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The Coronavirus or to use its hippier name, the Covid 19 pandemic has affected everyone across the globe, regardless of race, age, sex or religion. With an astute sense of observation, Christina The has been inspired by how people behave in times such as this. "Locked-up" at home for 56 days, she has written these pieces to cheer up her friends and business associates; and to counter all the gloom and doom that is in the news. Though the incidents are all based on real incidents that have happened, the characters have been slightly exaggerated, as this is after all, a book of humour. We can empathise and relate to her stories as it is how we all behave, or we know someone just like that, even if we refuse to publicly admit to such irrational actions.It is an entertaining work written with wit and humour.

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Publié par	Marshall Cavendish International
Date de parution	29 juillet 2020
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9789814893978
Langue	English

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Global praise for Diary of a Former Covidiot
Witty, clever and addictive, I recognised myself and others in the hilarious stories Christina Th brings us in Diary of a Former Covidiot ! A timely, light-hearted record of crazy behaviour against the backdrop of a pandemic that has rocked the world in our lifetime.
Christina Th brings the reader stories from her own world in Singapore, introducing hilarious characters doing crazy things. We will recognise Covidiot behaviour in ourselves and those around us whilst trying to survive the pandemic , making us nod along and laugh out loud.
Whilst acknowledging the grief that COVID-19 has caused many, Christina seeks to offer some light relief from the situation, recording this new, strange way of life.
This book is a timely page turner and makes a great gift that can be dipped into over again. Read it and share it - will bring a much needed laugh to many!
-Eleanor O Connor
Penguin Random House Publishing, UK
Funny as hell. It s comedy gold. Thoroughly entertaining from first to last page. Christina Th wittily takes the reader on the roller coaster ride that is the pandemic, from a satirical and comically honest perspective. Pages are filled with light-hearted humour and satisfying laugh-out-loud moments. I really enjoyed this book!
-Clarissa Santoso
PhD Student, USA
FF rickin hilarious and screenplay-worthy! You ROCK, The Christina Th !
-Ben Chan
Executive Producer, Red Compass Media, Inc., USA
Finally a book not only so relatable but a massive comic relief that reflects the environment we live in BC/DC (Before COVID/ During COVID). It s a fly-on-a-wall moment! Thank you, it s a godsend for my self-care and mental well-being reading this book while sipping G T.
-Ethel Reyes
Medical Scientist, Australia
This should be standup comedy material.
-Andre Surya
Civil Engineer, Indonesia
Very funny. Especially the chapter , About Hair . The big hair episode with her aunts amused me very much! A nice glimpse of how contrasting cultures react to the same situation, the pandemic. Light hearted and presented in a very fun way, Christina s way :)
-Jeong Ae Ree
Artistic Director of New Opera Singapore
A brilliant storyteller.
-Shanti Bhattacharya
Heritage Guide, Singapore
What an amazing sense of humour! Hilarious and funny insight into people s behavior - clever observation into life in the supermarket jungle! To me the most touching part of the book is when the sisters say they love each other (in the story, Motherhood is the greatest job you ll ever fxxx up ). So simple but huge impact. Well done.
-Peter Ng
Entrepeneur, Simgapore
Extremely entertaining and relaxing to read! I am a senior European lady, yet I still find the stories very engaging. This optimistic book is a breath of fresh air. It is just what we all need right now!
- J.N.
Retired Principal Mezzo-Soprano of Opera Australia
Very witty. I like it a lot, especially the part with the aunts doing their hair. I can clearly picture them!
-Christina Hindle
Fellow Mum, Austria
Witty and original! Love it! And, LMAO... the plot twists!
-Alfani Cahya
Fulltime Mum of Two, Indonesia

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Published by Marshall Cavendish Editions
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National Library Board, Singapore Cataloguing in Publication Data
Name(s): Th , Christina.
Title: Diary of a former covidiot : tales of panic buying, surviving and finding humour during the coronavirus pandemic / Christina Th .Description: Singapore : Marshall Cavendish Editions, 2020
Identifier(s): OCN 1158579586 | e-ISBN: 978 981 4893 97 8
Subject(s): LCSH: COVID-19 (Disease)--Social aspects--Fiction. | Epidemics--Fiction.
Classification: DDC S823--dc23
Printed in Singapore
Publisher s Note: All characters and incidents mentioned in this book are fictional and based entirely on the author s imagination. Any similarities to persons, dead or alive, are coincidental.
For Felix Cheong
Writer, Mentor, Friend and Covidol
A COVIDIOT S COMMANDMENTS

