Welcome to the review of 2020, in the middle of 2023. Yes it may be a little late but at least you and i made it through the pandemic so let's just give thanks to our lord and savior Pfizer BioNtech.
The Mcdonald’s breakfast that morning would one of the last times we were able to dine in for awhile.
Cuddle up to your loved ones and hide under your blankets, because today we will relive the dark days of covid lockdown, no dine in and *shudder* maximum 5 person gatherings.
But before all that, we rang in the new year with a nice reunion dinner, featuring 2 people who don't like to say hi to each other.
The first signs started when Jh and i were on a 4am supermarket trip to buy steamboat ingredients for CNY only to be stunned by covidiots stockpiling for World War 3.
The Mcdonald’s breakfast that morning would one of the last times we were able to dine in for awhile.
This was the closest we got to Bangkok as our trip was cancelled when international borders were shut down just a week before lockdown.
The last K session for 2.5 years. Glad to see the same old faces are still in MSE after these few years- oh wait....
Months of not being able to cook pasta because of import shortage and people hoarding spaghetti. See parmigiano reggiano in supermarket machiam find gold.
But covid isn't all bad. During lockdown, we said goodbye to the Grab office in Telok Ayer as a new, innovative working style known as WFH was implemented. I have never looked back since.
As a result, i was able to spend more time with my family, particularly my niece and newborn nephew.
Adorable little kids, but they have already destroyed 2 of my Hooga bedsheets 💸
Ck’s WFH arrangement occasionally includes coming over to my house to play mlbb and eat wanton mee, something Sj used to love.
The height of lockdown caused extreme boredom, which resulted in an overuse of Houseparty conference calls. The NAFA group of friends held weekly virtual art lessons for Zentangle, and different drawing themes like plants or fishes. I drew the only plant i cared for.
In loving memory of our luo han fish who is probably living its best life after we released into the long kang.
When the theme of the week was “fungi” and i only had this in mind.
We also did a surprise meal roulette where we ordered a random dinner of our choice for another person. Pls Melissa how the fuck can a woaitaimei chicken cutlet + bubble tea be considered as dinner? Her sister did make it up to me by ordering ice cream.
…which NOBODY mentioned to me. It was left hanging outside my door for an hour before my mom realised and the result is this pile of shit.
When we emotionally celebrated our first dine in meal together in months with wanton mee.
SJ also emotionally celebrated phase 2 with wanton mee.
With our travel wings clipped, we went overseas the only way we could.
A day trip to St. John’s Island which resembled more like Orchard road from the massive crowd of bored Singaporeans. At least we can count on having some fun on a sunny day at the beach.
Ok nvm.
But still, it was nice to be away from the mundane city life, even if only for a few hours.
We packed enough sandwiches to feed the entire island because my disability is not knowing how much food is enough.
Poor people watching the rich frolicking on their fancy yachts.
While searching for seafood on the beach for dinner.
With hard work and determination, we will one day be able to afford a better picnic mat.
At the end of the St. John Island trip, our spirits were truly reinvigorated.
The same thing happened when we visited the zoo as well. Let's just accept the fact that we are homebodies and stop going on stupid outings.
Such a lovely group of pals enjoying hotpot together. Glad to see that everyone is still friends after all these years- oh wait...
When my birthday rolled around, i found out that some of my friends were fantasizing about me in a weird way.
I also received some of the most useless gifts imaginable. This extendable teaspoon was swiftly relegated into the cupboard with unused cutlery.
A bouquet of combs from my friends because i refuse to throw away the one i’m using since 2004. 你们是太有空了吧？
Twas a very confusing situation on my bed that night.
In line with the trend of crappy, useless gifts, i got Eug a toilet pipe for xmas.
Not forgetting the annual christmas litmus test of how much food i can prepare in one setting before i pass out.
And once new year's eve finally came around, we aptly said goodbye to a shitty year with an equally shitty zi char.
But not before one final epic fail when everyone was fed the wrong information on where the fireworks would be and ended up facing the wrong direction after camping at Bedok Reservoir for a few hours. You can't write this shit up.
- Fuck you 2020! -
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