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Hey Hongkonger, how are you doing?
As an ordinary middle-aged apolitical Hongkonger I think it is good to share how I have been doing in these three months.
I wasn’t on the frontline, I didn’t really attend rallies and protests. I have not been tear-gassed, injured, arrested, stabbed, shot, or killed. Well I smelled tear-gas once. I was changing trains at Admiralty and the platform was three stories underground, but it was okay, just some retreating eczema and weird feeling in my throat for an evening. I am okay, physically. In fact I started jogging again. Doing intervals and stuff. You know sometimes you need to run. I’m not sure when I am gonna need this.
People of my age are not affected directly. I couldn’t attend a meeting on one day, and was late to work on the other, we went on strike for one day. Our daily routines are not affected at all, perhaps except for some occasional train and bus delays. Everything is the same, but sometimes you feel lucky for the day. Sometimes we get to leave work early for emergencies, sometimes I could even find empty seats in trains. Restaurants are less crowded. The streets are quiet. It’s like how it used to be when I was a kid.
Our friends are doing fine. We used to have friends who love arguing in WhatsApp groups. They are people who just won’t…
