Item

‘I’m here for you’

Title (Dublin Core)

‘I’m here for you’

Disclaimer (Dublin Core)

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Description (Dublin Core)

2020 is a difficult year, especially for someone like me staying alone in foreign lands. What frustrated me was not only the difficulties in life, but also loneliness and lost.

I have no roommate in Melbourne. Therefore, after the 5km travel ban was issued, I rarely contact with the outside world. Not only that, many of my friends choose to defer their studies and stayed in their mother country due to the plague so I gradually lost contact with them. In this case, speak to my classmates on the tutorial became almost the only way for me to communicate with the outside world. I am not ready to face this situation, and these sudden changes made me so depressed. Social distancing between men made me feel ignored and isolated, and I even considered about postponing my studies.

Until a few days ago, I found some cards (as in the photo) from my apartment’s common zone. On the front page of the card there is ‘I’m here for you’, and residents could leave their contact information on the card to people who want to make new friends. I take one of the cards and left my message. Although I have not contacted that person so far, I can feel the kindness from strangers, and the support there makes me believe that everything will be fine.

#HIST30060

Date (Dublin Core)

October 28, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Nan Mu

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Nan Mu

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HIST30060

Partner (Dublin Core)

University of Melbourne

Type (Dublin Core)

photograph. I took them.

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Community & Community Organizations
English Education--Universities
English Emotion
English Health & Wellness
English Home & Family Life
English Cities & Suburbs

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

connection
isolation
kindness
student
International student

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

#stayconnected
depression
support
community

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

HIST 30060 University of Melbourne Syllabus

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

2020/10/31

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

2020/11/04
02/21/2021

Date Created (Dublin Core)

2020/10/28

Item sets

Covid 19
Australian Collection

This item was submitted on October 31, 2020 by Nan Mu using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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