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I took a bus from my home and i saw the bus-stop was filled with people in red attires. No wrong guess that they would be going for NDP preview.I was kinda of freak out to see so many red attires. Worse, I wore a red shoes to complement my attire.I hope I won't be caught by fashion police.I took a bus from Boon Lay to prevent myself being caught embarrased with other enthuasistic Singaporeans. I was late because the traffic at city hall was horrendous. It was very slow paced. I was regretted for not taking MRT, just to save face.I should be proud of being sinagporean.Yeah right.
I met them at 4.15pm,we quickly bought some food ranging from fritters, buns,bread,laksa and gado-gado.It was my first time attending such event and It was also my first time attending such event with them.I guessed we ( especially me and beelan who had enormous appetite, I just forgone my detox diet ) bought so much food there. We decided to take MRt there because I feared of the slow traffic outside.When we reached Kallang Station and once we just stepped out of the train, we saw so many singaporeans donned in red . Especially outside, everywhere i saw red. The feelings was awesome. Bee Lan even tricked Medallyn about being stopped at the entrance for not wearing red.She wore pink top. We took a shuttle bus opposite the MRT station to the stadium.
The stadium was very crowded. We quickly rushed inside to take our fun pack. Bee lan was more than eager to have those freebies but for me, i had to reserve my Fun Pack to my sis's colleague's child.Then we quickly rushed inside to get good place. The party was just warmed up with jean, haikel and gurmit even though we managed to get the seat at 5.45pm. We explored the goodies in the fun pack bag. The fun was different today. Somehow I remembered me as Singaporeans and felt patriotic. I am proud being Sinagporean. Denyse made so many noise whereas people around are eithier living dead or dumb. We filled in to the wrong crowd but despite that, we created our own silly fun.
The feeling of watching NDP on TV and on live were totally different. The experience was priceless when watching live, especially with other singaporeans.It was like we 're nation, one people, one Singapore. Truly. Bee lan helped me with fake tattoo - singapore flag on my deltiod while I put tattoo of other design on her arm. JJ lin sang Home with his own version - a bit techno, catered to young crowd. Then march started and we sing song from Indian, Malay, Chinese to English. I totally forgot most of the songs. I remembered singing them during secondary days. Speaker of the parliament, Mr Abdullah Tarmugi was there. The rest was ebing simulated. The performances were so-so. I was waiting to sing those songs, together with good friends. I did not mind the embarassment. I just felt so Singaporean.But of course, I was waiting for fireworks. They were so splendid, beautiful and just colourful. I could just reached for the sky. The happiest moment in time. Finale was Kit Chan singing Home. I was totally full of happy emotions.
The happiness was really short-lived. We had to undergo the crowd when we were about to get out of stadium. I hate human jams. We did see some unsightly events , old lady drop dead, uncle fell down, blah blah. Will I care when I was totally pissed , pespired bad and hot. We managed to get out of Kallang and went to City hall Long John Silver to have dinner. After that we went back home. I felt good today. Thanks Medallyn, Denyse and Bee Lan for the company. It was priceless.
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