Author: DANIEL TEKOH

The Diary of a Wimpy is the book every mom will want to read to their children at bedtime written by  Greg Hefley, where he is talking about his experiences in society, school and amongst friends. As a result, his future readers will be able to see his vision in writing through his diary in a form a virtual answer to their questions on how to write a better diary.

This is very fascinating to me because I wonder what format should I write my diary about the Coronavirus home activities from my apartment, thinking from my living room to my bedroom, kitchen to the walkway, doubting if I was professional until I completely read the Diary of a Wimpy.

The author Greg brings out the problems of society when children hand out and play together acting as a trouble maker at school, home, and the rule parent’s play to mitigate situations of conflict and peace resolutions in a family. These are all things we go through life daily but do not spend time to give a second look at the importance of a diary. I believe from reading the book the Diary of a Wimpy, my thinking and approach about writing a diary in the future have improved, thanks to the author Greg Hefley.

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.

The Corona virus looks like third world war and the battlefield is the hospitals and the streets. Just like the first and second world wars, there where survivors, thus we will all survive as students of ENG 1121. Wars do not necessarily mean firearm, planes, tankers because the Cold war with America and Russia ended with no firearm, so the Corona virus war is real and we must all come together to fight it as team ENG 1121.

I have been seating home and thinking about how long I will continue to look at the walls of my apartment and thinking about inspiring to write something for my end of term portfolio. The walls do not speak and I keep trying to figure it out by thinking outside the apartment from different angles. Some times from the kitchen, the living room chairs, the bedroom, and even the bathroom as a location to write.

I love face to face class but this might force me to learn how to use an online class which I feel excited about by staying positive. I wish you all can feel the same way I am doing by staying calm, wash my hands, wear the mask, drink a lot of water, even sleep more.

Thanks.

Daniel TEKOH