Life after pandemic feel like this: you get mud thrown in your face, you learn to cope and adapt, and you move on. You move on with the mud residue left on your clothes, tinting the past and forming your future. Everything that you do will be a reflection of the hard times you went through and all the things that you have learnt. Life after the pandemic, for me, is all about learning to smile after hard times, it's about the growth we go through as people and society. The image shows two women who have gone through mud and hell to be here today. As one of them is looking up to the sky, it's like finding hope for a better future regardless of our own past experiences. After all, we can't appreciate the sunshine without the rainfall.