Monday, April 06, 2020

Eerie.

Like waiting for Armageddon lah.

Today I went to Ayer Rajah food center to bungkus some rojak India for dinner. Unlike the past several times I was there, this time the situation was quite different. 

The atmosphere was, for want of a better word, almost final. Shops were closed, stalls were closing early while some were serving their last customers for the day. It's so quiet that I jumped when  I hear the shutters coming down. 

Strangers were waving, saying their thanks to each other as they give way, either while on foot or while driving, smiling. And on the way back, it rained heavily. Vehicles gave way to each other, signal lights were switched on and civility was felt thoughtout.

On any other day or period, these, all these would not stop me to reflect what has come and what is coming. But to put this in context...

This covid-19 shit is as real as it gets. It's not happening in another continent, or another country even, people are sick and some have passed in a hospital near me!

Some are sick without their love ones to comfort them, while some have lose their loved ones.

I can't control what others do, but I know I can control what I can do.

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