RMCO Day 19 ~ Sunday, 28 June 2020

Hubs took Cass to her school to collect the remaining books from her desk, as instructed by the class teacher. Students will now be separated into two classrooms to enable a 1 meter distancing between each desk/student.  We're still waiting anxiously from the Ministry to announce when the remaining students are returning to school.  Today we finally saw sticker markers on the floors and canteen tables, which means that school will be reopening soon.  When I brought Cass to school to collect her books two weeks ago, there were still no social distancing markers yet and the desks in her classroom were not arranged yet. 

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In her classroom - 1 meter distancing between desk/student. Each student gets an L-shaped formation of 2 desks. 

Markings on canteen tables

Markings on floors




After collecting her books, we had lunch at Kimchitiam, our favorite homey Korean eatery at our neighborhood opened by a Korean.

Our first time in over 3 months dining at Kimchitiam.  It's Cass' second time eating out during the MCO.


Braised Saba fish with kimchi.



Steamed egg with mushrooms in claypot.



Cass had seafood ramen. She was so ravenous that she couldn't wait for me to take the photos first. 

We ordered a takeaway Bulgolgi fried rice for Alycia and Sherilyn.  Alycia went to her classmate's house to continue their school project, which was in a hiatus for over 3 months whilst Sherilyn stayed home to attend a church youth meeting via Zoom.   And the mil went out with her friends - her first outing with friends during the MCO.  Things are slowly but definitely surely returning to normal for everyone. But let's not let our guards down and forget about the strict SOPs in place for everyone's safety.

Today I finally had the time to make payment to Lazada for my order of organic Diatomaceous Earth.  Ever since the MCO was imposed over 3 months ago, we've been cooking and baking several times a day, every single day. And this has activated the ants in our house!  The ants infestation is so bad that we find ants floating in our drinking water in our water jugs and kettle everyday. I spend half an hour every morning removing crawling ants in our house, especially in the kitchen and another half an hour to mop the floor to remove all the ants' trails. This is driving me bonkers! 




Diatomaceous earth acts as a safe and effective insecticide. It kills household and garden pests — fleas, ticks, ants, cockroaches, slugs, bed bugs and more.  Food-grade diatomaceous earth is safe to consume, but do not inhale it. It can cause inflammation and scarring of your lungs.