This year, everyone experienced chinese new year in different way than before.
Not able to have reunion dinner with family due to the restriction.
Virtual gathering and virtual angpau because couldn't visit each other physically.
Restaurants provide take away and delivery services as dine in were forbidden.
All sort of gatherings are prohibited.
CNY atmosphere is hardly there.
Not to mention those who always travel oversea during chinese new year, this year has to stay home instead.
Around one year ago, a type of virus appeared in our world. It was started quietly, before any precautions were set, the virus transmitted to every corner of the world, due to globalization. When human aware of the virus, they don't really take it serious, as no one believe it will last for long. It's from the family of SARS, although SARS spread as well and killed quite a number of human, but it ended in short time too, before become pandemic. However, the condition slowly ran out of hand. More and more people were infected and the death toll slowly increasing. Before we realized how serious it is, the virus turned into pandemic. Almost every country in this earth was infected. Economy everywhere affected. Healthcare system collapsed as they couldn't cope with the enormous number of patients anymore.
And now, it's 2021. Vaccine were invented, though no one know how high is the reliability of them. Would the condition getting better soon? The contagious rate will reduced, or vice versa? Everyone's plan was affected, dragged, or delayed. 2020 is an unforgettable year. We spent most of our time staying at home, because that was the best way for us to fight the virus. We stocked up food at home, we cooked our own meals, we changed our working environment, we live a new lifestyle, new norm. These are something that never happened before, and who know whether it going to be gone forever, or will resurface one day.
Anyway, I once heard a saying, 'It is useless to over worry or over thinking. If what you worried didn't happen, you are wasting your time worry about it. For those it happened at last, then you can start to worry by the. Don't sacrifice your precious time immersed yourself in your worriness..