Last March 9, 2020, Mayor Isko “Moreno” Domagoso suspended classes for a week amidst the growing cases of Covid-19 in the Philippines. This caused students to go back to their hometowns, unaware of what’s to come in the following months.
Ever since the suspension of classes last year, life has never been the same. The pandemic changed the way we used to live and think about our daily lives. Despite the developments on the Covid-19 vaccine, it seems as if we’re far from going back from the lives we used to live.
Yesterday, we asked the Thomasian community in the recent #TalkOnTW to tell their stories on the last day of the normal we used to know.
After classes were suspended, Twitter user @mellalinsolis woke up to the announcement.
“Went home and took a nap tapos pag gising ko, suspended na pala”
On the other hand, Twitter users @blondedraf and @patriciakahanap attended their classes despite the dreary day that they thought were ahead of them.
“If I remember it correctly kakatapos ko lang magdusa sa econ nung pumutok yung announcement”
“Pumasok kahit walang tulog at may sakit #TalkOnTW”
Twitter user @maaarshan was in the University’s Central Laboratory preparing for an experiment that never pushed through.
“nasa central lab busy na pinagsisiksik yung saba sa vials para sa experiment na hindi rin pala natuloy”
While many students were attending their classes, some of them including Twitter users @moxlicityreigns and @roby_lacanilao were attending to their academic and extracurricular affairs.
“probably with my friends sa ICS student council room in Ruano Building, we are about to pay for some merch in the incomeming IICS week”
“Kakabalik ko lang ng swimming attire (na hanggang ngayon di ko pa rin ngagamit HAHAHA) para sa PE tas natuwa ako kasi suspended. Di ako informed na magiging 1 year pala.”
Twitter users @liaaahfrancesca and @brdgtkv were headed to their respective dormitories after learning about the announcement.
“Asa bahay ako nagaayos ng gamit kasi babalik na dapat ako ng dorm sa gabi tas tuwang tuwa pa ko noon”
“andon sa condo panik ligpit kasi lockdown daw kinabukasan HABANABAHABBA”
Speaking of dormitories, Twitter users @REDMAD0NNA and @CrisseyPau headed to their respective friends’ place to spend one of the last non-socially distanced hangouts they will have in 2020.
“tulog sa dorm and as soon as i heard the news, i immediately packed what i can carry and commuted back to laguna tapos naka-attend pa ako ng pageant in my former school”
“Natulog sa sahig ng condo ni Dwayne.”
And if one has finally joined their friends, the usual course of events are to spend one’s allowance on food. Twitter user @reinerdale tells us his story.
“inubos ko pa baon ko non for the week para sa unli wings, huling baon ko na pala yon asdfjsvhnghj”
Whole some spent the remaining hours of the day with their friends, Twitter users @highsocksgwyn and @krtlwi decided to head straight home.
“Hinahanap pa kami ng prof namin sa p.e. pero nakasakay na ako ng jeep papuntang sakayan ng bus :>”
“I was at home in Muntinlupa. Pero my trip home was more interesting.
Pag natutulog ako sa bus, I always hold my fare on my hands para pag tinapik ako ng conduktor, iaabot ko nlng yung bayad. Pagdating ng alabang, lipat naman ng keep. Nung iaabot ko na yung bayad ko (1/2}”
He continues this story in his next tweet.
“Nagtaka ako kasi may 33 pesos pa ako sa kamay ko. i was like “sh*t!” i jumped in my seat sa jeep kasi i realized na nde ako nakapagbayad sa bus kasi nde ako nagising ni manong conductor. I planned on paying the next day but I didn’t know i won’t be riding a bus fr a long time.”
And before anything else, bidding your friends and colleagues the last greetings of the day is the most important of all. Twitter user @4M_Defenders” shares his short bittersweet greeting to his friends.
“I was at home messaging my friends “stay safe and see ya next week!” : )”
The pandemic has indeed brought us many challenges and many of them deal with academic and personal matters. However, we must keep our heads up to fight for a better tomorrow. Hopefully soon enough we’ll be able to hug our family and friends we have not seen in a long time.
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