Singapore, City of Possibilities
That's the slogan for this year's 42nd National Day Parade at Marina Centre. How apt in today's world.
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The Hungry Ghost Festival started on 13 August this year. Today must be the 8th day that the gates of hell are open for our friends from the other land to visit earth. Several people were out and about in the streets praying, offering food and burning hell money for the departed souls.
I parked at the open air carpark just opposite Borders and there was a bunch of people burning candles and hell money just at the edge of the road. A funny sight stood before me-- a guai lo in a long sleeve shirt obviously coming from some office nearby was also burning hell money in the big cauldron. He obviously looked amused as he stared hard at the paper money that he was burning, probably secretly wishing that the stacks of hell money in ridiculous denominations were real money that he could pocket a piece or two. =)
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