My name is Devika. I like to read books, watch fantastical content, and express my thoughts in any way that I can.
Follow along for a reflective read in these rushed times. For I too, try to find some solace in this corner of the internet.
How have you been? I hope life isn’t too stressful for you all.
These past few weeks have been rather busy. But I see life settling into a routine that will be around till a vaccine arrives or I am called to Mumbai to start work from office, whichever comes first.
It’s been four months since I started my career with work from home. While it’s been a magnanimous task, getting to know everyone, their working styles, and the work at the same time. But I am glad the most tough part is over.
After developing a bout of fever, we (my sister and I) got tests done. Only to realise that we have not developed antibodies even though a household member had Covid a couple of months back. Now we have entered a mindspace of whatever happens, happens. All that we can do is take precautions (which we are).
Each day when I come across news headlines, I feel like some energy is sucked out of me. Do you ever feel like the world is f**king with us from all sides? Economical, political, familial, environmental disasters. But it is disasters that we have given birth to, I mean it is our civilization. 😛
A month back, my nephew was born. I left home after 5 months to travel. It was a surreal feeling. I remember thinking that if humans can create huge buildings and flyovers from scratch, they can conquer anything. It was an odd feeling, coming face to face with our creations.
In other news, learning Korean has been going good! It’s a little slow, but I am getting into sentence construction and know more words. Although I do see a long path ahead. Are you learning any new languages?
These days, I often find myself thinking of a guy I had liked a few years back. While we were good friends, I haven’t been in touch with him since 10 months. I hope he is well. 🙂
That’s it about me. No great updates, just a catch up I would say. I would love to hear more from you, feel free to drop comments below!
I have been MIA these past few weeks, let’s just say the Pandemic reached my household. While this time period is a great teacher, I hope these lessons are not easily forgotten.
When I feel like the quarantine and this isolation is becoming unbearable, I think of the wars past. Thanks to technology and research, maybe our war with the virus got a timeline of 12-18 months, unlike the many deadly catastrophes humans have faced for years. I am sure we can survive this.
In order to give myself a global perspective to this time period, I decided to join a website for Global Penpals. This I felt would make me feel less alone, and also help me learn about different cultures. It’s been an interesting couple of weeks and I am engaged in some meaningful conversations. Let’s see where this goes!
Oddly enough, I have stopped creating. I wrote a poem today after so long. Even that came because I sat down to write. It’s not like I don’t have thoughts running in my head. Exhaustion sits too heavy on my body to allow it simple exercises like that of typing. Hopefully it will pick up this week.
Time as a concept has stopped making sense to me. Some months feel like days and some days feel like months. Strange, I would say. What do you all think?
An update I want to share- Korean learning has been going good! While I can see this will take a long time to master, but there are few words here and there that I catch while watching Kdramas. And it really excites me when this happens.
In today’s crazy quarantine, I got myself a haircut by my mother and sister for the first time!
With this new hair, I hope new beginnings await.
How have you all been? What are your thoughts on some of the details shared above and beyond? I would love to know all the crazy going on in your mind.
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