NE SHOW WAS GREAT!
Afternoon before going out. Saw some people downstairs de field playing cricket. Using my stalker-zoom, took some pics..
Met Yulian at Dover. Proceeded to cityhall where we slacked at the mrt station for 15min.. Then went to esplanade to waste our time before the show starts. We reached at like 3.15pm.. Supposed to be inside by 4.45pm.
Outside esplanade.
Some flowers.
The ferris wheel.
P5s proceeding to the seating gallery.
Esplanade
Yulian and me by the esplanade. Taken by a friendly tourist.
I like this pic.. haha
Skyline, part of it.
P5s streaming in.
The bridge..
Some ppl on the top of Ritz Carlton Hotel.
I think they're rehearsing.
Cox these balloons are attached to it.
Wahh..
They look like birds
Merlion.
Friendly tourist who help us take pic.
Yulian and me by the merlion.. [At the back they're doing maintainance for the merlion]
Rusty pole.
..
See the bird! lol
Clouds
Clouds.
P5s proceeding to location..
Proceeded inside. It was a long crawl to our seat. But we sat quite in front. Which is quite good!
But the climb from ground floor to up there was slloooooow.. Perspired quite a bit..
Michelle Chong. One of the 4 hosts.
Big balloons.. Missed the balloons by like 5cm to be able to touch themm.. ARGH!
Combined Schools Choir
Wheelchair dancing. [Saw some of these disabled ppl smoking outside after the show end.. ...]
Thats like many of them!
Pre parade.
I suppose these are the cameramen. theres one on the other sde too..
Dancing..
The helicopter i suppose is for the cameramen..
Cheerleaders!
Save the _______, Save the ________.
Our bags..
Ze Crowd!
Michelle Chong's costume changed.. lol
The parachuters with propellers behind them.. NOT THE RED LIONS [i think]
Take my hand! Muahahaha! [tts not me. guess who.]
NDP 08
Wah! DSLR!
Looking at the show.
See tt heli?
Its spitting out parachuters!
Thanks to my zoom to get this pic.. haha
Small specks in the sky.
Opened the parachutes.
Still so far..
Coming down!
WOOOOAAAHH!
Many comrades still up and above.
Skyline and him.
Clap!
Stomp!
Military band coming out.
Cameraman.
What do you call them? I dunno.. Jus their skills with the gun? is good!
I dun geddit.
Nice formations..
See? lol
Random cloud.
Parade commander.
Parade starting.
Moving to the 2nd level of the floating platform.
Took the pic of the screen cox i cant take this pic.. haha
Change formation to NDP 08.
From my POV.
Standing ground.
The construction.
Some propaganda vids abt how gd this parade commander is.. blah blah blah..
The GOH marching out.
Now the whole parade is here.
Choir sing 4 songs, each in a different language.
Indian version of "home"
Chinese song complemented by teochew opera singer.
Malay dancers.
Modern dance.
Oya. This song is "We Are Singapore"
So this is how the new NTUC logo wastes our electricity.. and taxpayers' money..
Thanks Yulian for spotting this. haha
Teh (fake) President is here.
Flag nearing.
"All Rise"
Mari kita rakyat Singapura
I dunno wad they holding..
The chinook. [is tt the correct spelling?]
Magnificent.
Sing!
Commuters on bus 30 enjoying the view.
Gone..
Yea!
Split.
Nice sia! Enjoys the noise then..
A lost eagle. It flew into the tall buildings.. I wonder what would be the look on the person's face when he sees an eagle outside the window, 45 stories above ground.
"President" making his rounds.
Strange.
Why is the sun setting there when that direction is EAST?!
Shooting of blanks.
random.
Marching back..
..
Sky..
2ppl, at our sides went after the parade. Leaving us 2 with 2 blank seats before the nest living human.. lol
The black knights are here!
Wah!
Vertical looping.
Halfway through.
Coming level.
Teh Loop de Loop.
Flying.
Soaring.
2 coming head on at speeds nearing 2000km/h. They will brush past each other.
Woots!
Ribbon roll..
And then, the best sequence..
Step 1. Splitting apart and going up.
Come down alittle.
Can you see now?
Heart is formed! Wah dam nice la.. Got a dont-know-how-to-describe feeling when told they were about to do this and after they done it..
Edited to make the smoke more obvious.
"To Infinity AND Beyond!"
Smoking trails.
Coming up..
Going down.
And split! Downwards. Different from the usual upwards.
Nice lol..
Performers going thru the not-so-secret passage to the back..
Skyline then.
The balloons are here!
Some colourful costumes!
Holding some stuff which i cant really comprehend..
Wah! So brighT!
The performance led to the balloon birds having some sparks.. literally..
The vehicles which i assume are to be like sails on water? And huge "drums"
Waving desperately for attention.. lol
The screen, which is partly see-through, has some problems..
Sails lowered..
The red and energetic performance.
The i-dunno-what-it-means peformance..
They Spray Water!
Umbrellas?? Wah i dun geddit sia.. haha
Looks eerie to some extent..
Gary is one of those ppl wearing yellow cap with yellow thing sticking out.. haha
Dragon dancers seh.
Flag wielding people! lol
OMG this dragon is unhappy!
The artistes should be Hady Mirza and Joi Chua.. lol
Finale!
FIREWORKS!
Saying the pledge.
Singing..
More FIREWORKS!
Finale ending...
Thanks to friendly fellow audience for this pic. haha
They still have to practice finale..
Left is Yulian's bag. Mine, the uglier one, is on the right. 10 diff bags when put correctly, will result in an artistic picture.. but but but, the bag is... wah.. sianz..
Anw, enjoyed the show thoroughly! haha
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