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Firecracker Balloons for Chinese New YearLighting firecrackers is a favorite activity during Chinese New Year celebrations. Legend has it that a mythical monster called Nian would come out on New Year's Eve to raid and eat the villagers. Ancient Chinese people discovered that when they burned dry bamboo, the explosive rat-at-at sound scared away the beast, and thus lighting firecrackers became a tradition for Chinese New Year.But in Singapore, lighting firecrackers was banned since the 1970s so its citizens got quite creative in replicating the popping sound. At first, people tried playing recorded sound of firecrackers but that was kind of disappointing.For Chinese New Year 2022, Tiktoker @papa_goh devised a home-made contraption that made the crackling sound of firecrackers by popping a string of red balloons. He attached a block of wood with a hole in the middle and some screws or bolts on its surface. A string of red balloons was threaded through the hole, and the wooden contraption was put on a home exercise equipment. When he pulled the string, the balloons hit the screws and popped, making the firecracker sounds. Ingenius!"Putting the 'fire' in 'balloon cracker' Spreading a little cheer for the neighbours. Happy "Chap Goh Mei" (15th night of Lunar New Year) everyone!" he wrote.Image:@papa_goh/Tiktok#firecracker #balloon #ChineseNewYear #Singapore

Realistic Valak The Nun Car Seat Cover Terrified Fellow DriverThis realistic Valak The Nun car seat cover is scary enough to conjure strong emotions from a fellow driver!Instagrammer Timothy Choo (@timcjh) took a video clip of a Chevrolet car which has its driver's side seat decorated in a horror movie-themed headrest cover. While the car is parked empty, it looked like Valak The Nun of the Conjuring series of horror movies, is at the wheels."Oei, take a look at this punk. It is the seventh lunar month and you playing with this? I am driving and it scared the hell out of me," Choo was heard saying in the video clip in Mandarin.In Chinese culture, the seventh month of the lunar calendar is called the Ghost Month. Here, ghosts and spirits of deceased ancestors come out to mingle with the living.#Valak #ValakTheNun #TheNun #TheConjuring #car #carseatcover #carheadrestcover #horrormovie #GhostMonth #Singapore