“You shouldn’t push yourself too hard. You are still recovering,” said TK over MSN. That particular week, I was resting and working from home most of the time. That particular Saturday, my friend Mark has invited me to accompany him for a photo shooting session. By the seaside overlooking the floating platform, where the rehearsal of the [...]
Entries Tagged as 'national day'
It All Happened So Fast, Fireworks Over My Head (Working Title: Happy Birthday Singapore)
August 8th, 2009 6 Comments
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Singapore Needs More Good News, Perhaps? Happy National Day, and Others
August 9th, 2008 9 Comments
OK. It’s the first time in my life seeing a Singapore flag sticking up from someone’s head. Cynthia couldn’t resist to take a picture; I can’t resist not to share. One great thing about having your website is that you can almost trace back on what you’ve done the same day last year, the year [...]
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National Day Jamming Session Once Again
August 9th, 2007 6 Comments
This year is the second year my band gets together and jams it out at my home studio on National Day. Looking at the pictures from last year, boy, I looked much older now younger then. (Pause … texting my guitarist to ask if I can break this big news in my website … the [...]
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Vidoes And Pictures From The National Day Parade Preview, Enjoy!
July 30th, 2007 14 Comments
Greatings people! I have finally sorted out my pictures and did some basic video editing. Hopefully you will like it as much as I do. Enjoy! To recap, this is how I got my precious pair of preview tickets and this is how I felt after the preview. I know you all must be rushing [...]
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National Day Parade Preview – How I Felt After The Event
July 30th, 2007 12 Comments
If someone was to ask me couple of years ago how I felt about National Day Parade (NDP) as a first generation immigrant, frankly speaking, I could only connect at that symbolic level. Not that being symbolic diminishes the importance of the event. Quite the contrary, the power of something as symbolic as a country’s [...]
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A Journal of National Day Parade Preview (2007)
July 29th, 2007 1 Comment
Both Cynthia and I felt a bit weird dressed in red while having Prawn Mee. Not just any red, but the kind of red that stops traffic. What to do? We were encouraged to dress this way. It is not as though our wardrobe has lots of red items to choose from. So I donned [...]
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An SAF Officer Called Me Unexpectedly During Lunch – Sir Yes Sir!
July 27th, 2007 13 Comments
As a first generation immigrant, I am exempted from National Service (NS). In the past 3 years with my previous employer, Ministry of Defence was my biggest client. So, I often joked with people that I was serving NS in some ways. My work required me to travel from one base to another meeting different [...]
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National Day Jamming Session
August 9th, 2006 3 Comments
The last time we jammed was back in January. Our guitarist Jason suggested for our band to jam in this public holiday and jam we shall. This time round, Jason’s girlfriend Selrol was with us and she was our photographer of the day. Overall we did pretty well and we get to do one of [...]
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How My Band Celebrated Singapore National Day
August 9th, 2006 1 Comment
12.30pm was the appointed time to pick up Jason and his girlfriend Selrol. Just a few yards before we reached Jason’s house (1 min drive from our condo), we saw Selrol on her cellphone (apparently she was trying to locate the house). What a great start. Everyone was on time. I know that Jason loves [...]
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