SINGAPORE: At 56 years old, actor and theatre veteran Adrian Pang has realised that optimism is a choice. 

But, he admits, it is one that he is “not normally predisposed to”.

“When the pandemic hit, I thought I was going to be okay. But very quickly, I took a turn for the worse and before I could even scramble around for my life vest, I found myself drowning. I was drowning really quickly,” he recounted to CNA.