Diary Assignment #1 DANIEL T.

Crown Heights Brooklyn

26^th March 2020

5:00 am

My red round alarm clock rang at 5 am, but this day, I quickly pressed the snooze button two times for 30 minutes each. Oh, COVID -19 is around and schools are closed. I realized I will not be taking the A train to school because the Coronavirus has short down our classes and we are studying online from home. This means I do not need to hurry out of bed to make sure that I prepare for class at 8:30 am.

6:33 am

I decided not to snooze my alarm clock again but got up at 6:33 am, clean my teeth, ate some bread with coffee and milk. As usual, the classes will be online at 8:30 am, waiting for Prof. Schmerler to start my day while waiting for my other classes till 1; 45 pm every Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.

7:16 am

OMG, the gyms are closed, no way to rush to New York Fitness about 300 meters from my house. The friendly manager told me last night that the gym has been closed under Governor Cuomo social distancing laws against the Corona Virus spread, which makes sense.

However, I have some gym pieces of equipment in my apartment and those that I cannot afford; I use house equipment for them. For example, I did push-ups at the floor my corridor, then used my living chair and the door post as a gym structure to strengthen my muscles.

I took a warm shower and got breakfast ready while waiting for the minute hand of the clock to arrive at 8:30 mark for classes to begin.

8:30  am

Class began with Prof. Schmerler online still 9:45 am. During the class, Prof.Schmerler asked us to sign a disclaimer to keep all posts and information in the chat group private to let students communicate freely.  In fact that was a very necessary gesture to keep student’s privacy so that I am will be able to tell my story how I spend my day at home during the Corona virus days without fear.

10 am

My CST 2309, Website Design class started and since I had completed the homework, I felt confident to carry the rest of the class. Again, using Blackboard Ultra video conferencing, I was able to follow up and learned how to add pictures and videos to a new website. The Class lasted till 11: 44 am along with an assignment to be completed before midnight.

12 noon

My CST 2309, my Computer Networking class started with another positive mood and went on successfully till 1: 45 pm. I made sure I followed up with online exams and test with respect to dates and times of activities. I need to be up to the task because I need the A grades coming.

2 pm

I took a nap

6:30 pm

I decided to cook some Italian Pasta with tomatoes source from my previous shopping list. It took some time to boil the linguine pasta and prepare the ingredients for the tomatoes source. I made sure that I use olive oil and some bread to save along vegetables to the family. I completed cooking by 7:20 pm and dinner was ready for my family.

8 pm

I watch a movie on Netflix entitle, the Fast and the Furious 9 because I love cars and speed.

10 pm

Bedtime…

Crown Heights Brooklyn

27 th March 2020

6 am

I shouted out of bed  “Stop alarm clock, stop” as if the clock was a human to hear me but it kept ringing. Unfortunately,  I did not sleep well like last night, but I must get up ready for the day. I decided that the clock always wins, so I got up and used the bathroom, brush my teeth and also did whatever people do in the restroom.

7:18 am

Gym time, it’s time to exercise the body, this time I went to a small park near my house and run up and down about 55 steps along a small hill to strengthen my body and muscle.

8:40 am

I took a shower and since I do not have classes on this day, I use the time to do homework. The majority of my homework today was about creating a new website and also calculating the balance sheet on Accounting. I spend more than 5 hours trying to figure out how this can be done right but left the uncompleted assignment for the next day.

2:05 PM

Usually, I will be ready to go to work from school at 2 pm but this time, my company is close and I am home all day trying to survive from the Corona Virus Third World War.

3 pm

Napping time

7 pm

Cooking dinner time was fun, I went to my fridge were most kinds of fruits and vegetable and meat stock for the week and against my survival COVID- 19 plan. I decided to prepare some spicy fish soup Jamaican style with curry powder flavor.

9 pm

I did face time with friends and family on Instagram and Facebook. It could learn how other family members are living their lives around the world

10 pm

Bed time.