Performance by the winners of the Singapore Youth Festival Secondary School Band Competition
Combined School's Choir (sorry a little small)
Pre-Parade Hip Hop Dance Activity
Our Police Force - defender of the people
Our Navy hunks!
Our brave soldiers (land) - See their red berets?(Supposed to have a shot of the Air Force too, but too bad the shot was spoilt and no time to take another one.)
Yeah! I got a free Nokia!
Nah, it is only a torch. (See the light flashing in the centre?)
Fighter planes in a row (Beautiful skyline, isn't it?)
Our local flag
The logo for NDP '05
A sea of redI am lucky to have a top civil servant for a parent, so I managed to receive 3 tickets to watch the National Day Parade Preview earlier today. I went with my first brother, who has not seen any National Day Parades for the past few years, as well as my niece from China, who is studying here, so I thought I can let her be exposed to how we celebrate our independence. Although it rained so heavily in the earlier part of the afternoon, the seats were relatively dry by the time we reached the Padang.
Since the tickets were VIP tickets, our seats happened to be right at the Grand Stand, ie in front of the stage and next to where the Ministers and Members of Parliament will be sitting. Since this is only a preview, none of the Ministers and Members of Parliament came, so a proxy (in the form of a teenager dressed in full white) was sent. He came down the stairs of the Supreme Court to represent the arrival of the Ministers. Another teenager acted as the Prime Minister himself, even coming in a government car with government escorts. Lucky kid! This must be one day of his life he will always remember. The President was represented by the actual Speaker of Parliament.
The show this year is going to be much better than previous years. One thing different from previous years is that the show really goes out to heartlanders this time. So while we have the show in Padang, it is also concurrently broadcasting at areas like Yishun, Tampines, Jurong, etc, with their respective Members of Parliament (all by proxies today) and performers. Pretty refreshing and good idea. I will not elaborate more as the actual day is still not here, so do not wish to spoil any surprises. But of course, on the actual day itself, everything will be much better as the actual Ministers and Prime Minister and President will be around in person. Let's just say the show ended with a big bang due to the ejaculation of fireworks.
Meanwhile, enjoy some snapshots of the Preview above. One thing though, I did not have my trusty pink camera handy with me today, so the photos were taken from my 6170 camera phone. I tried my best to zoom, but certain pictures were still out of focus. I e-mailed to myself and tried to sharpen the pictures as much as I could. I apologise if the pictures are blurry and small, but I did whatever I could already.
Since the tickets were VIP tickets, our seats happened to be right at the Grand Stand, ie in front of the stage and next to where the Ministers and Members of Parliament will be sitting. Since this is only a preview, none of the Ministers and Members of Parliament came, so a proxy (in the form of a teenager dressed in full white) was sent. He came down the stairs of the Supreme Court to represent the arrival of the Ministers. Another teenager acted as the Prime Minister himself, even coming in a government car with government escorts. Lucky kid! This must be one day of his life he will always remember. The President was represented by the actual Speaker of Parliament.
The show this year is going to be much better than previous years. One thing different from previous years is that the show really goes out to heartlanders this time. So while we have the show in Padang, it is also concurrently broadcasting at areas like Yishun, Tampines, Jurong, etc, with their respective Members of Parliament (all by proxies today) and performers. Pretty refreshing and good idea. I will not elaborate more as the actual day is still not here, so do not wish to spoil any surprises. But of course, on the actual day itself, everything will be much better as the actual Ministers and Prime Minister and President will be around in person. Let's just say the show ended with a big bang due to the ejaculation of fireworks.
Meanwhile, enjoy some snapshots of the Preview above. One thing though, I did not have my trusty pink camera handy with me today, so the photos were taken from my 6170 camera phone. I tried my best to zoom, but certain pictures were still out of focus. I e-mailed to myself and tried to sharpen the pictures as much as I could. I apologise if the pictures are blurry and small, but I did whatever I could already.
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