Monday, July 09, 2007
NDP Combined Rehearsal 3.
Alright. I've decided to adopt this new style of talking about random stuff first before going into the main topic for my posts from now on. Actually I've already started using this style since a few posts ago, without realizing it. I think it's because I kind of enjoy reading random ramblings on others' blogs, so I figured others may also be interested in some.. things happening in my life, though most of the time they're just complaints I have about what happened to me throughout the week.
So anyway, (Here I go again. I really should stop starting sentences with "and/so/well anyway". Though I shouldn't stop stopping sentences with fullstops.) first off, the major event of the week was... NDP! Of course, what else could there have been? Let's just say, when you are preventing people from entering an area that has been cordoned off, you are also expected to be an information counter. You're supposed to have memorized the locations of each and every prominent landmark in the marina area, from marina square to the oriental hotel, from DXO to the merlion, and give directions to people who need them. And you're supposed to smile at rude civilians. Tourists included. One tourist was complaining how it shouldn't be a difficult thing to get across the road from esplanade to marina square, but for some reason, it IS difficult here in Singapore. I felt like telling him because we are Uniquely Singapore. Lol..
You'll also meet many weird people during NDP. Well, at least I did. Well, not exactly weird. Some are just.. uninformed, to say the least. There was a guy who actually asked me where they could collect the tickets for NDP. And I was like.. this guy is seriously clueless, huh? Because the ticket collection had ended for almost a week already. And there was a delivery man who was supposed to deliver some goods to a restaurant at esplanade. He somehow managed to slip through our defences and got through, but after he was stopped just outside the esplanade, he just gave up and left. He didn't even bother to try a detour that we could have suggested to him. Wonder what Fedex would have done. "We live to deliver."
Oh yeah. And one thing about NDP is, you'll be sick of eating chicken during NDP. Even though we had lunch from SFI and dinner from KFC, but both contained large portions of chicken. I know, the rations had to be Halal, but couldn't they have given something like mutton or.. fish instead? Of course, I'm referring to SFI, because you can't expect anything from KFC except chicken. And the best part is, when I got home and expected something different for supper, what was waiting for me on the dining table was.. porridge with roast chicken. Great.
But actually, I haven't really gotten sick of chicken yet. Because at least the chicken given is rather tasty. And anyway, I feel that one thing we should treasure about chickens is to enjoy chicken wings for as long as they last. I don't think it'll happen during my generation, but I predict that chicken wings will get smaller and smaller until they eventually.. disappear or something. They don't use their wings much anyway, so it should be a natural part of evolution.
It's very sad to think about how much I can complain about NDP. I'm sure it has its positive effects on many Singaporeans, and is an integral part of nation building. But it definitely isn't making me very happy. But I guess it's a very good experience. Kind of allows me to get used to all kinds of people I may meet in the future. Anyway, I actually wanted to blog about something else for this entry, but NDP took up too much space. I shall blog another entry so that this one doesn't seem too lengthy.. Hoho..
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So anyway, (Here I go again. I really should stop starting sentences with "and/so/well anyway". Though I shouldn't stop stopping sentences with fullstops.) first off, the major event of the week was... NDP! Of course, what else could there have been? Let's just say, when you are preventing people from entering an area that has been cordoned off, you are also expected to be an information counter. You're supposed to have memorized the locations of each and every prominent landmark in the marina area, from marina square to the oriental hotel, from DXO to the merlion, and give directions to people who need them. And you're supposed to smile at rude civilians. Tourists included. One tourist was complaining how it shouldn't be a difficult thing to get across the road from esplanade to marina square, but for some reason, it IS difficult here in Singapore. I felt like telling him because we are Uniquely Singapore. Lol..
You'll also meet many weird people during NDP. Well, at least I did. Well, not exactly weird. Some are just.. uninformed, to say the least. There was a guy who actually asked me where they could collect the tickets for NDP. And I was like.. this guy is seriously clueless, huh? Because the ticket collection had ended for almost a week already. And there was a delivery man who was supposed to deliver some goods to a restaurant at esplanade. He somehow managed to slip through our defences and got through, but after he was stopped just outside the esplanade, he just gave up and left. He didn't even bother to try a detour that we could have suggested to him. Wonder what Fedex would have done. "We live to deliver."
Oh yeah. And one thing about NDP is, you'll be sick of eating chicken during NDP. Even though we had lunch from SFI and dinner from KFC, but both contained large portions of chicken. I know, the rations had to be Halal, but couldn't they have given something like mutton or.. fish instead? Of course, I'm referring to SFI, because you can't expect anything from KFC except chicken. And the best part is, when I got home and expected something different for supper, what was waiting for me on the dining table was.. porridge with roast chicken. Great.
But actually, I haven't really gotten sick of chicken yet. Because at least the chicken given is rather tasty. And anyway, I feel that one thing we should treasure about chickens is to enjoy chicken wings for as long as they last. I don't think it'll happen during my generation, but I predict that chicken wings will get smaller and smaller until they eventually.. disappear or something. They don't use their wings much anyway, so it should be a natural part of evolution.
It's very sad to think about how much I can complain about NDP. I'm sure it has its positive effects on many Singaporeans, and is an integral part of nation building. But it definitely isn't making me very happy. But I guess it's a very good experience. Kind of allows me to get used to all kinds of people I may meet in the future. Anyway, I actually wanted to blog about something else for this entry, but NDP took up too much space. I shall blog another entry so that this one doesn't seem too lengthy.. Hoho..
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