Residents in other estates don't mind living near columbarium

Published on Jan 7, 2015 6:04 AM               
 

Ricky Lim · Singapore

Almost all humans are a "walking columbarium" since birth.

In fact, humans are also a "walking graveyard or cemetery".

Every day, since morning, afternoon and evening and sometimes late at nite, will recieve, take in and consume "all type and pattern of corpses" during breakfast, lunch, dinner and nighr snack.

Eg.
(1) Chicken corpse
(2) Cow corpse
(3) Fish corpse
(4) Pig corpse
(5) Lamb corpse
(6) Prawn corpse
(7) Sotong corpse
(8) Duck corpse

Humans are also very creative and innovative on how they cremate the various type of corpses - more innovative than those keep as ash in the columbarium at the temple.

(1) They sometimes fried the corpses.
(2) Sometimes they barbeque the corpses.
(3) Sometimes they grilled the corpses.
(4) Sometimes they steam the corpses.
(5) Sometimes they even eat the corpses raw.
(6) Some like to chew on the bones of the corpses.
(7) Some like to drink the blood of the corpses.

In this case, why do human so fearful of living close to a columbarium when all humans are a "walking columbarium" ?
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tomato  •  3 hours ago Report Abuse

well said!!

 

Ricky Lim · Singapore

Since all human is a "walking columbarium", "walking graveyard or cemetery" and corpse executioners - does it means that all humans will face bad fengshui?

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Ricky Lim · Singapore

Everywhere are temples, churches, mosques - that deal with this life and afterlife.
Many will have columbarium.

Hospitals with mortuary are also near the residential estate.

With more people aging, more places for afterlife will be required.

So how to ensure residents will not live somewhere that are near to facilities that dealt with afterlife?

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Ricky Lim · Singapore

Just look around us.

Who are not staying with walking distance to temple, church, mosque, hospital?

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Ricky Lim · Singapore

And also wonder whether the hypothesis of property value for those that are near columbarium will fall is true.

Let us look at Mt Vernon columbarium and Biddari cemetery - there are more than 1 high class condo build near them and there are many HDB flat with MRT besides them. But did not see the property price fall, in fact is going up.

At Sin Ming where there are temples with columbarium, there are a few condo near it, schools near it and HDB flats beside it. Did not hear of people shunning the place or property value falling.

Serangoon where there are temples, churches and mosques - there are many landed properties - and the price of these houses are high. Property price fall meh?

The whole of Bishan is a past cemetery. Now the property price so high.

Some people are really 大惊小怪.

Should arrange visits to temples, churches and religious institution to educate those people - no one are immortal. The final resting places for all humans will be in columbarium.

Don't be a 山龟 (shua gu).

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  Audrey  •  20 minutes ago Report Abuse
  

  why is everyone harping on the issue of resale price? as i mentioned elsewhere - the real issue here is disclosure. there are plenty who don't mind it. hdb should have been clear from the start and there would be no problem now.

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  ricky l • a second agoRemove
  

  Disclosure?
  
  Then should we disclose all the obvious and look silly :-
  (1) Eg. a temple will perform ritual to alleviate the sufferings during the Hungry Ghost festival. Be aware that Hungry Ghosts will roam around.
  (2) Be aware that void decks will be leased for funeral wakes, for weddings, for other functions.
  (3) Be aware that temple will house urns for deceased.
  (4) Be aware that all humans are also a "walking cemetery, a walking graveyard, a walking columbarium" - where every meals will be filled with corpses - chicken corpse, fish corpse, lamb corpse, pig corpse etc
  (5) Be aware that all humans will die and everyone final resting place will be at the columbarium - the one that some are protesting and avoiding.
  
  need to disclose all the obvious as described above?

  

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  ricky l • a second agoRemove

  So those people who are protesting - should ask themselves - when they kicked the bucket - do they need a columbarium - or just throw their ash in a rubbish bin? - before they start protesting?