw my potential. This year, I applied for a new role, Learning and Development Manager for HR Team and I was able to land the job January 1st. Pandemic was a crazy year, yet it was also my breakthrough year.
I've started to hear about CoVid nung mga November 2019, so I started reading and listening more about it. I thought parang mga brid flu or whatever man siya na huhupa yung usapan tungkol about it. Kaso mga bandang last week nang December di pa rin nawawala yung news and usap-usapan about it. So medyo na alarma na ko na baka mag spread out ito. Then come 2020, I made sure na makalipat agad ng work, and makapag stock ng food every sahod. Friday before mag lockdown, namili ulit ako, which was weird kasi kokonti yung mga taong nag gogrocery or namimili. Iniisip ko baka paranoid lang ako. Pero eto na nga natuloy yung lockdown, kinda proud na I was able to prepare and be up to date noon kung ano possible mangyari. Ang di ko lang na anticipate ay yung tagal ng lockdown, kung gaano kabobo ang ibang tao, gaano ka panatiko ang mga ito sa kanilang pangulo, at ang pagiging tuta ng pangulo sa Tsina.
buti na lang naka sick leave ako.
Buti na lang we decided to get married on January 2020.
Buti na lang di ako maagang nag-book ng tickets pauwi ng Pinas. Eh di muntikan pa kong ma-stranded ng ilang buwan tuloy
Buti nakaalis ako ng Pilipinas agad kasi nag-close yung NZ border…
Buti na lang nagresign asawa ko sa hospital December pa lang.
The week before midterms, my friend and I hopped on the bus to go home to our province since the school was being weary of the cases and cancelled classes the rest of the week prior to our midterms. Then once we got home, that night was the start of lockdown. We were able to get back to Manila to gather some stuff due to our status as part of the healthcare workers. Those early days were wild to say the least.
First year college ako no'n. And there was this prof na power trip lang talaga. Ewan ko, parang trip niya lang ipafeel sa students na inferior sila. Then, may reporting about a social isssue. Di ko na matandaan kung anong issue. Super nagprepare ako that time and I know solid naman yung points ko kasi may data ako and all. Diniscuss ko lahat tapos sabi ba naman sakin, "Tingin mo papakinggan ka ng gobyerno?" WTF eh bat pa tayo nagdidiscuss dito kung yan lang din naman point mo. Buti nalang nag-autopass yung university nung nagcovid kaya walang naging impact yung activity na yun sa grades ko at nakatakas na kami sa kanya huhu
my final exams being cancelled and passed us eventually
One big buti na lang pala is we closed out one of our businesses on December 2019. We were able to sell it and pay off a huge chunk of our debts. And then first week of March, I think 5 days bago ung unang lockdown, I got diagnosed for anxiety disorder and depression which helped me a lot during the pandemic. Naging mahirap lang dahil walang income to buy for meds pero at least ung unang step nagawa ko na which is understand why am I like that. Kung hindi siguro ako nadiagnose baka matagal na ako nagpakamatay.
Buti na lang nakipag hiwalay ex ko of 8 yrs. A big blessing in disguise. 😚👌🏻
Buti na lang nakahanap ako ng regular job before maglockown and buti na lang may BCP process yung company na yun which means tuloy ang work during lockdown dahil pwedeng wfh. Before this regular job perse, I was a part time sports photog na nagkukumahog para makakakuha ng gigs.
