On 14 September 2008, residents of Eunos celebrated Lantern Festival at the Petal Garden. It rained heavily minutes before the start of the event and subsided when the Guest-of-Honour arrived.
Tonight, the sky was clear and the weather was cooling. Eunos Grassroots Leaders gathered for an appreciation dinner. The Guest-of-Honour is Mayor Zainul Abidin Rasheed, who is also the Adviser to Eunos Grassroots Organisations.
Tonight, the sky was clear and the weather was cooling. Eunos Grassroots Leaders gathered for an appreciation dinner. The Guest-of-Honour is Mayor Zainul Abidin Rasheed, who is also the Adviser to Eunos Grassroots Organisations.
Harmony has always been the theme of Grassroots events.
After the buffet dinner, we each received a battery-operated lantern. The respective committees were each issued a Kongming Lantern (孔明灯). The shipment of the lanterns were delayed, hence they were not used on Lantern Festival itself. Traditionally, it was believed that you could convey your wishes to Heaven with the Lantern by writing them on the lanterns. Some of the lanterns carried lottery numbers!
One by one, the lanterns were light up and released into the air. Fishing wire was attached to the lanterns to prevent them from floating away and becoming fire hazards.
Mayor Zainul lighted up some of the lanterns.
The event ended with a group photo taking session.The Youth Executive Committee (YEC) commenced our short meeting and then proceeded to hang the banner for our next event:
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