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Monday, July 31, 2006
♥ 10:31 AM


As promised, the photos! Took me quite a while to load them all, but nevertheless, here they are. (:



Nice tickets.



The goodie bag with lots of stuff inside. (:


Pre-parade:





The hosts came down to the stadium via the flying fox. Quite cool.







The SYF Gold Award-winning Deyi band entertaining the crowds during the pre-parade.



The parachuters.









Landing.









Very majestic.










The marching. Flawless, as always.







The helicopter and fighter planes.




The wushu performance cheorographed by Vincent Ng.












The various performances.













The giant balloons that were released at the end of the parade. I like!










The finale.













The part I like best: Beautiful fireworks.

Random pics:












A lot of narcissism I think. Haha.




The boyfriend and I.

Video on the fireworks! Actually it doesn't do them much justice but nevertheless, here it is! Enjoy~





Sunday, July 30, 2006
♥ 7:51 PM

Finally something interesting to blog about.

Went to watch the NDP Preview 2006 yesterday since I got extra tickets. Frankly speaking, I can count the number of times I had been in the National Stadium on the fingers of one hand. I think the most memorable experience I had (apart from the NDP preview all the priamry 5 kids watched which is all but a hazy image in my mind's eye now) was the pre-parade gymnastics performance we put up back in year 2000. I think what made the memory so vivid was the hideous green lycra dress we were made to wear. Ugly dresses aside, I suppose that was the last and final time I stepped into the stadium at all - after all, we were no longer expected to turn up in full force for the annual Track and Field Championship from secondary 3 onwards. Oh well.

As I was saying before I got sidetracked onto memory lane, the whole experience was great! Knowing the fact that this was the last time the NDP would be held at the stadium for who-knows-how-long-to-come added on to that exhilarance. And I didn't know I could feel so patriotic about my country! Hurhur. And looking at the sea of red made me realise how lucky I am to be here today, not forgettng the sense of camaraderie I felt when everyone did the Kallang wave. Think my favourite part of the whole event was the fireworks.

Anyway, shall upload the photos in the next entry and let them do the talking! Till then, tata~.


Thursday, July 27, 2006
♥ 2:18 PM

Went Sentosa again yesterday for yet another tanning session with XW. It was quite a fruitful session since the sun was very strong. Needless to say, I was sunburnt again. Anyway, after staying in the sun for about 1.5 hours, we packed up and went for lunch at the newly-built foodcourt at Palawan Beach where the food were pricier than usual. -.- After eating, we walked around and I spotted 3 peacocks. I had no idea where they came from though. They were not shy of strangers and one came realy close to me. It was a fun day in all.

Some random pics:



The trio of peacocks that we spotted.



The peacock that came very close to me.



On the way home. (:

On an entirely different note, I seem to have this affinity with the word "auntie". Just three days ago, when I was on my way home after tuition, my tutee's friends who were waiting for him at the void deck below his block spotted me and called me.....yes you got it right: "Auntie". Frankly speaking, I was quite indignant at being addressed as one, but I didn't bother to correct them. I really look that old meh? Sighs. Then a few years ago, when I was working as a salesgirl, this mother who came with her toddler daughter told her to say "thank you to Auntie" when I helped to pick up the toy the little girl dropped on the floor. My heart shattered on hearing that. -.- Haha. See the power of words here? But eventually, I forced myself to come to terms with it. After all, not every girl gets to be called an "Auntie", do they? (But to tell the truth, I'd rather not have that word spoken to my face ever again until maybe some 30 years later?) Haha.

Yup, so that'll be all for now. Till then, tata~


Thursday, July 13, 2006
♥ 11:37 AM

The hailing of July brought with it a couple of changes: From 1st onwards, the banning of smoking in public places was imposed; and from the 10th, taxi cab fares were adjusted upwards.

I'm sure non-smokers will be very pleased with the first legislation (as I myself am), since I always cannot resist holding my breath when I walk past coffee shops where hordes of smokers congregate and conspire to smoke their way to blackened lungs and a nicotine-inspired death. That, no doubt, is definitely not a pretty thought. On the plus side though, this certainly means cleaner air and a healthier life for many Singaporeans who do not smoke. However, at the same time, it actually raises the question of whether the law-makers have to resort to fixed rules everytime it wants to eradicate a bad habit that is taking root. But then again, what's so bad about these laws when people just simply refuse to take heed of your advice when you try to be nice and tell them gently that smoking is bad for their health (as well as those of other people around them)? Ultimately, there is no one to blame but themselves. Oh well.

With regards to the second abovementioned point, it doesn't create much of an impact personally, but I certainly sympathises with those who made it a daily habit of theirs to hop into a cab whenever they can. Since I do not take cabs that frequently to start with, from now onwards, I'll probably just swear off any taxi-riding unless I really, really, really cannot help it, and only grudgingly will I sit in one. Seriously, the peak hour surcharge that has doubled is too much to stomach, and coupled with the peak hour being brought forward 30 minutes earlier, the same distance travelled then and now really costs quite a lot more. And that raises the question: Do I get better service with the higher fares? I do not know, and I'm not at all in a hurry to find out in the mean time.

Other than these changes, July also signals the end of the World Cup, the Great Singapore Sale, and the harried rush to check out modules to take this coming semester. I have no involvement in the first, whether direct or indirect, as for the second, the scary crowds managed to keep me away most of the time, and the final one worries me such that sometimes I lose sleep over it. Forget that I ever mentioned I was looking forward to school re-opening. Let me just say that I do not like the schedule for this sem, be it lecture or exam. Yuck. And the failure to access updated websites for module information irks me even more. And that's all I'm going to say lest I start puking blood all over. -.-

Besides these attention-grabbing events, I'm up to my usual drudgeries: Tutoring and rotting away. The JC class outing over the weekend was a disappointment due to the turn out, but I shall not say more here.

Yup, I suppose that's all for now. Will update again when I'm in the mood to. Till then, tata~