I work from home (three days a week) for one of my employers. I have been "put to lockdown" with full pay from my second employer (supermarket) due to being "at risk". Have much more "me" time for DIY projects, hobbies, gardening etc. Much less stressed than normal and started a couple of new hobbies!
At the beginning I was thinking of all the movies etc that I could watch while at home, but found that (probably as a result of the good weather we've had) I prefer to be out in the garden with my hobbies until it's dark! Watched very little TV, probably much less than normal. I miss not being able to travel somewhere for a day out or a break/short holiday. I’m looking forward to when this is all over, but not expecting to be able to do so before 2021.
Dwi wedi byw yng Ngogledd Cymru erioed. Mewn pentref bach or enw Bethel wrth Caernarfon a Llanrug. Dwi'n byw gyda fy Mam a fy Nhad, fy chwaer, 2 ci a 3 bwji!
Gyda social media, mae'n hawdd i mi gysylltu gyda ffrindiau a teulu. Dwi hefyd yn gweld fy ffridiau o coleg trwy Google Hangout pob wythnos! Ma dad wedi dechra gweithio eto sydd yn neud i mi boeni am ei iechyd ond mae mam dal adref, yn gweithio ar y cyfrifiadur, felly dwi'n gallu gweld hi mwy aml nag oni o'r blaen (sydd yn neis).
Mi fyddai'n deffro tua 10 i chwarae dipyn o Animal Crossing cyn newid a gael coffi. Gan fy mod yn gorffen y cwrs sylfaen celf o adref, rhan fwyaf o ddiwrnodau mi fyddai'n peintio tan i dad ddod adref o gwaith. Bydd mam yn prynu llysiau gan ffarmwr lleol pob wythnos ac yn gwneud bwyd anhygoel gyda dad! Ar ôl bwyta te, awni â'r cwn am dro ac eith mam o gwmpas Felinheli. Trwy'r dydd dwi'n mwynhau gal ambell sioe teledu ymlaen i gadw fi cwmni ac hefyd dwi'n tecstio fy ffrindiau trwy'r dydd hefyd. Ar ôl dod adref, fyddai'n chwarae mwy o Animal Crossing, gwylio ffilm ac ysgrifennu ar fy mlog ac postio ar fy Instagram celf. Fyddai'n gorffen bob dydd yn gwylio mam yn chwarae candy crush.
Tydw i ddim yn gweithio tu allan i'r ty ond dwi wedi dechra gwerthu fy nghelf a gosod Etsy i fyny. Fel artist, ma hi wedi bod yn anodd gal mwy o baent a silver (i neud gemwaith) ond hefyd mae genddai lawer mwy o bobl yn dilyn fy mhroses celf ar Instagram i gymharu â cyn y pandemic. Mae creu fy mhroject celf o adref wedi bod yn anodd. Does genddai'm y cyflenwadau dwi angen adref, felly dwi wedi gorfod gweithio efo'r pethau gendda'i yn barod. Mae fy nhiwtors wedi bod yn anhygoel ac yn cysylltu trwy Classroom pob diwrnod ac yn cynnal Google Hangout pob dydd Llun. Mae delio gyda rhai pethau wedi bod yn anodd gan fy mod i efo Autism. Er hyn, dwi byth wedi colli gobaith bod pethau am wella. Mae celf yn cadw fi'n hapus ac mae'n neis gael rhywbeth positif fel hyn i ddenu fy sylw.
I live in Swansea with my family – my husband, two children and my mum. I am speaking more with my family and friends, before I probably got in touch with them every other week. Now it is weekly, sometimes daily. I am more aware of my neighbours and speak to more of them now and ask if they need anything. Before, we just said hello if we bumped into each other in the street.
My first language is Bangla. Since lockdown the children have been off school and my husband and I have been working from home. We have been speaking more in Bangla to each other. I have also joined an online course to learn Welsh, which I have been meaning to do for ages but not had the chance. I have downloaded the Duolingo app and learning five minutes of Welsh daily and weekly online two hour sessions. Also, we have extra work to do on our own. Hopefully by the end of the course (10 weeks), I'll be about to have basic conversations in Welsh.
I work Monday to Friday 10-6pm. I set school work the night before, for the children to do whilst I am working during the day. We take late morning break in the garden for 10-15minutes, we have lunch then have another afternoon 10-15 minutes break in the garden. We all go out for a walk after work, not too far from home and not for too long maybe 20-30minutes. Weekends we lazy about in the house, catch up with house work and TV. We try and watch the daily update on TV the Government give on COVID-19. We try and do top up shopping once a week from local Tesco Express and the big shop fortnightly.
I have never worked from home before so it has changed drastically for me. I support families and young people. So, everything is over the phone support or online. I don't attend many meetings normally, but since working from home I have been to meetings daily and on most days more than once usually via Zoom or Teams. But I miss speaking to my colleagues in the office, it is not the same on the phone or online. We are more busy working from home that I don't get a chance to speak
Children are quite resilient and they have adapted quite well. My two boys were excited when the lockdown started, but after five weeks they kept saying 'I am missing school, I am missing my friends' and that they want to go back. Also, they have adapted to keeping social distancing. My six year old is too scared to go near any other people when we go out for a walk.
