1. The remote controlled birds/kites that were flying around the air during one of the performance items. damn cool! I wonder how they avoud crashing into each other. There were so many!

2. The 2 Apache Helicopters that flew around the bay and ended off with a 'bow'... quite cool... haha..

3. The pyrotechnics! This year was different from most years coz they could do a lot with the water in the bay... I liked the lasers and fireballs and FIREWORKS! oh ya from the top of the two tallest office buildings there also were fireworks... actually I think its nicer to have the parades in Marina Bay... the view is nice and ppl can gather around and Clarke Quay to eat and drink and watch fireworks.. wa yesterday people were lined along the bay all along Clarke Quay... lots of people watching from the Fullerton Hotel rooms as well as the office buildings as well.. haha if at National Stadium not very nice to camp at the carpark outside the stadum just for the fireworks ma. lol.

I was surprised that the Red Lions jumped twice this year! haha maybe they trying to show that they can jump in any condition... night or day.. cool stuff.. oh ya. I was surprised that this year's NDP didn't have Precision Drill by the Military Police. (by the way Precision Drill is a sequence of drills executed with the Mach-4 rifle in formation and rhythm) Usually will have but maybe this year dunno why don't have. haha. there also wasn't really a combined school's choir this year.. maybe no space? there was only space for the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and the Singapore Chinese Orchestra and another two i think..

Oh ya during the march-in something funny happened! One of the soldiers actually LEFT A SHOE BEHIND on the ground... DAMN FUNNY..! I think maybe one of his platoonmates marching then accidently kick the back of his show that's why come out... can you imagine him marching and doing drills with one shoe missing! haha.. I brought binoculars ma so I was trying to scan around to see which soldier it was that dropped the shoe but couldn't find.. haha.. in the end one of the cameramen picked up the shoe.. I wonder whether he found the guy in the end? like Cinderella sia.. only this time is both GUYS. HAHA. wa imagine the guy is in the front row then the President drive past to inspect that time then ask him why he no shoe... picture that. LOL! lucky is not Guard of Honour if not I think sure get screwed..

The goody bag this year quite cool.. can change colours with one another one... My dad and I got green and yellow. haha I would have loved the red though.. inside the bag got one strip of white that you are supposed to write your wishes for Singapore on then supposed to change with one of the strips on the bag.. lol.. I think red-white-red would have been a nice colour for the bag... haha..

Oh yes the walk out from the stadium to City Hall Mrt took like 35 mins? haha actually 10 or maybe less would have been enough without the crowd.. wa really CROWD man.. packed like sardines.. some people just like to push.. I don't really like them pushing me.. I don't usually turn around and scold them like what some aunties would do but what I usually do is I resist their pushing with my feet. haha actually is I push down and backwards, back against them.. I think they must have been quite frustrated trying to push me but find that they are not moving.. wa lao got one aunty.. I think is a grandmother.. KEEP PUSHING AND PUSHING ME.. she's quite strong leh. imagine. she look 70? wa.. she damn strong for her age.. haha I think coz i resist then she find she not moving then not happy then continue to push.. LOL.

anyway... I shall let the pictures do the talking... x)

nice view! can see Fullerton across the bay.. people were lined all along the river...

SEA of RED! the hats looks funny.. lol.. got pelicans lions etc.. a lot of different designs.. the cabinet ministers also all wear.. haha look so funny!

in the pre-parade there were some performances.. this is a motorcycle stunt.. wa the guy is crazy! jump across the gap on a motorcycle.. damn scary la I think.. how to practice ah? if do wrongly sure break a leg or something...

Dad and I =)