Quietly soaking in the festive decorations
In saner times, we would have organised a run with friends to view the decorations & festive goings-on in Chinatown, preferably with fireworks thrown in. Loving Husband & I decided to run this year on the morning of the 1st day of the Chinese New Year; we thought it safer as we might have the roads to ourselves. We had reports from friends who visited during the week that it was very quiet; still, it was odd to see the streets devoid of traffic, both vehicular & pedestrian.
One of the places which people were queuing up to enter at 8am was the Buddha Relic Temple, to pray for blessings & good fortune in the year ahead.
We had to take a we-fie with the God of Fortune at 老巴刹 (literally: Old Market) Telok Ayer Market, which also boasted a healthy number of diners: many cyclists post-ride, having their coffee al fresco.
One of the reasons we made this run was to hunt down the 3-storey mural recently completed by YC (more photos coming in a separate post)
Notes:
- Feature photo is my contribution to SquareOdds hosted by Becky at Life of B. The quiet main street was very odd as it is usually thronging with vehicles and pedastrians.
- This post is also my contribution to
- OWS: Real or Ethereal hosted by Debbie at Travel with Intent
- PPAC (Photographing Public Art) hosted by Marsha at Always Write
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Few days ago, my son said to me that he doesn’t like fireworks that much because they are so noisy. I then gave him a brief history about the invention of fireworks in China, which reminded him about the movie Kung Fu Panda, which he saw a few days ago for the first time.
He then made the link between China and fireworks 😀
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What fabulous connections you’ve made for your son. Hurray Kung Fu Panda (the series of movies is a family favourite)!
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Fun and interesting Odd Squares. 🙂
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So glad to have you come by for a visit … and for your encouragement!
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It has been an interesting fun month of Odd Squares. 🙂
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Indeed it has! I look forward to Square months very much.
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How cool is this???!!
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Glad to have you along, Pam!
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❤️❤️
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That mural is amazing. Happy Chinese New Year.
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I’m glad to have you enjoy it with me!
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Cool mural, Ju-Lyn and my first thought was where is all the Singapore traffic? Did you invent the we-fie name?
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Hee hee! “we-fie” is Loving Husband’s invitation for us to take a photo together with him!!! It’s just caught on …
Isn’t it strange to see the empty roads?
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Yes, indeed. We-fie will be twice the fun.
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The first time I visited Singapore it was CNY and I went to Chinatown. I was very surprised to see it empty. “Where’s everybody?” I thought, “Singapore doesn’t have a lot of people here!”
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Goodness! it must have been so strange for you – most Chinatowns around the world are thronging with crowds!!!! Everyone is home celebrating, even pre-pandemic!
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It did give me a very false first impression of Singapore. This was a ‘recognizance’ trip too, to see what it would be like to live there 😉
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Goodness! yes, it would certainly not be indicative!!!
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Love YC’s wet market mural!
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Isn’t it fun? Will be posting more shots of the mural soon.
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Hope you had a happy day! Such a beautiful neighbourhood to hang your washing!
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I know, right? No more laundry hanging these days, but I can imagine back a couple of decades ago, it would have been colourful with laundry fluttering in the wind.
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such fun 🙂 so glad you have joined us again for squares
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Thank you for hosting us and giving us this space to play with #oddsquares !
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My pleasure 🙂
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So fun! And yeah for the year of the Tiger! (I like cats. 🙂 ) That mural is so impressive.
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So many cute cats to celebrate! isn’t that mural just fabulous?!!!! He’s just basically used the walls as his canvas – the details are phenomenal!
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Such happy sights for passersby to enjoy seeing. 🙂
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And this one is tucked into a side street, off the main thoroughfare, so if one notices it, it is a delightful surprise!
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Excellent! Even better. A reward for those willing to go off the beaten path.
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Wow, that mural is amazing! It had me starring at it for quite some time.
Wishing you a very happy Chinese New Year!
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Thank you for the well-wishes! So glad to share glimpses of the mural, Donna. I will certainly make a trip back to gawk some more!
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Snappy decorations! Glad you are able to enjoy the holidays even if life is not back to normal.
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It’s all about family time for us at the end of the day – although each household is restricted to a maximum of 5 visitors a day, our little family has chosen not to socialize as a precaution. So, it’s just celebrating in our own little ways (like eating the goodies of the season!)
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Sounds exactly like what our family has done and continues to do.
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And it looks like that’s what we will be doing for a while yet. Be safe & well … and toasty warm!
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Yes, yes! Many thanks.
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Wonderful decorations! I completely missed our Christmas decorations this year. We were locked down — again. Now they are relaxing it again, but that doesn’t mean it won’t be back. Meanwhile, though, wonderful decorations!
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I hear you …. on and off, on and off. Thank you for enjoying our street decorations with me … it has been quiet, but good fun looking for the festive where we can.
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