Thou Shall Not Be A Covidiot.
Thou Shall Not Covid Thy Neighbour.
Thou Shall Stay At Home.
COVIDIOT Noun, informal
Definitions and synonyms
Someone who continues to go out and socialise despite being told repeatedly to stay at home;
A person who hoards goods (especially toilet paper, masks and sanitisers), denying them from their neighbours;
A person who does not observe social distancing;
Someone who does not wear a mask when outside or in contact with the general public;
Someone who goes immediately to the supermarket in anticipation of the Prime Minister s address;
Someone who ill-treats or evicts front-line medical heroes out of their rental properties, or park at doctors and nurses parking lots in hospitals.
Someone who touches others without sanitising their hands, or simply, touches or hugs others in this day and age.
INTRODUCTION
ON FAMILY PANIC BUYING
1 On Family Distancing
2 The Quest for a Hen
3 An Oriental Discovery
4 Turmeric Will Save Us All
5 The Supermarket: A Modern Jungle
6 A Family Affair
7 About Hair
8 Anna
THE BIRTH OF A COVIDOL
9 A Covidol is Born
10 Soprano in Quarantine, ACT 1
11 A COVID Fairytale
12 Soprano in Quarantine, ACT 2
13 The Music Room
14 And I Pronounce You, Man and Wife
15 Go Forth and Multiply...
16 The Mask Crusaders and the Second Wave of Covidiots
17 A Nation of Tarzans
18 Coronahair
ON PARENTING HOME BASED LEARNING (HBL)
19 A Strategic Alliance
20 Home Based Learning. A Survivor Recounts Her Tale
21 Motherhood is the Greatest Job You ll Ever Fxxx Up
22 HBL + WFH = WTF
23 And the Horror Based Learning Continues
24 Happy Hour!
ON FRIENDSHIP OTHER ISSUES
25 In Eggs We Trust
26 Surprise, Surprise
27 21 Questions: Interview by the Porn Stars
28 Love Thy Neighbour
29 Short Circuited
30 On Resilient Business Models
31 The Onion Challenge
32 On Weird Dietary Options
33 Under One Roof
34 The (Not-So) Secret Garden
35 The New Normal
EPILOGUE: THE ROAD AHEAD
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
When the storm breaks, each man acts in accordance with his own nature. Some are dumb with terror. Some flee. Some hide. And some...
spread their wings like eagles and soar on the wind.
- Dr John Dee (1527-1608), mathematician.

Be it on my faraway travels or around my neighbourhood, I have always loved observing human nature and behaviour-both on and off the stage.
I find human beings most intriguing. We are complex, resilient, adaptable, yet at times, comical.
At this current moment, nothing is more interesting than observing human behaviour during this global pandemic of unprecedented scale. Those who survive, truly are living a part of history.
What I also found is that even the most dire of situations can be inundated with precious, humorous moments.
The earlier stories in the book were written with the sole purpose to bring a smile to family and friends who are dear to me, in different parts of the world. With so much doom and gloom and negativity that besieged us, I wished to present a light-hearted contrast to lift up their spirits.
My little vignettes unexpectedly became an extended account that was conceived entirely during the global lockdown-a happy yet near impossible feat.
Singing a line of lyrics is not the same as writing a line of text as I soon discovered. Especially while educating and keeping alive my two favourite little humans at home. I am sure it s an experience some of you can relate to.
The book is grouped according to themes around the events of the Coronavirus pandemic. Each chapter is a standalone tale. You can flip to any chapter randomly and not have missed the plot. Packed in manageable bite-sized pieces. Nothing too mentally taxing.
I hereby present to you, stories of challenges and human resilience, of herd mentality and overcoming fear, as seen from a humorous perspective. This is a work of observational fiction inspired by true events and real characters, written with lots of dramatic licence. It may seem like a narrative of others experiences, but truly, these are our stories together.
Let us always look up and brave adversity with a smile. To those who lost your loved ones to this pandemic, we are united in your grief.
The facts of our predicament may remain the same, but we have a choice to observe the amusing side of things, or to let our spirits be reduced by circumstances. It is a choice we make every day, wherever we are in the world.
On another note, most of us might have