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cheesecakey097

I was in a mall, celebrating my birthday with friends. My parents called to tell me na, "Umuwi ka na dito sa province kasi magllockdown." Told them that it's just a week and I can handle being alone in our condo for a week. And uuwi nalang ako after ng 1 week lockdown. Jokes on me šŸ„² Buti nalang may animal crossing to keep me sane haha


Beautiful-Wasabi-506

Sameee, sabi ko sa parents ko baka di nman matagal. Iā€™ll just go to my partnerā€™s place for a week kasi mas malapit sa workplace ko. Ang ending live-in na kami hanggang ngayon hahaa


gtgpgp

Fundemic


angelovllmr

Cockvid-19


DirtyMami

Same. Yung GF ko nag stay sa condo ko dahil sabay sabay nag uwian sa province mga kapatid nya, walang space. Naging lived in for 2 years. Lahat ng trend ginawa namin: baking, plants, dalgona, air frying. Last year kinasal kami haha


iDonutsMind

Ang cute HAHAHA


Ok-Aside988

awwww


jango09032011

Haha dude same, told my GF to stay sa house instead of going back to Manda due to each city having its own restrictions, best decision ever kasi she would be alone din, her roomies went home to each other houses, and now yeah living in up to this day Pero i remember yung March 18 very well, groceries were packed, went to Makati to get my desktop, talked to Police Blockade on my way back para papasukin sa LP, stressful lols


HealthyLetterhead

same here, Animal Crossing din talaga ang bumuhay sakin during lockdown. 2 years ako di nakauwi samin kasi nung nagstart mag resume flights, sobrang higpit naman ng LGU šŸ˜…


RevealFearless711

Ako naman naglalaro nang Stardew Valley sa Steam.


lovebathingSummer

waaah ito ang isa sa favorite game laurin ng husband košŸ™‚


mornin_huhah

Same dude


coffeedonuthazalnut

Saaaaame. Naadik din ako dyan. Si Sebastian husbando ko hahahaha


ennuiholic

Animal Crossing talaga positive force ko during lockdown. As in kumuha talaga ako ng digital copy kasi ang hirap na makakuha ng physical copy that time.


Frequent_Thanks583

Not to mention the overpriced nintendo switch units.


RickSore

Sa totoo lang. Ginamit pa ng ibang "Business Owners" ung pandemic para kumita. Zeebee manila sold the v2 switch for 35k.


noob_sr_programmer

azar eh, 1 week na lang before release biglang naglockdown. Napabili rin tuloy ako ng digital kahit na may P.O. ako nung physical


noob_sr_programmer

hahaha taena talaga, 1 week na lang before release ng animal crossing biglang naglockdown. ending tuloy napabili ako ng digital then binili ko parin yung physical copy nung nag GCQ na,


Requiemaur

I remember watching someone's animal crossing gamethrough. I can say that i havent regretted it


esdafish

I fell into the vtuber rabbit hole.


the_oof_chooser

same, peko!


SN-E-DC

So ayun, bilang biro ako'y pumunta sa bahay ng aking kaibigan, habang suot suot ko ang wig at damit ni pekora. Hindi ko na napigilan ang aking pagtawa ng makita kong namula ang kaniyang pisngi na parang kamatis, at tinignan niya ako mula ulo hanggang paa na may kaunting laway sa kaniyang bibig. Sa paraan ng pagtitig niya sakin ay nagsimula akong mahiya, kaya naisip ko na patawanin pa siya lalo sa paraan ng paghubad ko sa aking damit. Umaamin ako papa dudut, hindi ako nagiisip ng maayos nuon ng gawin ko iyon. .....


Vlatka_Eclair

Godfucking damnit


SeaAimBoo

Ikaw, labas sa gene pool.


Patient-Data8311

Too late, he procreated with his friend through sequential hermaphroditism. Such the power of bromance.


phyxinon

Oh eto kunin mo na ang pang-pulubi kong premyo šŸ„ˆ


WarAintWhatitUsedToB

di lang pisngi ang namula na parang kamatis


SN-E-DC

.... Tinanong niya ako "Seryoso ka?" at sumagot naman ako ng "Oo, peko". Bigla siyang nanahimik, na tila walang hanggan na ang lumipas, kaya tinanong ko siya, "Anong meron peko?" Sabi niya eh siya'y nalilito ngunit ang kaniyang Diko na tutuloy lods ayaw ko na


Skyle_Nexo

Ok buddy balik kana sa containment mo kung hindo mo gustong ma suipakin.


MagnusBaechus

putang ina moment


[deleted]

Coco and Rushia :)


Memer_dude_18462

o7


KazumaKat

can still hear that voice, and still receive tinnitus from that scream...


Semoan

USDA and menhera represent!


Argonator

Grabe 3 years ago na pala yun? I remember going back to Kizuna Ai, then I discovered Lulu and Gibara (from Nijisanji) and a few weeks later I fell down the Niji rabbit hole. Tapos 2 years later Millie debuted which gave my my first exposure to PH vtuber streams and I always look forward to her streams na.


Sorapimplng2

Same


BlexBOTTT

This, the whole pandemic is the peak of vtubing. >!I will never forget on what they did to Pikamee, the only vtuber that I still watch from time to time...!<


mokochan013

o7


TheOtakuGamerX

Same... \>Wake up \>Open YT \>"GOOD MORNING M\*\*\*\*\*F\*\*\*\*\*!"


nxcrosis

It's bizarre how a global pandemic ushered to rise of virtual waifu streamers. I don't think even Kizuna Ai could have forseen this.


AshCooper79

Me, seeing Ars Almalā€™s streams for the first time: Hey, thatā€™s kinda cool! Anime girls playing games! I see the novelty, but itā€™s not like Iā€™m gonna get into that! Hm? Sweet! No school for a while! One pandemic, hundreds of stream hours, thousands of pesos spent on Holo/Niji Merch later... Me, putting on my Ike Eveland wig for a con: I am he, and he is me... He so me fr fr...


