Believe it or not, this is the FIRST time I've actually been to the parade. It's quite an experience I must say, being there in the stadium. The atmosphere was amazing, and one can't help but feel patriotic just seeing the sea of red and white.

Thank God we got in fairly easily, and we got a great view. We were seated in the zone just beside the VIPs! We had some very "onz" motivators trying their best to cheer us on, and get us into the spirit of NDP. We TRIED to particpate by clapping with our "clapper sticks" but they ran out of air so easily, we ended up blowing them up more often than using them. :s

The colours parade was fairly boring, except there was someone who fainted from the Union sector. The performance was not bad really, quite colourful, and interspersed with fireworks. I must say that this year's parade used up quite alot of fireworks. My kiddos were great! They performed in the first item. Of course, we could spot a few who were out-of-line, but to me, they still did a fantastic job!

Looking at the huge crowd there, I can't help but wonder when we will be able to see the entire stadium filled up with Christians in the same way, for a Christian event. Maybe GDOP. That'll really be fantastic.

So that marks the end of NDP 2006. We took 1 hour and 30 minutes to get from the stadium to Kallang MRT! No kidding! Of course, we had very enthusiastic policemen who were cheering us on, telling us to enjoy the night breeze whilst we were stuck in the human traffic jam. :)

Photos are up on multiply.