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MCO Day 14
WFH Day 11

2 weeks since MCO was announced by the Prime Minister and let's just admit that we are getting bored of being stuck at home. I have no issue with staying at home to be honest, I'm actually enjoying the time I have with family and with myself. But it is so "human" of us to feel rebellious when we are force to do something. The more you say don't, the more we would like to do it.

Ah, wouldn't it be nice if we could go out?

What I truly get bored of is actually working at home. I always like to have that demarcation or boundary between work and home. Since 2018 when I was transferred into a non-technical role, I started to draw the line between work and personal space. I rarely do work at home since most things could wait till I'm in office. I may replied to some urgent emails but I always tried my best not to do it at home. The results of doing this is simply a happier me.

On the 16th of March, my department decided to have a new working arrangement due to this COVID-19. We are alternating between work from home (wfh) and work in office (wio). Since I'm in  Team B, i started with wfh. On the 18th of March, as announced by the Prime Minister, Malaysia started to implement Movement Control Order, basically to restrict people movement to control the spread of COVID-19 and enforcing people to stay at home.  Then, on the 19th May, the department then decided that all staffs to wfh in line with announcement by Upstream. 

Now, i'm at day 11 of wfh and i feel tired already. I am grateful that I do not have to drive an one hour journey to work and another 1.5 hours to go home. I am grateful that I don't have to iron my work clothes. I am grateful we are saving not only in terms of time but money spends on fuel and tolls. But I crave for that social networking in the office. Of discussions with my team mates, of randoms topics discussed at the pantry. Having lunch with colleagues, gossiping and complaining. 

I crave to have that boundary of between work space and personal space. I am grateful my wfh was still manageable. Some of my friends are experiencing a round-a-clock expectation of working. Just because they are working from home, their bosses are expecting them to be available 24/7. Meeting was organized during weekend when in the end the decision can only be made on Monday itself. This wfh has no boundary for some. & in so many ways, I'm considered the lucky one.

But that does not stop me from feeling this tiredness of wfh. I feel that it's more tiring than working in office, on emotional level. I'm trying my best to stay consistent in working at home - not procrastinating too much, to complete tasks by deadline, having discussion through chatting and adjusting to meeting through microsoft teams... nothing is new when it comes to work but the environment do change. We're pretty much stuck at the desk throughout the day and that is tiring.

A part from that, I'm probably more tired now since my sleeping schedule goes haywire. It's hard to fall asleep despite being "very" sleepy. This makes me cranky a bit.

Gotta go now.

I pray that Malaysia will heal from this COVID-19 and hoping there would be no more extension for this MCO (though i know the extension is highly possible). Let's pray for the best. 


Yours truly,
JM
Location: Malaysia

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