Bizzare Bazaar

Hi guys! What’s up?! I mean seriously, what is up with the people nowadays? I have to agree that first impression counts but whatever impressions that I received when I first saw them is definitely questionable.

When it comes to Ramadhan, I am sure that there are a number of things that comes to your mind like one month of fasting, list of foods for break fast, list of friends to break fast with, where to perform Tarawih prayers, which day to skip Tarawih prayers for Bazaar Geylang and of course not forgetting Bazaar Geylang!

Everyone needs to visit Bazaar Geylang at least once during Ramadhan. Even for those people who will go around telling his/her friends that they will never go to Bazaar Geylang because its lame/crowded/hot/stuffy/expensive will eventually find themselves there! Probably due to the last few days of pressure of going to the bazaar. I mean, there is always that pressure that you want to go to the Bazaar just because it is the last few days.

Back to my first question on what is up with people nowadays. I am talking about the people you will come across in the bazaar. Sure, first impression counts but in the bazaar? Can you imagine how hot it is in the bazaar? How crowded it is there? How sweaty one can get? I have no comments for the girls because they like to keep it minimal which is MasyaAllah girl! No wonder some of our muslim brothers have to keep their sunnies on to protect their eyesight. I have no idea how girls can keep their makeup alive after 7 rounds of tawaf in the bazaar. There are a few groups of people that you will confirm plus chop come across in the bazaar. Let’s categorized the different group of people.

The Eskimos

100 degrees and its burning but somehow this group of people have very high tolerance level towards heat and that is not enough! They need a thick jacket over them and walking in the bazaar is like a walk in the park!

Cabut Tarawih with no spare clothing

Always seen walking in a big group in baju melayu or samping. These group probably decided that the chances of the night of Lailatul Qadr that night is very low so they skipped and get them Ramlys and dendengs instead.

Hipsters

When there is rainbow bagels, rainbow burger, rainbow otah, rainbow john, there will always be the hipsters. This group will probably reach abit later after their fancy break fast or what they would like to call it “iftar” just because more stylo at some cool cafes. Walking in group, it feels like the spotlight is on them and everything just seems slow-mo. Their fashion is just out of the world. Hipsters come in various fashion categories. Either too much cloth and unnecessary ones or not enough. You get what I mean right? You will know one when you see one.

Kecoh

Whatever that comes out from their mouth seems to be amplified 10 times. You can hear them the moment you reach paya lebar MRT. Things will get uncontrollable once chickies are spotted.

But then again, probably they have their own reasons. Like the eskimos might be sick but they die die want to visit the bazaar. This is only my point of view as a bazaar would not be a bazaar without these group of people. Whatever it is, I would like to apologise if this article did in anyway offend anyone. Here is me wishing everyone a blessed Ramadhan. May this 30 days of Ibadah cleanse our soul and make us deserving for Allah’s Blessings.

Ramadan Kareem J