Day 10 Contest - Share how quarantine has changed you

Before : Watching Movies
Now : Watching Motu Patlu Cartoon

The time I spent in traveling,is saved and the same I am making use of it by pursuing my hobbies. They include singing, learning animation designing on computer

Before: spent 2 hours studying.
After: 6-8 hours studying

Pehle main bahot udaas rehta tha, main bahot Mota ho gaya tha. Phir aaya Coronavirus jisko defeat karne may every week modi ji naye naye task dene lage pehle Thaali ab candle aur naa jaane kya kya… Ab maine usko apna lifestyle bana diya ab main jab bhi udaas hota hoon toh modiji ke naye task ke liye wait Karta hoon…

After 24th March thanks to Modiji
I learnt that my lifestyle was called quarantine only.

Before: I used to wake up at 6 am
After: Now I sleep till 8:30 am

Before: Going to office at 8 in the morning and returning at 10 at night – no time with wife and son
After: Since I work from home, I do take lively breaks in between my work to rejuvenate myself to chat with my family members.

Before- Meeting and keeping closeness with friends and neighborhood was necessary to make good relation and happy to all. Now-keeping distance and avoid in-person meeting with them is necessary for the safety and happiness of all of us.Never thought, such a day would come!!  

Before- Meeting and keeping closeness with friends and neighbours was necessary to make good relation and happy to all.

Now- keeping distance and avoid in-person meeting with them is necessary for the safety and happiness of all of us.Never thought, such a day would come!!

Before: going to office
Now: going to office.. (no excuses for government employees / emergency departments) but more faster because of less traffic

Before: wake up at 7 am and get ready for office
After: wake up at 8 am and sleep for an hour more

Before: my pet and I hardly got chance to cuddle

Now: she doesn’t even let me go to washroom alone and jumps on my lap everytime she finds an opportunity.

Before: I used to say no time to clean my room.
After: No other go

Before: I always used to see that after serving us and seeing that we finished our dinner happily, my mother would clean up the kitchen, put everything back in fridge. She always serves warm (hot) food only, nothing is served cold as she doesn’t like it that way. We (My Dad and I), would thoroughly enjoy the dinner, make criticism for something that’s not as good as we are used to eating or if not warm enough, ask her to warm it up again. Once we are done, she would wind up kitchen, and serve her plate – Roti / Chapati – which is now no longer warm and vegetables, daal in very little quantity and mostly whatever warm it is thanks to remaining heat in those utensils. I would ask her probably once if she needed anything and she refuses … mostly.

After: Now during this lockdown, she is in Kolkata from past 15 days and I have been cooking for the two of us. I am pampering my dad (he’s 75 and foodie ) with all his choices of things he likes to eat – including all sorts of salads, sprouts, amla juice, tulsi juice, fruits etc etc … and also cooking dinner with him. I make sure that my dad gets served the same hot food with fresh Rotis so he’s happy with his meals. Once he has finished, I clean up the kitchen, put back everything in fridge and racks, take those cold rotis, parathas with whatever warm sabzi, daal etc and that too, in very little quantity and eat, as if just to fill my stomach. And do this everyday….

What I have learnt: That our mothers do everything that they can to make us kids happy. When she sees us satisfied, she feels rewarded. But, when there’s no one to serve her hot fresh food, no one to show that someone cares for her, THAT PLATE BECOMES UNINTERESTING AND FOOD IS JUST TO FILL THAT STOMACH SO SHE CAN WORK NEXT DAY ALSO.
I have realized this as much and I swear on my god, that when she’s back, I will make sure that she eats fresh and warm food, no matter what. I will make her feel Happy with her plate and that I care for her. Love you Mom

BEFORE:-

My mom : Go get me 2 kg Potatoes and 1 packet of garam masala.

Me: Can’t you see I’m busy maa. I’ll get those later.

Mom:  Always stuck to your phone or computer…  “Haaar kure”
(T: lazy to the bones ; in Hindi Nikamma)

NOW:-

Me: I’m going to get some groceries now. Let’s see what I can find.

Mom: But you got 5kg potatoes, 10 eggs the day before yesterday. Don’t be reckless. Go few days later.

………..
Now I also know what butter chicken taste taste like without chicken but with eggs. And how Mattar Paneer taste like without Paneer.

They taste little salty after my tears drips down my cheeks and into those   dishes.

Honestly they taste fine. Better than I expected.

Before : Office Times were Fixed 8 AM to 5 PM , So Work Timing were Also 8 AM to 5 PM
After : Slow Internet and VPN / Deadlines didn’t change , Work Timing became 8 AM to 2 AM (Next morning)

Earlier – I always wanted to get sometime to spend at home relaxing

Now – enough of it now, I want to go out and work

Responsible citizen then and now

Before : Not spend much time in watching news
After: Right now watching news frequently

Before: I used to spend with my students in my institution in working hours (9am to 4.30pm)
I rarely wash my hands(Before taking food/ after completion of my work)
After : Totally I spending with my kids and family..
Frequently washing my hands….

Karan Arjun ki ma….

Before: pehele mai khushi se piti thi.

Now: ab mai gum mai piti hu.

(Remembered dialogue from movie spoofs made by sachin pilgaokar).

Wow

Before: I used to spend less time with my daughter
After : Spending more time with her. She ia also very happy. I am more lucky..

Before: Used to Booze almost daily.
After: None, just once till now.

Before: ‘You have to work; to see the change’.
After: Sometimes doing nothing is doing everything.

BEFORE: Wake Up at 12PM, EAT-EAT-SLEEP

AFTER: Wake Up at 12PM, EAT-Clean Utensils-EAT-Clean Utensils and Kitchen-SLEEP
(because Father stopped Maid to work until further notice)

Before: I used to check out deals on Amazon/Flipkart

After: I am checking out games/quiz on Amazon/Flipkart

Before I sleep around 11pm but nowadays sleep around 1am