The world of Tzu Chi August 2020 (Vol.125)

04 eature By Yap Chai Hoon Translated by Lee Hui Yieng & Ong Mooi Lin Photographs by Sam Pin Fook Adapting to the Times A hair salon owner trades her hairdressing expertise for her culinary skills to earn an income delivering food; an actor steps away from the stage to start a homemade kimchi business; an entrepreneur downsizes his karaoke enterprise and turns to selling flowers online with his wife. The pandemic has upended our lives and taught us lessons on adaptability. Embracing the advent of work-from-home arrangements, online learning and e-commerce has become a coping strategy as we learn to navigate the new normal and confront the inevitability of change.