It has been almost more than a year since the pandemic has begun, little to many changes have transpired amongst the whole of the human race and its dwellings. Although we cannot go on whine to God about this misery or complain to him on why we are set up for this colossal disaster. In many ways, COVID-19 have taught humans a lesson; a lesson that we aren't that invincible or superior as we perceive to be just because we are the dominant intelligent beings, Mother nature is powerful in her own ways.

Life has become sizeably constrained that the very definition of “outside-world” for individuals has narrowed down to the sight through their balcony or at most their neighbourhood. All we can do now is reminisce about the life we all once “lived” ergo this writing exists for that very purpose.

“All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking”— Friedrich Nietzsche

One distressful fact that's brought about by current circumstances is the relative friction we face to go outside. There is a lot of protocols to comply with that people often choose to never set their foot outside the comfort of their rooms. As long as we wear a mask properly and sanitize regularly, I feel it should be fine to take a walk around the neighbourhood once in a while. There’s no need to be a sceptic and belittle the power of walking. It is a very enlightening activity. There are plenty of researches that could be laid out to attest to the latter fact. Not just research, almost all the CEOs admit taking a stroll to disentangle their complex business problems. If you must read about a more specific example, Steve Jobs almost always take a walk to meet with someone and talk business. Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, wears a pair of running shoes and goes out for a jog first thing in the morning. If it works for them, who are we to dispute to that. Coming down to addressing the research that has been mentioned previously, speaking in simpler terms, walking encourages brain activity ergo sharpening our thought process. Our brain needs oxygen to function, walking promotes blood flow which essentially means increased brain activity. It also triggers the release of serotonin and dopamine, which are the hormones that regulate our mood and well-being

There are a lot of memories to reminisce on; although I won't bore with detailing them all, but I may tell one of them that have chanced upon my head last day.

Going on a bicycle ride with a companion and cycling for about 15–16 km (when there’s someone to do something together, 16 km will seem like a piece of cake). We almost always cycle through silent neighbourhoods where our noisy chit-chat, the clanking of our pedals, and the hissing of the chains mounted on the cogset of the bicycle are the only things that we were able to hear. There’s something so liberating to ride a two-wheeler, let it be a bicycle or a bike, we enter into a state of transcendence that's beyond my ability to explain appositely. The ultimate satisfaction comes at the end when we head onto a small juice shop to drink a cold jeeraga soda. When drank at any other time, it feels almost like a normal emotionless soda refreshment, but the journey and the tiredness induced from it makes it unusually satisfying and refreshing to drink at that time. We all did this at an age when mobile phones were non-existent or banned for a teenager, which in many-many ways was enriching. It's blissful to contemplate on the fact that we had much more beautiful “analogue” memories to cherish through unlike what today's young generation gets.