Out-of-this-world colors. Terrible-looking, nigh-unidentifiable creatures. What's this, an alien invasion? Or horrifying hallucinations induced by psychedelic drugs?

No, there is a much simpler explanation: a walk in Sungai Wang.

You think I'm exaggerating? Okay, I'll prove it to you with a list of what I saw:

1) A guy with this bizarre hairstyle. His hair was dyed pink, orange and yellow...all at once. It looked like alien chicken feathers.

2) A girl with knee-high studded black boots, short flared skirt and corset-top. And don't forget the requisite bad hairstyle. She looked like some refugee from the world of manga, or an extra from the set of some sci-fi-goth movie gone wrong. Badly wrong. Even Frankenstein would decline to marry this bride. (My cousin's saying it might be a guy.....)

3) A guy with a mohawk, tight sleeveless striped shirt, and equally tight pants. 'Nuff said. *shudder*

4) An old lady with dyed, messy blond hair and a colorful, striped bandanna, wearing a baggy green outfit. To complete the look, she had on huge glasses.

And a whole battalion of others with really horrendous hairstyles and knee-high socks/boots.

If you ever feel that you're dressed really weirdly, fear not! Just head on down to Sungai Wang and presto! you'll be unnoticeable. Boring, even.

I mean, this is taking cosplay to a whole, different, tasteless level. Freedom of artistic expression shouldn't be abused!