MCO Day 69 ~ 25 May 2020 (Monday)

Today yet another restaurant at our neighborhood shuttered for good. It's one of our favorite Thai eateries. The food was authentic and really delicious and they served really nice Thai milk tea too. I've always wanted to dine in this restaurant again to satiate my Thai cravings but this will never be possible anymore. It's really heartbreaking to see our favorite eateries and shops forced to belly up one after another during this pandemic.

Many of us learned that we were not as prepared for the unexpected as we thought. So many things we took for granted in the past now look like quaint relics or worst, have now become history, just like the eateries that have shuttered.  The gym that Sherilyn used to go to for her mixed martial arts classes has also just shuttered. A Facebook friend of mine who owns a diving resort in the East Coast of Malaysia with her husband are facing dire times now as business has been reduced to zilch. They have two young kids.  And only God knows when they will have customers again to their resort.  My heart bleeds for all those whose businesses have been impacted badly by the global pandemic.

Amidst all the negativity happening around us, there is always hope.  Hope is a powerful force in these difficult times. Our world is facing the war on Coronavirus, a pandemic that has changed life for millions of people.  In such bleak times, hope is our powerful source of reassurance.

This beautiful shot was taken on my cheap Oppo phone at 7:29 p.m. today and I was really awed at how beautifully it has captured the colors of the sky and the skyscrapers against the beautiful backdrop of the darkening sky.





“Hope is a renewable option: If you run out of it at the end of the day, you get to start over in the morning.” - Barbara Kingsolver, Novelist

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” – Helen Keller, Author