KISAH Futures Anthology
Abed’s enthusiasm stirred the entire class. It opened the students to talk about their ambitions — from energy engineers, botanists, to city planners and teachers — unhindered by the grim reality of COVID-19. I felt the energy dip as I gave them a written assignment to wrap up class. “The new normal is their normal,” I thought to myself as I dressed in full. Peering out my window, I noticed for the first time my neighbours’ kids in their pajama bottoms and school-attire tops snacking on fresh tomatoes from their own balcony garden patch.
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