The first out of this six week-period has silently passed by.

Dear BAL Diary,

I don’t feel like myself before, which is quite an interesting experience.

From a macho dude who wakes up early and goes to bed at 1am, I start to see the sunshine around 8 and get tucked in bed no later than 10pm, heavily relied on painkillers (which I’m trying to cut down).

I have barely been at home at all; Uni life and sport kept me busy most of the time. Now, All my “territory” is my room, kitchen, and toilet.

I barely cooked for myself; a friend was willing to help me during this period. And needless to say how grateful I am towards him.

My first meal at home after hospital time

One day after the surgery, Mikko took me home. Everything went back to normal schedule. Since I just came back from hospital – a highly contagious area, my friend decided it would be the best for us both that I stayed at my own place, and he’d bring me food. I grew fond of that decision as well, since I’m more used to staying in my own place.

Corona Time

Before the Finnish government bans more than 2 person/gathering, the limit was 10. So, to “celebrate” my BAL incident, my dear friends decided to drew to small dinner.

Having no experience in cooking before, Mikko decided to give it a try by calling mom for advice. And here was his first and most delicious fish soup – a typical Finnish dish
Leipäjuusto – or cheesebread, was also brought to the table. A special dish from the Northern Finland
It has been quite a while since I hosted any party at my place. And it had been always amazing, with great game, great company
A gift from U.S.A
My leg’s got full of writings after that day – an awesome mark of encouragement

My new born

In short, I wouldn’t have survived this week without Keys – my new babysitter.

From delicious home-made crepes…
To fried mozarellas – I haven’t been receiving such care
Keys signing my awesome leg

The other side of the coin

However, of course having a broken leg, no income, and a world-wide isolation because of Covid_19 is not the most comfortable life.

I started to lose appetizer, and ate less, due to the fact that I did not do exercise at all. Thus, for the time being, I always feel a bit out of breath.

And even though there is nothing further I could predict, but one way or another I’m still anxious about an unpredictable future, where nothing is for certain, or at least as certain as it used to be.

I have heard too much failed plans of my friends, those who are eager to travel here and there, work, study abroad. Too much cancellations at a time.

I witnessed friends leaving Lappeenranta. One day they were there, the second time you texted, they weren’t anymore.

I started to download games and spent some of my long, dull time on them.

Then my laptop broke. Had to re-install Window and clear all datas. The second time in 2 months.

If this IT master didn’t come to help, then this article wouldn’t have been written

Slowly and slowly, I’m getting bored out of my situation. And day by day, fortunately, I’m fighting against it.

By doing stuffs I love.

Talking to the loved ones.

And stay strong.

I realized, that the less things I can do, the faster time flies. Just a circle of wake up, do stuff, and sleep early.

Like a half-hibernation period.

Hopefully, that once I finally wake up, things will be brighter. Let’s hope for the best.

Khanh Tr.