Being Patriotic

Took this picture at Queenstown just now, on the way to buy airen's er hu. It's been a long, long time since I've seen a block of flats with ALL the national flags hanging nicely out - not even a wrong sided one. This is block 162 at Stirling Road, directly opposite of where I used to stay. I've faced this block of flats a hundred thousand times in all my years living there - but never a scene like this. I've never believed it but an array of red and white lining up nicely against a colorful block of flats can really be a lovely sight. Makes me feel so patriotic all at once though I'm embarassed to admit that our family is one of those many thousands who has not hung a flag in the last few years. I'm not even sure if we still had one at home. The warm and fuzzy feeling didn't last long for a person like me though coz before long, I started to wonder the GRC has anything to do with it coz it all seemed too good to be true. Which also brings a question to mind. Do foreigners here need to hang them too?