Living in the new normal

Since the outbreak of COVID-19 that first emerged in Wuhan, the capital city of Hubei province in China, COVID-19 was officially recognised as a pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on 11 March 2020 as the extreme contagious disease has spread to almost every part of the world, and the pandemic has infecting more than millions people and killing hundreds thousand victims, and the statistic is arising day by day.

Since the day WHO declared the pandemic, the world is taking part in preventing the spread of the virus. All the nation is awake by the by the pandemic and giving the full cooperation in fighting ‘the war’. Malaysia also not exceptional, in line with the effort in fighting the pandemic, we Malaysian are now practicing the ‘NEW NORMAL’ in our daily routine.

Malaysia government announced the Movement Control Order (MCO) to be implement from 18th March 2020, and since that we have to adjust ourselves to the ‘NEW NORMAL’ lifestyle, meaning a new way of living and going our lives, work and interaction with the other people. We are now living in a new norm, where all the unusual behaviour become the new normal for us and it is permanent.

For day one we live in the ‘new normal’, we can see that the citizen is living in the new way of lifestyle and accepted it with a positive mindset. During this pandemic, our citizen has becoming health conscious community, creative, cares for the community and united.

Following the MCO restriction, we are now meeting people in the virtual world as we can’t meet up physically. ZOOM, Google Meet Up, Skype is becoming the main communication platform for us to communicate with our family, friends and colleagues. Meeting a new friend now are much easier as the ‘virtual world’ able to connect us to people not only within the country but also internationally. Not only that, we are becoming more comprehensive where we are now more alert and sensitive toward to the things that happen surround us.

In additional, ‘the new normal’ also lead people becoming more creative. A lot people now are becoming they own chef, since no dine in is allow at restaurant. Moreover, we can see at the social media that many of the citizen is becoming eager to try out new recipe and to sharpen their skills and show up their talent. And their creativity is also shown through the amount of trending challenge they participant during the MCO, such as #dalconachallenge #dontrushchallenge #virtualmarathonchalllenge.

The ‘new normal’, have make people realise that the life is fragile and uncertain. Money worth nothing during this pandemic. It makes us thing that money can’t solve our problems and it is not most essential things for us, as during this situation, MONEY can’t guarantee we are free from the virus attack, MONEY can’t give us freedom as every is lock at their house. On the other hand, it also brings up to a more caring citizen, where many cooperation steps out and offer help to the health industries, many people offered become the front liner voluntaries.

The pandemic that happening at the world have make us a live a new era of way of living. The awkward habit is now becoming new habit, people are wearing mask everywhere, there is no physical contact and social distancing is a must. 

Its name is derived from the word corona, which means crown in Latin, in reference to the crown-like spikes of the virus when seen under a microscope. The virus latches its proteins to receptors on healthy cells, especially those in the lungs. Once inside, it will hijack healthy cells, take command and eventually kill some of the healthy cells. If the lungs became inflamed, ability to inhale and exhale will reduce and this could lead to pneumonia, an infection of the tiny air sacs called alveoli where blood exchanges oxygen and carbon dioxide.

Congratulations to all 169 achievers for the term of Mar-Apr 2020! Facing challenges with strength, determination and confidence is what matters, and you have done it!

恭喜2020年3月-4月的169位达成者！
谢谢您挑战自我，突破极限。
挑战自我，是一种知难而进的自信；
是一种卧薪尝胆的魄力；
是一种运筹帷幄的睿智；
是一种惊心动魄的博取；
是一种随机应变的技巧；
是一种逢高必攀的潜能；
是一种大刀阔斧的展现；
是一种一鸣惊人的喝彩！