2020 And Me
I stared at the clock for the last five minutes. The fricking mechanical sound was much clearer in midnight. In the bleak midwinter, when everyone was asleep in the layers of blanket, my eyes moved along the wavy motion of the pendulum. At last, the time came when the clock hit the last second of the last hour of the whole 365 days. Environment was filled with sounds of fireworks as the New Year approached. A New Year, with a new energy and a new enthusiasm. I welcomed it, sat back for a moment, wandered, and then ticked out some of my bucket list goals. I went to the top, roared in the cool breeze and dared the world to stop me from achieving my goals. I, being in the last year of my college, was at the brink of university life and was equally excited for a new community and new gatherings. But... You know, things don't certainly have to go your way. COVID-19 struck, and jammed the whole world. Every institution closed, every human isolated, exams cancelled, meetings...