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Its been 2 (this is 3rd) weeks now that we are back to school. Feels good but just very different. At school, we all teachers AND students have to wear MASKS. Wear them while walking down the corridors, while going from one building to another and sometimes inside the classrooms. For now, its still alright, since the weather is cool and pleasant. But it will be horrible once the heat begins. Some heaty days showed up and we all were quite desperate to just discard our masks. Then comes in the windy and cool days, and our masks become our saviors. Wearing these masks have indeed become mandatory but not necessarily part of our lives. In our minds, we really WANT to get rid of them ASAP, but its equally necessary to wear them, just to be on the safe end. It won't help to protect you from the Covid, but it will surely act as a barrier in some small way. Along with this addition of maskful days, there are also some additions of some other routines which are interesting and "...

While all this Covid 19 is going on, some newspapers are using their creativity skills to come up with comics that are realistic and at the same time silly and funny. At the beginning, I couldn't even comprehend their meanings, until I read them second and third time. Silly, funny, realistic and comical in its own way.

There is faith and hope still in this WORLD. Humanity still exists. People still have feelings. Why do I say this? During this current situation when CoVID 19 has hit the WORLD, people are thinking about the people from all around the world. They have made access to teaching resources free. Yes, I also know  that this could be a way to gain their membership for a later date, but for right now, its FREE. Some websites have given a time limit for free access, and some haven't given any specific details. While some also have hidden messages, which is usually made aware to the world users after a certain point of usage. Despite this, we also have Amazon hiking up their prices in some essential commodities. China had their remembrance day on 4th April, 2020. This was to honor and pay tribute to all the passed away souls in their country. Its sad that this had to happen, but somehow, its a way of Mother Nature retaliating back. Then on the 5th April, 2020, the Prime Minist...

We had completed our self-isolation, when husband decided to arrive from India via Thailand. Of coz with the current situation going, he was asked to quarantine himself at home. Along with him, we also had to be quarantine AGAIN. Oh Boy! We just completed our self-isolation and not this FORCED stay at home for 14 days. Day1: was ok Day 2: was still ok Day 3: humm, getting there still Days 4: ok, now still getting there Day5: almost used to this Day 6: now its just beginning to get to us Day 7: daughter is finally getting restless Day 8: its slowly getting to me as well now Day 9: finally the blast off from husband Day 10: a bit calm but blast offs from daughter Days 11: another blast off from husband Day 12: no one is speaking, getting a bit depressing (our wedding anniversary) Day 13: enthusiastic Day 14: very chilled and relax Day 15: FREEDOM and OUT with FRIENDS  (Husband still stuck at home-didn't make any dinner for him- I rebelled). Daily Routi...

We had already returned from our trip and spent 2 weeks in self-isolation (well, not completely), and rarely went out in those 2 weeks when we (my daughter and myself) returned from Jakarta.  During those two weeks, we slowly built our routine of entering home, whenever we stepped out.  1st. Someone from the inside would open the door and spray the other person outside with an alcohol liquid.  2nd. Take off the SHOES. 3rd. Wash the HANDS with soap and water. 4th. Remove the jacket, pants and masks to be air-dried in the balcony.  5th. Wash the HANDS AGAIN.  6th. Disinfect the PHONE. 7th REST.  This had become our set rules while entering the apartment. Not only did we disinfect ourselves, but each and every package, grocery bag, umbrella, would be disinfected and left at the entrance of the door, to be touched and put in place after 12 hours.  How crazy can one get? Well, we got crazy and why not! It is a crucial time to th...

Swimming in the clouds. This link is about my travel into the clouds of the mountain and not the clouds of the sky. Awesome Beppu Its a pity I wrote this as a PAGE instead of a link on its own. I am not able to connect this wonderful post of the various HELLS I visited in Beppu. See the pictures to believe it and to appreciate what is a HELL in Beppu. Sauna Huts Our concept of what a Sauna is and what is pictured here, are totally different. Have you ever heard of a Sauna in a HUT. Now thats something to see, but here its only in photographs. All pictures taken by our iPhones XR, and very minor editing was done. Most of it was taken by my daughter and me holding the umbrella for her. 😉😉

My travel adventure.  I left for Jakarta on 31st Jan from Japan, in a state of emergency. Both my friend and hubby, didn't want me to return back to home (Ningbo), due to the C-Virus, and so forced me to go to Jakarta. While there, my girl was upset and quite insistent to go back home. I contacted an agent to help me book tickets for 17th Feb only to be told later, that the flight has been cancelled. So again I went into a state of panic and had to cancel that airline, and re-book to another airline. Date was 29th Feb. If you are wondering why couldn't I extend my visa for Indonesia? Well I tried that, only to see that the stamp of entry stated that the visa was non-extendable. During the last weekend of my stay in Jakarta, I messaged my agent to re-check if flights are flying or any cancellation or postponing. He contacted back to me with bad news that the flight has been cancelled. I was super upset now and almost going into a state of anxiety. Again for the third...