Something is amiss this Raya. The usual excitement , fanfare and lights seem to be missing. Its very quiet. Too quiet in fact. There is not much extravagant dressing and needless to say, not much babes in rather provocative baju kurungs. No eye wash this year. Mood seems rather sombre. Not sure if its the economic crisis.
Won't be surprised if that really is the reason. Saw a family at the NTUC, the father holding a calculator, crunching numbers to see if he could bring purchases down to within budget. To a certain extent it was rather a sad and heart wrenching sight to behold. Telling the kids to put the chocolates back as it would blow the budget.
On the other hand, very frankly, I believe that current economic crisis is a much needed shakeup for us Singaporeans to realign our jaded and taken for granted attitudes. To scratch beneath the superficial and materialistic facade of an existence and to understand what that really matters.. Bond.
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