Foreigner again haha

I often say, I get mistaken as foreigner in my hometown. 

And when I'm abroad, people think I'm from China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong. When I'm in China, the locals think I am from the North because girls in the North are tall. 

OK, it must be my look then. 

Due to Covid 19 outbreak, we need to wear masks when we are outside.  One Sunday morning, my mum said she wanted to eat kolomee. So being a filial daughter, i drove out and found a stall selling kolomee. With my mask on, I told the boss "boss, dabao two noodles" （老板，打包两包面）, to which he replied or should i say, asked,  "You are not local?" ( 你不是本地人吗？)  He didn't even look up! 

I told him i'm local leh. He said my accent is different so he thinks I'm not local. OH..... so it's not only my look that makes people think i'm a foreigner, but also my accent? Umm.. oh.. ok... doesn't matter. I'm used to it liao hahaha

see see, "liao" is very local right? 

MCO extended

SO... the MCO is extended for another two weeks until 12 May 2020.

I'm not unhappy although am not happy either.

I just accept it as we have come so far, if we let our guard down, what we have done for the past 6 weeks would be wasted. 

In the past, the things we stocked up at home were food related items. These days, the things we buy over and over again are masks, sanitizers, alcohol wipes, gloves (which i am not using as it's really not environmental friendly), disinfectants... I also bought big volume of dettol and clorox for cleaning. 

Just a small part of my 'stock" :P

Speaking of gloves, i get really angry at people who think they look stylish with gloves on their hands  (not those who are essential workers) when they are doing grocery shopping or using the ATM machines etc. I know it's another layer of protection for you BUT it's really environmental unfriendly, as they are thrown away after one use. Actually, just make sure you wash/ sanitize your hands after touching anything will do. 

And what frustrates me further is that the people THROW used gloves on the ground! WTH! It's already bad that they are using gloves and yet they can't do something simple buy throwing them properly into the rubbish bin? I seriously think we human beings are the cancer cells of mother earth. I feel pity that there people who are still so uneducated and have not learned anything from this epidemic. 

Just look at the discarded gloves

34th day of MCO

Today is the 34th day of Movement Control Order. 

Yes, it has been extended 2 times. I kinda like being at home. And that everyone else is at home :P It's so quiet in the morning and night time. I can practically hear myself breathing! Amazing! 

When i was a kid, that's how quiet my neighbourhood was. Then when OUTSIDE residents found out that this road leads them to the other main road, saving them from traffic jam, my neighbourhood becomes noisy during day time. It's a even worse when it rains in the morning because the noise becomes louder as car tires touch the wet road. Imagine, being woken up at 6am by cars :S  

Blah, i am so happy during MCO that not many cars are on the road. Peace and quiet finally! Even a the birds come out to sing!

Two nights ago, just when i was about to sleep, i heard the sound of night - the frogs, the crickets were singing outside my home. It was like an orchestra, by the nature! I loved it and recorded the music with my phone. Let me see how to share it here next time. 

These days, when i turn on FB, TV, newspaper, chats, 99% of them are about Covid 19 virus. It's a global issue which each and everyone of us has a role to play. Soon, this will be over and in history. I like to think that we are now LIVING through history and one day when we all look back, we would go, wow, i lived through that crisis! I remembered, when i was small, my mum told me stories of how her life was during World War II. Now i too have great stories to tell.  I hope some day, when i am older, I could too tell my grand nephews and nieces that, hey kids, don't mess with your grand aunt! I saved the world.............. by staying at home! 

Oh, should i leave out the last four words? haha

But still, Staying home is the only way to stay safe! And to break the virus chain!