In order to understand their feelings, let us look into a chinese festival which is celebrated during the Lunar Seventh Month, more commonly known as the hungry ghost festival. It is a belief that the ghosts of the underworld are released into the mortal world during this lunar seventh month, and they are free to roam the streets. (ie they only get to book out once a year)
One interesting event which happens during the hungry ghost festival is the Dinner and Bidding auction. (Note: not the D&D that you all are familar with.) During the dinner, there will be items held out for bidding, which includes practical items like TV sets, DVD players to auspicious items such as pineapples, pomegranate trees, and charcoal, for example. (Charcoal is seen as 'black gold' and is a highly auspicious item) It is seen as an act of appeasing the hungry ghosts for a year of peace and safety.
黑金 $888! $888一声!发发发! 恭喜你， $1288一声, 黑金 $1288两声... 恭喜你黑金$1488! 一世发发! $1288一声... 两声... 有人么？黑金$1288! 黑金三声$1288!成交恭喜你一世发发！ (Read: hokkien)
READ: http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/new-straits-times/mi_8016/is_20060806/rm68000-piece-charcoal/ai_n44330444/ 黑金, black gold (Charcoal) was auctioned off at RM$68,000 (about S$34,000)!
Similarities
1) Johor Bahru businessman bids S$34,000 for charcoal, S$4,000 for 5 mandarin oranges, S$300,000 for a urn. NUS students bid 1000+++ points for a module.
2) Chinese bid for a year of peace and safety. NUS students bid for a semester of peace and safety.
How much have u bidded for a module during CORS? What about the STARS wars going on in NTU? STARS vs CORS, which would you prefer? Let us know!
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