Return to PH2 again

Barely one day after I wrote my last blog , the covid situation in Singapore suddenly got worse. For a start , there are many cases coming from the clusters of several KTV (operating as F&B). Next thing we knew is there are hundred of cases from the clusters in Jurong fishery port. Within a spam of few days, cases shoot up to over hundred per day. Several cases were linked to the many wet market and food centers all over Singapore , and a few wet market had to close for deep cleaning.

Contract tracing has prove to be very difficult, as many of the cases were unlinked. And due to the vaccination in the elderly were particularly low, the government decided that we have to go back to Phase 2 (heightened alert). Dine in would no longer be allowed and I probably have to postphone some of the meetup with my friends.

Weather wise , Singapore has been pretty dry and warm these days. And such unfortunate time , the aircon broke down on us. The service personnel came on the same night , look at the compressor and decided that we have to change a new ones. It’s a different brand ( Mitsubishi instead of Daikin), cost wise , a little expensive but money have to be spent. I agreed on the spot , and paid the deposits . the workers came down on the following Monday to install a new systems

Personally wise , since I cant meet up with my friends, I should start to practise camera shooting. I managed to learn something basic ( using aperture / shuttle speed and ISO ). I managed to spend a morning going to jurong lake garden to practise some of the things I learn , it might look lousy for a start, but I hope to improve

Looking forward wise, COVID 19 has been giving the world many problems. Good news is that based on scientific evidence, most of the people that was vaccinated did not develop serious illness even contracting the virus (delta) for the second time. Hope that such good news continues , and I might have a outside chance of having an overseas holiday starting of 2022

不会谈恋爱的，一个人也可以很开心

GOD bless all the time , 慧台

新冠病常态 （七月分的回顾）

从去年头冠病在新加坡肆虐到现在，转眼就差不多一年半了。各国的病例都是起起落落。第一波病情稳定之后，一开放不久，就来第二波，第三波等等，真是没完没了。或许是因为变种病毒“德尔卡”的关系，亚洲各国（如马来西亚和印尼）病例不断攀升，从百起病例，涨到“千起”，现在进入“万起”。如果我的薪水能涨这么快就好。因为这病毒变种得实在太厉害，所以新加坡近来开始考虑与冠病长期共处的计划。也就是说在大家都打疫苗的前提下，中冠病不再是严重的事 ，只是普通流感，在家休息几天就好了。这样的想法现在而言，还是有点恐怖。只能希望冠病病毒不要变的太强，出门带口罩的法律在这一两年，大概不会解除。

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讲到很多人都向往的2020奥林匹克，因为疫情的缘故，已经延后一年，到2021年。但一年后的今天，日本的疫情不但不见好转，东京的病例每天都再三位数 （接近一千起了）。虽然如此，但奥林匹克还是得进行，之不过，比赛期间，将不会有观众观赛。想想花了这么多钱建了这么大的体育设施，却没有观众，会不会太浪费了？在这里还是希望奥林匹克能顺利进行，新加坡选手能赢奖牌回来。旅行方面，总有想要去在冬天去日本的计划，但看到日本疫情的严重性，大概今年是无望了。明年头机会也相当渺茫。大概要等到明年底了。

讲到自己，就事一个人在家作工，和看书。也顺便想想一些出国旅行的东西。反正闲着，就借了些日本的历史书来看，可以增广见闻。也可以了解佛教在日本的历史扮演着什么角色，为什么素食那么少？游戏方面，近来都花了不少钱，进度还可以吧。或许多两三各月，有机会拿到Vip8。之后，充值的欲望会大大减少吧。

讲到老爸的屋子，近来厨房洗脸盆和洗碗盘的水龙头一直不断漏水，打给朋友（永镪）请他来修。但是跟他讲了之后，拖了一整年也没有上来弄。而且去年在客厅装的风扇好像要坏了。想想他大概没有想要帮忙的意愿，效率也没有很好。还是请外面的人来弄就好。有在网上找了一个修理公司的号码（BS plumbing），打去后，不到一个小时，那个人就上来了。看看之后，就开了1000元的费用。总觉得很贵一下，但能解决问题就好吧。客厅的风扇，可能多几个月才换掉。

政府从12号开始，放宽2人堂食的限制（到5个人）。趁这段时间，可以找几位朋友出来吃饭或喝茶之类。这冠病在不久的将来，会不会变的更厉害，新加坡会不会再迎来第三波，第四波等等，我相信没有人讲的准。只能乐观看待每一间事情。相机的电池充电器买到了，接下来要找时间多学用相机。多充实自己，没有过不去的路。

