The long weekend is here and I’m looking forward to celebrating my wife’s 32nd birthday as a family with our baby at home. We are going to have a nice dinner delivered and have a video conference call with her colleagues and friends for them to wish her a Happy Birthday!

Covid-19 has caused a massive disruption to everyone’s lives in so many ways. But we have to find things to celebrate and look forward to. Especially in such difficult and tough times. We may not have been as badly affected but it’s still painful to see such widespread suffering on a global level.

Anyway, it was reported in the news this week that the Singapore banks (DBS, OCBC and UOB) have pledged no retrenchments as a result of Covid-19. Since they are major employers here (especially for locals), this comes as a big relief to their employees. And I’m