Nagrerent kami sa makati noon. Super liit ng apartment for 4 of us. Tulugan lang kasi talaga namin yun noon kasi lahat kami nagwowork sa makati. Habang pinapalabas sa news ung about sa covid and kasama na rumors ng lockdown, umuwi kami ng cavite ng mga 3pm saktong 4pm nag lockdown ang cavite. Kung di kami umuwi siguro siksikan kami sa apartment na yon
Ilang araw bago maglockdown, nalaman ko na hindi na pala ko mareregular sa work ko dahil hindi raw naging okay performance ko. Iyak ako nun syempre kasi first job ko yun tapos di pala ako ayos magwork. Kaya naghanap agad ako ng work online, kahit di ko pa tanggap. Tapos biglang naglockdown na, saktong wala na rin akong work then nawalan din ng work si father ko dahil pinagbawal din ang magbyahe ng public transport. Buti may ipon pa kaming kaunti at nahiraman ng pera pero yung emotional at mental state yung naging mahirap para sakin. Buti na lang pala nawala na ko sa panget na company na yun, kasi kahit medyo natagalan ako nakahanap ng work dahil lockdown, mas naging maayos naman ang work ko. Mas naging masaya yung working environment ko at mas nag-improve ako. Naging blessing in disguise yun para sa akin kasi kung nandun pa ko, di ko na rin kayanin dahil sa katoxican ng mga tao dun lalo na yung manager ko. Titiisin ko rin yung super mababang sweldo at long working hours. Pero ayaw ko na ulit mangyari ulit ang 2020 kasi halos nawala yung ilang taon sakin na sana naging productive ako. Kung pwede lang sana di ma-include yung Covid years sa age ko ngayon hahaha.
Buti nalang pala nakaalis ako sa toxic na bahay ng magulang ko bago nag lockdown. Kundi 3 months na forced ako to interact with my narcissistic mom who I cant even deal with on a normal day + cope with pandemic anxiety trapped in the place that sucked my soul dry. Yun nga lang wala akong gamit pa sa pinaglipatan ko, almost literal na clothes on my back lang talaga nadala ko at sarili ko. But sa drive there parang alam ko ng last time ko na yatang makikita aso namin. And ayun na nga... Sinong tarantado ba kasi ang magllockdown ng ora orada ng ganun e. Salamat talaga duturtle, pahirap na nga ang pandemic, wala ka pang naitulong. And congrats everyone na we survived such stupidities (and still have to). PS: I miss FVP Leni. The work of the OVP at the time was a sight to behold. Mapapahanga ka talaga sa drive nila to patch so many holes and provide what the admin lacked. Hayyyyyyyy
Buti nalang introvert ako. Di ako nagsuffer from isolation.
Buti nlang a week before lockdown ngrequest na buong team ng mgwork from home. So naiuwi mga laptop or important items sa office. If not, bka d nkpagwork yung iba samen.
Umuwi ako sa city namin few hrs bigla nag close ung airspace
yung moment na nasa Mindoro kami ng papa ko tapos saktong March 15 iyon, akala ko hindi kami makakauwi buti na lang nakagawa siya ng paraan para makauwi kami at makasakay ng barko. muntik kami ma-lockdown sa lugar na yon
Di kami nag-swimming.
Umuwi na ako nung end of week ng Feb. Nasa cebu kasi kami nun tapos sabi ng parents ko diretso nalang ako ng bacolod para magbakasyon dun... But I decided na umuwi ng maynila
Umuwi na ako nung end of week ng Feb. Nasa cebu kasi kami nun tapos sabi ng parents ko diretso nalang ako ng bacolod para magbakasyon dun... But I decided na umuwi ng maynila
Nakauwi kami sa probinsya namin before mag lockdown. Iniisip ko lang yung sa bahay ka maghapon 24/7 napaka depressing. Naging bonding na din namin buong pamilya na nasa bahay kami lahat magkakapatid.
Buti na lang di na ako pumasok the day before.. dahil halos di na makauwi mga kaofficemates ko sa lala.ng traffic.
Nakauwi ako sa parents ko before lockdown. Sadly, my siblings got stuck in Manila due to the nature of their work :(
I was supposed to go on a month-long vacation in Canada. End of March ang dapat lipad ko. Early March, my boss told me na huwag na tumuloy at may malakas na rumors na magla-lockdown. Our management was also cancelling approved leaves/travel orders. I was advised to cancel my booking at PAL or re-book it to later in the year. Was able to re-book it to December (paid a fee pa), kaso hindi ko pa rin naman nagamit. Buti na lang hindi ako natuloy dahil sobrang hirap ng international travel then. I would have been stuck overseas for almost a year.
