What do you do during Covid-19 Movement Control Order ...

Well, for one, one is stuck at home watching TV ... Thank God broadcasting is essential service, or else there's really nothing to watch on TV ...

So, what do I want to do in these two weeks? Work on my movie script, that's what ... I set a five-year target on 8th July 2017 that I was gonna come up with a movie script withing five years ... So, technically I still have two years to go ... Writing a movie script is more daunting than writing a novel, in my opinion ... For one, I just make up the story as a I go along ... I don't have a whiteboard mapping out story, character and theme development ... I'm the kind of writer that makes things up on the fly ... I'm just gonna write, write, write until some sort of script is formed ... Then after I finish writing, I'll edit ... I don't think I'm the only writer doing this ...

Other than that, what does one do during Covid-19 Movement Control Order? ... If only I get paid during these two weeks, then it won't be so bad ... But I work a shitty job with shitty pay ... Of course my employer is not going to pay during two weeks of no work ... If you must know, I work as a sales assistant at a textile chain store ... I've given up looking for a steady job that pays well ... If I had a steady job, then having no pay for two weeks will still be bearable as I'd still get paid much better than the shitty job that I have now ...

Well, not gonna moan about it ... Health is more important than money, though truth be told, I hate to wear a face mask when I'm out ... But, I went out this morning wearing one ... I went to buy some groceries and the hypermarket was almost deserted ... All shops are closed, including mine, except restaurants and the like, but you can only buy takeaways ... Even though the number of cases in my country is not as serious as some others, like Italy or Iran, it is still on the rise ... Yesterday, it was a hundred plus new cases ... There are now two deaths in my country ... Hopefully the government's aim to staunch that number during these two weeks works, God-willing ... This is the first time in history that something like this is happening on a global scale ... I do hope that everything will turn out alright at the end of this ...

Updated 23rd March 2020

Movement Control Order extended by the Prime Minister until 14th April ... Yeay, more fun at home :( ...