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Tuesday, 10 September 2024

1. the last day: March 12th

Act - I

We were in class 9th, final exams were going on. On March 12 we had our third last exam of mathematics, i was sick, not extremely sick but sick, the day before, couldn't study much, around 9pm it was raining outside, my friend dialed me and said," hey the exam has been cancelled"

i said, “you're joking, yes”

although he was serious but that didn't mean it was cancelled, the news got a fad because of the pandemic “Corona” or “COVID 19”

the exam wasn't cancelled, i went to school the next day and was preparing through the topics, I was tensed, I was confused, my friends were discussing about the outbreak, they were saying it is probable that we could get some holidays, they hope, they hope.

the exam was over, it went good, all then our principal, fr Peter came in with some slips, incredible personality though, we knew it was about the holidays, he gave each of the slips to everyone, read, hmmm 15 days, it would be fun

after that me and my friends discussed the questions on the blackboard and that was the last day i wrote something on the board of my class ever. me and my friends safeer and aleem went outside and decided why not play a game till our buses come, we did, we played a game called noticing the words and saying where the words are, alan walker sign i remember that, it was raining, jcb's working, went to the ground, buses were here, as I was stepping up the bus, my Urdu ma'am tried to give me a polythene, i don't know what was it, i was in, my friends told she won't spare you after 15 days. i was unserious, I said bye, I said bye.

buses heading towards our homes, it was raining, as i reached it was raining heavily, me and my sisters and my cousin waited under the shed of a shop until the mother of my cousin, (my aunt) shows up, after a while she came, bought umbrellas, walked, slippery everywhere, reached home and told my mom after the holidays, I wore the mask i bought the day before from the hospital i went, I was sick, went to my garden, clicked some photos, i thought two exams are left, I need to study after a while, it was the moral science and general knowledge exams scheduled for the 1st April, though the day never came. it was officially announced that it would be a lockdown till the outbreak settles down but it didn't. that day was the last day for everything we've done, end of our golden period, the golden period could never had a comeback, never ever.




2. March 14th 2020

it was March 14th 2020, the day my father bought me a tablet, I was excited, i couldn't wait for him to return, it was evening he came and I was overwhelmed, who doesn't if you're 15 years old

i opened the box and took out the tablet, set it, played some quizzes, I was fond of, at night I put the tablet over the back ridge of the bed in another room rather my room on a blue handkerchief. the next day i woke up early as i was excited to explore more of it, i first thing i did was downloaded Subway Surfs and played it for a while, it was good indeed.

had out breakfast, we needed to attend a function to my relatives, me and father decided to go, before going i clicked some pictures from the tablet, mine, me and my papa, car and more, i still have those, we left for the function, on my way i clicked more pictures but not with the tablet ofcourse but the phone, we reached, went to the place where we were meant to, prayed, had our lunch and sat on a bed, discussed about future and plans with other of my relatives at their home, function was down the home at a place, then at approximately 4:00 pm we came back home, it was cloudy and was about to rain, I took out the tablet from my almirah and downloaded payback 2, a popular video game back then, laid on the bed with blankets on and played it, it was raining I guess, overwhelming weather, everything was so great, mom shifting the clothes, peace and then the act closes.