Slice of Life #280 - MCO Extended Again! - Tuesday, April 28th, 2020

    Just a few days ago, the government announced the the Movement Control Order (MCO) was to be extended until May12. This means that I'm going to be celebrating my birthday in lockdown, which frankly, I don't want to have to do. It's not the best choice, but it's the only choice I have, so I'll take it. We'll be ordering from one of my favorite restaurants, Sushi Kitchen, in order to celebrate my birthday.
    Yesterday, I had my Malay IGCSE exam. I took my Paper 2 (comprehension) and Paper 4 (writing) exam virtually. It was pretty easy, and I think that I can get some pretty good grades.
    Other than that, I have nothing else to say, so I'm going to end the post here, mainly because it's starting to get late and also because I have nothing else to say. Bye!

Slice Of Life #279 - STILL Bored At Home - Tuesday, April 21st, 2020

    I will always remember the time when the COVID-19 virus was a pandemic. At first, I didn't really care about it, mainly because there weren't many cases in my home country, Malaysia. However, after reading lots of stories about our amazing frontline healthcare workers working very hard, and after not being able to go outside because of the virus (due to the lockdown), it really has impacted me in many different ways, even though I don't have it.
    I've been trying to keep busy recently by making some arts and crafts from simple things that can be found in my house. For example, I've made a wallet out of tape this Sunday. It probably would have looked a lot better if I used duct tape, which was what I was supposed to use. Unfortunately, I soon came to realize that I didn't have any tape at home, so I was forced to improvise and make it out of adhesive tape.
    I've also been reading a lot more before going to bed lately, but nothing more has happened than these two points. I still go to school and still watch the same science videos I said I was watching (link here if you don't know what I'm talking about). However, my life is also a lot more carefree now because I don't go to as many classes and after school activities anymore.
    Because of the lockdown, I don't really have much to say, so I'm going to end the post here (my posts are getting a lot boring-er, aren't they?

Slice Of Life #278 - Bored At Home - Tuesday, April 14th, 2020

The Movement Control Order (MCO) in Malaysia has been extended by two weeks, and it's driving me crazy. The Movement Control Order currently imposed on all people residing in Malaysia is now in its 3rd stage. The MCO was originally supposed to last only 2 weeks, but it has been extended twice (to 6 weeks), and I think that they'll extend the MCO even more after the end of these two weeks.

This means that the reopening of schools all around Malaysia may be delayed even more because they aren't essential elements of society (they are, but schools being close for 6 weeks isn't a big deal because Malaysia is implementing virtual learning on all government schools and all other schools are also learning online). However, the Coronavirus situation in Malaysia has improved, 

Due to the MCO being extended, police are also raising the bar. There are now roadblocks everywhere and a reasonable reason to be out must be presented to get past. Unfortunately, these roadblocks can be found within a 10km radius, so they are causing havoc when it comes to traffic. I watched a video just about an hour ago of one of the roadblocks taken from a passenger on the MRT (train), and it was absolutely crazy. There was about 1km of traffic due to police checking each and every single car to make sure that they were out for a good reason.

Because of the MCO, I'm also pretty bored every day at home. I have nothing to do and school only lasts until 3:00pm (not that I want it to last any longer). Other than that, I don't have very many virtual classes other than school (I only have Malay), so I don't have anything to do except for homework, which usually doesn't take very long.

Unfortunately, nothing much has happened in my household in the past week, so I don't really have anything to write about other than the situation in Malaysia right now. However, the MCO is also kinda' good, because I now have much more free time to spend with my family. I usually don't get to spend this much time with my family on weekdays if it weren't for the MCO because my dad would be working and I would just be coming home from Malay class right now. Other than that, I can also sleep in because school starts at either 8:30 or 9:00, so I just have to wake up an hour earlier (I try to wake up at about 7:10am) and get ready for school - no travelling time means 1 hour saved!

Well, that's really all I have to say in today's post! I mean, what much is there to write about when you're stuck at home for 4 weeks? I haven't stepped outside the boundaries of my house for the past 4 weeks, so that means that I don't really have much to write about because life at home is pretty boring. I'll end this post here! Bye!

Slice Of Life #257 - Life As It Is - Tuesday, April 7th, 2020

8:50

  

I have just finished eating my breakfast. I have read a few pages on my kindle before breakfast, but now I'm going to go prepare for virtual learning, which is starting in 10 mins.

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8:55

  

I have just loaded the zoom link for my first timeslot of the day, which is humanities. My humanities teacher has already posted our agenda for today. Today's class probably won't be very long, as the agenda says:

- Book Sell Task Questions?

- Extra Elements of an Article - Maps

- Write your own News Article OR DEAR!

I don't think that there's going to be any questions, and I also think that the maps part of the class will be pretty short. Finally, the "write your own news article" part is individual, and I'm already done with it, so I 'm just going to DEAR (Drop Everything And Read).

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9:30

  

Humanities is over, and I've done all my homework for humanities (except for the book sell because that's going to take some time). I'm going to DEAR now.

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11:50

  

It's lunchtime! I'm going to go eat my lunch now, which is carbonara spaghetti. I'm looking forward to that!

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1:45

  

Now, we have office hours, which is like WIN (What I Need) Time. I've made a plan for what I'm going to be doing. First, I'll work on finishing my Spanish homework. That shouldn't take very long. Next, I'm going to be doing my science homework before working on my book sell for humanities. If I have time, I'm going to be doing my Malay homework that's due next Monday. I'm going to end this post here. Bye!

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