ndp preview

although i was sick, i went to city to look for a keyboard replacement.

my old keyboard had the same problem for the 2nd time. Gave up...!

The ENTER key gave way again.zzzz

my shortlisted replacement is Microsoft Reclusa, which is a gaming keyboard. However i'm more interested in the backlit keys...

Expensive pricetag of $119

nope, i was not very convinced to buy due to the pricetag. Wait for a few more days before deciding.

had a quick dinner at Food Junction (Funan), then walked to Esplanade hoping to catch the fireworks.

That's the best view i can get

The starfishes floating in from Clifford area

Fireworks atop buildings! UOB, NTUC Income and one more

Began at around 8.08pm

Too smoky la.

I thought it was over. 2 minutes later, another boom!

it's odd that the fireworks were fired from the same spot (it seemed). There wasn't any variation, such as lower tiered shoots across the landscape. The end result was a very smoky sky, which even obscured some portions of the fireworks.

then i planned to take 960 home, to test out on the frequency. As expected, it took 27 minutes for a bus to appear. This is unacceptable... so i wrote in to feedback. If SMRT Buses don't improve the frequency, it's time to suggest SBST take over key trunk routes such as 61, 106, 190 and 960.

even the train frequency sucks because they want to save cost. Vote PAP next season? Over my dead body unless MOT restructures SMRT Corp.

changing blog layout

i'm trying hard to be a little more creative; going to get my brother to get a nice titlebar picture for me.

where can i find nice sunrises and sunsets?

removed the musicbox because i thought it didn't really fit into my blog.

added a link to Sharon Au's blog! I misssed her!


i'm now so free, that i activated my scanner to help me retrieve my times in 2005 =x

NDP2005 was one of the once-every-5-years national celebrations. Not many are aware that NDPs are of the largest scale every 5 year period -

- Main celebration at Padang.
- Satellite celebrations at 3 heartlands (JE, Yishun, Tampines)
- Carnival lasting 9 days at Marina South
- Auxiliary displays such as the Mobile Column and Float Displays
- Support from STB and Unusual Productions in Uniquely Singapore events, such as Singapore Fireworks Festival (SFF)

thus, the Army's 3rd Division will always undertake the organising efforts every 5 years, as it's the largest combined arms division and has sufficient manpower to take on the enormous events.

in terms of scale and coordination, there aren't much similar NDPs that are comparable. But the man in the street will probably remember only the poor location of Padang (and choice of lead singer Rui-En and Taufik), and the fireworks display, that's all!

NDP2007 is probably special due to the new Bay venue, some water-based stunts and alterations to the Show segment. There have been so far only 2 media briefs since June, so information is quite scarce. Other than that, we'll see on the actual day :)

This is the commemorative book for the organisers who lost their family time for 8-10 months

She really looked good in the red white combo! And the VW bettle! =o

Not forgetting my boss which deserves to be a role model for all men, whether in service or not.