Merlion After The Lightning
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When we first read about the damage done to the Merlion due to lightning on the 28th February, we were sad because it is our kids favorite spot whenever we visited Singapore.
And we were glad to read news that the Merlion was re-opened 2 days before we were due to arrive in Singapore for our short holiday last month.
So on the morning after we reached Singapore, we walked over from our hotel to the Merlion.
We took the route which passed by interesting buildings such as the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, CityHall, Cricket Club field, Victoria Theatre and Anderson Bridge before we reached the Merlion.
Despite being tired from the rather long walk - about nearly 2 km - Eu and Qi were happy to see their fondest symbol of Singapore.
During one of our last trip here, Qi was stopped by a few Eastern European ladies who requested to have a picture with her.
This time, despite the usual crowd, her tik-tik-chai-ness (small size) managed to captured and charmed the attention of an old Indian man who was there with his family and he too asked to take a photo with her.
On that day, there was an old Chinese artist who was also there, drawing an excellent picture of the Merlion using only a black pen.
Fortunately it was a cloudy day so we let the kids indulge in the sight of the Merlion while we people-watch the other visitors.
As for the lightning struck which split geomancy and feng shui experts who either read it as an omen to even worse recessions and those who interpreted it as the end of bad times, I personally go with the positive.
That the Merlion, being the ultimate symbol of Singapore, had absorbed the bad energy and that Singapore is now on its way to economic recovery.
Superstitions aside, this had been another memorable visit for the kids.
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