An Almost Run-of-the-Mill Trip from Singapore to Penang, circa 2021

By Cian Sacker Ooi

February 2021 FEATURE
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A FLIGHT FROM Singapore to Malaysia is, by any and all accounts, a short one. You barely have the chance to recline your chair and put on your headphones before the flight attendant is asking you to stow your tray table and raise your window shade.It’s not that different amid Covid-19.No doubt, making a trip from Singapore to Malaysia in the middle of the global pandemic takes a little more than buying a plane ticket the week before arrival. For...

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Cian Sacker Ooi

is a reservist fireman who loves observing the daily and the mundane because they make reality remarkable.

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