9Thursday, August 09, 2007

Jenny - The Click Five

To the most resilient girl i've ever known,
My dearest "baby" girl.

Your frustration and anguish,
This song speaks it all.

For the chance I never could give you,
I know; I'm sorry.

It's the 9th of August!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY SINGAPORE!

It's been a whole day of red. The entire Singapore is just overwhelmed with this colour of flame and passion; our symbol of patriotism to our country.

Anyway, I went to work today. Everything went on fine. After worked, I went to get myself a new pair of sandals and then met Serene at Cineliesure and we headed back to my house to catch the NDP Live telecast on TV.

The rest soon came and all of us were in red. It was our dresscode for the day. We had a sumptous feast while we watched the parade and then we just had a whole load of fun playing like children.

The NDP was alright, I have to say. It was grandiose to say the least and it pulled all the wow factors for the audience to awe with marvel, yet, I realized that the feeling of a united Singapore wasn't felt. I just didn't understand.

The previous NDPs had this sense of belonging, it was always special and it had that unique factor to make us feel proud and happy. This year, the parade just seemed like another event with no meaning to it. Parades, fireworks, montages and more montages.

This year's theme song was alright too but it just didn't strike a chord with me. It was just another song. I guess it's not all about the pyrotechnics, waterworks and fritzy colours and whotnots after all, it's about what makes our country special.

I really hope next year's event would do away with all the unecessay drama and bring back the pure joy and innocence like the yesteryears of our NDPs.

But, at the end of the day, all's well that ends well, it was a great united effort made by Singaporeans from all walks of life. It was a national effort fueled by the love of our country, Good job, to all the organizers and the participants!

Moving on, Edison and Matthew decided to be the himbos and took videos of all of us. It was simply damn funny, especially Jane. If I have the time, I'll upload them to my blog. Haha.

We called KFC but I should have known it, they couldn't deliver to us due to an overwhelming number of orders. Like duh, everyone was at home watching NDP too. So, in the end, we opted for a pick up order and a few of us went down to Clementi to collect our order.

We had a rough time trying to get there because no one was familiar with the west. Almost all of u were easterners and I ought to have known the routes better. Haha.

We came and had KFC for supper. It was ceazy lar, my whole room was stenched with chilli and chicken. Ack!

We continued to watch TV and do more silly things before we all turned in, while a few of the guys went home.

I guess I have to say that today was really a great day for all of us to bond. Thanks, Nigel, Edison, Matthew, Wan Hua, Serene, Anavil, Gary, Derek and Levin for coming over and making today a special day for me and perhaps, all of us!

To all Singaporeans, it's our country's 42nd birthday.
We're still a young country and I'm sure we'll still have a great future ahead for us and our country.
Let's all stand proud for Singapore.
Once again, Happy 42nd Birthday!

Love ya guys!
Have a great and long weekend
;)
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