i is Singaporean

I just got back from the national day parade....
i cant help, but feel a small sense of patriotism in myself..... maybe its cos they imbedded a hidden message of some sort, inducing you to pledge you mind, body and soul to the 39 year old meritocrasy.... or maybe its the free goodie bag(complete with my very own flag, cap, raincoat, torch, drinks, Kong Guan biscuits, propargandised issue of 8DAYS and patriotic tattoos!) they gave me... the way to anybody's heart, is free stuff!!
On a leaflet accompanying the ticket itself, it wrote "You are encouraged to wear red!".... And so, being the monkey that always does as he is told, i wore red... and surprisingly, thats what everyone else did.... its such a sight, to see waves and waves of people dressed in red(Giodarno must have made a fortune) trickle into the stadium...


And then it just hit me,
Singapore has a broad spectrum of different people... some people are irritating, some are not...
But during national day, they all come together(hell, its the only time you see so many singaporeans squeeze in one place even thou there's no Big Sale going on...) and celebrate, what they consider, a really wonderful country.... In Singapore, i feel a sense of togetherness, a sense of belonging... It is my homeland, and i will protect it....me, and my dog(Bob).... This is what makes me suddenly love Singapore much more today........................



Nahh, i think its the goodie bag....



The aftermath of NDP 2004 - Waiting 1.5 hours to get out of the damn multi story carpark