Empty everywhere – like a scary movie, World News & Top Stories – The Straits Times

On May 1, it was the (Labour Day) holiday and it was supposed to be busy everywhere; but it was empty, we had no customers, so I decided to close and have a look around.

Everywhere was empty, the road, the stores, the walking streets, everything. Like a scary movie.

In normal life there's supposed to be hundreds of boats cruising in the bay, music playing - pum, pum, pum - and people having beer outside and walking around. But now no more.

I'm sad and worried. How long does it take to get back to the normal life?

I just want tourists back here, meeting up, chatting and having fun. This place is just hanging there; we are open but we don't have any customers - not "any" but very few.

To keep open, we have to pay for the electricity, the rent, the staff, everything, but we don't want to close.

It's boring. I get bored, and everyone needs money to survive.

I miss making new friends, sharing stories, learning more about their cultures. I never get bored. Now I'm bored. Even my English is not as good as before, because it's been a long time, three months already.

People are thinking more about their families, friends, careers so they pay more attention to learning.

I'm texting with some of my friends and they're also doing the same, staying healthy, learning something new, reading more - like learning English for all of my staff; I'm learning Spanish and I've started to grow a lot of vegetables.

We will remember this time as a very important point. Everyone is scared of the virus, scared that life is ending.

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