Friday, April 17, 2020

Corona-Lockdown Diary

Date:17/04/2020
Lockdown was supposed to end on 14th Apr. But it was extended till 3rd May. There is no vaccine yet on corona. China has revised its Wuhan death count and it has increased by 50%.  I am doing work from home but no work yet. I am bit afraid that it might cost us a job. In USA almost 17million people are jobless. Spending my day practicing c# tutorial, reading diac-global source code, side project for the home library. Just finished Pride and Prejudice. I have been reading it for almost a year. Finally finished it. Planning to read Raja ShivChatrapati now. Corona has been causing havoc in New York.
22/04/2020
Yesterday Sachin had called. He is terminated from the job. I tried to call Pranav to enquire about the situation but he did not answer my call. I also get scared of this job situation. There is no vaccine yet for the virus. Days are spent reading .net framework msdn articles. Building has arranged DMart mobile shopping van downstairs. Clubhouse also arranges the grocery stores. TCS, CG has shipped their employees desktop to their employees's home. My understanding is that these employees wont loose their job:> Visa industry will struggle for a year, i think. USA has stopped immigrant visa since yesterday. I am repairing my Lenovo tab for last one month. First twenty days's time was most spent on tab.:<
23/04/2020
No train noise. Kokila singing. Aai/baba gavi aahet. I had ordered two boxes medicine from avinash and had tried to return one box. He did not accept the box and now it is very useful. Today two local trains were seen. There is one staff train run by railway. Clubhouse is arranging for the vegetable market. No hair cut so far. its been two and half month since the last hair cut. Whenever we go down, i am wearing the mask. Doing yoga at home. Using exercise equipment bought from Decathlon recently. Watched few movies on devdatta's amazon prime account.
30/04/2020
Yesterday i heard that Dreams mall third floor is being converted to the isolation center. I talked to Oasis and WOP stores staff. They told me that they have received any communication for closing the stores. But today there was a news on whatsapp group that oasis and aashapura are opening their business in clubhouse. Today is Sachin's last day at work. I talked to him yesterday.
So, what businesses will get affected by this virus pandemic? BTW, i was Domino delivery person yesterday on LBS. I think restaurants will have tough time attracting customers, Hair cutting salon will be more expensive, mutton which is being sold for 800rs kg will become 700rs kg, domestic travel industry will grow, international tourism will get expensive with less people traveling.
Garima is starting online kids activity class. Good effort. Aai says they found a positive case in ghodage jambhvda in sundhudurg but no news channel or radio  has that news. Yesterday irfan khan and today rishi kapoor died.
08/05/2020
Lockdown extended till 17th May, this is the third lockdown period. Still cases in maharashtra, mumbai increasing. My team mate sushant is released from the project. No salary yet which normally takes place on 6th of the month. Application monitoring work paused. In USA 33 millions file for the job loss benefits. China's export increased by 3.5%. I have to courier aai's medicine to gaon. Yesterday evening saw some labors walking in the track with their backpack towards Thane.
09/05/2020
Today afternoon, after lunch, i went to withdraw money and inquire about the parcel service in post office. Post office was closed early. While coming back home, i saw bhaiyas with there small bags walking on the road. Saw a family with a small kid in their hand. Bhaiyin was wearing a decent saree with a purse in her one hand. Morning, some bhaiyas were walking in the railway track. same again in the evening.
11/05/2020
I think this corona virus will affect lot of things in the future: movie theater,  restaurant, barber shop,
travelling,  train travel
02/06/2020
I lost my job. Received hr email on friday 29/05/2020 telling me that 29/june will be my last day at work. Lockdown is extended for the fifth time till 30th june, but with eased restrictions. Some of the shops are already open, traffic on the highway. It rained here today. Some Nisarga cyclone is near mumbai coast.
15/06/2020
Lockdown restrictions eased from 8th June. Shops have started. No barber shop open yet. Some restaurants have take out services. From today, suburban local train service for emergency staff started.
Rain has started from last two days.
22/08/2020
Partial lockdown still continues. No train service for general public. Ganeshotsav starts today. 
14/10/2020
Partial lockdown still on. No local trains for common man, No gym, No temples started yet. I returned my company laptop yesterday. No updates or news about the vaccine status in media nowadays. Day before yesterday major electricity problem in city. Lights went out at @10:00 and came back at @12. Again power off from 13 to 2115. Some electricity grid issue. Two shops in clubhouse still operating. A new hospital started in mall.
19/07/21
Covid still not eliminated. I am not vaccinated yet either. Restrictions still in progress. Shops open till 4pm.
30/09/21
Lot of things happened since the last entry. I became a father in august. After out first followup visit with baby to the hospital we got infected with covid. symptoms were mild and home isolation was followed for fourteen days.