写到这里，一个人也可以很开心

GOD bless all the time , 慧台

武吉知马山（半日游）

从5月，新加坡加强冠病，到现在，基本都没有见到任何朋友。想想与其等朋友约，自己出去走走，也是可以的吧。反正日本这么远，都可以一个人去，有什么地方不能一个人去的呢？能去那里呢？武吉知马山从我出世到现在，印象中只去过一次，那是还是中学时候（1990），跟着圣约翰救伤队的学校露营去的。当时还有整百人上山，当时印象有些辛苦，但有很多乐趣。可惜当时，没人拍照，所以没有照片可以回忆。现在2021年了，前几个月，有和朋友讲起去爬山。大家没反应，大概世没有兴趣。借着新加坡的疫情渐渐的好一些，因该出门走走。一个人走大概不会有太多人群聚的担心吧。

在7月11号 早上，自己在家吃了早餐，便搭巴士去到武吉知马，然后走到山脚下。因为今天是礼拜天，所以为了避免人数太多，那里的停车场暂时关闭，所以搭公共交通是正确的选择吧。到哪里已经9点了。当时的人数也蛮多一下，但大家都有维持5人的限制。在山下，有看到好些安全距离人员在监视着大家有没有做好防疫的措施，但在爬山的路上，就没有什么人带口罩了。上山的路，还是相当顺畅，有一点斜，和结尾时，有爬了20分钟就到山顶了,全高才166米。那里除了一个小的亭子以外，也没什么东西可以看。站了10分钟后，便准备下山。

下山的时候，就另外一处下山 （算是走了长路 ，就一路走到diary farm road），还遇到以为柔佛的朋友 （有聊一下吧）。一路上上下下好几次，但路还是比较平坦的。就这样，走了一个半小时，才来到铁道走廊 。大概有走了2公里，只有不到50米的铁道还保留着，其他的都改成平地了，有点失望吧。

整个行程到了1130才结束。之后又搭地铁到武吉士 （bugis）吃饭，去sim lim square 买了相机充电器，才回家 。回顾一天的行程，虽然累，但觉得很充实，难得一天的运动量可以高达15公里。未来，也希望每个月都有可以国内半日游的感觉。

写到这里， 一个人也可以很开心

GOD bless all the time, 慧台

Phase 2 (heightened alert)

It has been over 3weeks since government upgraded the COVID 19 alert back to phase 2(HA), since then I had to work from home. Workload wise has shown some increment as some of the worksite had resumed work and were trying to catchup on the delayed projects, work got a little busier but still manageable for now.

Personally wise , I spent most of the time at home. I didn’t managed to meet any of my friends and colleagues during these few weeks. They were pretty busy so I unable to talk to them even at zoom or what so ever. Since we were unable to eat outside these 3 weeks, my mum cook most of the time and probably , I might have saved a bit of money on meals this month. Since I am a little more free , I have spent a little more time doing jogging at the jurong lake park , and the record I managed to run would be 10km ( in 1 hours )

For vaccination wise, I managed to have my second dose on 4th of june. It was a smooth event and took barely 40 minutes. Compared to the first dose , I had a smaller side effect , with some arm pain which disappear after 2 hours

And today, almost 4 weeks coming to an end, the number of infected cases in Singapore dropped quite a bit , and in certain days , the figure went down to single digits. With some good news like these, the government has announced some relaxation of the ruling after 14 Jun (from phase 2 (HA) to phase 3(HA) that the maximum people that can be gathered increase from 2 people to 5 people. For higher risk activities (like F&B dine-in) , it would only be allowed from 21st jun onwards , provided the daily covid cases still within the manageable figures.

For overseas situation concerned , there are mixed news. Over in America and Europe (particular in those rich nations ) , COVID has subsided substantially after increased number of vaccination and life has started to roll back to normality. But in Asia, particularly Taiwan and Malaysia , the situation got worse recently. Taiwan got had very serious cases since start of May, and till today hundreds of cases was detected a day and 20 over people died everyday due to COVID. Any chance of visiting Taiwan this year is out of the question. Malaysia still sees over 6000 cases of COVID despite Full lock down for over 2 weeks.

