Reflections and Takeaways Special Edition | Page 44

In this year and last year and even the year before that we all went through the terrors of a global pandemic, some of us were luckier than others with having enough money to support our family, having food, having a home, having our belongings and having a good place at school. Here in Malta not as much change, the lockdowns were short, the stores were open and even schools were open most of the time therefore life didn't change that much for me until one day right before the Easter holidays. That moment everyone of my friends were traveling and so was I, I was going back to one of my home countries Poland but my friend was going one to Russia one to Dubai and others which was terrifying because soon later I found out that because of this pandemic my close friend was going to stay in Russia and the other friend was about to stay in Dubai as well. Of course this scared me a lot because I saw these friends at school, I saw them out when we were hanging out and I would really miss them. This was scary as I worried everyday while in bed doing online school, when I was in Poland and just every time I had a moment to think I would over think about this, what would life be without them? I lost many friends because of this pandemic but I still have some good friends that I see on the daily, that are always there for me which is great but this pandemic really made everything different. I would be on my phone or laptop a lot and doing other things just to waste my time. I would sit and stare at the ceiling, go on my phone or just sleep. Everything in this pandemic just felt like a never ending cycle everyday being just like the one before, it felt crazy like the whole world was just spinning with no concept of time. This pandemic just made everything seem so unreal...

Zuzanna Zabrowska