Activities during this Enhanced Community Quarantine

It's more than a month since the Enhanced Community Quarantine was imposed.  The number of cases of infected individual is still rising and it's just heartbreaking.

For individuals like us who are not part of the frontliners, our most important role is just to follow the rules and cooperate with the government's efforts in controlling the spread of this virus.

For me and my family, staying at home is not really that bad.  There are just a lot of things that we can do to make ourselves busy.

Me and my husband have the work from home (WFH) option from our company so definitely we need to do office works during weekdays.  It is a common sight having our individual spot on the dining table doing our own thing on weekdays.  Of course from time to time we take a break to do some household chores like cooking and going to the groceries to buy some necessities.  It's good that there is a grocery store just outside our village.  For some wet market (palengke) items, some of our neighbors took the initiative to contact a local supplier and pool our orders and have it delivered at the clubhouse for us to pick-up.  It is really a good initiative since we can buy fresh fruits and vegetables at a palengke price (grocery prices are more expensive than the wet market price).

Despite all the distractions of doing household activities during our office working hours, we still see to it that we have done sufficient work for our company for the day.  At least we have the time flexibility in doing our job.  We are so grateful that our company had given us this chance to work from home, still able to provide financially for our family in the midst of this pandemic.  So it's just right to give our best effort in doing our work for the company.

For our children, since their schools were officially closed before the start of the implementation of ECQ, they are now in vacation mode.  Normally they watch TV and play some online games but we still see to it that they help in doing the household chores.  They do the cleaning and sometimes even the cooking.  They are old enough to cook some simple dishes.  Of course from time to time, we really need to call their attention as they are so engrossed with their online games.

During the weekends, I do my favorite hobby for now which is container vegetable gardening.  Not that big though since we only have a small space.  We are living in a condo unit and the only place we can put our plants is in the balcony and the laundry area.  I'm really happy to have started this container vegetable garden before the ECQ because now we have some supply of green and leafy vegetables which are just needed to boost our immune system which is really necessary to fight this virus.

Some of the vegetables which are easy to grow anywhere

Another family activity that we do on weekends especially Sunday is that we attend the Sunday mass right in front of our television.  We dedicate the time to attend the mass just like we are inside the church.  This is really a new experience and we're happy to do this activity every Sunday.  Times like this, there is no other way but to trust God. 


Keep safe everyone.  God bless each and everyone of us.