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LOCKDOWN IN MY HOOD
LOCKDOWN IN MY HOOD
This story took place somewhere in Chitungwiza Zimbabwe.
Tyres screeching,as if it's The Fast and Furious.Hooters honking resembling the celebrations of the wedding.People running on the side road,it's like Temple run,but no,wait,it can't be temple run.These people are not running away from the giant beast.Subway Surfers? Yes its like subway surfers the game.
Why do I say so? The story begins in this way......
On a beautiful morning,working up preparing to go work as usual,I tune in to the FM radion on my smartphone for the 6 am news.I check the time and it's 15 minutes before the hour of 6.The bulletin is 15 minutes away so i log in on my face book account.This is just a routine i do just to check the information about the deadly virus which has hit the world.As i scroll down the news feed its always about the virus,sadly i keep on seing the number of lives it has taken,every minute of the updates there's hundreds,thousands of people who have succumbed to the deadly virus.If the walls that protect the heart were translucent,everyone would have seen how much tears fell from my bleeding heart.Innocent souls vanishing at an accelerating speed world wide.
Well,this is just in Europe though,according to the statistics its killing the European inhabitants more.It brings me some relief.For a moment i smile,smiling not because i enjoy our European friends dying,this is not a movie by the way.I smile because Im an African and the virus has'nt hit African nations at a greater extend except for South Africa with a number of cases that have been recorded and by the analysis it shows that the affected people had travelled abroad.
As i continue scrolling down,i hear drum beats of the news bulletin.I pause for a while trying to listen attentively.I aways like listening to the news though i don't seriously take some things that are said,sport is my favorite,but during these times where the virus is breaking the news,i just have to listen to every word. "....His excelency,the head of states has put the country on a 21 day lockdown starting on the 31st March 2020...." What? Lockdown? I get puzzled for a moment.Something pops in my mind,i remember a few days ago there were some cases which were reported with one controversial death. Well, yeah, good move Mr President as it is a way to curb the spread of the virus,staying safe at home is the remedy.Now, with our current nitty gritties of the economic situation in our country what is going to happen?
Two days before the "dooms day,"People from all walks of life were busy preparing for the 21 days of self isolation.21 days lockdown meant staying at home for everyone hence no shops or vendors had to be seen selling staff.People were buying food in bulk,it made me reminise the festive season,Christmas.The shoving and hoving at the market places imitated a colony of ants.Funny though,I just wondered,on the news we were informed to mantain a distance of a meter apart from the other person.Who cared about it anyway? Bulk buying was the order of the day.
A day before the lockdown I had planned some activities to do whilst at home in my single room alone,the lockdown had come as a blessing in disguise for me as i had to get more time to do my online trading staff.It was a tiresome day at work,i was so exhausted to the extend that my feet became sore,i had spent the whole day standing at work,there was no time to take a seat. Just before i took a nap,a whatsapp message popped up on my...
This story took place somewhere in Chitungwiza Zimbabwe.
Tyres screeching,as if it's The Fast and Furious.Hooters honking resembling the celebrations of the wedding.People running on the side road,it's like Temple run,but no,wait,it can't be temple run.These people are not running away from the giant beast.Subway Surfers? Yes its like subway surfers the game.
Why do I say so? The story begins in this way......
On a beautiful morning,working up preparing to go work as usual,I tune in to the FM radion on my smartphone for the 6 am news.I check the time and it's 15 minutes before the hour of 6.The bulletin is 15 minutes away so i log in on my face book account.This is just a routine i do just to check the information about the deadly virus which has hit the world.As i scroll down the news feed its always about the virus,sadly i keep on seing the number of lives it has taken,every minute of the updates there's hundreds,thousands of people who have succumbed to the deadly virus.If the walls that protect the heart were translucent,everyone would have seen how much tears fell from my bleeding heart.Innocent souls vanishing at an accelerating speed world wide.
Well,this is just in Europe though,according to the statistics its killing the European inhabitants more.It brings me some relief.For a moment i smile,smiling not because i enjoy our European friends dying,this is not a movie by the way.I smile because Im an African and the virus has'nt hit African nations at a greater extend except for South Africa with a number of cases that have been recorded and by the analysis it shows that the affected people had travelled abroad.
As i continue scrolling down,i hear drum beats of the news bulletin.I pause for a while trying to listen attentively.I aways like listening to the news though i don't seriously take some things that are said,sport is my favorite,but during these times where the virus is breaking the news,i just have to listen to every word. "....His excelency,the head of states has put the country on a 21 day lockdown starting on the 31st March 2020...." What? Lockdown? I get puzzled for a moment.Something pops in my mind,i remember a few days ago there were some cases which were reported with one controversial death. Well, yeah, good move Mr President as it is a way to curb the spread of the virus,staying safe at home is the remedy.Now, with our current nitty gritties of the economic situation in our country what is going to happen?
Two days before the "dooms day,"People from all walks of life were busy preparing for the 21 days of self isolation.21 days lockdown meant staying at home for everyone hence no shops or vendors had to be seen selling staff.People were buying food in bulk,it made me reminise the festive season,Christmas.The shoving and hoving at the market places imitated a colony of ants.Funny though,I just wondered,on the news we were informed to mantain a distance of a meter apart from the other person.Who cared about it anyway? Bulk buying was the order of the day.
A day before the lockdown I had planned some activities to do whilst at home in my single room alone,the lockdown had come as a blessing in disguise for me as i had to get more time to do my online trading staff.It was a tiresome day at work,i was so exhausted to the extend that my feet became sore,i had spent the whole day standing at work,there was no time to take a seat. Just before i took a nap,a whatsapp message popped up on my...