Looking forward, I wish that the COVID problem could get smaller in the future. When majority of the world populations gets vaccinated, I could resume some form of travel by 2022. Friends wise, I don’t see any chances to meet up with them anytime soon , probably have to wait till the ruling was relaxed to 8 person or more. 写到这里，一个人也可以很开心

GOD bless all the time , 慧台

The First date (probably the only date) with Love Struck

It’s almost 6 months since I have signed up for the services with Love struck. Other than the app which is installed on my phone, I didn’t hear of any activities created by Love struck. I could only passively wait for the match maker (MS jenny) to match some ladies to me. It’s a very disappointing service as MS jenny didn’t call to ask me any detail information like hobbies, interest and etc. In simple words, she don’t even know me well, how well can she match any suitable ladies to me? Furthermore, the 5 or 6 ladies she recommended (thru the app) barely have a simple photo and some basic data (simply not enough for me to understand if the lady is suitable). I could only decide based on the photo given, which I rejected 4 of 5 ladies.

Last month, I was recommended on the 6th lady. Based on photo given , the look of the lady wasn’t too bad, although there seems to have no chemistry between us. But I choose to say yes, maybe just to gain some experience. I made an appointment to meet in the Lovestruck office (due to company policy) on 5th June. The lady (Christina) choose to meet in the evening at 5 pm. On the day, I make an attempt to reach raffles place an hour early, so I could have a walk around the city area

At 450pm, I managed to step into the office. The office was rather empty with only 2 staff (one front desk lady and another unknown staff working in one of the rooms. I was led by the front deck lady to another room which I waited for 15 minutes. To my disappointment, MS Jenny didn’t turn up to facilitate the dating event (why place the venue at the office when the matchmaker didn’t attempt to help?). Christina came in around 1715 hours , she was seriously a little too fat for me( probably twice as heavy as myself , although her face looks a little ok ( with mask on ). I wonder if the basic data given to me had included her size (which is chubby), I probably would not come.

We still managed to sit down and chat for 45minutes, and overall it went rather smoothly. Although we know that we were not meant for each other, I still exchanged contact number with her, as a normal friend and for some tea in the future, might be ok

That’s all for the first date of 2021, looking forward, I don’t think Lovestruck is capable of getting me any more dates in the future. But when money spent, I believe there will be no recourse for any refund. But I seriously believe I won’t spent any more money on any future dating agency, and I have to be contended to be alone for the rest of my life.

写到这里，一个人也可以很开心

GOD bless all the time , 慧台

新加坡疫情 的严重程度 （回到了阻断措施的第二阶段）

今年真的感觉比去年还要难熬。很多东西真的是计划赶不上变化。才10天前（4号），新加坡的人数限制才从八人的限制改成五人。之后的10天，每天不断出现十多起无源头的病例。不但如此，还有好几宗被确诊患上传染性更高的印度B1617的病毒。这一波疫情被发现从机场扩散出来，从印度来的染病客工，来到新加坡时，去过T3 的食阁用餐。也有几个人去了T3 的食阁用餐之后，就感染了这危险的病毒，然后传到很多不同的地方。现在有医院，学校和公共场所也出现感染群。特别关注的事，有好几名人员都已接种两剂的疫苗，但还是得了冠病。这是一件令人担心的事，如果病毒变异到疫苗无效的情况，很有可能这病毒三五年都无法根治。

不得已的情况之下，政府突然间把防疫措施升级到第二阶段 （phase 2 heightened alert）, 同时又把群居人数从五人再下降到两人。这次的封城 比起去年的四月来说。没有这么严，最少还可以两人群聚 ，但重点的是外面用餐被禁止，全部只能打包回家。在这种情况之下，我又得改回在家办公的模式了。在星期五下午，公司安排了司机又把我的电脑搬回家，准备一个月在家工作了，还好不用坐德士，省了一点钱，有和很久没见面的同事聊了一下。接下来再见面或许是几个月后的事了吧。

说到我的车，又到了要买路税的时候了。这次还要拿车去检测中心检测，因为我的车在之前的车主有做一些改良，后车的LED 灯是不合格的。毅辉在星期五晚上有帮自己用粘纸先盖过后面两个LED灯，方便车厂检测。但临时粘纸不够，所以改到隔天才帮自己弄。各天去到志贤的车房，和毅辉会面。他帮自己盖掉后车不合格的LED灯，还陪我到Ubi 的验车中心验车。在这里就谢谢大家了。之后大家一起去吃这个月的最后午餐，礼拜天开始，就不能堂食了

未来一个月会发生什么事，真的很难讲。虽然这一次的措施会维持一个月，到6月13号，但我感觉不是太乐观。总觉的这疫情还要多两三个月，才有机会打平（单位数的社区感染）。我大概在家工作会持续几个月吧。

