Do you remember precisely when Covid turned your life upside down? Mine was when I reached Bali and got a plethora of text messages about the then-new-to-me Covid thing. That was two years ago. Today, I get to eat Amma’s homecooked meal at the dining table together with my parents. And for that, I…
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I have passed the mid-point of quarantine. Is it weird that I am a bummed about it? I missed my parents, but I could also use more me-time.…
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I woke up sweating in the middle of the night in my hotel quarantine room. Before eventually realizing I had forgotten to turn on the AC.…
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The Indo government refers to hotel quarantine as the Repatriate Program, perhaps in an effort to make it sound less painful.…
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I am writing from our cottage called Captain's Retreat, along the Mornington Peninsula. Short pleasantries later, we were in.…
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