Written Exercise 165 – MY FIRST EXPERIENCE OF TAKING A NUCLEIC ACID TEST During this past week, there were four confirmed COVID-19 cases and two asymptomatic carriers in the district where I live. To make matters worse, I have visited one of the places where those cases were confirmed in the past two weeks. To prevent the coronavirus from spreading in the district and in the city, people who have visited the places where the COVID-19 patients had been and all the residents in the districts have been ordered to be tested. That’s why I took my first nucleic acid covid test this afternoon. It was 34 degrees Celsius and broiling hot today. The temporary test stations were set up outdoors in every community in our area. Unfortunately, there was no one in our community, so we went to my friend’s. We saw a long line of people when we got there. There were out of large spaces for people to line up, and could not maintain social distancing. There were large crowds. It was scary to think that there might be some asymptomatic carriers in the crowd. However, we did not have any choice. Actually, the test station started to collect samples at 2pm, but my friend got there and lined up around 11am this morning. We joined my friend at about 2:30pm. We finished the test around 5pm, which means it took people 5-6 hours to get a nucleic acid (covid) test. Luckily, we were able to stand in line under an overpass / flyover (tent?), which helped block the sun and we took stools with us to sit while waiting for the test. There were some interesting scenes ("things" sounds a bit natural and casual) that I saw either in person or in the videos people shared online on social media. For instance, I saw people with signs on their back or on the back of their chair that said " I am representing my family of 2,3,4 (and so on) people". Now I am waiting for my Covid test result. I hope it comes out tomorrow morning.