What a fantastic time I had at the NE show! It was spectacular!
When we reported in school, we each received a goodie bag. In side the goodie bag, there were drinks, biscuits, a poncho, a flag, a drum, a flashlight, a magazine, a packet of tissue, sweets, batteries, a book of vouchers and a few more items. We put all our other items into the bag and were ready to set off.
The bus we boarded turned out to be too small for the whole class. Some people had to squeeze 3 people into 2 seats. Annabelle had to sit alone while Pei Ying, Jodene and I sat together. On the bus, we helped Jodene put a tattoo on her hand. While pouring water onto a tissue, I accidentally spilled some onto my skirt. All of us were laughing and chatting away that the long drive turned out to be very short for us.
After we got down the bus, we had to walk to the floating platform. The distance wasn't far but because there were so many students from other schools, there was a 'traffic jam' and so we took really long to get there. It was pretty sunny at tha time. When we arrived at the floating platform. there were plenty of seats available, so, we got a pretty good row of seats.
I suppose we arrived at about four thirty pm but the show started only at six thirty or seven pm.
During this time, I kept myself busy by taking pictures of my friends, laughing and chatting.
We were quite shock when the show started. There was an 'Eye', which flashed a slideshow to start off the show. The slideshow required us to shout out: 'Happy Birthday Singapore' Later, 4 MCs came out, there were 2 actors, 1 actress and 1 DJ, they were Mark Lee, Michelle, Suhaimi and the DJ. They started off by asking us to prepare the flashlight, drum and flag and doing the Marina Wave.
This year the National day Show was presented in a very interesting manner. There were chapters 1-10 beginning with the history of Singapore. The chapter I find most boring is The Parade. It lasted very long and it just show soldiers marching onto the stage and the 'President' coming in. But I can tell that the soldiers practice a lot as they were very synchronised. It must be very tiring for them.
The weather was very weird that day. At first, it was very sunny, as mentioned, then it started to rain, then stop, then rain, then stop. That cause a rainbow to appear too. Towards the end of the show, when we were all supposed to stand up and witness the soldiers march past, it started drizzling. Annabelle and I thought that it would stop after awhile, like before, so we did not put on our raincoats. Jodene opened her umbrella while Pei Ying put on her raincoat.
It turned out that it did not stop but turned into a downpour. As my raincoat was already on my seat, I quickly tried to put it on. but at that moment, I realised that Annabelle's raincoat was still in her bag, on the floor and she was already drenched! I quickly used my raincoat to cover mine and Annabelle's head while she digged out her raincoat. My mum once told me that the head shouldn't get wet from rain.
Soon, the show was over and our school could leave. Pei Ying opened her umbrella and shared with Annabelle while I shared with Jodene as we walked to the bus stop. On the way, the rain turned into a drizzle and we were all so glad. We waited for the bus for so long!
Luckily, the bus was big enough for the whole class this time round. Can you imagine all of our wet bodies squeezing together? In the bus, it was freezing cold! I kept sneezing.
It was such an unforgettable experience!
