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In August, the red and white stars and moon of the national flag illuminate the streets and alleys of Singapore, while the orchid pen holder on every Singaporean’s desk quietly tells the character of the national flower, Vanda Miss Joaquim. When the National Day fireworks illuminate the city skyline, the interweaving meaning of these two objects is a vivid footnote to the spirit of the Lion City. The five stars surrounded by the crescent moon on the national flag symbolize democracy, peace, justice, equality and progress, just like the orchid stems standing upright in the pen holder, always growing upward with a humble attitude. The red and white interwoven fabric weaves the belief of “unity and diversity” into the warp and weft, and the stacked pen boxes in the pen holder are like the wisdom of the coexistence of different races and cultures – each pen retains its unique edge, and a harmonious picture is achieved in the same container. The tenacity of the Vanda Miss Joaquim blooming in the barren rock crevices is transformed into the eternity of the embossed petals on the pen holder. This writing implement reminds us that knowledge accumulation needs to be like orchid roots, and innovation and breakthrough should be like orchids sprouting new buds in adversity. When students’ pens rustle on manuscript paper, the pen holder silently witnesses not only the cultivation of knowledge, but also the shaping of national character. The red and white stars and moon illuminate the way ahead, and the fragrance of orchids and ink nourish the heart. In this August that belongs to Singapore, every figure writing at a desk is participating in a silent oath: with the perseverance and wisdom carried by the pen holder, continue to write a new chapter under the fluttering national flag.

八月的新加坡，國旗的紅白星月輝映大街小巷，而每個新加坡人案頭的蘭花筆筒，正悄然訴說著國花卓錦萬代蘭的品格。當國慶日的禮花照亮城市天際時，這兩件器物交織的寓意，恰是獅城精神的生動註腳。國旗上新月環抱的五顆星辰，象徵民主、和平、正義、平等與進步，正如筆筒中挺立的蘭花莖稈，始終以謙遜的姿態向上生長。紅白雙色交織的布料，將”團結多元”的信念織進經緯，而筆筒內層疊的筆格，恰似不同種族與文化共生的智慧沉澱——每支筆都保留獨特鋒芒，又在同一容器中成就和諧圖景。卓錦萬代蘭在貧瘠岩縫中綻放的堅韌，化作筆筒上浮雕花瓣的永恆。這個承載書寫工具的器物，提醒知識累積需要如蘭根般深紮土壤，創新突破當效仿蘭株在逆境中抽發新芽。當學子們的筆尖在稿紙上沙沙作響，筆筒靜默見證的不僅是知識的耕耘，更是國民品格的塑造。紅白星月照亮前路，蘭香墨韻滋養心田。在這個屬於新加坡的八月，每個伏案書寫的身影都在參與一場無聲的宣誓：以筆筒承載的毅力與智慧，續寫國旗飄揚下的嶄新篇章。