Yesterday was Singapore’s 42nd National Day. Apart from a sentence from my previous post, i didn’t mention anything else about it.

This is the second year in a row that I’ve missed watching National Day Parade “live” on TV. Last year, I was at Hwa Swee‘s house along with Yi Long, Scott and Edison working on our ECPJ Distinction presentation. I’d watched the whole parade afterwards but somehow the patriotic feeling wasn’t there. 🙁

This year, I’d actually planned to watch the whole thing “live” through the Internet, but ended up spending our afternoon out at 火车南站 (South Train Station)， 天府广场 (Tian Fu Square)， 春熙路 (Chun Xi Road) and 桐子林北路 (Tong Zi Lin North Road) with my housemates shopping for stuff. Also tried 韩包子. Like normal 包 (bao) except they have ground 花椒 (hua jiao – a kind of Sichuan spice) in it.

Somehow, the whole National Day mood didn’t get to me. Maybe it’s because I’m right here in another country? Every year, I’d watch NDP to watch out for friends (or sometimes family) participating in it. Even though many of the items in the parade are very very similar each year, I’d still watch it no matter what. Many might scorn me about it, but yeah. Watching the NDP is something that comes with National Day. Just like how during Christmas you’re supposed to eat ham and turkey, or during Chinese New Year you’re to receive red packets.

Can’t wait to see what SSA performed this year. 🙂