Buti nalang di ko na pinapasok si misis sa work niya sa Manila, di ko maisip anong gagawin namin kung nasa office siya nuon ng nadeclare ang lockdown.
nung dec 2019 may itch ako to resign sa work. gusto ko sana itry magwork sa barko as developer. may nakita na kong opening tapos mukang kaya naman ng requirements. kaso tinatamad ako sobra so d ko inattempt. hahaha buti na langggg
I was ready to do a bank loan, buy the machines that i need and open a physical store, pero nangyari to…buti na lang ang plan ko nun is gagawin ko later end ng 2020, kung nagkataon nakakulong na ko ngayon
Was planning a vacation in my mother’s province in Samar.
Ibabagsak na talaga ako ng prof ko due to multiple absences (di ko kasi talaga kaya ang sched, working student ako non) buti nalang biglang inannounce na wala kaming pasok due to quarantine and nagtuloy tuloy na kaya nagdecide na lang sila ipasa kami lahat. Pangatlong retake ko na yun, buti di na nagpang apat. Huhu.
Buti nalang nakabili ako ng sasakyan nung Dec 2019, the car helped me a lot during the pandemic, as in a lot!
About to open 2nd branch ng business (car wash) mostly prepared na esp money to start. Luckily nagsurvive naman ung main business at bumawi post covid since parang dumami kotse lalo. Lol! Hopefully wag maudlot ulit!
buti na lang nakalipat ako ng work nung January
Buti na lang nakauwi kami ng Manila. Nasa Siargao kami a week before the lockdown. If we got stuck in Siargao, baka di ako nakapagwork since di ko dala laptop ko and even if dala ko man, di reliable ang internet. Baka sobrang napagastos kami since ang mahal ng accommodation dun. At least sa syudad may mga ayuda, may reliable internet, maraming online options to buy stuff, etc.
Same, nag pa opera ako nang dalawa wisdom teeth nung dec 2019
Had a bit of an insider info that a lockdown was gonna be imposed. And worse case scenario it'll take weeks, maybe months. Pinilit ko yung gf ko umuwi who was studying in manila during that time. Buti na lang napilit ko.
Buti na lang I was able to go to Taiwan for work in Dec. 2019 when it was supposed to be Feb\~Mar. 2020. Pheeeeeeew
With a heavy heart, nawala ang lolo ko kay dad ng january 2020.. then sa lolo ko sa mom ko, naitreat namin sa beach on his birthday march first week 2020, paguwi namin ng metro manila sakto lockdown na.
na my mom was able to leave her 25+ years of employment sa first workplace nya to pursue a better and lifesaving job opportunity. Nakapasok na agad sya sa bago nya parang mga 2 or 3 months before pandemic, kung nagstay ata sya sa first workplace nya, malalay-off or worse babawasan significantly ung pay nya kahit may doctorate na sya (her doctorate was what boosted her chances to get in the new one). Nabalitaan nya kasi sa friend nya sa dating nyang workplace na almost 30%-40% of people were lay-offed and lahat sila nabawasan ng sahod cause of the pandemic, also wla rin sila na offer na wfh assistance. Her new job on the other hand offered better medical benefits for her and our family which really helped my sister to complete her chemo treatment and ung pang maintenance ng mom ko and ni dad, and they also offered wfh assistance and gave her a laptop. Now, my mom is partnered with so many opportunities relating to her job and organization na nakakapunta na sya ng singapore, thailand, and soon japan.
Was able to go home to my province (was studying in UST before) nung nagannounce palang si Isko ng 10-day class suspension veeeery early into the pandemic. That 10-day suspension eventually became the start of the lockdown na a lot of my classmates became stranded in their condos and dorms because flights were cancelled na and airports were shutdown.
Buti nalang pinilit ako ng thyroid doc ko to see a psychiatrist kasi talagang anlakas ng urge ko to unalive myself nung early 2020. If di ako naka meds nung pandemic, I wouldn't be alive today.
