NDP 2014

last weekend was SG national day & for the first time in like almost 20yr, we FINALLY gotten the tickets to see NDP!!! & whats even better, we gotten the tickets for ACTUAL day!!! i was like OMG!! when i received the sms that my papa won the tickets!!! i had been to two NDP before but both times were like preview or pre-preview kind of things, so i was really excited to see the actual event!!!! the ticket state that the gate open at 4pm & strongly encourage the audience to be seated by 5.15pm..... so we went down to have lunch at raffles city osaka ohsho first before heading down to floating platform...

fried chicken + chili ebi

ginger pork + fried chicken

stir fry pork + fried chicken

personally i am not a big fan of japanese gyoza but osaka ohsho sell really nice ones =) i had the ginger pork + fried chicken.... really yummy..... & the portion is relatively large if you are not a big eater....price wise is on average $15-16 per set... so after all the GST + service charge, is about $20/pax

after lunch we walked over to floating platform.... the route there was kind of complicated cause they block off some of the roads.... i think we spent like almost 1hr from city hall mrt to be seated at floating platform...

our ticket

queuing for security check

finally seated

look at the crowd!!!

we seated about 5pm & by then i think more than 70% of the audiences were seated... people really kiasu wor..... so before the platoons march in, there was some singing by random people... honestly i dont know any of them so i was like rampaging through the fun pack to see what's inside.... about 5.40pm or so, the real performance starts.... & i will flood the post with photos =)

the red lion coming down

first parachute

army band

platoons marching in

platoons

the flags people

more marching

ships to shoot the cannon

our light bands =)

helicopter with SG flag

bang... firing of the cannon

marching off

bang & out came the coloured smoke

coloured smoke

some navy people

continue marching off

night fall & it look so nice with the light sticks

performance

mini firework at the end of performance

all the participants

honestly, i dont really understand the performance for this year NDP.... it was too chim for me to understand... it just feel so modern/contemporary dance = i am just not artistic enough to understand.... so i kind of zone out during the performance & also it was tiring to sit there for like almost 3hr..... & my favourite part of NDP is actually the FIREWORK!!! who doesnt love fireworks!!!! so next up are the decent firework photos that i managed to take =)

start of firework

1 of my favourite type of firework

lovely

the lighting from spotlights kind of complement the firework =)

beautiful

everyone leaving

we were actually sitting on the right side of the stage which was just nice where the fireworks were shoot from... so lucky for us, we get unblocked view of the beautiful firework!!! yeah!!!! going back was also a pain due to the huge amount of human traffic... so we had to walk all the way to raffles place to take the train back..... last but not least, how can i forget about the fun pack =)

fun pack 2014

i gotten the bluexred fun pack... there was quite a number of colours in different combination.... not really interested in the colours since i doubt if i will bring the bag out... but the bag was really heavy.... lets look at what was inside...

the gifts

 so the fun pack include the usual clappers, hat, light stick, SG flag, tatoos, pins, rain coat & some coupons.... the thing that really beats me is the SG scarf!!??!! i was like huh??? when i saw it... like seriously, we need a scarf in SG??? i thought a towel will be more useful... but since it is free so dont complain....

food & drinks

so all these things contributed majority of the weight.... 2 bottles of water + 2 packets of drinks.... how can the bag be not heavy!?!?!??! but it will keep the audiences hydrated while waiting under the hot sun....

i think it was a nice experience to watch NDP on actual day since everyone will give their BEST of the BEST performance.... but the drawback is definitely going &  coming back from the events... even if you have a car... you have to park it quite far away from the event & not to mentioned the number of roads that were blocked off..... nonetheless, i really enjoyed myself especially watching the beautiful fireworks =)