Composing music, gaming, watching Netflix: Singaporeans living in Malaysia come to terms with national lockdownSingaporean Sufie Rashid, who lives in Kuala Lumpur, is using the enforced downtime to compose music. — Picture by Sufie Rashid via TODAY
“The moment I heard the news, things became a huge rush. I immediately went back to KL to gather the cookies that needed to be delivered and came back to Singapore. I passed everything to my staff and rushed back to KL again before the RMO started,” he said.Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin announced on Monday that Malaysia would bar citizens from going overseas and foreigners from entering the country from Wednesday until March 31.
Singaporean Harris Baba and his Malaysian wife Jieha. Harris was in Kuala Lumpur when the lockdown started but is hoping to get back to Jieha and their two children in Kota Kinabalu in Sabah. — Picture from Harris Baba via TODAY “Even if I manage to fly back, I won't be able to meet my family for at least a week. I will have to get myself checked first and the results will take a few days as well,” said Harris, referring to medical tests relating to Covid-19. Brian Victor, a Malaysian national, told TODAY that Malaysians have been taking the lockdown as an “opportunity to go back to their home states”.