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 Man Proposes, God Disposes

Abida Rahmani

As l'm sitting sort of relaxed and idle watching videos on whatapp, forwarding the interesting ones, reading and reposting long posts ,watching tv,changing  different channels,  its Corona Corona all around. The virus that has engulfed the whole world .  China is recovering from this disaster which emerged first on their soil ,whole of the  Euorope is in  lock down, USA and Canada are taking drastic steps to control  this menace.

My travel plans are abandoned, jeopardized. God Almighty knows his plans better than us. Planned for the Spain trip with my friends in December. We were supposed to leave on 23rd March for Barcelona from LAX. I was leaving for Corona, CA early morning on 18th. Despite the cancellation of Spain trip because of this Pandemic, I was still adament to go . Baggage packed, strapped and weighed, done with shopping ,finishing perishables ( while rest of the citizens are trying to hoard it). 

Planning the departure time at 4:30 am from home for the early morning flight on 18th, I was thinking about the deserted airports, empty planes, masked staff.Should I wear mask at the  airport or during flight for protection ( tried it for few seconds).

All of a sudden this afternoon after mind boggling news , scary updates and precautions  from our PM Justin  Treaudu and top health officials,  decided about the cancellation of this trip. Called Orbits (my booking website ) with no response , searched both United and Orbits 's websites. Then Called United Air,  their hold time was more than two hours. Waiting for their respond , I searched once again on the website and luckily got successful in Cancellation . Right now sitting in my couch, i can only pray that me and all my loved ones are saved from Covid -19.

My dear friend who was waiting  for my arrival despite her knee problem is disappointed .

Thank you my dear, see you soon inshaAllah!