I was shopping at People’s Park Complex yesterday evening. (No, nothing to do with CNY.)

I’m sure I’d been there eons ago when I was still a young kid, as I had this sense of deja vu when I was there, even though the place looked completely new, even foreign.

It’s nothing like the Singapore I’m familiar with.

(If you’ve never been there, do check it out. It’s a strange but interesting place.)

When I went up the main escalator, I found a small crowd of people, both young and old, around a large pillar, reading the text on it.

Horoscope at People's Park Complex

They were reading the horoscope for the Year of the Rat.

Horoscope at People's Park Complex
(Mostly with their arms folded.)

I smiled to myself, wondering what gave this horoscope on this pillar so much authority that people would bother reading it.

A deep-seated fear of the unknown to be allayed in any way possible? Or just a curiosity to be scratched even if the belief isn’t strong?

I mean, how could anyone take this seriously?

Some people did.

Horoscope at People's Park Complex