Finding Love in the Middle of a Pandemic (Introvert Edition)

FLITMOAP(IE): Ang Simula

Congratulations world! It is officially one year and a half, since the Pandemic happened. A lot of things happened simula nung mag-umpisa yung Pandemic. It was one hell of a roller coaster ride, ika nga ng karamihan.

What do you expect? This one hell of a busy Society, meets the Pandemic and then boom! Suddenly we all have a lot of free time for ourselves. A lot of things changed, things that we're said to be impossible suddenly needs to be implemented, to at least make things work. Like working from home remotely, online classes and many more.

With all the free time we have, we also had a lot of realizations. Thousands of people suddenly dying, conspiracy theories of what started all of this. Suddenly trying new things, or maybe just trying to get back from a hobby we weren't able to do for a while. And of course, the cherry on top, Mental illness suddenly booming.

And guess what? The only group of people na nag thri- thrive in these trying times. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you: The INTROVERTS.

Kung karamihan na depress dahil di makalabas or dahil walang masyadong makausap because of social distancing, and all that. Sila G na G, or tuwang tuwa pa. Suddenly, you don't need to keep up with meeting and talking to people personally. A lot of alone time, and time to spend on reading books or just simply spending it on their hobbies.

Isa na nga ako sa mga Introverts na yun. I also kind of have social anxiety, so masama man sabihin. This pandemic, also gave me peace and the much needed rest. I was able to read all of the books na pending ko, play games and binge watch movies all day long, or just simply spending it playing my good ol' Ukelele.

It was like that, so much fun. At least while it lasted. You see, another thing na nag boom this pandemic is Tiktok. And for some lame reason, I keep seeing couples on my "For you page". This happens a lot, plus the addition of romantic books and movies which I had to watch, as that is what's playing on the our one and only TV.

You see, no matter how happy you are being alone being an introvert. It can also get lonely, nakaka-inggit din panoorin yung mga lintek sa Tiktok. KASALANAN NILA TO!

So this Introverte with a mission of finding love slash relationship has started. How do we start? I don't even know how to go from I'm doing fine, from how are you doing? question.

Oh my gulay!