reds and whites

phew... i'm tired.. but i'm glad 1st NE went pretty well in terms of rations and I've realized something... i'm actually pretty impressed by this year's NDP and really enjoyed viewing the parade and show through the colonnial domes and pillars of city hall and supreme court.

i'm actually getting pretty patriotic! haha!~

i dunno. maybe's it's when u are truly a part of it and u are truly contributing to something that u really start to appreciate when things go as planned and the show is really put together, and even how beautiful the stands have been constructed. think i din give two shits about the grand stand 4 years ago.. =)

i've also realised how beautiful singapore is... with the strobe lights beaming across the area, coupled with glimpses of the stands packed with tons of people flashing their light sticks against the backdrop of the sparkling "durian" of Esplanade... it's really quite magical. and the unique patchwork of olden architecture of domes, spires and grey columns coupled with the beautifully lit Swissotel Stamford rising into the sky really makes for a nice scene as well...

i think i'm really missing out on somethings in Singapore... the whole day i say boring.. but maybe it's really cos i haven't been walking around town with that gleaming eye I adopt when I go overseas... sigh..

and i'm quite enjoying myself on saturdays already.. haha.. like getting into groove.. so far nothing really fazes me liao, so i just sit at my CP @ stadium and wait for problems to crop up and gamely take them on.. other times i just go pester Shi Jian and talk cock a bit...

then when it's time for rations to be delivered, I think really, what makes me feel very glad is when you see the satisfaction of the people eating the food you have delivered, beaming at the ice cream they have been given and just chatting happily whilst having their food. no word of thanks needs to be said, no acknowledgements of my work needs to be done... the mere sight of things is good enough.

i guess... i'm glad to be part of this... and yeah.. hopefully this will be a resounding success... people who shrug and think "yet another NDP" should really start considering the amount of work done behind the scenes...

frank