Like most people, I first heard about covid at the end of 2019 but I did not see it as a threat to my way of life until the beginning of 2020. There had been news reports of the virus spreading in China but I thought it would be no different than the other cases of viruses that had grown to be widely spread across the world. While other parts of the world were experiencing this new disaster I was having the time of my life before I realized the seriousness of this situation. I had been going to a lot of parties with my friends during the holiday season and I was very excited for 2020. To me it was just going to be another year where I get to meet new people, experience new places, and grow with the people I loved being around the most. There was also so many activities and events in the city for young creatives such as myself before the pandemic which I had just started learning about and taking advantage of.

I specifically remember being at a new years party at the end of 2019, and as far as I can remember this is the last time I would enjoy myself and the world without the idea of covid. There was a venue that held a lot of raves and live performances in the city called The Bakery. It was my favorite place to go and have fun with my friends and it had inspired me to get into EDM and rave styles of DJing. I didn’t know it at the time but new years of 2020 would be the last time I ever set foot in that venue. By the end of January of 2020 it was becoming more and more apparent that covid 19 was not limited to just Asia. There had been more and more reports showing up in new countries around the world, each being closer and closer to the US. Around the beginning of February The Bakery had announced that it would be closed indefinitely due to covid 19. It was not until then that I took the pandemic seriously and deep down it felt like I had been robbed of something. As time progressed it felt like the pandemic only continued to rob me of more and more things such as my job, being able to go out, being able to show my face, being able to DJ events, etc. By the March of 2020 I felt miserable and I would have done anything to be able to relive the year of 2019, and sometimes I still do feel that way.