For years I’ve been trying to do something on Halloween. This blog alone chronicles at least the past 4 annual attempts. The closest I ever came to celebrating it was back in 2002, when I was still attending Lindy Hop classes with Jitterbugs at their old studio along Orchard Road. And even then, I wasn’t in costume.

This year, I spent the weekend with the Franciscan Friars over at Holy Trinity Church selling their calendars, so I missed out on seeing what costumes were on parade over the weekend, when most of the nightspots in Singapore were having their Halloween celebrations. I’m sure I can rely on nightlife.sg to provide me with all the photos though.

Halloween itself falls on a Tuesday (that’s tomorrow!) and I won’t be in school to see all the muggers preparing for their exams. There was talk of having a Halloween party at the workplace, but since I haven’t been back in a fortnight (last week being Hari Raya Puasa), I don’t know what the situation is going to be like. I might just do some last minute costume hunting, though… like a latex mask and bring it to work tomorrow. Haha.

Halloween has always fascinated me, personally. I come from the Universal Studios school of thought when it comes to horror, following the footsteps of luminaries such as Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff and Lon Chaney Jr. Those are the kinds of monsters I want to see roaming the streets, not superheroes, fairy princesses or sci-fi geeks. Give me vampires, werewolves, horrifying creatures of all origins… that’ll create a Halloween night that I’ll be satisfied with.

And then, of course, I’ll wake up the next morning ready to celebrate All Saints’ Day.