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Between the bright red and pure white of the Singaporean flag, flows the unyielding aspirations of a small tropical country. Red is the boiling blood under the equatorial sun, white is the pure original intention of the fusion of diverse civilizations, and the crescent moon supported by five stars marks the never-ending pursuit of this young country. The Vanda Miss Joaquim bookmark sandwiched between the pages of the book is telling the same belief in another language. This orchid, selected as the national flower, once grew stubbornly in the rainstorms of the colonial era and stretched its petals in the dust of land reclamation. It does not need fertile soil to nourish, but only a little water to bloom for forty days, just like Singapore's resilience in creating miracles in the face of resource scarcity. When we embed this bookmark between the words, the fine golden veins on the leaves are just like the bright stars on the crescent-shaped flag, reminding us that every ordinary day contains the possibility of transformation. The real vitality is the arc of the crescent moon on the national flag that always chases the stars, and the trajectory of the orchid's roots extending in the cracks of the concrete. This August, when the celebratory fireworks light up Marina Bay, may every Singaporean who opens the pages of the book be able to see: in the faith interwoven with red and white, in the persistence soaked in the scent of ink, the legend of this island will never end.

在新加坡國旗的鮮紅與純白之間，流著一個熱帶小國永不言棄的熱望。紅色是赤道驕陽下沸騰的熱血，白色是多元文明交融的純淨初心，五顆星辰托起的新月，標示著這個年輕國家永不停歇的追尋。而夾在書頁間的卓錦萬代蘭書籤，正以另一種語言訴說著相同的信念。這朵被選為國花的蘭花，曾在殖民時代的暴雨中倔強生長，在填海造陸的塵土裡舒展花瓣。它不需要沃土滋養，只需些許清水就能綻放四十日芳華，正如新加坡在資源匱乏中創造奇蹟的韌性。當我們將這枚書籤嵌入文字之間，葉片上細密的金色葉脈恰似星月旗上的璀璨星辰，提醒我們每個平凡的日常都蘊藏蛻變的可能。真正的生命力，是國旗上新月永遠追逐星辰的弧度，是蘭花根繫在混凝土縫隙中延伸的軌跡。今年八月，當慶典的煙火照亮濱海灣，願每個翻開書頁的新加坡人都能看見：在紅白交織的信仰裡，在墨香浸潤的堅持中，屬於這座島嶼的傳奇永遠未完待續。