I am one of the 18
Indeed what a luck it was, i received a HQO - Home Quarantine Order, today!
I am one of the passengers sitting in the affected row from 52 - 58. Hey, the most amazing irony was, we have hand picked the seating arrangement on our own accord…was it purely to be a destiny?
There were signs of bad omen during the return flight right from the beginning:
My seat was occupied and the passenger was waiting for me to come & swop seat with her to row 56 as she wanted to be next to her friend who will be sitting beside me. I firmly declined as i also want to be seated next to my friend too.
An internal communication technical problem occurred just as the plane was preparing to depart. Passengers sitting in row 40+ were asked to leave their seats temporaily to allow the technicians carry out investigations. The moment, I was glad that i was seated in row 50+, saved from the hassle of moving my butt and tired legs to exit at the boarding gate area temporary. Little did i know that i am in danger zone and the inconvenience i am going through next is 10x more than passengers in row 40+.
The fixing took more than an hour to resolve and while i rest in the comfort of my seat in row 53, a commotion was heard. A mainlander was caught smoking in the lavatory, the long waiting game must have bored him tremedously and he needed a puff desperately. Didn’t we all know that smoking is not allow in planes? His act caught everyone by surprise and there were some exchange of words of advice to him by fellow passengers asking him to abide to law and not implicate us (flight already delay, technical faulty still unfix, enough is enough)…
Finally, after a long wait, we are happy to receive the announcement that the doors are closing and cabin crew to prepare for departing. In the entire journey, i masked myself obediently, i did not do the same in the earlier flight. Six sense may have triggered me to practice caution somehow.
Everything appears fine until Friday when additional three cases were confirmed and coincidentally the infected passenger was on board on the same flight as me. And he was diagonally seated 2 rows away from me.
And today, i was hunt down at home with this:
