Jot!

三つ (Mittsu; Third)

Actually, I've gone through today boringly as I got caught with my occasional disastrous flu. Thank god, it's getting better as the day goes and after tons of earful sneeze and liters of mucous exuded. Haha, ieuw. Sorry for making you guys feel disgusted but this is me, the flu guy. I rarely got other kinds of sickness than flu and I'm grateful for it. Let's not waste time anymore and discuss something more educational.

The world had been shocked by the existence of a new deadly virus, novel coronavirus or as known as "COVID-19". The symptoms of an individual that had contracted this virus are a dry cough, the difficulty of breathing and a heavy fever. It all originated from Wuhan, China. But I want to divert this topic to how would this pandemic affect our daily life as a human. As the second youngest son in the family, I can only observe without responding to my family's brags and worries about this virus and the Restricted Movement Order that was announced by the Prime Minister. The intonation, while they expressed their worries, seems forced and needless.

I kept thinking, just store your worries and needless thoughts to yourself to avoid any unnecessary conversation and action. We need to think and plan our actions according to the most efficient way to survive this hard time. As a final year student at the same time, my internship program was postponed until the end of the month which left another 2 weeks. Should it be a productive holiday, only I can decide and go through it as a valuable time won't wait for us. Humanity can learn a lot from history and this time, in early 2020 we are tested by Him in the form of a virus that can spread easily through humans.

Man has started the chaos himself by letting the worries get the best of him. By not thinking rationally and running amok, tons of disadvantages had befallen our daily life. Panic buying is one of them. Irrational individuals have been stockpiling the food source by themselves to survive the quarantine period, to survive. Who doesn't want to live longer, to indulge in their worldly desires and pursuits? Only a few men of believers, that has faith in them, can think straightly and look into the big picture. What's the purpose of this deadly virus? For them, its a sign, a message from their dear God, our one and only God, Allah S.W.T.

I am a man with just a moderate amount of knowledge on Islam and I'm still trying to improve my faith, my Iman to my religion. We already know that Earth gonna meet its end anytime as we've been told. Therefore, preparation must be done to go through this ordeal and one of them is enhancing our mentality and improving our religious practices. Religion is the main medium of soothing the uneasiness in ourselves as we devote ourselves to our Almighty God. It is simple, the human is a fragile creation and there must be the greatest Creator that caters all of the lives.

We shall remember that all of us have one purpose, which is to obey and devote ourselves to Him. Yet, the challenge in our era is tough as we live in the age of fitnah. All of us are exposed to worldly motivation such as hedonism, a lifestyle that prioritizes the happiness of oneself. I think that's all for today. Sorry for being a little bit extreme and discuss religion-related stuff today, but I think its a must for me to remind myself and all of us to remember the word of our Almighty Creator. And yet, I'm going for another 1-hour session of gaming after this. Shame on myself(not really UwU)