1 oct is, or rather was, children's day in singapore.
as a kid, we look forward to this day, a day where we sing children's day song (in malay) and where we have parties in class. i think this practice is still going on, except that the day it is commemorated had been moved to the first friday of october (so i learned). apparently, parents had complained that by having it fixed on 1 oct, their kids would lose out on one school break day when 1 oct falls on a weekend...
logical and very good consideration to thus move the date to one that floats, and one that can benefit all kids. it is a good move, but would have been really much better had its motivation been from benefitting all kids rather than from parents who demanded it to be so becos of their own kids. anyway...
happy children's day in advance!
:-)
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