Quack!

Quack quack quack! A 54-foot tall inflatable rubber duck sailed its way into the Victoria harbour in Hong Kong on Thursday. The gigantic duck was constructed in 2007 and since traveled to 9 different countries. Despite its huge size, I still think that it looks extremely adorable and can't resist giving it a hug.

Speaking of which, does anybody still remember the Great Singapore Duck Race? It was an annual event where you fork out ten bucks for a rubber duck which will, together with other ducks, be dumped into the Singapore River for a race. It stopped for a few years before making a comeback about five or six years ago. And I've not heard news about it since then.

Singaporeans, known to be foodies, are not really interested in such races after all. Well, I suggest a duck rice race instead where participants compete against one another to see how many plates of the dish can they eat in one minute. There will be other categories in laksa, nasi lemak and char kway teow too. We can call the whole event The Hunger Games: Singapore Edition.

Singapore Tourism Board aka STB, are you reading this? Does that sound shiok to you guys?