In the last 10 days since I blogged about social distancing things have changed drastically all over the world. Malaysia now has 30 deaths and the restricted movement order has been extended for another 14 days. In the UK, Boris Johnson, Prince Charles and there are now 1,408 deaths when it was just 1,019 yesterday. Spain has 7,340 deaths and there are 35,000 deaths globally. We are still quarantining at home most of the time with the exception of a state allowed run to a nearby park every other day.
I'm facetiming home regularly where everyone seems to be much more panicked then I am here. Absolutely no going out in KL, the army has been deployed and people are sunning/ bathing their grocceries in dettol after buying them. I don't even have a facemask here since the guidance has been you only need a mask if you have symptoms or are sick. When we went to Sainsbury's there were little markers to show how far apart you had to stand from each other and only a certain amount of people were allowed in the shops everyday. The shops in Leeds aren't as well-stocked as they usually are because of panic buying so it feels a bit dystopian going in and half the shelves are empty.
It's a really strange time in the world. People are losing their jobs, businesses are tethering on bankruptcy, hospitals are over-loaded and are at capacity. The Home Minister of Malaysia released a statement that all Malaysians should return before all commercial flights are cancelled. I was quite sure that I wanted to stay here until the crisis was over but now I'm not completely sure if that's the right thing to do because they're saying it may last longer than 6 months.
Everyday Living
Apart from that, I started Couch to 5K and i'm on Week 4 right now. So far it's going good and I feel like I'm actually enjoying running for once. It's quite easy to follow the podcast because it tells you when to run when to jog, how much further you have. Can't wait to finish the programme and be able to do 30 minutes without stopping. On the off days we do hiit workouts at home, surprisingly the lockdown is when I've done the most exercise in my entire life!
I've been baking alot more too! So far I've made pancakes, brownies, chocolate chip cookies and next on the list is a burnt cheesecake once I manage to get all the ingredients. Ordered a paint by numbers kit but it's going to take a few weeks to arrive. Quite excited to try something new! I think sometimes I actively avoid things that take too much effort. But spending time on things that have nothing to show for it feels a little empty.. like endless surfing or scrolling.
James and I have been playing this board game called Pandemic which is apt with whats going on right now. The premise of the game is that you need to solve objectives for each round based on 4 diseases that have broken out in the world. You have different roles like quarantine scientist, researcher, medics, dispatch. It takes about an hour to play a game and we got the legacy version so we have 12 months to complete.
Stay safe everyone! X
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