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Yesterday Grab announced a variety of new services including a ‘Tapau’ option on GrabFood for customers. This helps customers who want to minimise contact with people and not pay for delivery. All they have to do is to order via the app, go to the restaurant and pick up the food. However, just hours after this was announced, Grab suspended its service following the Prime Minister’s announcement today.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Millions of Malaysians are now trialling working from home with the enforcement of the Movement Control Order. But while working at home with no pants might be a funny meme, some have taken this a bit too literal. What are the etiquettes of working from home?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As many restaurants and food outlets have moved to take-out and delivery services only, not all of them were able to jump on the online delivery platforms. This is especially true for the local hawkers and smaller food business owners. Hence it is important that while we obey the Movement Control Order, we also do our part in helping these businesses stay afloat. One YouTuber in Malaysia has made even easier for many of us in the Klang Valley with a shared food list that features a variety of these businesses.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the crucible of crisis, a resilient leader plays an important role as they guide their enterprise through COVID-19. Deloitte has identified 5 qualities of a leader that distinguish between surviving and thriving amidst crisis.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Over the past week, many Malaysians have been forced to continue their daily tasks from home. The #workingfromhome was trending during the first few days of the Movement Control Order enforcement. However, are you more productive or have you been overwhelmed with the work at hand?  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Humanitarian efforts and attempts at finding some form of levity and reassurance in this time of crisis have started to ramp up in Malaysia. We share more information about the caremongering initiative, other charitable efforts, and a fantastic parody of a Disney song to bring some light to these dark times.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

While it’s easy to get swept up by the fear and anxiety of a pandemic, it’s also important to remember that times like this can bring out the best in humanity. Whether it’s cultivating a sense of unity and togetherness, or taking pleasure in the little things in life, trying times serve as a platform for growth, reassessment, and provide plenty of opportunities for some positivity. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Even historians of happiness like myself freely admit that we still know relatively little about the subject, especially regarding how to generate more of it in our everyday lives. Some of the most brilliant minds since antiquity have struggled with understanding the nature of happiness. (Even the term itself remains nebulous.) Happiness is an emotion, after all, and one of the more ambiguous ones, making it difficult if not impossible to realize it simply because one desires to.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The old adage “absence makes the heart grow fonder” may have been proven beyond a doubt as many couples practicing self-isolation in China have started to file for divorce. This has led to the city of Xi’an looking at a record-high number of divorce requests since the local marriage registries reopened on March 1.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As harsh as it sounds, crises are an opportunity for improvement, development, and all forms of futureproofing. As the world endures the spread of Covid-19, what can governments, Malaysia’s in particular, do to weather the storm while gaining the confidence of the ‘rakyat’ at the same time? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.