Item
‘I’m here for you’
Title (Dublin Core)
‘I’m here for you’
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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
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)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
2020/10/31
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
2020/11/04
02/21/2021
Date Created (Dublin Core)
2020/10/28
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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