Remotely Yours

After two weeks in quarantine, I was finally allowed to work from home starting last Friday. For many days I was anxious from waiting especially when our VP announced that we’ll only be paid for the first week of the ECQ, and for the following week onwards, employees who are not working from home or onsite will not receive their usual compensation. If we wanted it paid, then we must use our remaining earned leaves.

Enter Week 2

It’s been a week since the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) was declared which forced many of us to stay home. Days began to blur that I didn’t even realize that yesterday was Sunday — typically my laundry day. As the self-service laundry place I go to is closed indefinitely, I have to start tackling the pile of dirty clothes in my hamper (Silver lining: Laundry is mostly house clothes and underwear).

I don’t think everything’s going back to normal anytime soon.

Hoping for the best, expecting the worst

Confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Philippines as of this writing: 230

This is only my 4th day of being confined at home (since I still went to work last Monday) and I’m already getting anxious.

My unease had nothing to do with boredom or restlessness but more about starting to dread the whole uncertainty of it. See, unless you are among the filthy rich who can afford not to work for the rest of your life, you’d be stupid to think of this worldwide health crisis as a momentary “sweet escape”. It’s arrogant to assume that this will not affect you one way or another.