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Wednesday, August 09, 2006

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY SINGAPORE!

i love National Day.

This year it's especially significant for me.

Because it's also Free-From-Sukhvinder Day.

hur hur.

Sukhvinder is of course, my GP tutor.

in any case, i don't know what it is but National Day has a way of making me feel proud to be a Singaporean.

In school, it's the only day that i'd sing the national anthem. hur hur hur.

eh. Goh Chok Tong just sang it wrongly. hur hur hur hur hur hur.
he was distracted by the choppers carrying the flag. i don't blame him, it IS a pretty awesome sight.

hur hur.

the *F-16 jets just flew past my house!

hur hur.

i'm not sure i'm giving you a running commentary on the parade but it gives me something to do.

hur hur hur.

the choppers just flew past my house!

man, the birds in my neighbourhood are sufficiently traumatised.

you know, i've been to the preview and i've seen the fireworks but i know that at 8, i'll be parking my ass at my balcony waiting for the fireworks as i have been doing since i first moved in here.

hur hur.

in any case, you know how the president will walk around to inspect the guards of honour? and sometimes he'd stop to talk to a few of them? i wonder what they talk about.

President: So, you're looking sharp today.
GOH: Thank you sir. It took me hours to iron my uniform.
President: Right. Are you feeling quite bored then, just standing here, doing nothing?
GOH: Yes sir. In fact I'm a little hungry.
President: Are you? Well. Fancy some kaya bread? I have one in my Fun Pack.
GOH: That would be great sir.
President: Righto. Well come get it from me later. Bye!

hur hur. okay. maybe the conversation would not go quite like that. That sounded much too English. hur hur.

or what if when the parade commander asks the president, "Mr President, may I have your permission to get these **people to march off?" and the president gets cheeky and says, "No, you may not."

What happens then?!

are there contingency plans for situations like this?
see, this is why i'll never be president. hur hur.

hur hur. okay. i shall go now. i'm going to get ready for the national day songs. the REAL ones, like We are Singapore and Stand up for Singapore and not lame ones like This is My Home or whatever's this year's song is. Who the hell is Keira Gong anyway? I still do not know who she is.

Speaking of which, I'd still remember the pictures i took during last year National Day.

Super patriotic uncle with his flag-in-a-hat.Pfft

Do they look like sperms to you too? Okay, tadpoles..

Soldiers in camouflage. So sexy. If you can't see them, they probably did a great job at camouflaging themselves. Or it could be that I take sucky pictures.

Soldiers in a tank-like thingy

I actually took more pictures of the mobile column (tanks and whatnots) but alas, I'm short and so I had to tiptoe while taking the pictures so most of the pictures came out blur. Bah! The tanks and all were pretty impressive though. We intercepted them on our way back home and they drove along the roads, preening away and waved at the people along the streets, like they were the Queen of England.

9:38 PM
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