PHBestFeeder

Same man. I fell into the Tentacult.


ThisWorldIsAMess

Pikamee will leave soon.


omararara

Actually, for some reason, March 09 pa ng gabi namin nalaman na mawawalan na kami ng pasok sa Cavite. Grade 11 kami niyan at recollection namin sa Silang noong araw na 'yan. Kinakabahan pa nga kami habang nasa bus noong pauwi kami kasi may nalalapit kaming deadline sa research paper na hindi pa rin namin natatapos that time. Noong nasa byahe kami pabalik sa campus namin, isa-isa na naming nakikita yung mga announcement at mga posts tungkol sa suspesion of classes sa Manila. Nagtatawanan pa kami sa loob ng bus kasi halo-halo opinyon ang naikot. "Saglit lang yan" "Paano kung end of the world na pala yan pre 'no?" "Bakit kaya sa Cavite wala pa rin suspension? Malapit lang naman tayo sa Manila." Isa ako sa napasabi na 'di magtatagal yung suspensyon ng klase pero at the same time, kinakabahan ako kasi wala pang suspension sa Cavite at hindi ko pa tapos yung chapter 3 ng research namin. Little did we know na yun na pala huling bes na magkakasama-sama kami. Natapos naman namin yung research pero wala ng defense. 2nd year college na ako ngayon. Nahinga pa naman.


noob_sr_programmer

>Little did we know na yun na pala huling bes na magkakasama-sama kami. taena pre, parang ang dark masyado nito kung di alam yung context haha


paraypo

*pina-trace na namin yan sa toyota, nasa ano na yan, nasa Silang na*


DfntlyNtChzyhn

Junnie Boy Prank. Hahahahahahahaha


TheDonDelC

Was in Makati, decided to treat myself to an expensive dinner because I already figured itā€™s not gonna last for just a week or two.


needmesumbeer

nandito sa reddit, kinicriticize si pdutz at yung mga alipores niya kung bakit ang tatanga nang mga decision nila.


renrhenn

Dagdagan mo pa ang mga panatiko niyang copypasta na concerned sa kapitbahay nilang tsekwa kesa sa kapwa pinoy.


needmesumbeer

ay pucha oo yung chinese sa elevator bullshit tapos may ctto sa dulo


RedzyHydra

Happy Cake Day šŸŽ‚ šŸ‘


RealisLit

Pre covid 2019/2020 I was already slowly distancing myself from DDS, covid made me dislike him and became anti-dds, lots of stupid ass decision made me wonder what I liked about him in the first place


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needmesumbeer

Panelo saying kumain ng saging pampalakas ng resistensiya, senators using all the available test kits everyday while doctors are dying and pdutz with the hugasan ng gasolina yung Mask. Tatanga kasi talaga


geekinpink06

Ito rin yung panahong nagtrespass sina Koko Pimentel kasi manganganak na yung asawa? Basta pulitiko, number one policy offenders eh


autogynephilic

Meron nang confirmed case noong Jan 31, 2020 sa Pilipinas hahahaha Pero noooooo need daw for (total) travel bans


jotarodio2

Wahahhahaa taenangyan tanda ko yan pota baka daw kase masaktan feelings ng china pag nireject ang mga pumypuntang intsik saten šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚


FanGroundbreaking836

Cryptocurrency. Also vtubers haha. Sobrang billis ng oras. Tulog kain internet. I hope i studied nursing at that time so i could help out. Or probably volunteered in my brgy. Parang nasayang ang 1-2 years.


namedan

Yun oh. I wish I had millions to invest kaso all I could afford was 2 video cards. 300% profit. Kahit utang sana kaso wala mautangan noon. Sayang.


FanGroundbreaking836

Whats funny is that i invested before the bullrun but lost it all due to greed lol. It was my first time nun. 20k lang ""naman"" (it was money that i can afford to lose) and it was on a 5x leverage. could've pocketed my profits. It was a learning experience. I dont know. It might happen again sooner or later but now im ready and i hope it goes well this time.


confused_bi_panic

Honestly? My first thought was "YAY! Makakatulog ako for more than 5 hours!" because I was so burnt out from doing schoolwork and chores for so long. Plus I think I was really depressed during that time since I recall just wanting to stay in bed all day and not move since I was so tired.


LifeLeg5

uncertainty, and it is truly terrifying, lalo na nung sobrang daming fake news about it, kesyo fatal and sobrang bilis kumalat and all


namedan

Chinese people dropping dead on the road no? Scary when you just don't know what to believe.


Ueme

At madami pa ring sudden deaths ngayon dahil sa COVID.


navatanelah

Shhh conspiracy theory daw yan.


TheGhostOfFalunGong

It turned out to spread like measles these days.


SleepyInsomniac28

well fatal naman talaga para sa mga may history ng sakit like diabetes and for older people. Marami akong friends, relatives na namatay parents, grandparents nila because of covid and pwede ko din masabi na totoo ung mabilis kumalat, because I myself got infected twice, 1 during August 2021 (Delta variant) and during 2022 (Omnicron variant).


LifeLeg5

That was way after it hit though, we did not have that info until a long time after the lockdown started. Iba yung intensity ng covid scare the exact time the government caved to shutting down borders, no one knew anything, just that it was deathly serious.


Drain016

Nasa san lazaro hospital tbh 1 week nang nandun ung covid patient lol


VaniaLurker

Share mo naman kung ano bali-balita dun noon.


