In Conversation With

Emmelyn Escalier from Canaan Studio

 What does a home mean to you?

Home means comfort to me, my safe zone, where I can rest and take a breather from the outside world. My work is pretty hectic and full on so when the word ‘home’ comes up, I can only think of activities that makes me relax and comforting.

Tell us the most random thing you did during quarantine?

I’ve never really done this before, but now because of the lockdown happening in Melbourne, I’ve taken an interest to exercising via youtube and doing exercises suited for older people because I find them really easy to follow, plus they’re fun and only 30 minutes long!

How’s your new normal or daily schedule look like?

I pretty much stay at home most of the day, so instead of working within the normal hours of 10am-6pm like before, now it’s kind of stretched to the whole day to evening as there is a 3 hour difference to Jakarta so I’m still replying work messages until 9 pm Melbourne time. It’s fine because essentially i’m at home anyway so I feel like I have more time for everyone who needs me back in Indonesia. It’s funny sometimes I can spend hours in bed and I’m actually working on my phone and MacBook. I feel that’s my new normal is…. working in bed.