Weekend Affairs
Sunday, July 30, 2006 @ 7:22 PM
I was at National Stadium yesterday night. For NDP Preview 2006. The fireworks display was splendid this year, probably coz I was watching it from within the stadium and I had a pretty awesome view from the press stand. For the first time this year, they are having a 50-second long fireworks display, which would be a visual feast for those who are hoping to catch it somewhere near the stadium. I especially liked the part where they lighted the cauldron firework-style. Don't quite know how to explain; you gotta see it for yourself. My only regret was that I had forgotten to bring my camera, sigh.
This year's NDP is a historic moment for the National Stadium. It will be torn down next year to make way for a brand new sports hub, so this is essentially the last time that the parade will be held on the grounds of the stadium. Being there yesterday brought back memories of my Sec Two days. Slugging it out at the stadium practically every Sunday for NDP rehearsals, running from marker to marker in the ugly flesh-coloured court shoes with my eyes glued to the ground, getting my orange trailing fan to detangle in time as we changed formation (I was a 'fan girl') and listening with fascination to tales about the army guys wooing certain chio schoolmates. I also recall a certain army officer who was also involved in that year's NDP and my, was I surprised when I bumped into him this year during the course of work. We didn't get to speak and I'm sure he had no inkling that I recognised him. I told my colleague about the encounter and he's positive that the Major is a residual longing from those school-girl-crush-days. -_-"
The NDP commemorative book introduced our dress-up then as 'comic superheroes', a phrase which most of us found less than flattering. But for lack of a better word, I guess it kind of aptly described our costume. In a royal blue body suit and silver-sequinned flare skirt, a blue-silver-red-sequinned cape and coupled with two blazing orange fans as props, we were just a step away from being Superwoman. If we could fly, that is.
My primary school, Rulang Primary, was involved in a wushu item with Vincent Ng this year. So lucky! He walked past me twice and I had 3 thoughts:
- He has a smaller build than I imagined.
- So boy-next-door!
- Hot bod! (Coz he was wearing this shoulder-vest-costume which bared his lower torso.)
I also saw Wei Lian, the blind SuperStar idol, some present season's S'pore idol contestants and Jade Seah. My, she is one hot babe.
So, I was real glad I could be present for this year's NDP. Re-experiencing it all over again, though from a spectator's point of view this time round.
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Sometimes I wonder why a certain vest 46 still lingers in my thoughts.
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I am supposed to be twice more likely to be logical than emotional. Or so my lecturer says.
Fri's class was interesting. She brought in this galvanometer which can supposedly measure brainwaves by positioning clippers to each of your big toe. The right foot is linked to your left brain (logic) and the left foot to your right brain (emotional). So we did this experiment by asking this guy classmate to be in the hot seat while we flashed slides of hot ladies in front of him. While he absorbs the imagery of every slide, the lecturer will test out his left foot to see if he has any reaction. But coz we were all ooh-aahing behind, the lecturer concluded that he was trying to repress his reactions. *grinz* We witnessed greater deflections for some of the more sizzling slides though.
After that, many of us went to test out our logic-to-emotion ratio. Mine swung to 40 for my right toe while it only deflected to 20 for my left. Logical, am I? I have no idea.
