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MSW durian price fell from $50 per durian to $10.
Bak Kwa Rose from $56 per KG to $70+ on average.

At under 40 yo, you are a yoomer.  So I don't blame you for your ignorance because you are really like a child in this forum, where most of us are in our 60s and 70s.  PS:  I am in my 80s, btw.

Both durians and bak kwa are actually available all year round, so is F&N Sarsi and Ice Cream Soda.

However, for the PGs and MGs who are steeped in Singapore's version of Chinese tradition (something you seemed ignorant about), eating bak kwa is symbolic.  It is expensive, I agree, so is abalone which is not, IMO, nice to eat.  I don't crave for it, seriously.

It is a show of abundant wealth to be able to offer an expensive "delicacy" to our guests.  In the old days, we were poor, so parents also bought these for their chewren to eat, but once a year.  They could not afford more.  So, drinking F&N Sarsi or Ice Cream Soda was also a luxury for that generation.  Did you know that?  Your generation take eating Big Mac and drinking Coke for granted right.

You'd never understand the feelings of nostalgia, an era that still exists in the memory of the PG and MG, if you offer a glass of Sarsi and a piece of bak kwa to someone residing in a nursing home.  He does not crave for Jolibee hor.

You don't offer 1 kg of bak kwa to your guests, and it is rather undignified to wallop all of it when visiting people.  Nor do you eat 1 kg of it in one go.  It is not quite healthy a food (same goes for satay which I ate yesterday at a buffet lunch), but there's no serious harm to just eat a small 2 sq cm piece.  And that is not going to break you even at $70/kg.

So it is not about "money mind" here, and for once, forget about being a self appointed guru of investments.  It's Lunar New Year, and a time to show off your abundant wealth.......but you can skip the bak kwa if you don't have visitors....and eat all the MSW that you want, kid.

But if you do have visitors, do not offer them MSW and wish them Kong Hee Huat Chye while at the same time telling them, "I bought this instead of bak kwa because I being poor, have my dreams, and at $70/kg, this price is way beyond me."  That will sia suay your ancestors, which is not a filial thing to do on Lunar New Year.