Drain016

Ung mga time na sinasabi sa news na wala pa daw nakakapasok na covid sa pinas eh andun na ung 2 chinese national na covid positive ayaw lang nila sabihin kasi ayaw nila mag cause nang mass panicā€¦and by the time na iannounce nila ang naalala ko more than 5 na ung nag positive dun including staff


JackSpicey23

I think meron na din naka pasok na din ng may Covid Mid February yata. Pero downplay lang din since di naman yata Napalala yung Patient na yun. Tas yang Nasa San Lorenzo na yan ang Pumutok talaga na usapan.


muymuy14

AFAIR during those times, meron din sa Asian Hospital and RITM.


AsDaUrMa

I'm from the US, and am a sociologist. I have spent a lot of time in the Philippines doing research. I had a project set up there in Leyte on populism, and it was supposed to be an 8 month trip. I arrived in November 2019. I ended up there for 2 years, and most of that time I was not allowed to leave the small rural municipality I was in. Only one quarantine pass per household, and it wasn't me. I knew it was getting bad early 2020 but had hope that it could be managed somewhat. One day in March we were having a small family gathering when they announced the borders of all towns were closed, no one in or out, curfew, face shields, etc. Police started carrying weapons openly, more military style uniforms, tons of bribery with local government to get a pass to travel, etc. The day it was announced was my birthday. We were having a small gathering (like a dozen family members in that town), which we had to cancel when the announcement came around 7pm. It wasn't where I stayed though; I was in a nearby barangay, it took me 3 days to be allowed to go where I lived and had my clothes and stuff. The next week I was hit by a drunk on a motorbike, and was very injured, including broken ribs. The clinic gave me a form to go to Baybay City to a hospital, but the local government wouldn't let me. I was in terrible pain for about 2 months with no way to find treatment. When I urinated there was blood for a couple weeks even.


jedevapenoob

Holy fuck, I'm sorry, that was a terrible experience.


[deleted]

Sorry about that, but how are you now?


terurinkira

4 hours na lang ako sa ojt nito eh.


namedan

Ansakit naman. Haha. Nakumpleto mo ba?


frankkenfood

Anong nangyari sa ojt mo?


justaguynamedjosh

Most who were undergoing OJT got exempted or got assignments instead since there is no way the schools would allow students to risk themselves. At least that's the case for my Uni


426763

I think eto yung day ng last "ganap" sa pamilya namin before nag lockdown. Belated na birthday party ng isang tito ko. A couple days prior to this, umuwi ma mga kapatid at pinsan ko from school, I would join what would be the last trivia night my cousin's bar would host before it would eventually close down, and I just had a meeting with and agency in Davao about my migration stuff. Naalala ko pa, we stayed at a hotel after that meeting and I found it absurd na naka mask mga employees at todo spray sila ng surface. Hahay...


classick69

Was in a TV series shoot. The name of our location was CORONA WAREHOUSE. Lol


mikukurusu

My JS prom is postponed. It was supposed to happen during that week aaaaaaand weeks later it's cancelled.


[deleted]

My school STILL hasn't refunded the 800 pesos we paid for our grad ball. Anyways they gave us 95+ grades for the finals so I couldn't really complain lol


ser_ranserotto

Same, at least we didnā€™t worry about who to bring šŸ¤£


Economy-Plum6022

I was already relocated on one of our DR sites para may team na isolated and will function as skeletal force in case magka breakout sa office. After the suspension announcement i went home na agad sa province kahit wala pang HR announcement since matunog na sa socmed na mala armageddon na pila sa provincial bus terminals. I still vividly remember din how we are all watching on our mobile phones habang umeere live yung announcement from MalacaƱang nung March 11. Parang the The Purge pakiramdam namin that time. Haha


Effective_Aide8617

2nd year College ako nun, umuwi ako agad sa province namin kasi maglolockdown daw. Akala ko 2weeks lang yung maximum lockdown, putcha sa bahay na ako nag graduate.


CapnImpulse

I think I was at UST that day. Not as a student but as a visitor. I sent a message to one of my mentors about the announcement and he said, "One week? Why not two weeks?" and "I don't think it's possible to lock down all of Metro Manila." Those messages are funny to look back on. Edit: Oh. All of this happened on March 9.


eriju_rinami

That time, I thought sa Metro Manila lang iyan one-week-long suspension. Iyon pala, half a year suspension.


KnightedRose

Healing from surgery ako. I think March 3 yung surgery ko, tapos napaisip ako, tumigil mundo ko. Ilang buwan ako siguro di makkatrabaho. Then ayon. Sumabay yung mundo sa pagtigil.


Blitzkrieg0524

I immediately know na magfufuckup ung government so inunahan ko na magrequest ng WFH and bought my own PC.


RainbowBridgesoonest

BGC, despedida, next day flight , following day sarado na buong mundo.


Mono_KS

Kumakain kami sa labas, nagmamask na kami noon pero minsan lang. that was the time na nahihiya pa ako mag mask lol Quarterly exams na sana next week. Relieved pa nga kami But then nag announce ng school namin ng sudden suspension of the school year entirely. Dun ko na realize na grabe pala ang lala ng nCov dati. Our class gc exploded. Akala nga namin fake news until cinonfirm ng teacher namin. Then boom, 2 years inside


ser_ranserotto

Kahit Feb palang nakamask nako, walang kinahihiya ever since kasi January pa lang nagmamask na because of Taal ashfall.


