Did you know the theme for Singapore’s national day this year (2025) for SG60 is “Building Our Singapore Together”.
From the official site (https://www.sg60.gov.sg/), it says:
SG60 aims to celebrate our nation-building journey and reflect on our shared values of multiculturalism, boldness, resilience and openness that have united us and allowed us to prosper against the odds over the past 60 years.
I just find it ironic, that we have to keep building up and up because whatever is built up, eventually does crash down or end. It’s a bit understated but it’s there even on the website that it states “resilience”.
It’s just.
Sometimes, it’s hard to build up again when you’re in the middle of the crash. You start to think, was it all worth it? Can you do it again? Do I want to do it all again, will the end result be different?
It’s not the end of the year yet but The Projector is closing. I know it meant a lot to people but that’s how it goes.
Like any other independent cinema in Singapore before.
The people. The community. The experiences, we won’t have it any more. Will we have another place that will bring us together like this? I don’t know.
It’s the end of Fluff Bakery too. The taste of their cupcakes will be gone. I mean, anyone else can make cupcakes, but theirs, it will be gone by this September 2025.
Even Cathay Cineplexes is said to have ceased operations after their 1st September announcement and that it would enter creditors’ voluntary liquidation.
Everything ends eventually.
In Singapore things don’t stay the same, you have to adapt.
Because it just disappears.
People always like to say carpe diem because it’s a fancy Latin term that means seize the day, in a YOLO-isque kind of way.
The Merriam Webster dictionary states:
the enjoyment of the pleasures of the moment without concern for the future
I like it. But I’m not without concern for the future. That’s why I go with memento mori.
Remember you must die
Everything will eventually end but it doesn’t mean we can’t appreciate it while we have it right? It’s just. It’s so tiring isn’t it?
We just have to suck it up and adapt.
But I guess that’s why I like to take photos and videos. Cause even if anything ends, I can look back to see what happened. We can’t taste the recipes once more, we can’t be in the same places.
I took this picture during the last Hari Raya. Actually, it’s part of an album with my family but obviously I wouldn’t post it here (stay internet safe, people!).
But I remember how this was like. Or where was this taken. Or what led up to this and who was there. Next Hari Raya, we might not have our bandung drink, or the same way we had it because my uncle passed away last week.
Well, I guess I got to suck it up and adapt. Someone has to make the bandung next year but it won’t be just me, cause I know my whole family adapts and gets in action. It might take some time to figure out things, but I guess majulah Singapura. We have to keep on going.
