From ‘勿洛小贩中心大头娃贺年 公众：毛骨悚然’, 5 Feb 2011, article in omy.sg (LHWB)
勿洛小贩中心“大头娃娃”贺新年。有公众竟然质疑这是庆祝“农历新年还是7月鬼节？”
有读者打电话给《联合晚报》，说在勿洛地铁站旁的小贩中心用餐时，惊见头顶上方横梁上立着4个“令人毛骨悚然的娃娃”，质疑这是不是7月鬼节的“鬼娃”
Dolled up for CNY
Translation: Patrons at a Bedok Hawker centre are creeped out by ‘big head dolls’ set up to bring festive cheer, complaining that these are more suited for the Seventh Month celebrations instead of the Lunar New Year.
Well, blame the Chucky franchise for turning what were once objects of affection into pagan idols for devil worship. Creepiness aside, it just seems awkward to hang these things from a ceiling, what with those intensely scary peepers staring down at you while you eat your bak chor mee. Just those red and yellow pineapples would do really, but to complain about dolls looming over you on the first few days of the New Year instead of spending meaningful moments with family is as absurd as queuing up for hours for bak kwa which you could otherwise get easily (and cheaply) on every other day of the year. We don’t see evil dolls lurking around even during the seventh month, where the real spine tingling action usually happens on the getai stage itself. If they’re not frightening little children and damning all luck and prosperity to hell at hawker centres, they’re getting parents agitated for being too sexy as well.
Gong Xi Fa ZAI (kill)!!
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