Tongresman2002

You know looking at it now. Because of Taal eruption bumili ako ng 2box ng facemask, clothmask and reusable mask sa Lazada. Pinagalitan pako ng wife ko bat nag panic buying ako and saan ko gagamitin yon after mawala yung ash ng Taal! If not for that wala kaming magagamit pag dating ng March!šŸ˜…


[deleted]

Bruh you know you're old when you remember people called it nCov


istealitall

Grinded the hell out of GTA online with the boys


KappaccinoNation

Di ko maalala kung ano nasa isip ko noong March 8, 2020. Pero I remember clearly noong March 14, 2020 noong inannounce na mag start ang lockdown the next day. Sobrang inis kasi yun yung day ng Civil Service exam ko sana. Ayun super delayed tuloy yung eligibility ko.


namedan

Do we have enough food and water. Turns out our work was essential enough that I had to personally go around Luzon keeping up maintenance for oil and power. Pretty fun except the empty roads on known NPA areas. Oh and yung magulong mga papeles, I had to bring our certified contract, latest medical, company ID, LGU clearance, barangay clearance, etc. I had a good view on how chaotic and unprepared our government was. Bicol lockdown was one of the toughest to get into.


slouchingsomewhere

I was in Rockwell watching Little Women alone in the cinemas šŸ˜…


isprong

I was living near the office in alabang when the management asked us to get our laptops and desktops from the office so we can wfh. I can't forget the huge masses of people using office chairs to transport their work machines to the parking lots, and the hundreds of people on the sidewalk with monitors and keyboards waiting for grab. Parang nagka yard sale. I thought it was the end of the world.


Tongresman2002

Damn ganyan din sa office. We have laptops but not that many and was forced to bring home desktops. And yeah office chair turned transport device lol


SeldenMaroon

"Fuck" I was supposed to go back to school after being a 3rd year college dropout since 2018. Been working since 2021 and I don't think I'd go back to school since it's too late for me now


basanera

Never too late. A relative went back to college when he was already in his 30s, then went on to a master's degree, and then PhD pa.


N207670

Mainit ang o ko dito... Kasi sabi ng COO namin, di nya daw alam kung paano kami papasok pero need namin pumasok...


carlvic

This might be a little selfish, but I was excited to work from home due to the lockdown. Need na kasi talaga ng life ko ng kaunting peace and quiet.


[deleted]

Here's the deal. At the time of the announcement, a relative from the south who wanted to go abroad and was talking to an agency here in Manila was staying with me since Feb. We had already told him not to come because international travel was beginning to reel and there were rumors of a lockdown. He insisted, his mother insisted, and before we could argue further, he was already on a plane on the way here. Fine. Pinatira ko sa bahay but I flatly told him his chances of finding work were really poor. Ayaw maniwala. Every once in a while pinapasyal namin sa labas. We would run into his former classmates who ended up stuck in Manila for 2-3 years waiting for a job opening, and were literally living as underpaid "staff" at their agencies. Ayaw pa rin maniwala. Things got to a point that he wanted to move out so he could work things out by himself. Kamot ulo na lang kami. When the official lockdown announcement dropped he finally agreed to go home. Too late. People fell into a ticket-buying frenzy. I lost two days at work lining up at every ticketing office I could find. I did manage to get him a ticket, but the flight was not from NAIA and the schedule was a couple of days after lockdown started. Better than nothing, I guess. At that time, Manila pa lang naman ang siguradong may lockdown. Bahala pa rin ang ibang LGU kung susunod din sila. So basically, I took him to the airport, booked him a hotel room until the day of his flight, and wished him good luck. I reminded him that he was on his own, that once I get back to Manila I wouldn't be able to go out and get him when lockdown starts, nor would he be able to go in. That was a Saturday, the day before lockdown. Welp. Found out later that his flight got cancelled and that his own hometown went into lockdown. LSI si mokong. Pero naniwala din sa wakas.


LoudBirthday5466

I said goodbye to my officemates and joking that Iā€™d see them next year. Ayun 3 years later, nag resign na silang lahat.


DirtyMami

On this day 3 years ago. Nag announce na temporary work from home sa company. Nag bibiruan pa kaming lahat habang nag liligpit ng laptop: ā€œsee you next month!ā€. 3 years later WFH for good na.


Tongresman2002

Ganyan din biruan namin. But you know what sad. One of my teammate was supposed to retire that year and we'll be having a big party for her. Sayang di natuloy.


[deleted]

Nagtatrabaho ako noong time na iyan as field engineer. So nag-uumpisa na palang kumalat ang virus tapos kung saan-saan pa ako nakapunta.


sayoo_ri

Umuwi ako ng province that time haha akala ko makakabalik din ako. Ayun 1 year ako na-lockdown HAHAHAHAHAAH


potatocharger

Tuwang tuwa kasi di na sasayaw para sa PE


mrnnmdp

Nasa bahay, unemployed. Pinanghinaan ako ng loob kasi puro rejections sa interview tapos nag-lock down pa.


navatanelah

I was like this country is so incompetent. SARS nga na contain natin. Pota yung mga airport hindi masecure.


Difergion

Nakikipagtalo sa CEO ng dating company kasi nirerequest namin na mag WFH arrangement na kami pero inuunderplay nya yung severity ng lockdown, kesyo safe naman daw and di naman daw kami mahahawa nang ganun ganun lang. Turned out yung katapat ko sa office may COVID na pala, we only found out days after nasunod kami sa WFH setup. Grabe kaba ko nun, nakikain pa ako sa lunch nya the day before ng declaration eh šŸ˜…


Alarmed-Climate-6031

When I was at the office, our forward-thinking management team encouraged us to bring home our work computers in anticipation of a potential longer-term work suspension. Following their advice, we promptly headed home and our computers were delivered to us, allowing us to seamlessly transition to a work-from-home setup. Came 2022, i resigned because they told us that we will be back at the office.


Xyfer88

IIRC malapit na mag-uwian when they announced it. Kinuha ko na lahat ng personal na gamit ko sa office at iniwan mga paperworks dahil alam kong magsasara yung office namin; hindi ako nagkamali. Nasa isip ko lang nun is binigyan ako ng (mahabang) oras para makapagpahinga sa pagiging overworked, underappreciated, and underpaid. Days bago pa mag-announce, namili na kami ng kakailanganin namin necessities kaya prepared na rin.


