yeahhhhh! omg im damn excited and happppppy todayyyyyyyyyy!
I'VE NEVER FELT SO PATRIOTIC AND DAZZLED AND SO ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT NATIONAL DAY BEFOREEEE! LIKE AFTER 15 YEARS OF CELEBRATION! hahahahahaha.
well, to begin with.. i left my house at 430 with my family to head to marina area, where suntec city and esplanade are..
The entrance place was really bustling and vibrant! the whole NATIONAL DAY and patriotism was filling up every corner, every heart, every insect, every living thing present.Everyone there, be it Singaporeans or non Singaporeans, chinese, malays, eurasians, indians were all clad in all shades of red and white. erm well, not my family in this case. I get super proud and estatic when i spot a Eurasian or a caucasian or a tourist wearing our Country's majestic red and white colour-ed clothings :D But i must say, i think almost 3/4 of the singapore popluation was out at this area. IT WAS REALLY PACKEDDDDDDD! I'VE NEVER SEEEN SUCH HUMONGOUS CROWDIN MY LIFE! Today's experience was a real eye-opener for me. Though it may seem kinda intimidating, it held tinges of sweetness and togetherness. Never will one see so many people gathering together and wearing the same colour code(well, almost everyone) and having the same aim and spirit!
Dad went to park his car, while me mom and my bro wandered around, immersing ourselves well into the vivacious and dynamic festive moood. Walked to suntec and sat at Gloria Jean's cafe for potato salad and caesar chicken salad. A healthy yet delectable choice of delicacy, to go with the hustle and bustle of invigorating city. while eating, i seriously do think that the city area and orchard road is a heaven of fashion shows. I see many people of different sizes and ages, all adorned with a wide diversity of clothings. Ranging from mini skirts, to tight jeans and retro dresses to the zen sexy tights. We were waiting for our dad's "arrival" when he suddenly called me and asked me to run to the hall! we left out food with no qualms and dashed there. AND OMG! The ceremony for the march past was superb! The man in those nicely ironed uniforms, marching shoes and shiny badges glistened under the light of the hall. they looked really smart and handsome :D as in, not in the pretty way but the neat handsome (: I LOVE THEIR WHITE UNIFORMSSSSS! AND I LOVE THEIR MARCHES AND COMMANDS AND THE WAY THEY CAN MAINTAIN AT THAT POSITION FOR SUCH A LONG TIME. oh btw, this is the first time, they have this ceremony in public (:







alright i had a video of them marching out after the ceremony with the snare's solo!!! but right im still trying to upload so perhaps tomorrow (:

we followed them out and took some photos! oh i had a video of them marching out to the marina bay stage with the snare and bass drum again (:





neat and man right! :D im damn inspired to join the army and march together with them! oh by the way these men are specially selected, not random selection so i guess they are the better men in the different sectors in the armed force :D

After they left, my dad broke through all the barricades and tried to joine behind them. oh and we stopped to see the other uniform groups march. (: I SAW BOONYI. aha okay.. dont really know her btu i caught a picture of her.

the npcc? i think..


the scouts


okay st johns. here's the boonyi picture. look for her (:


and girls' bridage!


There were others too of course. But my camera was running out of space ):



we followed the ppl, RIGHT AT THE BACK OF THEM! everyone was staring at the row of us haha but who cares. i felt like a total paparazzi thou (: but it was a truly wonderful experience. MY DAD ROCKS! HE WAS THE ONE WHO LED US TO FOLLOW THE MARCHING PPL! but the traffic police made us go back to the concrete pavement ):

so we decided to proceed to the merlion bay to have a good and closer look at the fire works later in the night. Walked a big round through the esplanade park because the esplanade way under ground was blocked ): i must say the palce was a total stuffed out area ): almost died haha. stinky and stuffy..walked through the place and i really really saw many many many people! i've never seen so many people in my lifeeeeee! all red and white, in all directionssss! sadly, i dont have a photo of it! ahhaah BUT IT WAS A REALLY SCARY SIGHT! alright, im scared of crowds =\ but but it was fantasticcccc! people were sitting on the patches of grasses, some on the sides of the fountains, throw your sight across and you see many many amny thousands of people sitting precariously on the sides of the bridge just opposite the stage. yea! it weas packed, im definite. we walked to the bridge linking to the fullerton. and it was jammed. erm its not the cavenagh bridge thing, but another bridge hahah.its next to the cavenagh brdige thou (for cars). Seeing that therew was no hope to catch any thing there, we headed back. the pedestrian pathway for us was really cramp. people were trying to stay at the sides of the bridge, and people like me were trying to get out. At the other end people were also trying to get in. socan you imagine, the traffic there? the pathwy was a mere 2 m wide. with concrete and bricked walls at the side. so we can neither jump out or move. it was horrid. People stinked ahaha and sweat dripped ): it got quite serious that i stood there, breathing and hyperventilating for fresh air for about half an hour. STUCK! some erm..impatient people started shouting and screaming and hollering, creating such a racket. it got many people angered and it was really frightening. It seemed as though a fight was gonna break out and a stampede would occur. i felt people pushing my back and me leanign against my mom's back ): i was really apprehensive. I was trying to protect my bro from being pushed and falling cause he's kinda insignificant in that kinda crowd. my parents started to "admonish" some of the younger ppl who were hollering non stop. Like what's the point right. I managed to snap a shot amidst all the chaos.



there. hope you can see the crowd from where i was standing.

well got out of the crowd in one piece ;D and sat at padang!!! found a really cosy spot! airy, refreshing, beautiful, breezy,spacious and WIDEEEE! there was nothing above my head except for clouds and more blue skies!!! picturesque (: the blue vast piece of cloth, dotted with patches of white fluffy balls :D

the padang!




family of spectacles!


my bro took this!


i took this! quite skilful eh!


the beautiful backdrop!


so artistic and romatic!


hahaha.


this is my first ever so closed up view of the helicopter carrying my singapore flag! -faints


the jet planes!


i shall talk about my encounter during my show of the NDP at padang :D tomorrow :D
and plus i owe a fireworks video! ahha i took a video of part of it btw. the real life one IS MUCH MORE DAZZLING.IT WAS REALLY COLOURFUL AND A GREAT MASTERPIECE.

NIGHTIES! AND HAPPY NATIONAL DAY TO ALL MY FRIENDS :D