HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SINGAPORE~!

It's singapore's 43rd birthday, and i'm glad i'm not at the national day parade.

i attended the preview parade last saturday, there were blue skies as far as the eyes could see, and a blazing hot evening sun. today was different, people there had to bear with the wind and the rain. plus, with all the clouds up in the sky, they aren't gonna enjoy the performance by the Black Knights as much as i did.

Yesterday morning was the connect singapore event, and the whole thing was a total flop. My sector didn't listen to my instructions, and by the time we got ready, other blocks and sectors weren't. The 91.3 DJ was supposed to count down after the 12 o'clock news, but it was 1230 when she started, and she didn't play the national pledge. less than half the students actually took the pledge, and less than 1/4 of them actually said the full pledge immediatly after the countdown.

we didn't even know whether it was over.

The event did not appear on the news, for obvious reasons. if you go google the event name, you can read from the blogs of participants on how they feel. I, for one, think it wasted a whole lot of my bloody time, time which could have been spent more constructively. i'm not just talking about the event failing itself, i'm also talking about the countless pointless meetings i attended. Luckily i didn't pay attention to anything during the trainings; the only time i actually clarified my doubts was the morning itself, and even then, nothing was according to schedule, everything was impromptu.

after that, i went over to pasir ris to meet with chance and ziqi, and we went over to boris's house to celebrate his birthday. i got chance a pet brick as a present. i don't think he liked it alot. well, luckily for me, i think he liked his other present, which was a psp. who wouldn't.