Human Writes: Life has to go on even if there are more lockdowns


Waiters measuring out the correct social distance between tables on the terrace of a restaurant in Spain. This is the new normal, and we need to learn to live it, to get on with life even in the face of more lockdowns in future. — Reuters

My large extended family have always met regularly to eat together. If we’re eating out, it’s always in the same place: a busy, noisy Chinese restaurant in Petaling Jaya, teeming with large families and groups and Burmese waiters whirling around with sizzling platters. The din of 100+ diners packed into that enclosed, airconditioned space was always raucous but the first-class food superseded everything.

Until now.

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