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  I recall seeing an ST article that 'every 6 out of 10 Singaporeans have been infected with Covid-19' start of the month and thinking that I somewhat belong to the 'minority' group that hasn't been infected almost 3 years almost the virus was first known to public. And here came Covid knocking on our door over the weekend. We don't know what or who is the source, perhaps it was when xb and I both fell sick last week (although ART/PCR tests then were negative), or when lnr came home feeling unwell on Thursday. What we know is that on Friday morning we were both tested positive.  My symptoms were very mild - headache and a bit of runny nose but Lnr's having it a lot worse - he started off with body aches and nauseas to high fever with cough and sore throat on day 3 today. The viral load in me are probably a lot lighter as my ART turned negative on the 3rd day. We quarantined ourselves in the MBR since Friday and I moved over to the study room by myself after ...

Oh no dear pill0w, it's been half a year since we last gather here. It must have been a considerably long period because I had to resort to 'forget password' to get in. I wonder why you didn't cross my mind. Not that I was busy from head to toes everyday either, seems like the only logical reason is that I have forgotten about you, about my old self before the birth of xiaobao.  Well, xiaobao have grown a lot since then, to the extent we have been calling her ahbao instead. She learnt many new skills, you know, things we could easily do instinctively, ahbao has practised with each passing day, on her own journey of mastery in her own pace. She is coming to 9 months, and have recently unlocked new skills to clap her hands together, to wave at familiar people in the house, to move wobbly along furnitures, babbling 'baba' 'mama' 'dada' 'ahah' all the time. I'm trying to be as detailed as possible in describing these, for I fear we might ...