::it's the 9th of August and you know what it means... Fireworks!! been very lazy these past national days, but this year I decided to be more active in it.. Cause its our 40th birthday.. Somehow, multiples of 5 seem nice.. had lotsa things going on these past 2 days.. this gotta be my most content packed post.. so here goes..
Monday
was almost late for school.. school starts an hour earlier so we can go home earlier.. but not used to waking up at 7 I guess.. was only when Yong Liang message me did I wake up, and that was already 7.10am and was suppose to be in school by 7.25?? was suppose to help the band for the National Anthem, so just threw down my bag at one corner, picked up a clarinet and joined the band..
the flag bearers marched in, the scouts tied the flag and we played the National Anthem.. was using the same 56 reed as M8, so had a very resonant sound, great for outdoor playing (and solos too..) was playing through the school song halfway when the first few drops of rain fell.. we managed to play finish the school song before it started to get too heavy and the whole school went for cover..

yar, a wet start to the day.. had to go to the hall not soon after that, receiving the awards for best in various subjects.. was best in Physics last year.. watched some videos on the yesteryears of Singapore, the National Day music video.. then it was the prize presentation.. all the best in subjects were from E1, then those subjects we don't take like comb science was from some other class.. let me see whether I can still remember who's best in what..
Dave - Chemistry/Lit.
Dalton - Eng/Lit.
Ming Wei - Higher Chinese (like he's the only one taking HCL in sec 4??)
Henry - Maths
Wei Xun - A Maths
Me - Physics
Jason - Bio
Yu Bin - Comb Humanities
Zhi Hong - Music
so the 9 of us rejoined the 3/4 of the class in the gallery after we recieved our prize.. a cert and a $10 popular voucher..

was a sea of red and white downstairs.. something different from the all white we used to see every assembly.. played the national day music video again to buy some time before the company came.. JJ was dancing again.. watched a play entitled "13 o'clock news".. more "government influence" about defense and such.. ended at 11am as stated.. so had roughly an hour to go home and eat before badminton..
me brother came along to play.. he's from the junior school badminton team, so he's got some standard.. met Matthew, Shermann and Jun Xian at the sports hall.. booked 2 courts so we played singles while one of us took turns to rest.. booked one court for only an hour, so spent the 2nd hour playing doubles.. Zhi Hao joined us later, so just nice had 6 players.. paired up and had a sorta king of the hill format.. me and my brother stayed there for quite some time, in the end, just purposely lost to get a rest.. haha..

was rather tired after that.. so slept for awhile but had another event at night.. the fireworks.. wanted to meet Jill for dinner, but she had to eat with her mom and her friends.. so roamed around PS for like 3 hours till they were done?? went to Istana Park opposite to rest my legs and to get away from the hustle and bustle of the shopping mall.. was some people rehearsing some hip-hop moves and a few couples.. so just sat there and watched the cars go by..
only met her at like 10+.. at least she apologized for keeping me waiting.. took 400A to the carnival.. could hear the concert going on even as we were walking to the area.. it had rained in the morning and the ground was rather soggy.. the plastic sheets they laid over the ground wasn't of much help.. found some empty seats at the far end, and just talk the time away.. wasn't paying much attention to the concert going on.. all the die-hard FIR fans were all near the stage, so wasn't much going on at the stands..
Taufik and Rui En came to sing the National Day theme song.. heard enough of it already, but at least this one was live.. was drawing close to midnight.. the countdown started, 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.. and the fireworks started.. the fireworks were slightly blocked by the trees, but they were nice anyway..now for the pics..



Coincidently, the spotlight was shinning at the right direction when I took my pics.. looks like its piercing through the fireworks.. nice..


managed to take this pic of us and the fireworks together.. coincidently, I was wearing red and Jill was wearing white?? also took some video clips, see if I can upload some..
waited for some of the crowd to disperse before making our move.. Jill bumped into her friend along the way... they haven't seen each other for a long time, and they both live in Yishun.. so I decided to leave them alone and go back by myself.. reached home at 2.30am, had something to eat and plonked onto bed..
Tuesday
went to see Marina Square there to see whats left of the parade.. couldn't get tickets so this was the next best thing.. parked the car at PS and took the MRT to City Hall.. was really packed.. haven't seen City Link so packed.. came out at Raffles Link, the mobile column was going past there, so got a glimpse of them...

"I wonder how do I get to the Padang.." hah..
went to Marina Square to take dinner first.. the food loft was packed.. everyone was trying to see the fly past.. could see the chinook carrying the state flag circling round in the distance..
the fly past was going on when we stepped outside.. could hear the roar of the jets from inside..
went onto the Benjamin Sheares Bridge to see the fireworks.. wasn't crowded at the beginning of the bridge, but as you go towards the middle, its more packed than a peak hour MRT train.. people had to inch their way through, ever been to some exihibition at Suntec or Expo, you know how it feels.. finally stopped somewhere in the middle.. some cars were stopping in the middle of the bridge.. maybe next time they should close the bridge for a few hours just for the fireworks?? people are gonna stop anyway..

this the best pic I could get.. couldn't even move my elbow without hitting someone, not to mention setting up a tripod.. so no point taking pictures... would turn out one big blurry mess.. waited quite a while before the fireworks started.. took a video of the whole thing.. (not exactly whole.. missed out some in the beginning..) which you see on the right..

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