写到这里，和自己说，只要有最好的希望，最坏的准备，世界上没有过不去的路。一个人也可以很开心

GOD bless all the time , 慧台

第一次打疫苗的经过

在我的人生当中，除了在出生时和小学时期必须打的疫苗以外。我从来就没有主动去打任何抗流行性病毒的疫苗。就算前几次，有公司的旅行前，公司都会鼓励大家在旅行前去诊所打免费的疫苗，我都从来都没想到要去打。或许是因为对全世界的流行性病毒了解的太少了，所以少了打疫苗的动力。

但这次的病毒也实在太厉害了。和新冠病毒对抗的一年半当中，我国政府推出了很多防疫政策，如每个人出门都必须带口罩，保持一米的社交距离和勤洗手。但这些措施没能根治这病毒在社区传播，时不时都会几起社区病例，总感觉这病真是没完没了。看样子，打疫苗几乎变成了这世界脱离病毒的唯一方法。虽然未来存着很多不确定的因素，如打了疫苗就真的有效吗？不久的将来还会不会被不断变异的病毒感染呢？心里还是有些担心。但是要和自己说，现在只要有疫苗可以打，就应该配合政府的号召，早点去打疫苗吧。剩下只能看天意了。

四月中，我就上网报名要打疫苗。过了一个礼拜才得到回复。上网预约了5月11号，在附近的联络所接种疫苗 （辉瑞疫苗）。有和公司问过，公司的回应是说，正常的情况只有两个小时的time-off，不能拿病假。反正假期也多，就拿一天假在家休息吧

到了5月11号，早上有起来跑步跑了15分钟，在家吃了早餐，才带着紧张的心情去打疫苗。到联络所已经是0825分了。今天打疫苗的人也不少。有老有少，有男有女。在一楼确认身份之后，才到二楼的室内场地接打疫苗。才经过一些问题，确保我不会对疫苗有敏感时，就被带到一个小房间接打疫苗。过程比想象中快很多，只是半秒的痛，疫苗就打好了。

之后被安排坐在椅子上休息30分钟，观察有没有不良反应。还好没有什么大问题 ， 也没有想象中会晕过去的样子。半个小时之后，便领了下次 （6月4号）的 预约卡，便回了。那里也得到了一些免费口罩和消毒液 （不知是那个善心人士赞助的）。打了疫苗之后的两个小时，手就有酸痛的感觉（还痛了一天），也显得有些疲倦。想想拿假也是好事。

就写到这里。虽然这病毒短时间是不太可能消失，但还是希望这病毒不要拖太久，希望全世界的人在有疫苗可以接种的时候，都勇于接种疫苗，为自己和社会尽一份力。这病情或许会早些时候结束。一个人也可以很开心。

GOD bless all the time , 慧台

反反复复的疫情

这场超级流行病还真是没完没了。从年头研发疫苗到现在已经过了5个月，很多国家已经开始接打疫苗了，但病例在一些国家不但没有下降，反而上升了不少。一些国家如印度，新增病例和死亡率都不断的创新高。现在的印度还打破世界纪录的一天40万起新的病例，和近4000人死亡。马来西亚经历了几次的行管令，病例还是掉不下来。真的不晓得，几时能去到马六甲看我的外公。看样子，今年出国是无望了。

新加坡的病例也不乐观，这两个礼拜的社区病例都相当多。在5月四号，政府宣布在8号之后，新加坡回复第二阶段的阻断措施。各类的人数限制从8人，降至五人。很多室内运动都暂停。于此，我们这里的活动都得暂停3个礼拜。对我来说，遇到这样突如其来的事情，心里总有错手不及的感觉。但朋友们都没有太多反应 （最少我没看到），或许大家对阻断措施这件事麻木了吧。和自己说，做人乐观一些。没有活动，就在家多看书，暂时不用看到不想见到的人 ，也免去需要上网聊天的必要（也是好事）

游戏方面,虽然花了不少钱，但能看到一点的小进展和小成就 （有了一些比较好的排名），也是足够的

运动方面，这几个礼拜虽然工作时间变早了一些，但还是勉强自己0630就起床，能花40分钟的时间来跑步 （大概可以跑4公里）。因为没有运动过头，所以整天还是比较精神的。希望在5月的一个月里，能跑出100公里的好成绩 （没有也不用紧）

写到这里，一个人也可以很开心的

GOD bless all the time , 慧台