It happened two days ago. Morning. Already received rumours of a possible lockdown. Mew Choo made a list of whatever necessary for 2 weeks. Some 5 chickens, some vege, a bag of rice, two dozens of eggs, 2 packs of instant noodles, a cooking oil and one packet of toilet rolls.

I reached the nearest supermarket. Oh my, many aunties dashing the store with overflow shopping trollies. The anxiousness creeped in as if my first Olympics years ago. Situation was crazy. Fortunately, I managed to gather wife’s list, except for one. The toilet paper! There were people pushing trolleys with 10 bags of toilet papers! How many buttholes one needs to wash with that many? (Toilet papers are important during previous pandemic period due to unclean water and psychological effect)

Magically, a gentle voice from behind greeted “Lee, you can take this pack. I took two just now and you know I don’t use it to wash”. It was Nazir, a friend who stays nearby. We laughed and joked a little. Noting more trolleys sprinters ambushing the store, I sped off as soon as I could, knowing that the pandemic is highly contagious.

My friends. I know we are facing an unprecedented crisis. Please do store food. But don’t store like there is no tomorrow. More importantly, stay home! Treat as though you yourself are carrying the virus, don’t go back to your hometown to your parents. Stay home! If you don’t, your love ones will die!

We Malaysians are better than this. I know Malaysians and the whole world will win this war. And it will be easier if we work together.

Lastly my upmost appreciation the frontliners like the doctors, nurses, hospital staffs, supermarket cashiers etc. You risk your lives so we can live ours. Chong Wei bow to you guys. Thank you.

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Dua hari lepas, ada khabar angin restriction order berkenaan coronavirus ni. So Mew Choo pon suruh pergi beli ape yg patut untuk 2 minggu ni. Wife add maths lagi terrer, so ikot shopping list wife. Family 4 orang, ayam 5 ekor, beras 1 bag, sayur 2 minggu, Maggie 2 pack, telor 2 dozen, buah, toilet paper 1 bag.

Tapi time I sampai supermarket, aduhai! Ramainyer auntie2 makcik2, macam lumba marathon trolly! Kalah Khairul Jantan! Nasib baik sempat lagi kumpul shopping list wife. Tapi toilet paper I terlambat. Ternganga I tgk mamat depan I tapao 10 bag tisu jamban! Banyaknyer jubur kat rumah. (I ingat masa dulu dalam situasi wabak yg bahaya, air paip pon akan jadi bahaya. Itu sebab tisu tandas jadi penting.)

Datang satu suara menyeru dari belakang, ”Lee, nah amik bag ni. I terambik 2. Tadi tgk sumer rebut tapao wa pon terikot amik extra, ntah kenape, bukan I pakai untuk basuh pon!“ Dia Nazir, sahabat yang tinggal berhampiran. Kita tergelak and catch up sket. Selepas tu, makin ramai gangster trolly serbu, I pon terus cabut, sebab I tau virus ni merebak mudah.

Kawan sekalian, saya berharap agar jangan cemas menghadapi krisis ini. Simpanlah makanan tapi berpatutanlah bilangannya. Dan I minta tolong semua duduk di rumah jgn keluar sementara ni. Jangan balik kampong macam cuti raya. Ko mungkin ok, tapi yg mati nnt orang tersayang.

Percayalah, mimpi ngeri ini akan berakhir. Jangan panic. Kita warga Malaysia tak kira bangsa dan agama berganding bahu, bertolak ansur, tolong menolong, hari itu akan sampai dengan lebih cepat.

Kepada frontliners, para doctor, missi, kakitangan hospital dan juga cashier pasaraya yang terus berkhidmat dalam masa ini. Terimalah tunduk kehormatan dari saya!

Cara paling baik kita membalas budi dan bersumbang, is to #STAYHOME

世上没有从天而降的英雄，只有挺身而出的凡人！非常时期，不聚会、不聚餐、不出门，不是人情淡薄，而是健康第一、生命至上，待在家不外出，是我们的责任。

不要囤货，不要恐慌，不要人云亦云，网络上真假新闻满天飞，要先自我判断，求真求证，确定了再转发和分享；乌云会散，雨过天会晴，希望疫情早日结束，我们都能平安健康，14天很快过去，一起加油，一切都会好起来的。

#JUSTSTAYATHOME
#STAYHOMESAFELIFES
#WEAREMALAYSIAN
#MALAYSIABOLEH

These two people are Uncle Bobby and Syiqin, I met them when we were shooting You Deserve a Break. They are volunteers with #HappyPeopleHelpingPeopleFoundation which is an organisation that helps people who collect cardboard boxes for a living by providing free meals for them, organizing gatherings, getting them trollies etc. They actually had to stalk these auntie's and uncles and convince them to accept their help. The dedication and the love that they have is incredible. It can feel very frustrating and overwhelming because the problem seems soooo much bigger than us, but i really like what these guys say "No one can do everything, but everyone can do something."
#sgcares
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#daretocare I strongly believe that people want to care for others. But sometimes we don't cos maybe we don't know how to go about doing it, or we don't have the mental capacity, or idk, there are so many reasons. And that is ok! We do what we can, when we can. So, as annoying as i think this slogan could be, I think that it can help us learn from each other. its like sharing tips, for every day life. Ok... so what i do is, I try to pass a little bit of money to the uncles and aunties I come by. I do get worried they'll get offended, but so far, I haven't had anyone yell at me. 😅 Happy People Helping People also collects donations every month to provide meals for them, i'll leave the link in my bio :)

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I would love for you to share things that you have done below or in ur own photo! There are sooo many possibilities. I remember a long time ago, one of you bought nutella for a little girl u saw in the supermarket! That was super sweet. im also going to arrow @bunzzybunzz @kencankencan and @don_richmond to share what you have done and tag 3 people to do the same Hahahahahaha sorry guys. U know i love you.