It’s been so long since my last update on placement, when I realized it has been almost five months, apologies! First of all, I wish whoever is reading this are all keeping safe and healthy. I am doing well under the pandemic, remaining staying in the UK to finish my placement year. Everything wasn’t going as we all expected but definitely another lesson for all of us to learn from. So yah! Keep scrolling down to check out how’s my quarantine life if you are interested 😉
距離上次更新已經過了好久的樣子，仔細一看竟然已經隔了5個月…! 先來跟大家道個歉😅首先希望每個正在閱讀這篇文章的大家都保持安全跟身體的健康。我本人目前還是繼續留守在英國完成我剩下的實習，在這波疫情下過得好好的! 相信今年跟大家原先預期的有很大的出入吧，不過也讓我們都成長學習到蠻多東西的。所以如果還想知道我的自主個離生活是怎麼樣的話，就繼續滑下去吧 😉
The UK government announced the first lockdown on the 23rd of March, which I have been ask to start work from home a week before that, which means I am now currently under the 8th week of self-quarantine. Sounds crazy right, I know. Few days ago I was just talking to my colleagues (ofc on Skype!) we didn’t expect it will be that long when we all left the office staying super positive. I have actually went back to Taiwan during late January this year and spent some time with my family for the first time in five years to celebrate Lunar New Year. During that time neither of us knew that the whole Coronavirus will get this serious. Even though Taiwan was super quick and careful to take care of the pandemic, I also wore mask for the whole 23 hours journey to came back to the UK. Nobody expect that now the Europe and United States will be worse than Asia.
英國政府在3月23日時宣布了第一次的禁令，不過我的公司早在一個禮拜之前就請大部分的員工開始在家工作，這就代表截至這禮拜為止我已經過了將近八週的自主隔離生活了。這樣想想真的蠻瘋的，前幾天才在跟同事聊天(當然是用Skype!)討論到我們還一臉樂觀拿著各自的電腦離開辦公室的時候，真的沒料到會需要WFH這麼久。其實我在今年一月底的時候有回台灣一趟，跟家人一起過了時隔五年的新年假期，那時候也是不知道新冠病毒會變得這麼嚴重。雖然台灣在對待疫情已經非常快速跟謹慎，我在回英國的路上也戴了整整23小時的口罩，沒人料得到整個歐洲和美國會比亞洲還嚴重。
Although I said I am under “self-quarantine”, but I don’t have any symptoms neither the resident I am living with, don’t worry! But I don’t go out of the house expect getting groceries, reason for this was just simply because I am scared lol! I think it is more like a culture difference just simply look at the action of “wearing mask”. Not blaming anyone or saying that I have any medical knowledge to prove that wearing mask can prevent the virus, but in my opinion, I think wearing mask at least make me feel safe and also protect myself and other. But not for most of the British people I think, from what I am seeing in the town I live. People are still chilling under the sunshine with neighbors, walking their dogs, jogging etc. Sometimes it just make me think, is the pandemic actually happening or people are just acting calm? Well, the answer is easy to see from the statistic, if we cannot force the others to stay at home, keep the social distance, the only thing I can do is protect myself.
雖然我說我是在自主隔離，不過不用擔心，不論是我還是跟我一起住的人都沒有相關的症狀啦！我的確是除了買生活用品以外，其他時間都待在家裡，不過我這麼做的原因很簡單，其實就是怕哈哈哈。光要不要戴口罩這件事其實就看得出來文化差異了，我也不是在責備不戴口罩的人，也沒有相關的醫學知識可以證明戴了口罩可以有效預防病毒傳染，不過我的想法就單純是我覺得我帶了口罩可以讓我比較有安全感，也可以保護自己跟別人。不過我覺得大部分的英國人是沒有這個觀念啦，光觀察我住的小鎮就好，大家都還在跟鄰居一起曬日光浴、遛狗跟散步。有時候我會有一種「疫情好像沒那麼嚴重的樣子」的錯覺，不過看看英國的數據答案是顯而易見啦。如果沒辦法強制要求其他人的行為，現在我唯一能做的事大概就是自保了。
That’s pretty much my updates on my current situation here in the UK, I will update more about how I adjust to WFH in my next article. Remember, wherever you are in the world, stay home, stay safe, stay healthy!
在英國的近況更新就到這邊做一個段落，下一篇文章我會分享一些我是如何調適在家工作的改變，請大家不論在世界的哪處，記得在家防疫，保持健康!
See you all next time, very soon!!
Mandy xx
