What a horrible year. While I traveled for much of the first two months of 2020, the virus loomed over everything since before Chinese New Year, when Singapore experienced its first wave. In March, the strict lockdown caught me by surprise, as I had felt we had already weathered the virus in Asia. The lack of preparation by Europe and America was enraging. My abrupt departure in May after two months of separation from my closest friends and partner on the island was painful.