These efforts allow me to feel less worried about my wellness so that I can still go out and enjoy lifetime in the “ brand new normal” of these uncertain times.
LIVING IN THE MOMENT
Over the past months, I use celebrated friends ’ birthdays at boisterous karaoke sessions and enjoyed dancing in the sunset on the beach while listening to the thumping beats of the live DJ take action. In the past, I might have got barely remembered these experiences if not for a couple snapshots taken with friends to post upon social media.
But recently, I have observed how carefully I savour each music outing I make, almost like I have found a lengthy lost love plus is afraid it might disappear once again. Like many of the fellow music enthusiasts, we request for our own favourite songs and cajole the musicians to give us one last encore — and then one more for good measure.
Perhaps there exists a lingering concern that live music functions may be temporarily curbed again, if this current COVID-19 surge continues or if new threatening variants rear their ugly head.
While Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong has said that there is simply no have to tighten safe administration measures at this stage , the Government is monitoring the situation closely. In the event that need be, the government will have to make adjustments, he added .
We certainly understand that measures might have to be tightened to save lives and to relieve the load on healthcare workers who are nevertheless valiantly at the frontline of battle. COVID-19 hospitalisations have increased “ quite significantly” , to the point that hospitals have started to cut back on non-COVID and optional procedures.
So it is not surprising music lovers are usually savouring every possibility we can get to enjoy the good vibes and support local musicians’ livelihoods as much as we are able to in the meantime.
I intend to live fully in the moment just in case reside music is (temporarily) silenced once again.
Karen Tee is a freelancer lifestyle and journey journalist based in Singapore.