Ligthning Striked the Merlion

The Singapore Merlion was struck by lightning on Saturday, 28 February 2009. Its under repair now.

I thought I was the only one who hated February 09.
Guessed the Merlion shared my sentiments too.

The hot topics nowadays are how bad the economy is, the massive cut in staff, in bonuses, in salary... Here I am refusing to talk about this gloomy issue.


To say we are NOT affected completely is not true. 'Cos the banks have become more stringent on their borrower's requirements, hence buyers for houses are facing more difficulties than in the past.
No no no, we are NOT buying a house yet. We still haven't found the right one after that house, which we completely could not afford.

Allan is a property consultant, so with such tight rules on the borrowers, it indirectly affects the number of deals he can clinch. However, if a person NEEDS to buy a house, the person NEEDS to buy it, no matter what.... so we are not worrying too much.

Now that the 36—year—old tourism icon at the mouth of the Singapore River had such mishap, could it be a bad omen for Singapore's Economy?

Its very obvious that the care-takers of this country are pretty fengshui-oriented too. If not, they would not have shifted the Merlion's position in May 2008.

*Picture shows the debris from parts of the statue’s head which fell off after the lightning struck.

Temporary barricades around the 8.6m statue have been erected for safety reasons, barring it from tourists. I'm so glad we managed to get good shots before this happened.

Allan: "Maybe they didn't put a lightning rod on the Merlion."

Me: "I think the Merlion was meant to be a male. If there's a lightning rod on top of it, it would look like a 'hair-pin' and that would make 'him' become a 'her'!"

*laugh*