Resolutions of Life

The outbreak we currently faced is unprecedented... ...is what i thought of saying. However, experiencing SARS first hand when i was still a student and had months off school due to it, the scale of disruption still (to some surprise) boggles my mind. We were made aware of this virus since last year's final quarter yet somehow, most countries were still caught off guard. Suffice to say, they are paying the full price now. ...but what went out of control were mostly what can be controlled by the people. That is, their own expectations and reservations when it comes to resources. Nowadays, it's not uncommon to see toilet papers, thermometers, alcohol swabs and other hygiene products out-of-stock. I recall the first few weeks when the mandatory temperature taking was announced and i tried to find a thermometer. It's really out of stock everywhere. It might have been understandable if there are really that many people buying their own share of required medical aids but ...

3 months have passed since the last post. The situation for me hasn't improved. It really went full force towards the other end. Not just for me too. The world is facing a global pandemic and it has made its way into disrupting even our relatively small country. I'm guessing that when it happened last year in the last quarter, no one would have imagined that the scale of the pandemic would hit and match the situation about 16 years ago when SARS was a thing. ...but let's talk about the disruption a bit later. --- The year started very slow and boring for me. Since i did not submit anymore applications since last year's incident, i guess that is too be expected...though as a result of that it was rather unpleasant to just swim through the months without much of sidetracking. A lot of festivities were scaled down in view of the pandemic that was happening across the world. Even the annual lunches for the company were postponed indefinitely to reduce the amount...