“Pantang” Singapore

Of tattoos, makeup and mirrors

Ok, this is something that may need verification from our Malay friends.

I was told that Malay isn’t allow to tattoo their body in case their souls won’t recognize the body when they die.

Wow, is there such thing? Isn’t it interesting?

Chinese also worried about the soul and such. Do you know that it’s ill advise to wear your makeup to bed in case the soul couldn’t recognize the body and is unable to find it and return before the sun raise. The person will wake up feeling lethargic if such thing were to happen. (Then again, if a girl was too tired to remove her makeup that night, it probably means she won’t have enough rest anyway. Common sense states she will wake up feeling lethargic. Hee…)

Another way to prevent our soul from losing their way is to avoid having a mirror or reflective surface faced a sleeping body. I guess the poor soul keeps hitting itself against the mirror by mistake and when it finally find its way back to the real body, it was probably all bruised and exhausted. This is the reason for waking up with an aching body and a tired mind.

So my friends, in order to have a good night sleep, please remember to clean your face, and cover all mirrors! Oh, and brush your teeth too. (I just had 2 wisdom tooth extracted, it not something I would like to go through again.) Sweet dreams!

*I found my tooth still stuck under the pillow this morning, maybe the tooth fairy couldn’t find it. Will hide it in some place more obvious. I wonder what is the market rate for wisdom teeth nowadays*

posted by Joan @ 2:10 AM