My “disappearing act” was not because of flu. In fact, I was so busy with work and assignments for the past few weeks. I have 2 essays and 1 project due this month. Having to work and study full-time requires one to work from 8am-1am every night. -_-
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So, I decided to “reward” myself a trip to Bangkok over the long weekend together with 8 of my good friends. When I touched down last night near 12 am, I received several messages from my boss. (my phone doesn’t have international roaming)

“For staff who have gone overseas in the 7 days, except Malaysia are advised not to work on Monday.”

“WHO has raised the pandemic alert level to 5 (out of 6 levels) and that correspondingly MOH has today raised the alert level to Orange (level 3 out of 5 levels).”

“Oh no!! What happen to Singapore in these 3 days while I was away??!!” We were told to get our students to bring thermometer to school and have their temperatures taken before class begins. After reading emails from work regarding the flu precautions, I started to feel worried.

My boss replied:“Don’t come to work till we received further notice from the meeting.”

So on Monday morning, I waited for my boss’ message to see if I should really be “quarantined”. My class started at 11am and if I didn’t make it to class, they would have missed several lessons.

At 11.05am, my boss called to ask me to get to work. First thing my colleagues responded when they saw me was..“HEY!!! I thought you were supposed to stay at home?” Some joked that they wanted to catch my sneeze or shared my food. HAH!

I went to my class late and my students had no idea what had just happened. It seemed like it was just another day for them. When I asked if any of them were not feeling well, 85% of them raised up their hands..*followed by fake cough and groaning* -_-

I am very grateful for all the measures and precautions that are taken now. It is just the beginning. I wonder how the world is going to fight this pandemic this time…

On a lighter node, I caught two huge mekong fish in Bangkok. The other one got away so fast and strong that my fishing string snapped.

This is mekong fish. Not my picture though, have yet to download them to computer. Most of the “me-in-action” shots are still with my friends. Will definitely put them up here this week!

And I came back with bigger bicep on my right arm!

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