Day 1:
After being checked in, I was taken to my hotel room which would be my home for the next 14 days. I was not to step foot outside my door for anything other than to pick things up off my stool (which they would place things for you to pick up and could see through the peephole). Breaking quarantine would cause a 25,000HKD fine plus a 6 month prison sentence with criminal charges. I showered did some light work, and then went to bed. Breakfast is delivered every morning at 8 am and it rotates from day to day. One day is “Western” and the other is “Cantonese”. I am able to use a food ordering app called FoodPanda for lunch and dinner. I can also order snacks from nearby establishments.
Day 2 and 3:
Nothing overly exciting happened on these day. I worked out, ate Western breakfast on day 2 and Cantonese breakfast on day 3.
Day 2 Breakfast consisted of scrambled eggs, 2 sausages, two raisin rolls, one croissant, and orange juice. And don’t forget the instant coffee!
Day 3 Breakfast consisted of fried noodles dumplings, instant coffee, and congee with soy milk.
Both days I worked and walked around my room.
On day 3 I ordered groceries that were to be delivered on the 28th. Also sent an email about not having a pin to sent up my stay safe at home app.
Day 4:
I woke up with bad news. China is closing their borders to all foreigners including those with visas! My colleague who is also in quarantine and I are unable to exit quarantine to cross the border. So we are now Hong Kong Residents. We decided to rent an apartment together so we could be together for the whole process.
Breakfast was hard boiled eggs, 2 sausages, bakes beans (which I am personally not a fan of), 2 raisin rolls, croissant, instant coffee, and orange juice.
Reading through the FAQs that the hotel provided I discovered that today was laundry day!! Since I can’t leave I might as well have my laundry done. Beats having to hand wash it in the sink.
Worked and trying to find an apartment. Had a few video calls and had a virtual happy hour.
Day 5:
Breakfast was Congee with corn, fried noodles, and dumplings. I over slept a little so the dumplings were not that great. Oh and instant coffee, I ran out of the packets that were already in my room so I hope that my order gets here soon. I have more instant coffee and cream for it.
Today is Saturday so it is my day off from work. I received a call from the government checking on me to see how things are going and that I remember to take my temperature every day and twice a day. Got an updated FAQs list with todays date as the update. They called to notify me of the update, they cancelled the laundry service they said my laundry would be returned tomorrow.
Also send another email about not having a pin for the Stay Home Safe App. And no groceries were delivered. Has a nice video call with my boyfriend.
Day 6:
Breakfast was 2 sausage, 2 hard boiled eggs, baked beans, and 2 raisin rolls. Since I did not get my groceries I called to get more coffee. I think they gave me plenty enough to last the rest of my quarantine.
Watching Netflix and Youtube, started playing a game called June’s Journey. It’s a murder mystery, I like it a lot.
My groceries and laundry were delivered, and I finally got a call about my Pin. I need to call them back so they can mail my health certificate to the hotel. I need it to get into Mainland China when they finally open the borders.
Netflix has a movie party feature and I did that with some of my friends. We watched the movie Lost Girls. It is sad it was based on actual events.
Day 7:
Breakfast today is instant coffee, fried noodles, congee with meat, and an omelette/egg roll thing.
Work out using PopSugar videos: for working out at “home” they are nice, and easy to modify if you don’t have weights.
This week is technically spring break for the school I work for, but I plan on getting some things done this week. I am a little behind. But watching things online sounds more enticing. I also have a hankering for some chocolate cake. But it would appear that my window to order Chocolate Cake today has closed.
Well I have been completely unmotivated today. So no work for me. I will do it tomorrow. I do have a bit of work to do so I really need to motivate myself.
Part of my lunch/dinner order did not arrive… Normally not a big deal but being in quarantine it kind of is. FoodPanda gave me a voucher for the missing food so when I order dinner it will go towards that.