Let's start with Sunday, which brought two things of note.

Firstly, a very pleasant walk in the early-morning rain:













Secondly, Sunday saw the completion of a whole year's worth of 1 Second Everyday movies, the grand total of which -- all 365 seconds of it -- you can see here. I can understand if you're not game for this marathon, but for us, it's a poignant day-by-day record of what has been far and away the weirdest year of our lives.

It felt odd, on Monday, not to be doing a video. I'll do some more filming at some point, on a different project.

Otherwise, it's been a highly auspicious week.

Ramadan began, so the malls are decorating.


And so many communities celebrated New Year over the past few days: Thai and Tamil, Nepali and Sinhalese, and many more.

Chittirai; Vishu; Vaisakhi; Ugadi and Gudi Padwa; Pohela Boishakh; Rongali Bihu; Cheti Chand; Songkran...




So many new beginnings. That has to be good for us all, surely?

We're sorely in need of new winds. Yesterday, Sarawak led Malaysia's covid tally, with a whacking 512 cases.

Our numbers have been so stubbornly high for so long that there was talk of a gear-shift from the CMCO that's blighted our lives since mid-January to a full-on MCO. The authorities have decided not to do that, but to stick with the current level of restrictions instead.

I hope they're doing the right thing... It's certainly worrying. With cases rising and no new initiatives, how are we to break the cycle?

Anyway, let's finish with some more pics from this week's gallery: