Happy 42nd, Singapore!
Taken during the last NDP rehearsal last Saturday. The parade segment was real, as in the marching stuff, but the performance part wasn't. It wasn't even full-dress or full-attendance. Probably because the performers need time to launder their costumes for the actual parade tonight. I liked the parade, especially since there were extra items to celebrate NS 40 this year. The organisers got people to stand in for the MPs, the MM and PM and the President. The way the master of ceremony went, "Please rise to welcome the arrival of the President... simulated" was rather hilarious. You can practically hear the parenthesis in his tone. Sadly, there were no fireworks, the highlights we were expecting. As were the scores of people camped on the steps in front of Marina Square. They had it worse as we were at least informed during the show.
Anyway, catch the real thing online or on TV later. Maybe I'll finally understand what the performance segment was about this time. Yes, the MC gave up the commentary after the parade part. Presumably there will be celebrity hosts, who weren't there that day.
In other news, I'm having a break! Heh, for about a week. Happy.
