Happy Birthday Singapore

Today, Singapore celebrates it's birthday for the first time at Marina Bay. Lesser seats this time round... only 27,000. Security checks were surprisingly fast, and almost all was seated by the time pre-parade started.Amazing. 1st time they manage to put air, land and sea performance together in one show. And marina wave ...lol.

Combined school choir was missing. But there was live performance by SSO, SCO ,Malay and Indian Ensembles, talented local soloists and the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Central Band, forming a 240 strong orchestra with Yeh Tsung as the conductor.The 3D show put up by the army and police were interesting and unexpected. Nice.

This year, the shows are divided into more parts ( 5 sections in total ) instead of the usual 3 longer "musical". The five segments are, Sea, Earth, Sky, People and Fire, weaved together by a central character, SING, which symbolises the tremendous willpower and bountiful energy of Singapore and Singaporeans.
The Sea segment portrays the discovery of the Singaporean identity as we mature from the early settlement days to modern Singapore.
The Earth segment is an analogy of the preservation of Singapore as a garden city even as the country pursues technological advancements.
The Sky segment depicts Singaporeans’ pursuit and realisation of their dreams and aspirations. The People segment pays tribute to the pioneers of Singapore while the Fire segment symbolises the passion in every Singaporean.
With the help of a water screen and lasers and light effect, I would say it's well matched together. Beautiful effects.

Lucky me, I got to go and see the parade at Marina Bay. 1st time NDP and marina bay and also coincidentally my 1st NDP. Feels different because you'll get small little "surprises".... fireworks lor... when you see from tv, the impact is not there. Wonderful experience, though you don't get to see the performance as you see on tv. It's a trade off I guess. With the surprises and fireworks just poping in front of you, it feels great.Shall post some photos if I'm not too lazy to choose some nicer ones out. lol. Happy 42nd Birthday Singapore.

Convocation

Don't be mistaken... it's not my convocation. Went for Rina and LQ's convocation at NTU today. I'm really happy for them, seeing them wearing their graduating gown.... wonder when will it be my turn... hopefully I can clear all my subjects this time round and the next one will be me. lol. Congrats Rina and LQ. All the best to you all in the social working life. Saw another friend from CO who is also graduating today. too bad didn't take a photo with her. haha... and also, to yx. Happy holidays. I'll miss you for the next 1 week de. hehe.

Insurance

Today or rather last night, since it's already past mid-night, went for insurance recruitment drive. A lot of poeple are wondering if I want to go into insurance industry. The answer is, I don't know myself. The idea of having your own career at our own flexibility and freedom is not what other jobs can give. But the thought of having to take exams make me re-think. I've been afraid to take exams ever since jc. and I don't know how to overcome it. Relatively good pay if you are willing to work hard. The guest speaker, Adam Khoo, is a really powerful speaker. The 2nd time I've attended his talk and it's still interesting. Thinking.....maybe I'll get the insurance licence 1st?.... I really don't know.

Eternal Life is simply the elimination of rebirth and death

This is the nickname that I saw on a friend's msn today. "Rather inspiring" was my first thought. Eternal Life is simply the elimination of rebirth and death. Without death and rebirth, you will just be you yourself, forever, eternally. No more going thru the life cycle. No more being sadness when people around you are gone. Living would probably be much more simpler.

Sigh

Boring week for me... still waiting for a job.... I guess it's gonna be difficult since banking sector are mostly taking in contract staff... and most job agencies are looking for sales or customer service people... well, I'll prob have to continue searching. Good luck to me.

O and the london bombings which happened recently in London. I was wondering why must it happen at this time when our papers are being marked and we are being graded? Haiz.... happened 2 years ago ( 7/7/05 ) and now again... I really hope they won't make any mistake in marking our papers are recording our marks.... *prays...lol.

Job seeking day

Went to search for jobs at International plaza today. signed formed with 3 job agencies... hopefully some one can find a suitable job for me. sigh... so tired le... cya.

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