Hello everyone, hope everyone is doing great and safe. This pandemic forced everyone of us to limit ourself just to the boundaries of our home. No movies, no going out with friends, no night outs, no trips, with everything banned seems very difficult to live with such restrictions which we never even thought of. Week one of lockdown went in excitement of witnessing the thing which has never happened in the history, then week two went out of curiosity what will happen next, but as the spread of virus kept on increasing a feeling of fear started developing, how largely will it impact our city, then state then country and then the whole world. Uncertainty of future started bothering, what will happen to my career and dream of becoming an airline pilot, whether i will be able to pursue it or not which i had started with Insight Aviation, will aviation industry be able to hold up it’s pace back, so there were many questions also their are still many but it has been realised that it’s not about just me or my family or my friends, the whole world is the victim of this difficult time. So living with this tension was not an option or the way to come out of it,so i started looking for the opportunities which this idle time had brought to me, so i started to think about what i can do apart from studies which could be productive as well as can pass my time well, i discovered my old desire of learning guitar, which i always wanted to but could not make it happen due to lack of time. So i ordered a guitar from Amazon, which was delivered with no such restrictions as my city was in green zone. So i started learning it online and now i can say that i have gained a bit knowledge and confidence of it that if i continue learning then i will definitely learn it soon. Also i used to cook earlier too but this lockdown gave me opportunity to polish my cooking skills more, and i have learnt many things from desserts to chinese, which i think will help me when i will go to 43 Air School in South Africa for my flying. Apart from these i have also gained the knowledge of parenting, i have a 9 months old nephew Agastya Vashisht, with whom i have developed a very good bond of affection, who now doesn’t sleep in someone else’s arms than mine, which i would have definitely missed if this lockdown had not been imposed.

So this lockdown not only brought tension and fear but also few good habits in me. I know this can delay my career but cannot ruin my career or hopes of flying high. Hard times will go and we will again see happy faces all around. Wish you all great health and strength.

Stay safe, stay home.

Name: Vivek Vashist
Batch name: Hurricanes
Batch number: 1912