Phalla's Oral History, Round 2

- Phalla, 29, Khmer, Freelance translator, researching freelancer
- Added more jobs and responsibilities since previous interview, moved back to C city
- Scholarship for higher education delayed for two years
- Grateful for opportunity to work from home and still earn a living despite Covid-19
regulations and lockdown
- Compared Covid-19 to war which is led by healthcare workers

January 25, 2022

English

Biography 1-2

Changes to daily routine
- Going out 8-9
- Hygiene 9
- Interactions with others 7, 9

Comparison with past crises 24

Covid-19 waves
- 2020 versus 2021 2, 5-6
- Delta 2
- Omicron 2-3

Daily life necessities 15

Financial impacts 15-16, 19-20

Job
- Brother-in-law’s job 16
- Father’s job as a taxi driver 6-7, 15-16
- Interviewee’s job 1-2, 16
- Sister’s job 7, 15-16

Psychological impacts 6, 8-9, 13-14

Reflections on Covid-19
- Personal interpretation of Covid-19 14
- Post Covid-19 25

Relationships
- Break-up 12-13

Response measures to Covid-19
- Assistance for Covid-19 relief 20-21
- Consequences for breaking rules 17
- Home treatment/quarantine 3-5, 21-22
- Lockdown 5, 9, 16-17
- Reactions to response measures 18-23
- Restrictions on alcohol consumption 17-18

Social media 19, 23

Travel 12-13, 17

Vaccines 3-4, 9-12