When in doubt of what is happening behind your block, just close all your windows and doors. Doesnt matter. Just close it.
I live in a (an?) HDB flat. Behind my flat is a basket ball / badminton / multi-pupose court.
Thats when the problem comes in. Multi-purpose. They hold wedding ceremonies, funerals all in the same area. Just build a tent and there you go.
These few weeks has been very noisy. Have lots of ceremonies, events, etc. Even the prime minister came to visit some of the events.
Usually I dont mind the noise, since I'm so used to it now as previously there was construction going on before the new shopping mall emerged opposite my house. Then came this Chinese ceremony. Dont ask me what. I dont usually bother. All I know its noisy clanging and banging of drums and opera singing (chanting?). It went on for the whole weekend.
See, usually weekend I air the house and do my laundry.. so far, no problems. Until this ceremony was held.
It involves barbeque-ing pig skin. Directly under my window (I live on the 3rd floor only). What I dont know is how the oil smell sticks to my clothes and my bedsheets!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ARGH!
My floor is oily. My place stinks of pig. My walls are oily! (*&^%$$#@@!! And I just cleaned the house!
ARGH!