Just finished listening to the daily updates by the Ministry of Health. Again, I record my high respect for those who are working at the frontlines and the masterminds who are planning the actions behind them.We are in good hands – just need to follow the instructions given to us. Simple.While they may not have every answer yet, or solutions to all the problems – they are sure in control. The preparations, the live up to date status and information, scenario based procedures, next actions, coordination – it’s remarkable such control can be established in such a delicate situation. Can...
One of the basic rule of life is – we can never make everyone happy. Since the announcement of the economic stimulus package last Friday, there have been so many economic, business and social experts that came to life like mushrooms. Giving various excuses to be critics, legitimizing whatever everyone wants to say. Well, everyone has a right to their opinion – so do I. In celebrating that spirit, I’ll write it straight up too – right now, it’s not just about you. Ok?I get everyone’s anxious with the uncertainties, scared of what’s currently happening and what’s out there in the...
It hit me last night that it’s not even 2 weeks of the MCO yet. And there’s another 2 weeks more added from the original plan making it a month. By the rate it’s going, I won’t be surprised if more weeks will be added on soon. Yesterday, the Director-General of Health openly acknowledged the COVID-19 peak by mid-April forecasts made by JP Morgan and Malaysian Institute of Economic Research. It would be good if we managed to keep the cases up to 5,000 cases he said. We’ll be lucky if this period doesn’t spillover to Ramadhan and I know I’ve...
It’s the weekend. Day 11 of MCO. Today I realized how the boundaries between weekdays and weekends are getting more blurred by the day as we continue working from home. I was looking forward to sleeping in (which I partially did – I think), but the satisfaction wasn’t the same as before. It literally felt like – any other day. With emails and Whatsapp messages continue flooding in, and my son climbing up on bed waking me up for attention – it’s been the same experience day in day out for the past 1.5 weeks. It’s not bad – probably still adjusting. But...
Another full day today despite me actually writing a text to my boss first thing in the morning that I wanted to take things slow for the day. I had a really rough night dealing with my son’s tantrum last night.But I pushed through the day anyway because the task I had to attend to was for a greater good – specially designed proposal for the true heroes out there. The proposal is at the last lap, hopefully when it gets through and implemented, it will brighten up the lives of our heroes out there, while they continue to put...
