national day eve

note: this was meant to be posted 2 days ago, but hwa chong's intranet wouldn't let me, and i was too busy to try till now. so here goes!


You see, I’ve resigned to the fact that my life, at least, is full of ironies. One of them, painfully enough for me, is that I’ve always been late for school in Hwa Chong, and I’ve not attended flag-raising more than ten times then, but now I attend the flag-raising ceremony religiously. I should have known better when I decided to apply for the position of research assistant.

But I’m actually quite happy. Aside from the fact that I spend much less time sleeping now (and hence more time doing more productive stuff), I really enjoyed today’s mini national day parade put up by the Chinese High kids. The marching wasn’t perfect, but for their guard-of-honor contingent (amazing right?) it was, as Abiel would call it, kilat. The best part was the Chinese High band. They rock, really. Their smooth moves, the cute confusing whirl of their cymbals, the amazing drummers (now I want to be a drummer) and the snazzy band major were all spectacles in and of themselves. Not to mention the music of course. It was really a treat for me, since I haven’t been to a national parade live since P5 when I went for the rehearsal, which I thoroughly enjoyed. Bleah. It’s so sad that it is so incredibly difficult to get tickets to the actual parade.

Ok I should go now, sorry for the capital letters and very perfect (in my opinion at least) English, I’m typing on MS word in office. Tsk tsk I know. =P

Oh before I forget, Happy Birthday eve Singapore! I know I whine all the time about the political scene and censorship and stuff, but truth be told, I whine because I care, and really, there's no where else I'd rather be.