Diary Entries

Corona Virus has been a challenging experience for us but a few positives have come out of it, Because of the lockdown we could not get out of the house, along time ago we heard on the news that a Chinese man had died from the Coronavirus, we thought it was nothing but more and more people started having it, it was spreading from country to country, state to state. Throughout the virus outbreak there were restrictions put in place by the government like staying 1.5 meters apart and only groups of 5 people aloud . A few months later the first death from the Coronavirus in Australia scared us, it soon became to spread across Australia. On the last Monday of school, me and my friends agreed to go home on Wednesday, That was the last day of school. The first day of lockdown it was fun, i got to do schoolwork from home, I would finish early and get to play games for the rest of the day, that day other people started going crazy for toilet paper and hand sanitiser, every day from then until the school holidays it was like that. The school holidays finally hit and i could just relax and play games, every day more and more people were going crazy for canned food, toilet paper and sanitiser. The first day of school after the holidays was weird, we had more work, every day I was getting border and border, running out of things to do, going on walks and bike rides to keep my fitness up, online classes and school work. After a while the restrictions started to ease and on the 3rd week of term two we finally got to school, i was so happy to finally see my friends.

Living through the current pandemic of COVID-19 has changed my views as a Chinese Australian. For the first time, if a stranger was to speak to me on the streets of Newcastle, I was worried that they would blame me for COVID-19. I had a roommate suspect me of having the COVID-19 even after I reassured him of no overseas travel experience and symptoms. His judgment was purely based on my Chinese appearance. My other friends of Asian appearance backgrounds have also experienced racism, some were refused onto the bus and others were refused to be served at a cafeteria. I remember browsing through many articles and one title caught my eye “ Melbourne health workers of Asian appearance report racist coronavirus attack”. The situation described a mother refusing her child to be examined by a doctor of Asian appearance. I was frustrated at how people can link and blame the disease to an entire ethnicity. That a mother would not allow a doctor to treat her children purely due to appearance. As a future front line worker, I can’t imagine how I would feel being in the doctor’s position. This experience has taught me how dangerous and insecure one feels when being racial discrimination against.

COVID19 is dumb it shouldn’t of happened. Life is boring because we can’t even really go out to the park or on holidays or even talk to our best friends face to face. But bad things come with good things in background. Some thing that I have enjoyed is playing with our pets, watching movies and the thought that we have done things no one has ever experienced before. When the restrictions are lifted I can do normal every day stuff like school, skateboarding, play gamer in real life and enjoy going to places like Sydney. Going to the shops is like going to the dream world. But when I see my friends and family on FaceTime and other apps like that I get super duper happy.

Some positive things about coronavirus have been that I have had more time to connect more with my family and spend more time with them. Usually my family and I would have events on and have no time to sit and talk and just relax but due to Coronavirus I have had time to do that. I have been able to do cooking, painting and go for walks with my family because of coronavirus. Since I haven’t been able to see my Grandparents, Cousins or Aunties and Uncles I have been able to do video calls with them. Some negative things are that I haven’t been able to connect with my friends and talk to them. I also haven’t been able to see other family members in case we get them sick or they get us sick. Coronavirus has been a hard and nervous experience for me because it is a bit worrying knowing that I could walk past or be in contact with someone with Covid- 19 and it’s been hard because I can’t do most of the things I usually could. It has just been the holidays and I didn’t get to go on a holiday or on road trips because in the holidays most of the restrictions got lifted. Over the holidays and April most shops closed but have started to open in May. Some shops that closed were clothing stores, hairdressers and all the other non-essential shops. I feel a bit lucky to be able to go through this experience because if anything like this happens in the future I will have experienced something like and know how to handle it.

It is very difficult isolating and staying at home. We were told by the Government to stay at home unless we had to go to work, to buy necessities and to go to school. Some families chose to keep their children at home, so keep them safe. I was learning from home during this time and it was nice because everyone had more time to be active. Plenty of stores and shops are closed because of the virus, but when the restrictions get lifted I will be happy because we can do more things. one of the first things I am going to do is go to my Grandmothers place and doing things that we haven’t had a chance to do.