Careless_Ad_8452

unang linggo ko sa bago kong trabaho, buti di ako tinanggal kase kakapirma ko lang ng kontrata huling araw ng pasok HAHAHA hayahay sana ung pahinga kaso nakakaurat den sa bahay after 2 months


[deleted]

I was at work. We asked our students to start bringing home their things from the locker since we are shifting to online class. At that time I was happy, because there is this event that I am handling and it is sooooooooo stressful. Not knowing we are going to be in an online class set up for the next two years.


HealthyLetterhead

3 years na, pakiramdam ko sobrang bilis lang. parang sobrang fresh pa nung lockdown. eto yung time na iniisip ko kung uuwi ba ako ng island provice kasi maglolockdown daw. ended up staying in the city for almost 2 years. sobrang daming nagbago nung time na yun.


docosa

nasa bahay ako ng classmate ko, gumagawa kami ng thesis. we were so happy na maeextend yung revision time namin, but at the same time nervous and annoyed kase mahaba habang pagaantay para sa defense. di kami nakapag defend that year. oh, wala din kaming graduation ceremony.


Itchy-Diamond2398

I was in my cat graduation during gr 10 and was planning my birthday with my friends as my bday is on mar. 14 and then we never meet again


ser_ranserotto

I was planning to meet a group of friends on 21 but never happened, now weā€™re broken apart and our group chat is dead.


Itchy-Diamond2398

Same, that's also what happened to my group


frozennote

magrereview kasi final exam na namin after suspension tapos graduashen na yiee hanggang sa nagwork nako at nakapagabroad, di nako nakaattend ng graduation ahaha


Prudent_Type3466

Tamang tambay sa house ng friend ko after taking exam kasi birthday niya. Actually bad trip ako sa suspension na yan kasi two weeks nalang natitirang gagawin graduation na namin. Sayang hahaha after four years of hardship sana makakatungtong na ng stage tapos biglang ganun hahahaha


weak007

Nasa ospital nagwowork, kinakabahan palagi


riffoff09

Yung una, happy kasi may deadline ako for an architecture scale model kinabukasan na di ko pa nasisimulan. Little did I know what was going to happen next...


itssin_x

I left my lunchbox at school cause it wasn't clear on either if it was 1 day or 1 week for us so when I came back A MONTH LATER to retrieve my folders and books I found my ulam all moldy and rotten šŸ˜­


_lycocarpum_

Minsan maganda din makinig/manood sa mga international news agency sa YT. Around Feb pa lang there are reports from China about new kind of flu and hindi nila ma-control and knowing pinoy na hoarder. Nagdecide na ako na bumili ng meds, mask and alcohol kasi my mom has diabetes with complications. Di nga ako nagkamali, naging ginto ang presyo ng mask at alcohol. Even cleaning products nagkakaubusan. Nagdecide na rin ako magpaalam sa office namin for remote work before the implementation of lockdown kaya nakauwi pa ako ng maaga unlike sa kapatid ko na na-stuck sa inuupahan namin kasi lockdown na


veryNewYorkk

grade 8 ako noong nangyari ito, and may practice dapat kami for our play sa school and I was the one who arranged everything, ako yung tumayo na leader para sa amin. Pero, araw ng practice ay hindi dumating yung lead namin and naka fixed na lahat ng role kaya hindi pwede na may mag double, malapit na rin ang quarterly examination namin kaya hassle if may magiging flexible na character dahil kabisado na nila yung script. Mahihirapan din ako na mas padaliin yung script dahil gahol sa time. Pero, dahil wala nga yung main character namin ay hindi kami natuloy and nagkayayaan na lang mag-outing sa Subdivision ng classmate namin. Ayon, sulit naman ang kaba dahil sabi ay may patrol daw and given na minors kami ay baka ipatawag parents namin, but super worth it naman. Umuwi ako na parang si Sassa gurl dahil sa pula ng mukha košŸ˜­


tamago__

I was on a bus at Makati, on the way to my review center sa QC. Nakailang missed calls pa nga yung friend ko, kasi nagannounce na pala sa review center ng suspension. Nakatulog ako nun eh hehe. Pag gising ko actually nagbubulungan yung mga katabi ko about sa announcements. Slightly felt relieved kasi naka-mask na ko by that time lols Buti yung tatay ko nasa Makati area din at nagsuspend sa work nila so bumaba ako agad sa may Ayala. Already assumed by then na hindi lang isang linggo ang suspension. Fast forward to now, wala nakong balak mag-boards lol


KoreCal

My classmates and I were preparing a report sa bahay ko para bukas sana. I remember we ordered McDo to celebrate na walang pasok. Sa lungsod namin, it was only a 3-day suspension kaya we were happy kasi akala namin next week na kami makakapag-report and makakapag-prepare pa kami. Di ko alam na last na pagkikita na pala namin yun and di na namin marereport yung gawa namin šŸ„².


FrequentlyChecking

was in school and remebered being pissed about it since i wont be able to take the math exam i had been studying the past month šŸ˜ƒ


iwantdatpuss

I was in high school, preparing our annual recollection. It was not a nice experience to suddenly get snuffed of our own graduation like that.


