Fireworks!!! I see Fireworks!!!

This is really a birthday celebration befitting a Princess!!! I have 3 consecutive days of birthday celebrations!!!! Wow!!! Who else has such privileges ???

I didn't know what plans are in stored for me today. Was only told by Nemo last night, to meet the gang in the afternoon and as it was my bd, to wear red top. He even said if i couldn't find one, to inform him so that he will go buy me one (what an angel, my brudder nemo!!). Meaning I have the whole morning with my family etc. Stayed at home, then was online the whole time, uploading pics from my bd celebration on 27th. Blogged about my wonderful time at Club72 last night. Finally saw Nemo online and was told to meet the white limo at 2:45pm at my place.

Met up with Nemo and Teelee with his white limo (in the form of TLV) at 3pm. I was told to sit at the back as I was "held hostage". I wasn't told where we were going, what we were doing and instead of probing any further, I decided to just relax and take a nap ...and the TLV, with the foam mats, I actually fell asleep until Junie opened the door and in she came. Junie!! My buddy jie jie!! This gal is one hell of a good actress!! She was very calm and yet evasive when I asked her last night whether she would be joining me today. She said not sure. I asked Nemo when I didn't see her in the white limo and he hemmed & hawed and said that my buddy has a medical appt !!! *tsk tsk*

Finally reached the national stadium (ok, someone has unwittingly disclosed the surprise earlier that I'm going to a parade - so i already sort of guessed that I'm going NDP) and after some uncertainty of where to go, we were swiftly whisked to this special parking area after the ushers there saw our parking tag. I was then briefly told that my dear brother Roentgen has sold his soul to get us tix to the show. After going through security checks (like those you see at the airport), we got to our seats - I can only say, VERY IMPRESSIVE, FIRST CLASS seats with PERFECT view !!!!! We were all in AWE .......

I had a blast at the NDP and frankly I think Nemo, Teelee & Junie had as great a time too!! It was sooo much fun! Watching the NDP for the first time, LIVE some more, just really made the experience so much more memorable. Not to forget that these tix were not just any tix that you can ballot for, you couldn't BUY it even if you have cash to burn. That's how precious these tix are!!! I just can't smile and thank Roentgen each time I think about all the efforts he had to go through to get me/us these tix!!! THANKS KOR2!!!!!!!!!!!!

The NDP was great, we saw commandos parachuting down from the sky, great performances from the military police (as usual), the various schools, Kaira Gong's beautiful voice, and loads and loads of FIREWORKS that went off right in front of our eyes!!! Yes, I mean, right IN FRONT!!! Wow!! It was such a spectacular sight and all of us could only clapped, cheered and wowed away! I never knew I would say this in an NDP (considering I'm not really patriotic and I don't watch NDP at all - always find them such a boreeee ... zzzzzzz) but I was touched by the parade. It makes me feel so proud to be a Singaporean and it truly pulled some heartstrings watching the parade. Watching this parade also had special significance to us all, because this would be the LAST time that NDP will be held in the National Stadium, before it would be pulled down.

Thanks again to Roentgen for making this possible for me, for allowing me to enjoy my very first LIVE NDP, especially when it is the last NDP in National Stadium. Lots of sweat have been put into getting the tix (will explain more later) and I truly appreciate this, Roentgen!!! THANK YOU!!!!
Not forgetting, THANK YOU to Nemo, Teelee & Junie for keeping me company. You all have also put in loads of effort to this. Teelee and Nemo have been busy trying to source for tix over the Internet and they were willing to fork out $$$$$ just to get tix for me!!! I'm just sooooooo touched!!!!!!! Thanks for making my birthday such a memorable one!!! Its not everyyear that I will get 60K people celebrating my birthday with me!! And its hilarious too how whenever we started singing the Happy Birthday Song during the parade, Nemo will sing it to ME, as if they were all singing the birthday song for me. Haha, thanks sharkie nemo!! :P

Now, while reeling from all these wonderful birthday celebrations, I managed gather some information (albeit piecemeal) about Roentgen, Nemo & Teelee had been slogging to make this "Operation Birthday Festival Part III" a reality.
By the time the guys decided to bring me to the NDP (as it coincides with my BD), the tix have all been balloted. Roentgen started hunting for tix from his camp, even going to the trouble of getting the list of people who had tix and going down the list, calling them one by one to see whether they were willing to let go of the tix! (eyes popped out!) When that effort only managed to garner 3 tix, nemo & teelee were trying their luck on the online market, with Teelee constantly . They were already about to get the tix but it was not meant to be as the tix were later sold to a higher bidder. Roentgen finally approached his boss and till now, I'm still not sure what he had to promise his boss (like selling his soul to his organisation? trading 1000+++ more favours ??) in order to get 4 very exclusive tix to the NDP!!! I'm like .... wow!!! None of my friends have ever done SOOOOO MUCH for me!!! Am I blessed or am i blessed ????

I go to bed having this very big smile on my face (for the 3 day counting) and I could only thank my lucky stars for turning my life around by giving me such a wonderful gift - the gift of WONDERFUL friends, the gift of great friendship. THANKS Roentgen, Nemo, Teelee & Junie !!!

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