Lockdown Day 6: Communication by Drone, and 2 Tests in One Day
17,000 new cases.
This morning I had an early-ish meeting at 8:30 with someone in Tokyo, and all of a sudden I hear a knock on the door. I had to excuse myself, and explain to someone, not familiar with situation in Shanghai, the strange part about this whole lockdown situation. The call to do tests come with no warning, and you have to react right away.
This morning it was “just” a rapid test, which I did right after my call ended. And then sent the results to our entryway’s WeChat group. Today’s test packaging included not just one, but two vial holders. So redundant, but helpful!
For lunch, I heated up leftover mapo chickpeas, and stir-fried some of the narrow bok choy called 鸡毛菜 jimaocai or “chicken feather” vegetable with garlic.
I had another call right after lunch at 1pm, while I had an eye on my messages coming in at the same time. It seemed like people were talking about a PCR test? After hanging up around 1:40 with the excuse once again that it looked like I might need to take another test, I double checked with the group. We’re all supposed to go down now? (Two tests in one day? One antigen in the morning and one PCR four hours later?) Luckily, since I was the last person in my group, there were only two people ahead of me, so there was minimal wait.
I had a small gap in meetings, so decided to take a nap. I woke up hearing a recorded message being broadcast. I thought maybe it was the neighborhood committee ayis using a megaphone again to give everyone a message.
It was only later, in my WeChat group, when a neighbor posted a video (if you click on the screenshot below you can see the video on YouTube) showing that it was actually a drone! The drone’s female voice was telling us, “stay inside, be careful about fire risks.” Over and over again. Where do we live?! What year is this!
Today I did manage to get a workout in, thanks to my gym’s workout at home program. And then I finished off with dinner of leftover curry vermicelli noodles with freshly stir fried egg, red pepper, and that “chicken feather“ bok choy.
