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The Year Ended, the Pandemic Did Not |
Dated 2020G Dec 31 Thu 16 J-Awal 1442H |
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For the states in the capital, it was the R-Q15 for the remaining 10 days of Dec, i.e., Dec 21 Mon to Dec 31 Thu. But with the daily positives still in the thousand, the hope continued uncertain into the new year. Done were the Q14, Q13, R-Q12, R-Q11, R-Q10, R-Q9, R-Q8, R-Q7, R-Q6, R-Q5, R-Q4, R-Q3, R-Q2, and R-Q1 from Jun 10 Wed, each for 14 days quantum. In other states the MCO were all lifted, with only the SOP to observe, ironically, in the middle of rising pandemic, and in the thousand, daily. Dec 28 Mon, it was announced that the pandemic measures would be continued for the capital states and in some other areas. It's another 14-day quantum from Jan 1 Fri to Jan 14 Thu of the new year 2021. Most people have forgotten what the MCO was then, was it Recovery? Conditional? or whatever. 
Dec 25 Fri, Alya et al home-coming ex-JB, arriving close at mid-night. She had many times deferred the home-coming due to the pandemic MCO. Dec 26 Sat, drove to Sabak Bernam for a walimah of NA's KIK classmate. SB, ASRI accompanied. It was a mission day-drive from 9 to 5, especially to-wards, being given to WAZIR to lead which took us crossing two FELDA-s. The SG RANGI, and the SOEHARTO. On the home-wards I took over the lead, and took it on the pre-PLUS route. The rain had slowed us a bit though.
Dec 27 Sun, ank-cu2 gathered for a makan2, sans Muzani et al 5-beranak who were on weekend break in Penang, otherwise all thirty-three were in.
Including, Dec 29 Tue, in Ampang vicinity, a dip in a stream among themselves. Dec 30 Wed was Adam Zafeer's 1st BD.
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An attempt to preserve a RAMBUTAN, planted perhaps in the 90's, ex-Kalang Arang. The plantlets was budded by ABG WI from a tree at his home in Kalang Arang which he budded from the parent tree at my home in the same Kalang Arang which was of my father's father generation. The tree had been cut down when NAWI MOKDA built his house, next to my house then. The rambutan was named CHE DER. If the budding is successful, and grow well when transferred to the ground, the parent plant would be cut down. It's overgrown and unproportionate due to irregular pruning and overcrowding in a small place.
2020 eventually ended. Dec 31 Thu, 16 J-Awal 1442H. The heavenly promises made ca 40 years ago about the 2020, were really the inverse of them. In reality, the year 2020 was the year of the COVID-19 PANDEMIC and the year of selfish RAT-RACING in POLITIC, the never ending sequences of 2018 May PRU-14, in a country of multi-ethnic of distinctive origin of non-assimilative culture. |
In the Thousands Daily |
Dated 2020G Dec 20 Sun 5 J-Awal 1442H |
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The R-Q14 in the capital states was continued to Dec 20 Sun, taking the Q of the Q13, and the previous R-Q12, R-Q11, R-Q10, R-Q9, R-Q8, R-Q7, R-Q6, R-Q5, R-Q4, R-Q3, R-Q2, and R-Q1 from Jun 10 Wed. In other states the MCO were all lifted, ironically, in the middle of rising pandemic, and in the thousand, daily. 
Dec 18 Fri, as expected, it was made known that the MCO-things for the capital states were extended to Dec 31 Thu, making sequentially R-Q15, Dec 21 Mon to Dec 31 Thu, of the R-MCO series. The quantum had been shortened to 10 days rather than 14 days as previously. With the daily positives still in the thousand, what's the hope was uncertain. 
All hands were on the rope to draw the curtain of 2020. But we all remembered 2020 as the year of covid-19 pandemic with a lot of political elements transmitted from 2018 May PRU-14 through to the Feb Sheraton and Sep Sabah Election, in contrast to the heavenly promise made ca 40 years ago. |
Dec 14 Mon 28 R-Akhir 1442H, DRVKUL, to spend the rest of 2020 in SG MERAB. We were contemplating on getting the endorsement before setting off, but on re-read the last TRG-bound endorsement, it was clear that arguably it did not need a new one. It was a drizzling morning when we left W-TENGAH. Since MCO was lifted, we would use the TRG-bound endorsement if needed on the way. As the day rolled, and as further receded, soft sunny appeared. We tried to dash as fast as possible, but had to make for the washroom in KIJAL LB and GAMBANG RR. The Gombak toll check-point was lifted, both ways. When we arrived, KL was as wet as in TRG. The most significant were perhaps the quietness of RR on both LPT2 and LPT1, and the massive congestion in the never-ending-construction BTS.
Weather-wise in Sg Merab was not much different from in TRG. Overall days were gloomy. Some soft sunshine in the late morning, but turned very cloudy after the noon. However frequently ended with a light shower, and through the night. The ground nonetheless was always wet, discouraging to mow the house perimeter. 
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