{"id":2434,"date":"2022-04-28T12:39:06","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T04:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nullthought.net\/?p=2434"},"modified":"2023-05-14T16:18:45","modified_gmt":"2023-05-14T08:18:45","slug":"an-ordinary-but-boring-day-in-shanghai-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nullthought.net\/?p=2434","title":{"rendered":"An ordinary but boring day in Shanghai lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Woke up by alarm clock, or ‘googoo\u2026’ chirps of turtle doves, or yelling of a community staff. He was yelling out, ‘All residents wake up now, take a covid RA test.’ He was using a loudspeaker to shout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sometimes I had to wake up at 5:50AM to purchase food online using my smartphone. Buying via apps was one of a few ways to get food. Hundreds of thousands of people woke up at about 6:00AM to grab food online. Making a successful order was a big challenge, you must click the ‘submit’ button on the smartphone screen extremely rapidly, and you must have enough luck. I could make it 1 out of 3 times, it seemed my luck was not bad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although I could get food via smartphone apps or community group purchases, I had to make a plan for food consumption carefully in case of food shortage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I was growing porret and garlic sprouts at home, just like Matt Damon growing potatoes on Mars in the movie ‘The Martian’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Porret and garlic sprouts were growing well, just as my hair was. I haven’t had a haircut for nearly 50 days. The hair is so long that I have already had no interest in taking care of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I worked from home everyday. All I could do was taking online meetings, reading and writing of working docs, and communicating with clients and partners online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Company business nearly came to a stop. New contract couldn’t be signed because express delivery stopped. New deal couldn’t be invoiced. New business opportunities couldn’t be pushed and followed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sincere greetings came to me from my dear friends at home or from abroad, which warmly comforted me. Friendship is always an invaluable treasure for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was mere fun to get down the apartment and have a walk in the small residential zone. I’d like to have a close look at green leaves, colorful flowers. I could look into the sky and enjoyed the changing and dancing of those beautiful clouds. If the lockdown continued, I would get to know clearly how many trees and flowers there were around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I found a dandelion and walked close to it. Gave a puff to it, the seeds fled away. I made the seeds free. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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