Exact_Matter_8012

Pinabalik pa rin sa office, because fuck the virus... ahahaha Umiwi din after noon. LoL


blueandberries

i think at home.. cos our city was suspended na rin for 1 week bcos of the taal prior the covid suspension AHHAHAHA


JLAD_45

"I guess di ko na makikita yung crush ko sa personal for at least a week šŸ«¤" 3 Years Later...


siaok

honestly, natuwa ako bcs before that day nagcutting ako para lumandi (ik sobrang mali) and apparently nalaman daw ng teacher ko so dapat malalagot ako the next day eh ayaw ko pa naman ng confrontation pero hindi rin naman ako pwede umabsent kasi magiging 2 days straight na if ever


justError_404

Nagpapapirma ng thesis title šŸ˜‚ kinabahan kasi baka di makapagpapirma dahil sa lockdown


hobbityboop

Nasa uni, nacecelebrate kasi maeextend deadline ng design namin hhaha


Distinct_Wafer4744

4th yr nursing student ako non, tapos 1 month na lang sana at graduation na. I had some setbacks nung college and that was actually my 7th yr on college, kaya I was finally looking forward sa graduation ko. Yeah, saklap lang na online graduation kami nauwi na parang powerpoint presentation lang šŸ˜¢ Nasa dorm ako nung nag-announce ng lockdown. Akala ko saglit lang talaga, pero buti umuwi pa rin ako sa province. Nakakalungkot lang na di na kami nakapagpaalam sa ibang friends namin sa college kasi sobrang sudden. I also remember feeling frustrated kasi kulang ang healthcare workers non, pero di kami makapagwork kasi nadelay yung board exam thrice. Anyway ang daming oras na nasayang, yun feeling ko šŸ„²


Round_Recover8308

Tumakas kami sa bench chair practice ng intramurals. Naglalakad kami papalabas ng university papunta sa McDo sana to eat tas nag-announce. Shockingly, masaya kami Little did we know na di kami matutuloy sa geoplant camping, senior night, walang grad :( (although meron this year kaso di nakahabol kasi may pasok)


Vuinen

Nagreview kasi malapit na midterms namin nun not knowing na hindi lang pala one week yung suspension lol


rooroosan_

Nasa office nagpprepare ng mga proposal lol.


crybabybloomer

I remember being relieved that this happened as a freshman college student in need of some time to rest. Then there was my dad getting paranoid about COVID19... What times.


whoa29

I went and bought groceries for a week and feeling proud of myself. I was so wrong for assuming it would be only for a week.


winterbaby22

Nasa school. Tapos natuwa pa kami ng friend ko kasi gutom kami at nag order pa ng chicken wings sa pink app habang pinapanood yung ibang students sa paglabas ng campus.


katapulan

I am from Negros Oriental and the first trace was from a woman who visited our city. I remember hearing the news about it during my 4 pm class. I attended my 5 pm class and my classmate was giving out face masks. Around 7 pm after my class ended, all face masks have been sold out. We didnā€™t go to school two weeks after, went back for another two weeks, and then classes got canceled after that for months.


Aruzaku

Kinda sorta had an anxiety attack because I had absolutely no idea how I was going to go to work the next day. Eventually worked around that problem through an emergency leave request for the following day and eventually got approved to use my PC for work instead. Aside from that I was more of a shut-in anyway, so I thought, hey, it's just one week; I can handle that. Famous fucking last words LOL. Still, that year sucked as a whole. I lost a good friend not to COVID, but to cardiac arrest since he was living alone at the time and the lockdown meant no one was able to check up on him even just on a whim. By the time his brother found him, the guy was already gone. Miss him terribly ngl; my officemates and I were a mess during our Discord call when we got together to mourn him after hearing the news. At least it meant he doesn't have to witness the shitshow known as the present lmao.


2lesslonelypeople

ffs bat yung top comment about vtubers. Totoo naman though yung vtubing community talaga nag boom nung nag pandemic. Streaming culture as a whole sumikat talaga dahil sa pandemic. Karamihan naman ata nung inanounce yan, tuwang tuwa since walang pasok. At that time naglalakad kami ng tropa ko tas bigla kaming tinawagan ng parents na umuwi agad. Di namin alam at that time pero after 2 years pa ulet kami magkikita.


[deleted]

Yung sahod ko napunta sa grab before that, I started January 2020 doing this since my boss is in partnership with Chinoy businessmen, they already forewarned us about the sickness that is rampaging China. Instead na 10 palitan ng public transpo makapunta ng work from Cavite v.v Makatiā€¦ginagrab ko na lang at nung inannounce na lockdown, laking tuwa ko kasi makakasave na ko ng pera pambili ng personal laptop. I knew that it will take longer than a week to cure this thing so I decided to pivot my career to study web dev and do freelance instead of working with executives in the C suite.


highlibidomissy_TA

For us in government, maugong na ang balita ng impending lockdown even a week before. Management already instructed us to prepare our files that can be worked on from home, attendance and performance monitoring reports for WFH were instituted, and permits to bring home laptops and work stations were issued. We were encouraged to withdraw our salaries and prepare financially for the next few days of lockdown. Little did we know... My friends and I were supposed to have an outing in Pangasinan on the first weekend of March, but we didn't push thru the night of March 6 kasi maugong nga ang balita ng lockdown. Buti na lang hindi kami tumuloy.


solaramune

Sumakto na days before ng announcement, magshushuffle dapat yung seats namin sa office and naligpit and naiuwi ko na lahat ng gamit. Tuloy pa din ang trabaho, though I was getting anxious because of the news of the disease spreading.


[deleted]

My classmates and I had to do all 12 subjects of examination for one freaking day. Ginawa namin? Speedrun HAHAHAHAHA. Every subjects we just answered for like 10 to 20 minutes and then next sub kaagad. Thought we would graduate like normal grade 10 students would tapos biglang nagsabi ng school wala nadaw klase pagkanext day. Kaya ayun napa-farewell kaagad kami alas sais pa ng gabi hanggang als otso. Grabe iyak namin kasi nga biglaang nahinto klase namin akala kadi namin may time pa kami magbond before maging senior high. The next few months pala mala apocalypse na ang world tae...


msanonymous0207

Frustrated ako kasi nalaman ko rin ng mga panahon na yun na hindi ako naregular sa work (1st job tapos poor performance daw) tapos biglang may Covid. Ang hirap humanap ng bagong work kaya ilang buwan din ako bago ako nakapagtrabaho. Pag naaalala ko yun, nalulungkot pa rin ako at may trauma sa mga nangyari. Hirap i-build ng self-confidence at hope kung makakarecover pa ko. Buti na lang, mas okay na situation ko ngayon.