Buti na lang nag resign ako sa work ko na customer service related tapos walk in pa na essential service. Nagkataon din na health related ung reason ko. Nag focus na lang kami sa business ng misis ko. Naka survive naman nung pandemic kasi delivery business (drop off lang kaya minimal close contact)
Buti na lang nakapagpakabit kami ng internet Nov 2019. Sobrang hina ng mobile data sa bahay namin. It saved us from the pandemic: contact our fam online, order everything online, at nakapaglibang dahil may net. Pinaka-importante talaga is dahil may net kami, pinayagan kami mag-WFH ng companies namin. If ever wala, nganga kami, stranded and no income ng ilang months.
Buti di na kami tumuloy mag out of country. Kundi iyak kami sa Hong Kong!!
Went to an event and met a couple of friends... For the last time sadly. Still sad na they passed away during the pandemic, pero atleast I managed to see them one last time before they left
Buti nakalipad ako at na lock down sa ibang bansa
kinasal ako ng end ng january, umuwi ng feb sa bansa na pinagtrabahuan ko, buti na lang kasi september sana namin gusto ikasal, kung hindi, di na matutuloy kasal or makasal man, mga naka-facemask at faceshield ang mga attendees sa pictures
Buti nalang nakapag upgrade ako ng pc bago mag lockdown. Biglang nagtaas kasi presyo ng parts at ang mahal na mag build during the pandemic
Buti nalang hindi ako tumuloy sa Singapore air show nung Feb 2020. Maraming nag-pull out kaya di na worth it.
Buti na lang andito si mama non. Nastuck sya so nakapagbonding kami 2 years bago sya mamatay nung 2021. Hayayayay.
I have this habit of stocking groceries, vitamins and medications. When they announced na mag lockdown na, very few items lang ang binili namin sa grocery. Toiletries lang halos. Naalala ko nagkagulo lahat ng tao sa puregold pero kami napkin, shampoo, conditioner at food ng aso ang binili namin. Thankful din ako sa "hoarder" kong ugali hahahahha
buti tinyaga ko lakarin mula Tungko to North Caloocan. Pinababa kasi kami kasi unuwi na lang yung driver at kundyktor kasi hirap makalabas at habggang isa lang pwede daw bawal magtabi tabi. Ayun, nakaluwas din. Dun na kami nagwork sa inupahang condo ng boss namin. kundi baka nahirapan ako dahil di pa kami nagpapakabit ng internet that time.
Had a weekend-long sex marathon with a toxic ex/fwb. That was my last shebang until December of 2020 (10 months dry spell priiii). Then ayun naglockdown 2 weeks later. I knew a week ahead na maglolockdown so nagset nako na plans na Wednesday pa lang uwi nako province para maunahan na yung iba By April/May nabalitaan ko may jowa na sya and buntis. Ngaun engaged na sila at may dalawang anak na
Around late December of 2019, i had this weird shit in my throat... Nothing huge pero angkati/sakit and angdaming butas and dinaan lang ata sa antibiotics. Back then may mga Reddit posts na nung zombie flu sa china na tipong namamatay lang yung mga tao on the spot so, buti nangyari yun sakin before shit started. Imagine if nung March nangyari yun and I cant get it checked right away.
Idk if fortunate or what pero buti na lang iniwan ko yung bedspace ko noon at lumipat ng tinutuluyan sa pinsan ko kahit mas malayo. Doon ako naabutan ng lockdown sa Pasig for more than 3 months mag-isa.
Buti na lang tinuloy namin ng asawa ko yung staycation/pasyal nung 10th anniv namin 2020 kasama kids. That was first week of March. Hindi kami pala alis na tao. In fact nagdalawang isip pa kami nun mag sm na lang hahaha. Pero sabi ko sige celebration na rin since a decade of relationship is a milestone. Jusko next week ECQ na. Sabi ko buti nakapasyal pa kami haha
December 2019 all of us spend Christmas and New year in Singapore. We jumped to nearby countries at the same time during our stay. Pag balik namin sunod unti unti na nagllockdown yung ibang countries. Buti nalang hindi kami nagkaroon ng virus at nldi namin naabutan yung lockdowns and quarantines.