jopel said:commercialize
must salute those entrepreneurs in the early days capitalizing on the fear and supertitious of the people.
one month of activities generate some good incomes for many people so just let it be, also it add to our local folklore.
hey, wanna go ghost hunting. It had been awhile since I last experienced one in the 70's.Wai said:I used to be in outdoor activities club back in school
and for the month of july, there will be no acitivities or training at night because many parents dont want their son & daughter to reach home late during the 7th month :dunno: :dunno:
jopel said:hey, wanna go ghost hunting. It had been awhile since I last experienced one in the 70's.
Sjourn said:Never go swimming, I ganna one time like a teeth mark on my leg in a swimming pool...:bigeyes: :bigeyes:
What will happen to the banana tree???Pro Image said:I think it's don't urine in front of the moon, under any tree especially BANANA TREE (that's if you can find a BANANA tree in Singapore!) Hehe.....this one also VERY CHUN!
jopel said:hey, wanna go ghost hunting. It had been awhile since I last experienced one in the 70's.
markccm said:wahlau eh...
this is the only time in the year that i can come out of the 18th floor to feast on earth & u wanna deprive me of this?
Btw, the stage performances sux nowadays.
The food provided also not fresh....
Can improve or not?
I wanna complain liao...
& can burn credit card or cheques?
Those money nowadays not in fashion downstairs liao
hongsien said:What will happen to the banana tree???
The only thing I avoid doing during this month is checking Clubsnap.........
HS
sbs99 said:any suggestions? =)
Lenscapes said:not need CC or cheques lah... ask for the products.. highend DSLR lor. maybe can custom make 100megapixel one.
Taiwanese have the same length in festive of ghost month too. The reason why you never seen such long time for ghost month is because of the ethnic differences between various dialect group in China and HK pratice differently. The fact is that most Chinese in Singapore are Hokkien and pray to 'Ti Gong' or Jade Emperor unique to the Hokkiens and Taiwanese as compared to Chinese in HK who are mostly Cantonese. Do take note of the differences and not do a comparism between the dialect group as 'excessive'.Wai said:AFAIK, only singapore will spend so much time and money to "celebrate" hungry ghost festival for one whole month!!
Burning of offerings and having opera thru out the month is excessive. In china or HK, this only last for one day. In fact, I have never heard of hungry ghost festival until i come to singapore. None of the people around me actually commemorate hungry ghost festival nor even mention about it....really found it strange that singaporean put in so much time & efforts to please the ghosts.
As what my mum told me, why we have to worship the ghosts like the God? Or Singaporean are more afraid of death? :think: Luckily my place here not many pple burn paper money, the air already bad enough
hongsien said:What will happen to the banana tree???
The only thing I avoid doing during this month is checking Clubsnap.........
HS
Banana trees are said to house the spirit of a Banana Spirit. Usually a female spirit. Very fierce and powerful.hongsien said:What will happen to the banana tree???
The only thing I avoid doing during this month is checking Clubsnap.........
HS
There was a newspaper story a few weeks ago, someone in Bukit Batok HDB flat purposely stood behind a white curtain at night, and many neighbours thought they saw "something", then someone went to pray for lucky 4D number....Benign said:Try masquerading as 'one of them', standing around intersections after 12am....waving at passerby in cars........
I bet tomorrow temples sure got alot of visitors.....of course, the intersections you were standing as well.
More paper money burnt and food offering.......And YES! Some of them actually praying for 4D numbers and totos :devil:
Lenscapes said:not need CC or cheques lah... ask for the products.. highend DSLR lor. maybe can custom make 100megapixel one.
jsbn said:Banana trees are said to house the spirit of a Banana Spirit. Usually a female spirit. Very fierce and powerful.
And there's a saying that if u tie a red string around the banana tree and tie the other end to ur finger and sleep under the tree on a full moon night, the banana tree spirit will harrass and possess u.
Never tried. Dun dare. U want u can try.
And BTW, there ARE banana trees in Singapore. It depends on where u go.