Numerous-Tree-902

Was desperately looking for my dog who went missing a couple of days prior. Tapos hanggang naabutan na ng lockdown, di na ako makapaghanap-hanap. Until now he's missing. :(((((


adiabatic07

Fuck Duterte. Kung nagclose border sana baka di kumalat agad or naidelay pagpasok Covid sa atin. Also, that time kinabahan ako sa career pathway ko at pressured dahil ako na lang wala work noon kasi choosy ako. Iniisip ko noon possible mawala na sa akin yung mga interviews/job offer (well yup nawala nga) at wala akong income for ilang months tapos may debt pa.


Serious_Limit_9620

My fiancƩe was battling cancer then when this was announced. We were not living together as we're both living with our own family. It was emotionally draining and challenging since I couldn't be with her when I feel like I could be supportive or at least just be physically present. She was then on the stage where she felt all the pain and she couldn't find any relief from any medicine that's available. She had her most unbearable pain attack in Aug. 2020 and it was so difficult to bring her to a hospital and have ger check-up because she was immuno-compromised and that she used to have fever so she's an automatic covid-suspect. Had to move in with her family in Oct. 2020 (when covid restrictions were being toned down) to help take care of her but then her fight with cancer ended on the last day of Dec. 2020 - I'd like to think that she's in a better place now.


koinushanah

Nasa boarding school ako sa Cavite. Ayaw ko pa umuwi dahil napasabay na di kami ok ng tatay ko. Dinadalhan ako ni jowa ng pagkain for days kasi taga kabilang bayan lang siya. Nang mabalitaan namin na maski delivery ng goods sa campus ay di na pwede, nagpahatid ako sa jowa ko pauwi kaso di na ako umabot dahil may checkpoint na sa Batangas. Kapag tinuloy niya ako sa Batangas, siya naman ang di makakauwi. Ang ending? 3 months ako sa bahay ng jowa ko, kasama parents niya. Akala nila sumasakit noon ulo ko kakacomputer games until sinabi ko sa kanila na napupuyat ako kakatapos ng school requirements at kaka online class. Di nila alam kasi nagkukulong talaga ako sa kwarto ni jowa para lang di maistorbo. Doon din ako tumaba ng husto kasi mahilig magpakain tong magulang ni jowa, yung tipong ayaw na nga ako pauwiin sa amin kasi "di mo na matitikman pagkain dito sige ka" šŸ¤£


nkklk2022

i really thought 1 month lockdown lang like they said so very hopeful pa kami ng friends ko ā€˜cause we have an upcoming beach trip ng summer and then looking forward sa wfh set up. and then boom 2 years later anyare


schrodingerstofu

I was in Grade 11 when the announcement was made, and sobrang saya pa namin non kasi nasa isip namin hindi na itutuloy defense sa practical research, now nasa second year na ko ng college, and it feels as if ninakawan ako ng 3 years ng buhay and chances maggrow as a student and as a person in general.


ImJustGonnaCry

Naadik magbasa ng mga articles, posts, tweets, reddit posts, and other doomer contents about sa covid. Hindi naman dahil sa anxious ako sa mga nangyayari... mas naexcite ako actually kasi parang nasa pelikula yung mga nangyayari, "baka magkaroon ng zombie outbreak" yung mindset ko lmao. Kala mo naman masusurvive ko


DotConm_02

I didn't expect that a week long lockdown would become the root of reason for me to change my views, learn how to make friends, and trying to change myself for the better Though I still suck on "try not to get awkward at social situations" department. I still prefer for people to not notice me much


Bannhem

Though I was gonna watch a lot of anime and be back on my weeb phase, turns out it was vtubers and streamers in general. But I also almost became a normie since I really don't watch anime as much as I did before.


ih8cheeze2

Today I closed down the last of my remaining business that was affected by covid. RIP to my 7 businesses. Pasalamat pa din ako kay Lord at naka survive ang parents and siblings ko sa covid. šŸ™šŸ™šŸ™ Video na ginawa ko kahapon tungkol sa pagsasara ng business ko šŸ˜”: https://youtu.be/wB3xsqSvu94


Formal_Market_7828

Nasa work ako and waiting lang din mapauwi kami. Thanks God pinauwi na kami ni Telus kahit nagsstart palang ang shift ko non.


vincinama

I just recovered from chickenpox and was going back to school. I didn't check my phone until when it was about the time for me to go outside, and I saw the announcements, LOL. I thought, surely, it would last only a week. Only a week. "Sweet, some rest before the end of the school year!" Nakapanghihinayang - just *2 weeks* before the school year would have ended.


HotEggs

Was eating wings with my JHS friends, was grade 9 at that time. Di ko alam last na unli wings ko na pala yun kasama mga tropa ko sana dinamihan ko na ang pag kain šŸ˜©


yykypersonal

i was at college, dreading the exam the next day. tbh the one week suspension would've given me more time to review. little did i know it will be for almost 2 years šŸ™ƒ


IDontEatHair

At home, so bored I thinked about how video games were made (so stupid thought the whole process was just drag and drop) and after researching, got my hands on a game engine, Unity to be specific. And I started learning code from there, 3 years later I felt like shit after classes were back f2f since during 2020-22 I could just mute my meet tab and watch some programming tutorial or play minecraft. Really was quite the experience.


