Friday, August 10, 2007

HaPPee BurpDay, Singapore!!!

Yesterday, 9th of Aug, was Singapore's 42nd birthday!

there would be an annual parade, known as the National Day Parade, to celebrate our nation's birthday. this year's parade was different from previous years, cos this was the 1st attempt to hold the parade by the Marina Bay, rite on the waters! a floating platform was built over the water, which is capable of holding thousand-strong military contingents n performers. apart from the performances on the stage, there were oso displays by our Navy by the waterfront.

as there were very limited tickets to the parade which were given out by public balloting, those who did not manage to get tickets could go to the areas in the proximity of the Marina Bay to catch the parade live. n my Jiejie & Gorgor were one of those! silly hoomans!

the parade started at 6pm, but my silly hoomans reached the Merlion Park (opp. the stage) at 2pm juz to "chope" good seats to watch the parade. if u think that's crazy, there were oredi a lot of other hoomans there "choping" seats! the hoomans would bring along their mats, picnic baskets, umbrellas, fans n anything dat would help to make their few hours wait more comfy.

this is our iconic Merlion.


the crowd was packing the place at 2+ in the afternoon. by 5pm, the place was packed to the brim. every inch imaginable, it would be occupied by a hooman butt. even the bridge overlooking the Bay was packed fully.




little Singapore flags n caps were given out as freebies at the Merlion Park. many were amused with the creativity of this hooman.


i'm sori u won't get to c pix of the parade nor the fireworks. Jiejie was too lazy to move her butt as the hours wore on... n she was busy waving her flag whenever she could...

HaPPee BurpDay, Singapore!!!




5 comments:

Boo Casanova said...

hey Ume, you look rocking for SG day! too bad you didn't get to enjoy but i don't think u like the fireworks tho.

wet wet licks

Boo

PreciOus said...

Hi Ume!

That was clever of your jiejie to watch the NDP live! I heard the fireworks. It was scawie! *Shiver*

Snuggle,
Precious

Stanley said...

Happy late burpday to Singapore! You look so patriotic, Ume!

Your goober bud,
Stanley

Myeo said...

Is that a singapore flag bandana that you are wearing. so cool!

Love
Boy n Baby

Katherine and Pippa said...

Sorry we're late.

Congrats to Singapore

P&K