Eunice Olsen looked hot in her cheongsam. Irene Ng (my MP)
looked like she just got laid too ~lol~
Very impressed with the overall coordination this time around, from
my vantage point (Pan Pacific). Two new sub-service branches (RSN
& the police equivalent, PCG) were prominently featured for the
first time, & the Marina Bay setting wasn't like just having a
mini-fortilla sailing past a few years ago. No idea if they've
switched around the show items, but otherwise I can appreciate just
how difficult the coordination was, given the heavier emphasis on
hardware (more actual performances this year, & not just
forming a mobile column) & on a largely watery-cum-"riverbank"
setting at that.
The parade sequence never fails to rouse me. Those troops in the
contingents are always mostly NSFs, albeit more & more "specky"
(wearing spectacles) ~lol~ through the years. Looks like floating
stadium will change how the contingents form up for the next 5
years too. In my time, we must stay motionless for over an hour
(before the Prime Minister made his arrival). All in all, it would
be one & a half before the GOH finished its march-past! (Quite
gruelling -- though it's a lot better than the '70s when the ENTIRE
contingents must march part.) Likely on an empty stomach too; I
recall my unit getting to eat a quick dinner post-parade sequence,
before filing in again as part of the finale item.
DAMN PROUD TO BE A SINGAPOREAN.
