APRIL 5 — Singapore has mandated that all non-essential workplaces will transition to work from home and schools will shut from April 8. We should even refrain from visiting close relatives where possible. Fortunately, restaurants and hawkers centres have been classified as essential services and will remain open.Jokes aside, these are challenging times.
So now, I vacillate between calm and nervous; how will this affect my loved ones? What does this mean for all our jobs? For our economies? No cinemas, no clubs, no malls, no jaunts to JB or Phuket; so it is time to really focus on the little things. For me, this has meant reaching out to friends around the world... people I haven’t been in touch with enough. Ironically, modern technology is enabling some very old school behaviour — long chats and games.
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