National Day Parade 2014 (NDP2014) : NE Show 3

Saturday was a little more exciting for us because we've got tickets to watch the National Day Parade, NE Show 3 at the Floating Platform! Thanks Jia Hui for the tickets. This year's theme is "Our People, Our Home" and the logo is a fun, colourful and vibrant representation of the theme. 

Spot the bright and colourful giant balloons and decorations from outside with short captions of "CELEBRATE IT!" "LOVE IT!" "LIVE IT!" and "BE IT!" 

The crowd! We were seated at the extreme left side in the green sector. Didn't get a good view of the stage and it's super hot. 

Checking out what's in the fun pack. Hello Panda biscuit, this is something new this year! 

I also brought my own Nutella & Go tidbits there to eat. It's biscuit sticks dipped in Nutella sauce and half a cup of ice tea. Yum! Yum! 

30 years of Total Defence.

Thank you for maintaining the security of Singapore and keeping our Country safe and sound. 

Woohoo, the first trace of fireworks! 

Beautiful sparkles!  

The floating platform against the backdrop of Singapore's CBD area.

The night performances.

Dazzling lights to brighten up the street. I think the committees must be starting to prepare for next year's SG50 already that's why there's no new songs this year.   

VIDEOS

Sneak preview before the actual airing on TV. Hehe :)

Mashed up songs of Singapura (Sunny Island), 小人物的心声, Munnaeru Vaalibaa, Chan Mali Chan, Where I Belong and Home. All the four major languages. 

ShiGGa Shay rapping with songs Sweet Dreams Are Made of These. Monochrome. 

Mashed up songs of 

1. Rolling in the deep

2. Sweet dreams are made of these

3. What Do You See

4. We Will Get There

Love how precise the fireworks were displayed along with the songs. 

Big Island and fireworks

Mashed  up songs of 

1. Home

2. Stand Up for Singapore

3. One People, One Nation, One Singapore

4. We are Singapore 

5. Count on Me, Singapore

The Grand Finale! The fireworks at the end is like machine guns! 

Thanks for reading! 

National Day Parade (NDP) 2013 : Combined Rehearsal 3 (CR3)

I love the sunny weather toady. Blue sky, white clouds, no haze, what a beautiful day! 

This beautiful day was not wasted, thanks to bf's sis who passed us two tickets to catch the NDP 2013 Combined Rehearsal 3.

I've been to the actual, to the preview but this is the first time watching the rehearsal. I was quite surprised there was still a lot of empty seats around, later I found out that they don't opened up the whole place during rehearsal one. 

The sun was getting a little too hot to tolerate. Bf found a new way to counter that. To wear the cap sideway! Much better. Looks a little hip-hop too. SWAG! 

Everybody in red and white! 

The Red Lions parachuting performance! For the first time, there's a female parachutist!! She's 3rd Warrant Officer, Shirley Ng. Big cheers to that! I took an instavideo of one of the Red Lions's jump. View it here at http://instagram.com/p/ba5_1GuMYV/

The four hosts. Kid VS Adult. 

Dynamic Defence Display

Beside featuring the assets (vehicles) from the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) and the Singapore Police Force (SPF), be expected to witness live situation with those who are always at the frontline of Singapore's defence.  

Video Time

The Grand Finale of children from Yishun Primary School in the uniforms of the various services performing to Ah Boys to Men theme song! Cute!  

Parade Regimental Sergeant Major

Master Warrant Officer (MWO)

Chua Hock Guan

The march-in parade. So nice to see them marching in so uniformly with the grand music in the background. For this, I also took an instavideo. View it here at http://instagram.com/p/ba-GrLOMb3/

Parade Commander

Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)

Sng Meng Wah

Commanding Officer

After a while, I get tired of sitting down, so I went down closer to the railing and took more photos. 

Video Time

Time to sing the National Anthem. 

Aerial flypast by the RSAF. View the instavideo here http://instagram.com/p/bbBpwquMfa/

Heart shape formation by the combined band. 

 I can't remember what happen during this part but suddenly got rainbow colour smoke come out. Haha.

 Story telling time by the kids! There's story on Sister Island, Redhill, Sang Nila Utama, etc. What is most amazing is the backdrop behind (by humans) that would keep changing to form different images according to the story. 

It's rock and roll time! Rock is the foundation. 

Finally it's night time, and the performance just gets more exciting. It's really like turning the floating platform into a giant disco party. 

Video Time

Our familiar Under One Roof characters is here. 

And they came up with songs on the different areas of Singapore. Chinatown, Jurong West, etc. 

* Fireworks *

This segment on the Merlion is really interesting. The cartoon merlion appears on the screen and told us how many years it has been watching the parade from far and how much it wanted to be present. However, the emo merlion is scare of water, that's why it has never moved before. After that, it was transported to the stage. 

Sports time. 

Videos Time

Had fun trying to get a chance to hit the giant balls. 

Finale of the night : Songs 

Finale of the night : Fireworks 

Videos Time

Me with fireworks

Self-pic. 

Last photo of me at the parade as we made our exit. 

My face in the sky! 

Many Stories. One Singapore! Really enjoyed myself at the parade. You really have to be there to feel the energy, see the fireworks, scream, sing, shout together with the people. It's different from watching on TV. 

The most interesting item in this year's fun pack have to be this light stick. When extended, it goes up to 75cm long! It can be extended out with one big wave of the torch. A bit like the lightsaber in Star Wars. So fun! 

Dinner at The Cafe Cartel to end this post! Filter used : Walden from Instagram.