Finally finished carolling at Tong Building (Next to Paragon and opposite Takashimaya).
Sian, quite tired. BUT I MUST BLOG because my blog's been deaded for who knows how long. Sorry >_>
Personally for a Christian, when we walk along Orchard Road (Hehe Providence Presbyterian Church is so close to Plaza Sing =), and McDonald's was just a walk away until teh Mac's at YMCA got replaced by some stupid thingammo >_<) we see a whole ton of Christmas lights and all that. The Istana and Plaza Sing are chockful of people, and stuffed with similar amounts of lights. Ooh, want romantic view of fireflies with your partner don't need to go to Malaysia anymore, can just wear the masks left over from SARS, head over to the Istana and sneeze alot while screaming "I GOT BIRD FLU" at night. Sure got a lot of fireflies surrounding the trees for you and your loved one to appreciate alone. Wah, so romantic. Just ignore the traffic jam behind and all is silent.
Then we go inside Plaza Sing which if I'm not wrong still has that Christmas Fantasy thing going on where people dressed up like Snow White sing Hit Me Baby One More Time to hordes of 5-year old future mindless-followers-of-music I mean kids =). I'm sure there's a Watson's nearby selling Rappin' Santas for kids to love. I mean come on, who doesn't love pop-culture fairytale characters and Rappin' Santas? I know I'm one. >_>
Then we head over to Takashimaya where we see a gigantic Christmas tree roughly 5 stories high (Or higher than that). I'm sure if I went to the ground floor I could see a $1mil pricetag on it with the ad "Surely your child needs a bigger tree for all his presents, right?" with lots and lots of salespeople with great beaming smiles directing you to each store in the area to cater to your Christmas needs of buying for the Season. If you don't they strike you with the Lv.10 Guilt-Inducing Stare of Doom (Ooh now we know KW's job) and make you wish that you had bought that 24-karat gold ring with studded 16-karat diamonds for your girlfriend instead of that stainless steel ring with a 1-karat diamond. No significant other? Professional Dating Agencies can assign someone to help you get that special someone (They're called Personal Dating Assistant) because Singapore must be shopping hub and cannot go shopping without a girlfriend or wife because we all know girls spend money way more easily than guys, and girls wouldn't get much money to spend if they were alone, right.
Next we head over to Lucky Plaza where we have bright lights and Christmas lights in a pseudo-Chinese marriage room-esque feeling in the front area. But that's not important is it, it is but decorations. They instead bear a bright emblem of christmas lights on the front wall saying "Jesus Christ was born, the reason for the season" WHOA DEEP SIA food for thought eh got reason for season and it's not consumerism whoa now we know Jesus makes the world go round GO CHRISTIANITY >_>
See Jesus is one who will rid the world of evil, and rid you of your evil too. And what is the most basic fundamental point of evil? Money. because money² = evil. Therefore Jesus took the initiative and introduced the Season where people waste more money and give it to where all evil lies. What great sacrifices were made, we must all turn to Christianity and buy more things for our loved ones. It is the only way of cleansing and salvation for our money-bearing wallets and souls.
Gosh what have I just said. Ignore that.
Seriously, Christmas is symbolic of the birth of Christ (Even though religious scholars prove otherwise, but hey you won't want to sing a carol called "O Little Town of Nazareth", right? Neither would I). What happens? Consumerism rears its ugly head and takes out the "Christ" and turns it into "Ex". Whoa, suddenly every shopping centre around Orchard Road is justified in giving fricking high prices for every single thing, because the season deems it acceptable wad. Ex things for XMas, everyone happy happy =) then buy lor. No choice wad. Don't buy got salesperson Lv.10 Guilt-Inducing Stare of Doom you into picturing your friends in tears because you didn't buy them that XBox package in the commercials these days (Ignore the fact that friends don't let other friends buy XBoxes. Oh well I couldn't stop Bryan he did it already. What kind of friends does he have sia =\) Nuu, you think, I must buy this even though school starts two weeks from now. Surely my friend's two weeks worth of entertainment (Assume that they have no social life) is worth my wasting a few hundred dollars.
But what about the others, you ask? Surely I don't have enough money to cater to them all? Whoa, no worries, one of them says. You can stand to win $1000 worth of cash if you spend $100 in Carrefour (Not sure who would buy Christmas presents from a supermarket though). $Cha-Ching$, you think, and use up $100 dollars. You fail to get that $1k, and you think damn, I wasted another $100.
No worries! The bank has got it all covered up for you. Just borrow ten thousand today and regret it a few months down the road when you find yourself incapable of paying! Hey, that's a good idea, you think, and borrow money.
You spend it all, and you still can't get enough presents because Lv.10 Guilt-Inducing Stares of Doom always work on you whether or not you bought a Baby-G or a Rolex. Well, sucks to you because the gambling den I MEAN Integrated Resort hasn't been opened yet. Good luck next year ;) Oh, by the way, would you like fries with that? Just an additional $1.80.
Consumerism: 1
Jesus Christ: 0
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