Just when you think we're in the clear, we get dragged back in for another 2 weeks. Granted that as of today, it would be 10 days left, but the numbers (even if I'm not following the news all that closely) is not encouraging. They've even added new rules to the lockdown, including only allowing travel within a 10-km radius of your house for grocery shopping, new hours for shops and eateries, etc.
Weather-wise, it's been raining heavily later in the day (but still hot as balls before that). Been spending afternoons tuning into Facebook livestream shows hosted by local comics, who also cannot perform cos the comedy clubs are also closed.
- Still haven't succumbed to getting a streaming service account, particularly Netflix.
- Despite the global pandemic, some companies still had some joke posts up and running on April Fool's Day. Kinda. Sort of forgettable, if nothing else.
- But most Malaysians were busy crashing the Bantuan Prihatin Rakyat site on 1st April to check their eligibility for it than be annoyed by April Fool pranks.
- Yesterday was (according to Google, any how) Cheng Beng. But no one's about to go to graveyards cos of the quarantine lah, so...
- After weeks of notice, Astro shuffled the channel numbers on 1st April, by HD and non-HD formats.
- On the plus side, Singapore is also going on a similar-ish lock down. They're calling it "circuit breaker" instead cos it's Singapore.
- The biggest story out of Malaysia to get the global attention was (what I'd call) Doraemon-gate: the dumb-dumb Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development had put out misogynist AF advisories for couples quarantined together for the MCO. You know you done goofed when even the Comedy Central late night shows (both The Daily Show and Lights Out with David Spade) mentioned it on their respective shows. Doraemon got DRAGGED khau khau through the mud for no reason, but the memes coming out from this was just hilarious.
- Chris Meloni is coming back as Stabler for his own spinoff on NBC. WHHUUUTTTT...?! (Not a prank)
- The Hawaii Five-0 reboot ended its ten-year run this week. If I was Alex O' Loughlin, I would add to my contract to never have to do my own stunts ever again. (Those stunts in the first few seasons have done a number on his health)
- Some how, HQ Trivia is back from the dead after it got fresh funds. It's pretty much back to basics at the moment - just Matt Richards, straightforward 12 question quiz, no extra gimmicks (or the other hosts) - with a charitable component, as they make donations to different charities every game. I only found out about it because I had forgotten to unfollow it on one of the social media or something. I had uninstalled the app as soon as I found out it was going bust, but somehow I still had my power-ups restored, so yay. But now I'm back to sucking at the questions (I would only make it as far as 4th or 5th question, if I'm lucky).
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