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As many of you know, I am a kiwi (New Zealander) living and working in Singapore for the past 2 years.
This is the first time however, I have lived amongst the masses (last year I was living in a very wealthy area of Singapore, there are hardly any activities going on there).
So anyway, I think it's the hungry ghost festival, or something going on at the moment, and every day, all day long, they are burning paper. PAPER, with ink all over it. And they burn crap-loads of it; not only are they burning it, but there are miles of paper scattered all over the gardens, parks, pathways, roads, etc.
There is so much smoke in the air, that it's hard to breath, and I can't help but wonder if all that ink-burning is putting poisoness fumes into the air. I woke up this morning and started coughing with my eyes slightly burning.
I wonder how many tree's are cut down just so they can burn paper and send toxic fumes into the air to scare away ghosts that don't exist?
What I like about western culture is that they tend to change when something isn't quite right. But for those stubborn cultures (such as Chinese), they refuse to change.
This is the first time however, I have lived amongst the masses (last year I was living in a very wealthy area of Singapore, there are hardly any activities going on there).
So anyway, I think it's the hungry ghost festival, or something going on at the moment, and every day, all day long, they are burning paper. PAPER, with ink all over it. And they burn crap-loads of it; not only are they burning it, but there are miles of paper scattered all over the gardens, parks, pathways, roads, etc.
There is so much smoke in the air, that it's hard to breath, and I can't help but wonder if all that ink-burning is putting poisoness fumes into the air. I woke up this morning and started coughing with my eyes slightly burning.
I wonder how many tree's are cut down just so they can burn paper and send toxic fumes into the air to scare away ghosts that don't exist?
What I like about western culture is that they tend to change when something isn't quite right. But for those stubborn cultures (such as Chinese), they refuse to change.
Has anyone notified Al Gore yet?
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