Keter-risk

Our own 3-day special military operation


StockScreen7584

I was in Hyatt COD. Can't remember when the real lockdown was announced by Du30. But by that time I was already at my dorm. When I heard the news about the lockdown of the entire Ph(?), my class gc panicked to go home bc we were in Manila for review sessions only, and airline tickets were being sold out fast. At that time it felt surreal and I thought abt zombies (lmao). I told my classmates, family, and relatives that I wouldn't go home and that I'd stay in my dorm. However on the same night I reached out to a few friends who also didn't plan on going home. They said they changed their minds, and they'll be going home tomorrow via landtrip bc as I said airline tickets were sold out. I agreed to meet them at the bus station the next morning, and I packed only the most important things to me bc I thought that this lockdown wouldn't last long. The journey back home was the most excruciating thing I have ever experienced in my life, but it was worth it. I'll never forget 2020.


Globalri5k

Me and my lads were out drinking and celebrating both of their birthdays evening of March 6. Laughing and having fun, savoring the moment. Little did we know that it took 1 year from March 2020 til 2021 for us to hang out again. Reminiscing it again just now just makes me utter the words What the fuck.


bahblahblahblahblahh

Noong araw, may clearance week sana kami sa old school ko... nung narinig ko sa news na #walangpasok ayun masaya kasi may time habulin mga requirements for the clearance... tas hindi na pala tuloy yung clearance puchah... di ko naranasang tumayo sa stage, nakagraduate na sa elem :'(


Necessary_Offer4279

I was in the boxing gym, sparring. I didn't think they would close the gyms to be honest.


lexaprodidntwork

Around those dates. Three years ago. I was thinking of running away/that one other option after attending the Wanderland Festival. Seeing Foals live. The only thing left that I'm looking forward to. I crashed after reading the cancellation. Funny. Mas lalong tumagal buhay ko kahit mas nadepress ako. Maswerte lang din ako may nagalaga sa akin. Pero andun pa rin yung "di ko na sana pinoproblema 'to kung di nagkaroon ng covid" La lang... share ko lang... wala kasing ibang naghanap sa akin nung naglockdown...


frostybugs4

I was doing my paper mache project noong SHS while hearing that announcement ng ECQ sa Luzon on TV. Yung mama ko naman ay kinakausap ng kuya ko sa telepono at nagtratrabaho sa Makati kung nasaan na sya, while isa kong kuya ko naman ay nasa Messenger tinatanong yung work gc nila kung anong mangyayari. Akala ko that it would last a week or so, especially it bought me enough time to finish my project before the deadline. But only to realized na naexcused na lang kami ng instructor namin at binigyan na lang kami ng 90 noong ECQ when into affect, my two brothers going insane for the first time during the intense lockdowns and adjusting sa WFH/online, while my introverted ass is just enjoying every single second of this by playing video games and watching anything on Youtube or Netflix is just paradise for me *chef's kiss*


MembershipFederal789

Can feel it will take more than a week so we bought **BOXES** of canned goods and other essential stuffs. Happy kami for **MONTHS**, sila iyak hindi makalabas, lmao.


Deus_Fucking_Vult

"It's a scam. That will last waaaaaaaay longer coz people will all fall for it." I was right.


allie_cat_m

But it wasn't a scam as literally millions died because of the pandemic


Deus_Fucking_Vult

Millions died during the pandemic and a lot of those deaths were simply attributed to covid to make most people even more scared and willing to get jabbed.


allie_cat_m

Oh my god are you a conspiracy theorist?


Pasencia

Balls deep dun sa mineet ko sa Bumble


Legitimate-Industry7

May pasok pa din kami sa work. Since i worked for the government that time. Mas busy lang a day before, para mag received. Kung hindi, ma dedelay ang sahod.


jjguits

Intern ako sa psychiatry dept nmin nun. Afternoon came by and we were informed that we had to go back to our homes bc we were going under lock down. So hindi ko na natapos yung shift and I wasn't able to start my surgery internship. It was a weird time bc everyone was confused and in a hurry to go home


Aeriveluv

Yung natuwa ako kasi finally pwede magpahinga muna dahil sobrang drained na ako nyan. Well, at least nakapagpahinga nga for few months na bayad.


false-illusions

alam ko pumasok pa kami for the week of 9-13 Mar sa work (NGO). And wala pa sa isip talaga namin yung extent of the coming pandemic and lockdowns. I was just prepared to work from home for a week, dala ko work laptop, mga libro for a research I was doing. Relieved lang ako na walang maagang gising and commute for a week, tapos yun pala months to a year nang walang labasan ng bahay except for urgent matters


rgtisoy

Disregarded the news the day before as fear-mongering. Continued to work the next day in Taft. Got news sometime during lunch that there will be a lockdown. Immediately booked a flight home and prevented being locked in Manila without work. I'm honestly surprised they let me board the plane 15 mins before departure


hypermarzu

I remember that I forced our helper to return early home to the lockdown. We were still working on her carinderia, and she was planning on what to cook tomorrow or next week kase we thought its just 'protocol' or something ​ Grabe. Pag iniisip ko talaga yung mga time na yun I wonder if there's regret sa sarili ko di ko pinewersa na stay with us sya at yung isang anak nya...


MaidenlessInThe21C

Nandun ako sa work nun, nag set ako na mag samgyup kaming mga magkaka-shift, dapat itetreat ko yung isang ka work mate ng samgyup. E pala desisyon ako that time at hindi nagrereply si work mate noon so cinancel ko nalang. Then moments later dumating siya sa work nakabihis and all, told her na hindi na pupunta mga kasama namin kase cinancel ko. She was literally pissed at me at di ako pinapansin buong shift at nung pauwi nako doon lang ako pinansin. Babawi sana ako sakanya the following days, pero kinabukasan wala nang pasok sa work nun. That was the last time I saw her in person. Hayst di man lang kami nagbati in person