Author: Masha Sukkur
If I had read āDiary of a Wimpy Kidā when I was in middle school, I would have enjoyed my English class so much. The pictures and Illustrations of what Greg Heffley drew in his diary to give the readers a sense of what he was writing about seemed interesting to me. Before he starts writing he wrote, āTO MOM, DAD, RE, SCOTT, AND PATRICKā and this shows that he was writing this diary as a letter for those people as he describes that it was his momās idea not his. He seemed carefree about what he was writing which is like a new thing Iām visualizing about how my writing would sound if I didnāt put too many thoughts into it.
I like how Greg uses a humorous tone in his writing, it doesnāt make me feel bored while reading his personal diary. His writing style inspires me to make my diaries less emotional and more entertaining for the readers to enjoy it. His diary seems to be his experience during middle school, and he talks about his experiences with girls which were kind of funny and sounded like those experiences you witness in movies. Greg talks about how his brother tricked him to go to school at 3 am in the morning for his first day back to school after summer vacation. I can relate to that because, in the past, my siblings pulled a lot of pranks on me and in the end, Ā I was the one that got in trouble.
I really enjoyed reading āDiary of a wimpy kidā. It was really entertaining, and it reminded me of some childhood memories. I wished I started writing diaries at an early age so I can express how I really felt during middle school days. This reading really inspired me to put some humor into my writings to make it appealing to the reader.
MARCH 29, 2020
4:33 PM
Dear Diary,
I am writing this during the afternoon and Iām about to go eat something since Iām starving. After eating, I continued writing my diary entry. For the past few days, I was not able to record what I was doing throughout the day because I had extremely bad stomach cramps. This has nothing to do with the virus, it was my monthly menstrual cycle.
I didnāt really do much, other than be on my phone, on social mediaās and talk to my boyfriend. Ā I was bored and told my boyfriend to play UNO with me, so we installed UNO on our phone and started playing. We kept losing all of our money but then gained back all of the money. It was like playing poker.
I havenāt worked on any assignments yet. The situation that everyone is facing right now, I really donāt feel like focusing on school. I donāt have enough energy to finish up my work like every minute, I get distracted and use my phone and then after 30 minutes, I start working on my assignments again. I just canāt focus on anything I do. Even when I was writing this diary entry, I kept getting distracted. Other than that, nothing interesting happened recently. The only thing Iām really concerned about is the deceased rate going up and no recovery rate from those who got infected so Iām hoping soon we get to see some improvements because Iām really losing my mind staying home every day. This all I have to say for today.
MARCH 25, 2020- FOSTER AVENUE, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK CITY
2:52 PM
Dear Diary,
I am writing this in the afternoon. I did not eat lunch yet since my mom is not done cooking so while Iām waiting for my mom to finish cooking, I thought about writing this diary entry. I took a Snapple from my refrigerator and started drinking and went on YouTube to play Beethoven 9th Symphony – Movement IV – “Ode to Joyā. (I will attach the link of what Iām listening to after writing this) Nothing special happened recently, every day I hear more people deceased due to this virus. I feel very depressed for those people that lost a family member.
Lately, Iāve been feeling a little frustrated with how my online classes are going. I feel like professors are assigning more assignments now than they did in a face to face class. Iām trying my best to not be affected by it and calmly finish up all of my assignments on time. Online classes have been a positive and negative experience for me. It was positive because, for some of my classes, I learned more about a topic than I did in school. However, it was also negative because of the number of assignments that are piling up and a few of my professors are not familiar with online classing so itās hard for them to teach and for me to understand what they are teaching.
Itās almost 3:45 PM and Iām almost done writing the diary entry for the day. I guess one interesting thing I did today was watching food competition videos on YouTube. It was very funny and entertaining, so I enjoyed watching that a lot and another thing I did today that I regret so much is posting an embarrassing old picture on Instagram. It was a challenge so I had to do it and the rules are if any of your followers post an embarrassing picture of themselves on Instagram with a caption āuntil tomorrowā and if you liked it, that person challenges you to post an embarrassing picture of yourself. It can be an old or a new picture.
Hereās the link of what I was listening to while writing this:
Since my comments are not going through for the agreement, I will just post it instead.
I, Masha Sukkur, agree to abide by the rules of Circle Time
Iām on the B11 bus now going home after buying chipotle even though I went out to get starbucks drinks. I got out of my house after 4 days and it feels so good. I feel like I was in prison for a year and got the chance to go out. Thatās really how I felt. Even though we are trying to spread less of the virus by not going out, it feels like we are restricted from our freedom. Thatās really how this quarantine situation is. I took a very big risk by going out but what can I do? Iām a human being, I have to go out, I have to get some fresh air in order to stay sane because my head hurts so much when Iām in my house only using my phone or doing assignments on my computer. Ā This is very risky for me because in my family, my dad is the only one who has diabetes and has a lot of health concerns which is also why I didnāt go to work today because my job is an hour away from where I live and traveling back and forth, thatās way more risky than me going out for 20 or 30 mins to get some air or buy something. Ā Hearing in the news that more than 30 people are deceased from this virus in NYC concerns me a lot. I really hope this virus goes away soon so all of us can go back to living our life the way we did.
Corona virus became the latest news nowadays. Everywhere on social mediaās, there are memes, statements or discussions going on about the corona virus. This virus brought a huge stress on everyone, for those who has a business, for those who are employed and for everyone else in general. Corona virus caused a lot of discrimination towards Chinese people, even in school, I started seeing less Asian students in class. People been freaking out and trying to buy the whole grocery store. My history professor always talks about the corona virus in class. Sheās 100% sure that by tomorrow, CUNY schools are going to be closed due to this emergency. This is a positive experience for me because people started taking good care of themselves, whether washing their handing as much as they can and just staying clean and healthy and also the MTA stations are looking a lot more cleaner than it did in years.
