was fab!!!!
So glad that I could go =D All thanks to Liping. If not, I've have missed yet another year!! This year's show was absolutely fantastic. I always maintain the "only watch NDP if you're there at the moment" principle, because seeing everything in person is so much more fascinating. =D The entire atmosphere's there, not to mention the large sea of red and the constant singing and cheering together!
I was so near to the camera that Yiwen SMSed me and asked if I was at NDP. I expressed my amazement that she really could see me, and she was like, ya, are you in a pink cap? Utterly speechless, lol.
This year's NDP seemed to have quite a change from the previous not-so-entertaining shows, especially in terms of the hosts. Many have criticized Mark Lee for being a host for the event, noting that his English was not quite up to standard, and thus unfit for such a grand event. However, I think that it's perfectly fine for him to host, seeing that he's quite a ch8 comedian icon and some lighthearted banter in familiar good o'Singlish is not really that terrible.. Of course, the variety show about the foreigners in Singapore is another matter..
10 chapters to the entire performance. Preparade started at 6pm and the entire NDP show lasted about 2.5 hours.. Kudos to the people who sweated for this day. It must have been a really happy day for people who put effort into it. Never failed to be amazed at the marching contingent. I think, no matter how much an NSF may grumble about life in army, but at the end of the day when they stepped onto the platform for NDP, it really shows their pride for the country. Ahh uniform = smart. =D
I like Chapter 2 of the performance, especially the pirate chasing scene. It's just damn cool to see all the different types of vehicles and fighting machines on display. They are really awesome!
Drummers all around the floating platform, teaching the moves to welcome the cabinet ministers.
10 chapters of the performance passed by fairly quickly.. Songs these year were quite good. I maintain that the song by Electrico isn't very suitable for the oh-let's-all-sing-along-to-the-song NDP show, because it really is not catchy and simple enough for everyone to sing together, but nonetheless, good song with a powerful tune. I felt that there weren't enough songs from the past though. Medley was good. But I couldn't recognize any of the singers except for Chen Wei Lian -.-
Fireworks this year was good!! But fireworks can only get better, they will not be bad =D
Pledge moment at 8.22pm was awesome. Having a few thousand people say the pledge with you in person is amazingly good. And that's while imagining (say half) Singaporeans saying it in Singapore.. And the Singaporeans saying it out loud in other countries.. I like this moment. :)
Give me NDP'10 anytime, and I'll head to watch it again :] I feel so proud to be a Singaporean!!
I was so near to the camera that Yiwen SMSed me and asked if I was at NDP. I expressed my amazement that she really could see me, and she was like, ya, are you in a pink cap? Utterly speechless, lol.
This year's NDP seemed to have quite a change from the previous not-so-entertaining shows, especially in terms of the hosts. Many have criticized Mark Lee for being a host for the event, noting that his English was not quite up to standard, and thus unfit for such a grand event. However, I think that it's perfectly fine for him to host, seeing that he's quite a ch8 comedian icon and some lighthearted banter in familiar good o'Singlish is not really that terrible.. Of course, the variety show about the foreigners in Singapore is another matter..
10 chapters to the entire performance. Preparade started at 6pm and the entire NDP show lasted about 2.5 hours.. Kudos to the people who sweated for this day. It must have been a really happy day for people who put effort into it. Never failed to be amazed at the marching contingent. I think, no matter how much an NSF may grumble about life in army, but at the end of the day when they stepped onto the platform for NDP, it really shows their pride for the country. Ahh uniform = smart. =D
I like Chapter 2 of the performance, especially the pirate chasing scene. It's just damn cool to see all the different types of vehicles and fighting machines on display. They are really awesome!
Drummers all around the floating platform, teaching the moves to welcome the cabinet ministers.
10 chapters of the performance passed by fairly quickly.. Songs these year were quite good. I maintain that the song by Electrico isn't very suitable for the oh-let's-all-sing-along-to-the-song NDP show, because it really is not catchy and simple enough for everyone to sing together, but nonetheless, good song with a powerful tune. I felt that there weren't enough songs from the past though. Medley was good. But I couldn't recognize any of the singers except for Chen Wei Lian -.-
Fireworks this year was good!! But fireworks can only get better, they will not be bad =D
Pledge moment at 8.22pm was awesome. Having a few thousand people say the pledge with you in person is amazingly good. And that's while imagining (say half) Singaporeans saying it in Singapore.. And the Singaporeans saying it out loud in other countries.. I like this moment. :)
Give me NDP'10 anytime, and I'll head to watch it again :] I feel so proud to be a Singaporean!!
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