So what's the next conversation starter going to be?

 So what's next? It's almost nerve-wracking to see that the US presidential election's counting is finally drawing to a close. What are we going to be discussing about next? Our lives are going to be filled with the void for a few days - maybe go back to Covid discussions?!

Sometime in Feb this year, Covid conversation openers started. You know what I'm referring to. It was quite a rage for a few weeks. In our neigborhood in Singapore, the numbers started with  14 /15 per day. We panicked, moved to India for a few days (Am so thankful we did that trip in mid-Feb!) & returned in late Feb. Only to discover that the numbers in Singapore soon moved to the 100s and & in no time, 1500 per day was the average. Italy and USA numbers warmed up discussions in this phase. India threw every other country out of the chart.

IPL took over next (for the cricket enthusiasts mostly) and Biden vs Trump followed up. What's next, what's next .....

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