NDP08
Saturday, August 9, 2008
The events for NDP celebration in TPJC didn't seem quite promising initially, but much was to be seen. A night prior to it, we were busy with preparations for the bazaar. CAPTURE PICTURE! and pay us, we'll do ANYTHING plus a hairspray were the concepts for our stall. Adverts and brainstorming kept us up till 12pm and beyond, only to wake up at 5.40am later.
I wore my sec 3 Mass Signing NDP tee, a red hang ten, geekishly patriotic >:D (disclaimer, the photos are mainly for storage purposes so if I lose em for some reason, can download it back from here. Hence the billion photos, don't complain please)
With it, an un-ironed TPJ long pants, cuz my iron spoiled the night before. When I had a good look at the stall at school, I thought we were surely going to make a loss. Few people milled about and F&B was hogging the revenue. The photo booth however, made a hit shortly after, with too many photos to print in too short a span. The dares for we'll do anything, even saw to some of the class guys stripping half naked for $2.
My class guys, with the backdrop of our photo booth that made not too bad a profit.
Stalls had to be closed barely after an hour and 45mins later, the school packing into the hall. As it turns out I won the first for the Photography contest on uniquely Singapore. My Black Knights picture won, it was on an older post. The prize? Sparkling grape juice :X
The bubbly Kenneth from my class clinched the top for My Space My Voice segment, that happens every few mornings. The mass sing along after that got us really high, or at least myself, when we spontaneously went up the stage with our principal, infront of thousands of students, and sang. Some other classes followed suit, despite having no idea how the new NDP theme song went. I actually youtubed it just now, how come Hady Mirza's so white like a chinese?
This was after the zealous on-stage singing, that on hindsight, seemed a tad too patriotic :X
Hong Xiang with Shermaine's pom pom at Downtown east. Pity she didn't do the cheerleading that morning, woulda been.. interesting. Haha..
We didn't have any solid plans for after the event, and the anti-climatic GP essay test gave us a bit of an air-conditioned rest. Spontaniety left us with lunch at downtown east, intending to watch a movie after, but the tickets were $10 so we headed over to Hong Xiang's place after. A couple of rock band songs and little britain episodes later, we left for Shermaine's NDP condo potluck party.
Her place is tucked in somewhere in the central east, equidistant from Pasir Ris, Changi, and Tampines, kinda convenient. It's far in from the main road, and the quiet serenity is calming.
Sushi packs were our contributions, but the food could've paled in comparison to our puny rolls. Chicken wings were near identical to Old Chang Kee's, satay was tender and they even had bubble tea. Pigged ourselves out with the glorious food, and all the residents seemed so welcoming, despite us not being residents.
Brandon doesn't eat anything that swims. Except fish, and only fried. His favourite here, a chicken nugget aeroplane circling to land.. in his mouth.
Eugh! Tuna and salmon!
Shermaine's shirt enigmatically reads;
I am... (a closet mugger? :D) while Hong Xiang's fav tee gives a cute guide on mushrooms. The rest of us donned red as the dress code that day.
En guarde! Darn those satays were good. We fought with Singapore flags too, but those bent too easy. The candy inside the straw pole was like castor sugar, only coloured. I was surprised it hadn't made my eyes pop.
Bottoms up. There were six bottles of wine, three red and three white, from the management committee. They were even friendly enough to let us have several glasses, but it didn't taste fantastic. Can't complain though, they were already so darn nice :)
The pro's among us five. Hong Xiang's angled shots (dunno what's the professional term) are kewl man.. Brandon's line up.. can learn lots from 'em.
Our batch of councillors in Damai loved carrom, like
the group game to play. Now in S28, it's pool/snooker/billards. I like the change of times, there's a bit of nostalgia when I saw the carrom board that night.
If you notice, the shots are kinda grainy. Digicams suck when it comes to nighttime, either get a very slow shutter speed or get grainy shots that turn out ugly when printed.
I rushed to get this shot, as I clicked the self timer. This is a much delayed post, and the days to follow too. The guys came over for National Day to see the fireworks and ariel display from the third storey. Nothing too exciting, maybe in a next post.
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