It doesn’t snow everywhere in Singapore. At certain times in December, it snows at Tanglin Mall. It snows BUBBLES!
You can tell how much the kids love the “snow” play. They are going gaga over “snowing frenzy”!
Obviously, the HARDCORE one… facing directly at the bubble blowhole!
Hey raincoat kid, that’s a smart move.
The adults are loving it too.
And drivers get free bubbles car wash.
You still need to clean up the bubbles, just like shoving the snow!
Washing area for the bubble-kids.
Where on earth is Tanglin Mall?
163 Tanglin Road. The mall is located at the junction of Tanglin Road & Grange Road. You know it’s in Singapore right?
Snow sessions in Tanglin Mall. Until when? I’m not sure. But some say it’s until 31st Dec.
Snow: 7.30pm & 8.30pm daily (subject to weather conditions)
Nearest MRT: Orchard station.
Cross to Borders and walk straight down the stretch of malls until you reach Tanglin Mall. It takes about 15 mins walk. Ask around if not sure.
The open-top sightseeing Hippo tour bus for tourists.
Merry Christmas!
We have to shut off all the windows in the house and turn on the air-con. The smoke of burning incense in the air is choking. Today (20 Aug) is the first day of the one-month-long Hungry Ghost Festival. Some Chinese believe that the “Gates of Hell” are opened now and the spirits are released to the human world. Many Chinese residents are now burning incense papers to the “brothers” and “sisters” (spirits!).
Hell bank note with outrageously large denomination.
I blogged about Hungry Ghost Festival in Singapore last August. If you have read that post last year, let’s toast to our friendship! Most probably we have known each other for a year!
I just heard a loud thunder! Hope it will rain soon to wash away the ashes that are drifting in the air!
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The celebration of 15-day Chinese New Year festival has just come to an end on 9 Feb. The 15th day of the first lunar month is “Yuan Xiao” festival (元宵节) and it’s also the first night of the lunar year to see a full moon. There shall be many beautiful lanterns hanging around for people to appreciate, and people will try to solve riddles on the lanterns and eat Tangyuan (glutinous rice balls). The day is also known as Chinese Valentine’s day. In ancient China, it was the night that girls were allowed to leave homes to appreciate lanterns along the streets and they would drop their handkerchiefs for young men to pick them up and get to know the girls! I guess nowadays girls hardly use handkerchief but tissue packs to reserve dining tables during crowded lunch hours (especially in Singapore)!
Chinese New Year rice cake – “Nian gao” (年糕) sounds like “年高”, which literally means “increasingly prosperous year in year out”.
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Welcome to the Year of Ox! Here are some pics taken from Singapore Chinatown just before Chinese New Year. These cute golden oxen are just located at Chinatown Point.
As I mentioned in my earlier Chinese New Year article, red is liberally used in all decoration during this festive season. Someone once asked, “Is red the main color of China (clothes, lights, sauce, hong-bau, firecrackers, communism, flag, roofs, etc)?
Here is an answer which I found from the web: Red symbolizes good fortune. There is an ancient Chinese legend about a man-eating beast called “Nian” which is a predatory creature. To scare off Nian, people covered their homes with the color red and filled the air with loud noises, ie. fire crackers.
Chinese like to grace their gates and doors with Chinese New Year’s couplets which are written on two strips of red paper. The red couplets are composed of sentences that complement each other and often rhyme. Nowadays, we hardly see handwritten couplets; these are all printed with different designs. Read More »
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