Anyeong! It's been more than a year since my last blog post. So for 2021's first day I decided to write. Just wanted to express and share how memorable 2020 was.
I still have a lot to work on since January is going to be a very busy month for me in terms of residency training so let me just do this before everything becomes a blur in the next few days.
I miss writing so much. I've never really had the chance to sit and chill with my laptop since residency training started. I usually just use it whenever I had to make a powerpoint presentation for a report or something or I had to design polcos or stickers but other than that the bond was never there. I really miss writing. I admit I'm not a very well versed person and I'm a self proclaimed introvert but I tend to share stuff here in my blog preferably.
The year 2020 has been one of the most memorable ones. I bet to you as well. How was it with me?
First of all, was the pandemic that changed the entire earth into topsy turvy. Flights were cancelled, vacation trips were postponed, conferences were on hold, gatherings were prohibited, close interactions with other people were not allowed. In other words, things we usually or normally do were halted.
No one predicted that a virus can change our lives. Just the simple dining out was prohibited and people started wearing face masks which we usually only see during surgical operations inside the operating room, now everyone is wearing them. People were scared. People were frightened of the unknown. COVID 19 was new and was a different kind of enemy.
In my first year of residency training I never expected to face this kind of pandemic. What was originally planned and expected of our first yr of training were all changed. We didn't get to see the cases we should be seeing and we were faced with something we can't see as well. It was a whole new level of battle. But despite the threat this virus has given us, I'm glad I was able to stick around. I was planning on quitting training around mid April to May due to the increasing cases and I was really scared but I tried to hold on. I'm very thankful first and foremost for my family who had been there for me. They encouraged me to go on even though some of them made me want to quit also haha. And to my colleagues, especially my batchmates, who never left and was always encouraging as well. There were duty days where I was crying by myself already because I don't know what to do anymore. I think Dad was guiding me as well :)
For the second part, was my obsession with Haikyu. I'm not really a fan of anime but I'm a huge huge fan of the sports volleyball. So when I got sick around August, I was bedbound and had nothing to do. I wasn't in the mood to study since my head is hurting like hell and I'm burning in fever, so I just lie down the whole day, when I decided to try to watch Haikyu on Netflix. I've been hearing about it for some quite time already but never gave it a try. So when I started watching it, it was love at first sight. I was able to finish the whole 4 seasons in just a week and was able to finish 4 seasons for 6 times every week. And I was so happy when the final 13 episodes of the 4th season were released in October.
As a huge fan girl, and if you knew me really well, I bought a lot of merch related to Haikyuu. I first bought a volleyball since mine was deflated and had no chance of being played again. I bought stickers, of course, of Haikyuu, made my own stickers and printed them and all sorts of stationery items related to Haikyuu. I was head over heels over an anime I know are not even real. Haha. I was so hooked really. I had to watch at least 1 episode everyday even on my duty days, that's how obsessed I was.
