Comments | chouka: Make that a 6000 for today ^^;

chouka

Make that a 6000 for today ^^;

Jan 24, 2005 16:45

I never really liked the smell of incense. People were fond of sticking them in a row along the parking spaces between HDBs, and I'd tripped over them on several occasions. Our flat (and the corridors too) would often be filled with lazy smoke spirals drifting over from our neighbours' altars, and on days like the 7th day of CNY and April 5, the ( Read more... )

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cptofgondor January 25 2005, 01:19:45 UTC

Personally, I'm not too into that smell..lol. But hey, don't disregard your emotions. Its what keeps you going. Keeps one sane. With the altar thing, even though the supernatural ain't there in our minds, there's a moral right?

(BTW, whats HDBs?)
-Pete

chouka January 26 2005, 03:32:16 UTC

HDB = Housing and Development Board
Most Singaporeans live in apartment-style buildings built by the HDB, so we just call 'em HDB blocks, or HDBs for short.

=) anonymous January 25 2005, 05:16:21 UTC

mochichu says:
incense, eh? last time I got a whiff of that was... I dont' remember :O haha :P
mm, fried rice...=] sounds yummy

Re: =) chouka January 26 2005, 03:42:09 UTC

There doesn't seem to be many Buddhist temples lying around in Toronto... Guess that greatly decreases our chances of sniffing or tripping over incense sticks, hunh? ^^;
Hmm... I wonder if anyone we know is Buddhist?

Re: =) anonymous January 26 2005, 04:38:08 UTC

Hm, wouldn't you think, though, that the smoke / smell rising from the sticks would be enough of a warning to stop you from tripping over them? XD

unless of course you're an exception =p

Re: =) chouka January 27 2005, 00:11:51 UTC

Well, them sticks are about a foot off the ground (and no, that's not at my eyelevel), so the smoke doesn't rise that much higher. And since I usually walk in a, uh, stately and straight-backed manner as befits a queen, I can hardly be expected to notice such trivial things that are so close to the ground. =P

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anonymous January 28 2005, 02:23:38 UTC

woooooo! curry! go curry! represent!
And you havent smelt incense sticks in that long? lol! my mom lights one every morning... they're in almost every indian house...

woo! anonymous! hahaha!

anonymous January 28 2005, 02:27:09 UTC

whoo! nickel! ur not very good at being anonymous

anonymous January 28 2005, 02:33:09 UTC

Psh, no-one knew it was me, way to go... MATHEW! (not very good at the anonymous thing yourself!)

chouka January 28 2005, 02:56:05 UTC

LOL~! You do realize that I simply can tell who you are through your IP's, right?
Indian incense smells very different from Chinese incense though... but I miss the smell of Indian incense too. Yay Gerard Street!!! Yay Indian curry! Yay roti prata!!

Mmmmm hungry.

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