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Taking in life at a window while confined for 2 weeks in hotel room

In Room 204 in Park Regis Singapore hotel, quarantine was an idea fastidiously followed. PHOTO: PARKREGISSINGAPORE.COM
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SINGAPORE - For two weeks starting late December last year, I was peered at by squirrels every day and spied on by birds, but I barely engaged with a human or even shook a hand.

In Room 204 in Park Regis Singapore hotel, quarantine was an idea fastidiously followed.

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