Life in 2020 is very different from previous years. It is not applicable only to myself but many others in the world. Everybody knows, it is because of Covid-19! The normal life only applicable to the first 3 months of the year, where I went to work as usual, did travelling for my photography hobby which all is done in February, Singapore (group photo travel), Morotai Island (solo travel), and Anyer (group photo travel with Fuji-X friends). Those were during the early period of covid-19 pandemic, especially in Singapore where some cases already happened there, not so many visitors in Singapore already but we didn't want to miss the Lunar New Year's event there, especially the River Hongbao Festival with its fireworks. The travel to far northern part of Indonesia to Morotai Island was next, quite adventure trip there.
March was the start of the covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia, started with first case in Depok, greater Jakarta area. Life suddenly changed, from the full freedom of life where you can go anywhere without worry, then become so restricted and, even most of the year, home is the safest place in the world. Communication is also change, from face-to-face to over the internet, communication applications are all in demand. The way we work also changed, most of the time Work From Home instead of work in office. Work From Home, something that most of the companies reluctant to apply due to doubt in its effectiveness, suddenly becomes the main part of working process and proves that it can be as effectively as working in office. Even after this pandemic over, the trend of working remotely will still become something normal and office space requirement might not be as much as now anymore.
2020 is also become the year where you do most of your activities online, buy things online, order food online, working online, and do many banking transactions online. Fortunately the digital transformation and internet infrastructure have reach level that almost mature so most of our things can be done online. I can't imagine if in this pandemic situation, I have to go here and there to do things, how risky it is...
Being at home most the time, will become so deadly boring if you have little things to do. But thanks to the robust internet connection and maturity of streaming technology, almost all the entertainment content can be found over the internet to fill your day. Since I am the fans of Korean Drama for the past 20 years, many months of stay at home during this pandemic I can enjoy it by watching several new Korean Dramas since almost everyday they have new episodes. Among those Korean Dramas, herewith my favorite of the year: Crash Landing On You (surely because of Son Ye-Jin, ha ha...), The World of Married, It's Okay to Not Be Okay, Hospital Playlist, Flower Evil, Once Again (a very nice long drama of family life story), and Start-Up.
In matter of hours, 2020 will be over, and we welcome 2021. Covid-19 pandemic still be there in 2021, but hopefully will start fading away due to vaccination that building the herd community... and we can back to normal life as we did before this pandemic. Amin.
