Un-Merry X'Mas

No, I do not have any prejudice against this particular Christan event. Don't get yourself misleaded by my title.

依旧地，平安夜当晚，我到了乌节路售买各式各样的配件，首饰。正如我预料的一样，那儿人山人海，喧嚣热闹。人行道，购物商场，地下走道，地铁站。。。处处都挤得水泄不通。像我这样非法地在人行道上贩卖东西的人也在这一晚突然激增，而且大多都在买所谓的“Snow Spray"。

I seriously don't understand what's the point of such spray. I mean, what comes out of that metal can of the size about a small can of Baygon is actually foam, and not actual snow. (If you were thinking of actual snow, dream on!) And, what's so fun of having foam on your body? Haven't they experience foam on their body before when they are bathing? Unless they are from some native tribes in China, Thailand or some other rural areas where they bathe only once or twice a year, but hell no! Those that buy such sprays are from Singapore! A developed nation where water and soap are easily accessible and affordable!!

For the sake of some who still may be baffled and still have no clue what am I talking about, my advice to you: Go out more often. What I am talking about is a Baygon-size can that sprays out foam when you push that "button". It is supposedly to be artificial snow to suit this festive season.

Worse still, these people like to spray such foam, not on their own body, but on others, be it someone they know or a stranger, they just spray at anyone within their sight. It gets pretty much irritating and annoying after a while when you get "targetted" like 3 or 4 times just by walking down along Orchard Road.

Some may argue that this is just for fun! But hell no! Please be considerate and sensitive towards the feelings of others. One man's meat is another man's poison. You may love such spray, but other might not appreciate it.

One even said "Merry Christmas" to me after spraying those alkaline foam on me. I seriously DO NOT appreciate you spraying foam on your body as a Chrisitmas gift. I would appreciate it more if you could give a an iPod Mini as present.

And, from the knowledge that we had accquired from our textbooks, I believe that such "invention" is environmentally-unfriendly. These sprays are of one-use only. Once you had finished spraying the contents, you dump them away. Those people whp buy these sprays DO NOT even bother to chuck the empty cans in a dustbin, they simply throw them on the floor, expecting the cleaners or sweepers to remove them away for them!!!

Besides creating more garbage, this kind of spray also emits various chemcials into the air evertime you spray it. I expect chloroflurocarbon (CFC) to ooze out of that hole on the can everytime you decide to "victimize" somebody. Well, these are just based on my knowledge and guesses, but common sense also tells you that such 3-for-$10 items won't be THAT envrionmentally-friendly. I mean, if the manaufacturer decides to be green, each spray would probably cost $10 instead of 3 or 4 of such for $10.

When I got back, I gave the craze of such sprays a thought and finally figured out why these environmentally-unfriendly inventions are selling like hot cakes.

We are only like a few hundred kilometres from the Equator, but thousands of miles away from the Artic circle.

We lack snow. We are a tropical country. No snow, no winter.

Hence, artificial snow is here to save the day!! Woo~hoo!!

Does Christmas necessary have to be associated with snow? Why must Christmas be "white"? I mean, if Christmas can only be celebrated if there is snow, then what happens to devoted Christians in Australia and South Africa? For those whose general knowledge sucks, Australia and South Africa are in the Southern Hemisphere where there isn't snow in December, but only "available" in sometime around June and July.

I have not read the Bible before, but i presume that Jesus Christ was not born in Siberia or Greenland. If I am not mistaken, his birthplace was Jerusalem? Correct me if I am wrong, but anyway, his birthplace is not any temperate countries where there is snow.

I presume that those who buy such sprays are desperate to experience snow, but still, if you want to get that experience, go to "Snow City" or Genting Highlands. Don't endanger our health or the environment!

Juvenile retards......(expected lah, I mean, those who buy such things are either uneducated or those who kept failing their studies.... so yah... no discrimination here!)