COVID-19 has definitely shook the world. No country really has control over the deadly virus, and the distress level just keeps going up exponentially across the different levels of society globally. It just gets scarier by the day. The response from the people varies depending on where they are and the local criticality of the situation. Europe is basically on the verge of shutting down with few countries already on a lockdown. The Asian economic giants up north such as South Korea and Japan continues to combat it as best as they can. Travel bans are announced everywhere with entries...

Yesterday, the country received news that there were positive cases of COVID-19 recorded from attendees of a tabligh gathering held between 28 February to 1 March 2020. It was estimated around 10,000 people attended (12,000 according to the vice president of the mosque in a news article) with participants from various countries – approximately from 25 countries.  The case started receiving headlines the moment Brunei recorded its first case, which was linked to the event. The cases in the country went up to 10 in just 1 day after they found the first case.Today, Singapore announced that it will temporarily close...

Started off the day dragging myself out of bed and craving for energy as my body’s battery drained from another long night trying to get my beloved son (who is a 12 year old special child on the autism spectrum for those who haven’t noticed) to sleep. He is without a doubt, a handful especially on days he randomly spirals out of control. But I know for a fact that there is a lot going on in his mind, and to be fair to him, most times it’s beyond his control. Don’t believe me? See it for yourself. So come nighttime...

It’s been a long day – after a long haul the night before comforting my one and only special son, followed by continuation of public worry on COVID-19, which is at the verge of being declared a pandemic, and last but not least, back to back meetings – I’m low on fuel.  But: the health panic, which actually represents everyone’s worry of unprepared death (which is never certain in the first place),the forecasted economic crisis expected to be just around the corner with market crashes and actual impact on people (sudden salary cuts involving three airlines) already happening, the busyness of...