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Ramadhan has always been a special month for me. It always held this intangible, magical feeling for me somehow, though it's the month where my sanity is put the test. I can't eat, I can't drink (no biggie, actually), I can't lie (heh), I can't cuss... the list goes on.
As a kid, I used to wonder - Is that black figure just a shadow or is there a more complex reason behind its presence? Ghosts?
My particular fear was the Pontianak. Oh, and the evil killer clown with the razor-sharp teeth too, but ang moh hantus can't make their way to tropical Singapore. Or can they? *cue evil music*
The fasting month took care of my fears. My parents never failed to remind me that in this special month, the spirits, the monsters and what-nots of the otherworld are chained and locked up, so during the month of Ramadhan, I can sleep without worries!
This year's , however, lacks something, I can't quite put my finger on it. I don't look forward to iftar (breaking of fast) anymore, I find the mass-Iftar with my relatives ho-hum, there's no special feeling of optimism when I watch the breaking of dawn after sahur(pre-dawn meal) when I can't get back to sleep, nothing seems right.
In fact, the month feels pretty screwed-up. Personally, I think it's the promos that's causing all this, what with the little voice in my head shrieking - "You're doomed, you're DOOMED! RETENTION! Hahahahahahahah!"
Also, the realisation that even without the monsters that are invisible to the naked eye, there are plain, human monsters for all to see, like that Indonesian maid who swung and flung her 3 year old charge. Now, that's worse than spooky ghosties, isn't it? So the maid is locked up now, but what about other criminals who are still at large?
This revelation is kinda crushing, I feel like a kid who just found out Santa's really his old, tubby dad (No wonder I didn't get that new DOOM XBOX game! Dad said it was inapt for my age, hmph!)
Perhaps the coming weeks will be better yet.
Now, for some hardcore Econs mugging.
PS. PODUCT! :P
As a kid, I used to wonder - Is that black figure just a shadow or is there a more complex reason behind its presence? Ghosts?
My particular fear was the Pontianak. Oh, and the evil killer clown with the razor-sharp teeth too, but ang moh hantus can't make their way to tropical Singapore. Or can they? *cue evil music*
The fasting month took care of my fears. My parents never failed to remind me that in this special month, the spirits, the monsters and what-nots of the otherworld are chained and locked up, so during the month of Ramadhan, I can sleep without worries!
This year's , however, lacks something, I can't quite put my finger on it. I don't look forward to iftar (breaking of fast) anymore, I find the mass-Iftar with my relatives ho-hum, there's no special feeling of optimism when I watch the breaking of dawn after sahur(pre-dawn meal) when I can't get back to sleep, nothing seems right.
In fact, the month feels pretty screwed-up. Personally, I think it's the promos that's causing all this, what with the little voice in my head shrieking - "You're doomed, you're DOOMED! RETENTION! Hahahahahahahah!"
Also, the realisation that even without the monsters that are invisible to the naked eye, there are plain, human monsters for all to see, like that Indonesian maid who swung and flung her 3 year old charge. Now, that's worse than spooky ghosties, isn't it? So the maid is locked up now, but what about other criminals who are still at large?
This revelation is kinda crushing, I feel like a kid who just found out Santa's really his old, tubby dad (No wonder I didn't get that new DOOM XBOX game! Dad said it was inapt for my age, hmph!)
Perhaps the coming weeks will be better yet.
Now, for some hardcore Econs mugging.
PS. PODUCT! :P
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