"Isolation" from The Ubyssey

Healing Wounds

Lalaine Alindogan — Wed, 12 May 2021 21:47:57 +0000

Maya Rodrigo-Abdi

I want my family members to heal from the wounds that they have long concealed. I have learned that these feelings of loneliness during quarantine are best battled with self-expression.

Feeling Raw

Tianne Jensen-DesJardins — Wed, 12 May 2021 21:46:44 +0000

With my five hour commute to UBC cut down to five seconds from my bed to my desk, the pandemic has also provided me more time to get my school work done, which in turn, has left me with more time to do things I enjoy.

Under Water

Theresa Wong — Wed, 12 May 2021 21:43:35 +0000

One night, I sat on my side of the kitchen wall, watching something on my phone over the sound of my friend’s younger brother watching something on his, and our laughter synced momentarily. It was the loneliest sound in the world.

Paradise Found

Jane Diokpo — Wed, 12 May 2021 21:42:22 +0000

Maya Rodrigo-Abdi

Ah yes, 2020: the year that was supposed to be good but pretty much turned out the total opposite.

A breath of fresh air

Alicia Margono — Wed, 12 May 2021 21:41:36 +0000

Maya Rodrigo-Abdi

My graduation ceremony consisted of a two-hour Zoom meeting that I wasn’t featured in, which I watched in a formal dress and bathroom slippers with a newly-opened bottle of vodka.

Temperature checks, animal crossing and tracking apps: Finding my new normal in quarantine

Blossom Cheng — Wed, 12 May 2021 21:09:47 +0000

Maya Rodrigo-Abdi

Why would I start on my readings when I can play Animal Crossing and run from all of my looming problems?

In Full Bloom

Silvana Martinez — Wed, 12 May 2021 21:08:13 +0000

Maya Rodrigo-Abdi

From mid-March until the end of May, far away from my family and friends and in a city I was still a newcomer to, I experienced what was my self-isolation period in Amsterdam.

Boredom Frustration and Exhaustion a chronicle of my uneventful quarantine

Vikram Sangar — Wed, 12 May 2021 21:06:21 +0000

Yet, I was envious of all the Snapchats and Instagram stories of people having mass gatherings, partying downtown and living like we weren’t still in a pandemic.