The hotel has its own rhythm. I hear when they drop the food on the tables, then come back and ring all our bells at once to avoid any contact; I hear when they come again to take the trash bins or when they collect any additional items like bed sheets. I am more awareContinue reading “Q-Day 9”
Category Archives: COVID Quarantines
Q-Day 8
I am glad I don’t have access to a vending machine. Sometimes I feel I could eat anything at my disposal. These are these devastating moments where you can’t contain yourself anymore, these moments ending with guilt and disappointments because what you did was without desire, what you ate had no taste and left youContinue reading “Q-Day 8”
Q-Day 7
Half way through! I asked for a change of my bed sheet today. They brought me only the bed sheet… so I asked for a change of the rest of the bed. It is good to have all the time in the world! And they drop me a little personalized card as encouragement. Appreciated! TheContinue reading “Q-Day 7”
Q-Day 6
Lunch time: the bell rang, meaning that the meal is served and available. I was passing by the front door as I came out of the bathroom. So I opened the door almost immediately, and… exchange a sight with the staff! Ohhhh, first live contact in some days, what a surprise! Apart from few niceContinue reading “Q-Day 6”
Q-Day 5
Yesterday was the 5th day, already. Getting into the new routine slowly. I am still not able to wake up as early as I used to. Maybe because of the lack of contrast between the night and the day in the city – lights in the night are much brighter here. Maybe because I amContinue reading “Q-Day 5”
Q-Day 4
Sunday. I begin to have muscles sores… But this should not be an excuse to decrease my efforts. I am really not doing anything else than these 2 hours workout, since I can’t walk anywhere and don’t have other choices than sitting at the desk, the chair, or lying on the bed… The weather wasContinue reading “Q-Day 4”
Q-Day 3
Today my sleepiness was much better. I stayed awake quite late yesterday, as I attended a few meetings, and this maybe helped me to sleep well. My stomach is also modifying its rhythm to accomodate the new time zone, and this may help as well…. In any case I overslept and woke up only whenContinue reading “Q-Day 3”
Q-Day 1
The bus arrived at the hotel, a 4-star hotel in a rather touristic area. In a very slow rhythm each of us – less than 20 people – got a temperature check and was attributed its room before filling an additional health declaration form. The rooms must have been attributed randomly according to the numberContinue reading “Q-Day 1”
Q-Day 2
I tried my best to sleep well, but I feel the jetlag as if the sandman had spread sand on my head during ages. Reading, writing, whether on computer or on paper was equally a catastrophy – I was sleepy whatsoever. The weather didn’t help: it was pouring all morning, followed by thunderstorm and heavyContinue reading “Q-Day 2”
The trip
The journey to arrive in Singapore was long: 3 planes carefully planned with stop overs long enough to be sure not to miss the last one. There was not many choices of itinerary due to the decrease of the float since the COVID19 outbreak, and I preferred to stay conservative even though I would haveContinue reading “The trip”
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