Posts under ‘Balloon release’

I guess most of you know that my pet peeve is balloon release. I do not understand why is there a need to release balloon into the air. OK, maybe it looks nice to see hundreds of balloons floating in the air. But does anyone think about the consequences of balloon release? Do they know [...]

Wow, my blood was boiling at a new record high in the Singapore Book of Records too when reading this article.
Kotex held a party celebrating womanhood at Siloso Beach on Jun 20. To mark the event, over 1,300 balloons were set free, setting a new record in the Singapore Book of Records.
A spokesperson for Kotex [...]

Argh, why is it that all these non profit organization likes to release balloons into the air so much huh? Earth Hour released 60 balloons to signify the 60 minutes of earth hour. Marriage Central released 1000 balloons to signify soaring love. Now Pink Dot also release balloons into the air. For what? So what [...]

While researching on more information about balloon release, I came about this funny youtube video of a balloon release event that went totally wrong.

Well, its a good thing that the mass balloon release gone wrong and most of the balloon bust near the tree.

Here is some contradicting information regarding Marriage Central’s mass balloon release at their Real Love Works event held at Marina Barrage last Saturday.
victorliu, one of the commenter at ST Discussion forum claims that he wrote to the organisers to warn them about the environment impact but the organisers choose to turn a deaf ear.
Anita Fam, [...]

At first, I thought that Marriage Central’s mass balloon release was just a case of ignorant. Maybe the organisers thought that it’s just releasing 1000 balloons into the air and it won’t cause any problem. But apparently, someone wrote an email to Marriage Central a week before the event but Marriage Central choose to turn [...]

And I thought I was the only moron in this tiny little island who bothers about the balloon release by Marriage Central last Saturday. I’m surprised that there are other “morons like me’ out there who care too.
I was cheering in my heart when I read the Straits Times Forum today. I could never [...]

1,000 couples reaffirm love and commitment at Marina Barrage event called Real Love Works held by Marriage Central (by National Family Council). As a symbol of their soaring love, a thousand balloons were released into the sky.
OK, let me get this right. 1000 couples gathered at Marina Barrage and release 1000 balloons into the [...]

I felt quite disgusted when I saw the newspaper article about the launch of Earth Hour in Singapore.

Can someone tell me why is there a need to release 60 balloons into the air to “signify” the launch of earth hour in Singapore? Yes, I understand that these are biodegradable balloons. But do you know [...]