I didn’t know the virus started until it said on the news in late February. Even though it started in December I was shocked to know what had happened and then later in the year it was getting worse and worse many had died and millions around the world had been infected eventually it got more worse than the Spanish flu. COVID 19 was very deadly but there were some good things about it like more time spendable with your family which is very good so you can play with them or watch movies. You have more time to socialise and go online to see your friends without getting fined for going to close. Also I am thankful for actually having a family at this time. My favourite thing is that the restrictions changed so you can have 2 people visit your house at a time and I could finally see my friends in real life on the day we’re all year sixes were aloud to come to school. Some bad things are that there are limited activities to do outside apart from bushwalking and camping. Also we can’t go near people “1.5meters” the government and prime minister says which is true because if it is too close then you can spread bacteria. Plus all hospitals are getting really full around the world. But sadly all people are having to stay home from work and that stops them from earning money too. But some shops are still open which is very good if your low on food and I don’t know when it will end but I hope it ends in about a few months. So there are good things and bad thing but just so you know just hope it will end eventually and be happy bye bye.

Covid- 19 has effected many people all around the world and is a very scary situation. Loads of people are horribly scared and are stuck in isolation so they don’t get or spread coronavirus. Parks, pools, shops and schools are closed and there’s nothing to do since you are stuck in isolation and quarantine. Online school is sometimes hard for kids because if you don’t understand anything it takes them quite a long time to reply to your message or email unless your on a zoom meeting. Zoom meetings are used for online school as it’s like FaceTime but for school. Some good things about covid-19 is you get to spend time on things you haven’t got the chance to do, like cleaning your room or even your whole house! In isolation you can also enjoy time by yourself away from everybody. Covid-19 was a very hard time for us all around the world. But things will slowly get better and come back into shape.

YEAR 2020 What’s Covid-19? Covid-19 or coronavirus is an infectious disease That spread from China. It was suspected that it started when someone ate a pangolin from an exotic fresh market. PROS - more time with family - more time at home CONS - less social interactions - less exercise - no restaurants - no outside events - no going outside unless necessary - doctors/nurses work more And it was found that coronavirus is more deadly to elders in our community. How does Coronavirus effect my life? Coved-19 effects my life by not being able to go to school or going out anywhere with my parents. Recently Covid-19 in Australia is not as bad as other countries, and soon we will be able to go back to our normal lives. Although Covid-19 hardly affects children it still scares me how contagious this disease is, And makes me hope that no other outbreak like this or worse, will ever start again.

Woah. This is so crazy. People are stuck in their houses and can’t go outside. All this has happened because of COVID-19. I have stopped going to school 5 weeks ago. My Mum is a nurse and goes to the hospital a lot and I don’t see her a lot as well. This experience is new to all of us. (Unless you were alive in 1918). I have been able to FaceTime my friends more and I don’t usually FaceTime. I taught my brother how to ride a bike and taught my sister how to do a backhand spring. I have rode my bike a lot as well. But, all my basketball is cancelled. And basketball is all I do! At least I still get some practise in. There is a loss of food, hand sanitiser and (you might think it’s funny) toilet paper! No one about COVID-19 and didn’t effect us till February. Family’s are unable to visit for Easter and Mother’s Day. I am normally stressed doing everything but in lockdown I have learned to relax a bit more. All the students have been home schooled and doing school work on their iPads and laptops . I have been stuck inside and bored with nothing to do, I learned to do more things like cook pasta with meatballs and mince. COVID-19 has changed the world to teach people about being sanitary. So many things are cancelled like sport, meetings, gatherings and so much more! Playground and pubs are closed and taped off. This app called zoom is used for my basketball training. People are scared and worried but safe as well. In 15 years I will be on the basketball court thinking about the 2020 crisis. When we are all older, we will still remember COVID-19.It is crazy!

Covid-19 started in December. I had to stop going to school on Covid-19 because I didn’t want to get sick. When it was on we had limited activities and we had to stay 1.5m away from people. And I’m also happy about Covid-19 because we got to spend way more time with my family. But you can still go to school if you’re parents had to go to work. And we also had other ways to do our work, by doing it at home. I have been doing on my iPad on google classroom and my class have been doing a ZOOM meeting.