I am a Muslim and follow Islam. This year Ramadan started in the middle of lockdown, it has been really hard staying away from friends and family when normally we would gather around to break fast when the sun sets. However, we have distributed food to those who live near, by leaving food on the door step and chatting to them at a distance. We have not been able to go to any prayers in the mosque since the lockdown. This is especially hard for the Friday prayers and the night prayer (Tarweeh prayer) during Ramadan. Our biggest celebration is Eid Ul Fitr when Ramadan finishes. Normally when visit friends and families, exchange gifts and have big feasts as well as dressing up in new clothes. But this year we will be in lockdown and will be spent with own family. It’s a bonus to be cooking less, but nevertheless, we will be missing all the family and the gatherings.
Bury a time capsule – for children of all ages from very young up to 100+
Part 1 – introduction and what you’ll need to get started
A great way to leave something for future people to find is to make a time capsule. Fill it with everyday items from ‘now’ and bury it in your garden or you could put it in the corner of the attic where no-one goes!
After the ‘lockdown’ you could always make a time capsule with your classmates in school and bury it on the school grounds.
I’ve made quite a few time capsules over the years. I used to make them with my son when he was growing up and we buried them all over the place! We hoped that they would last a hundred years or more so that somebody would find them and see our things.
I have made two capsules with schools in Swansea too. One we buried at Waun Wen School, and one we buried in the grounds of Penlan Community Centre. Chris Coleman, who was the Wales football manager at the time came to help Waun Wen School bury their time capsule in the school garden. He grew up in Waun Wen.
Penlan children buried their capsule in the Community Centre garden.
We used big plastic boxes for the capsule because there were a lot of children who wanted to add something.
What you’ll need
When you make your capsule you can use any empty container that you might have in the house. I like to use empty coffee jars or any jar that has a screw lid (I tend to raid our re-cycling box).
I couldn’t find an empty coffee jar this time but luckily we had an empty marmalade jar.
Remember, the container you use will be very interesting to future people too!
Part 2
What goes into your Time Capsule
I searched around my house for things to put in.
The items should not be expensive, just little things you don’t mind burying. I chose:
an ASDA receipt so people can see how much things cost
a toy car
a plastic dinosaur
an elastic band
a safety pin
a keyring with my blood type on it
a puzzle from a Christmas cracker
my Welsh learner’s badge
a pencil
three coins, a two pence, a five pence and a one penny
an old sim card from a mobile phone
a badge I got on a birthday card which says ‘aged to perfection’
a Marie Curie badge of daffodils
Part 3
Write a little note to go in the jar. It can say things about you like your name and age and todays date. Also write a little explanation of why you are burying the capsule. If you can add a picture of you then good, but you can always draw a picture of yourself too.
You could write your thoughts of the Covid 19 lockdown, what you miss the most or who you miss most.
You could write a letter to your future self and dig the capsule up yourself in twenty year’s time!
Make sure your container is clean and dry before putting your things in. Screw the lid on tight.
Then if you have some tape (doesn’t matter if you don’t) put an extra seal around the lid to keep any water out.
Part 4
Send us pictures of your time capsule!
We would love to see what you put in your time capsule
Rydw i’n gweithio i’r awdurdod iechyd mewn tîm iechyd meddwl. Fel arfer, mae hyn yn swydd heriol, ond nawr, hyd yn oed fwy. Mae’r tîm wedi gorfod newid practis i arsylwi pellter cymdeithasol. Mae’r swydd yn gallu bod yn anodd, trallodus a llawn straen – rydym yn dibynnu ar ein gilydd am gefnogaeth. Dros y blynyddoedd, rydym wedi creu tîm da, cryf, cefnogol.
Weithiau, ma’n anodd aros yn gryf. Rydym yn cefnogi cymaint y gallwn o’n cleifion ar y ffôn neu wrth Skype neu FaceTime, ond yn amlwg, nid yw natur ein swydd yn golygu bod hyn bob amser yn bosib. Mae cadw cysylltiad a chael acses i feddygfeydd teulu, fferyllfeydd cymunedol a gwasanaethau eraill i’n clientiaid hefyd wedi bod yn heriol ac yn wahanol… I fod yn onest, rydw i wedi cadw ‘mhen lawr a mynd o ddydd i ddydd yn gwneud fy ngorau a beth alla i.
Mae hyn yn anghredadwy! Fod y byd i gyd wedi cael ei effeithio. Pobol, economiau, diwylliant, traddodiadau a disgwyliadau. A fyddwn yr un peth byth eto? Rydw i pob amser yn credu ein bod yn datblygu, nid yn unig fel rhywogaeth ond yn unigol ac yn bersonol. Gobeitho fydd hyn mewn rhyw ffordd yn ein hysbrydoli i ddatblygu yn well, yn fwy caredig ac yn fwy tosturiol, dim yn unig yn bersonol ond tuag at ein cyd-ddyn, ein cenhedloedd a’r byd.
