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Time Really Flies
Time Really Flies
Time really flies. Covid-19 has spread across the world in only
half a year after just a few cases were identified and confirmed at its
alleged ground zero last December.
I would like to cite a Greek myth here to address this status quo.
In ancient Greece, there were two awful creatures, one was Scylla and
the other went by the name of Charybdis. Scylla was a horrible six-
headed monster while Charybdis was a whirlpool. Sailors who got
stuck between the two of them and had to opt to choose one side to
get through. When ships passed close to Scylla, in order to avoid
Charybdis, she would seize this chance to wipe out the whole ship, and
vice versa.
The other new normal will revolve around the economic sector.
Before Covid-19 shocked the world, consumers would have a great
time bonding with family members and friends in public, dining at
restaurants. Food delivery apps were not the primary consideration of
many when they had the choice of driving to a restaurant themselves
or taking public transport or even carpooling as some find it more
enjoyable when dining out. But, our life has experienced a sudden
change as we could now only take away our food by driving through
or queuing at restaurants due to social distancing. Alternately, we
would order our food via mobile apps like GrabFood, FoodPanda, and
DahMakan. As a result, we can foresee that food delivery apps will
thrive and more restaurants will join in the trend to deploy more
manpower to conduct food deliveries to survive in the new era.
All in all, some individuals regard Covid-19 and the year 2020 as
disastrous and as if fate is playing a prank with them. On a positive
note, we can regard this crisis as a chance for us to better ourselves,
be it culinary skills or knowledge gained from reading, and be grateful
to be able to spend more quality time with our loved ones, as well as
learning some life lessons such as the need to be resilient in any
situation. We should also spend some time to be thankful of the
immense efforts, sacrifices, dedication, and commitment devoted by
the unsung heroes of the nation, i.e. the front-liners either in civil
services or healthcare services in dealing with the condition of Covid-
19, for the sake of the nation even though their jobs put them at risk.
Big kudos and salute to all!