NDP Preview 2007

We went to the NDP Preview at Marina Bay on Saturday evening, thanks to my Uncle who was able to garner tickets for us. Although I mentioned earlier in my blog that we did watch a session of the rehearsal, this was much better as it's as good as the real thing, plus we get the goodie bags! Anyway, the weather was very good on Saturday. Although it rained a bit earlier in the day, it was cooling by the time we went for the parade.

As usual, throngs of Singaporeans came dressed in red. Once you were at Cityhall area, you could see practically who was heading towards the Marina Bay area for the event! Well, the bad thing about the parade this year was the terrible queue at the Security Check point. Because of that, we were like stuck for about half and hour or so. Luckily by the time we got inside to this new stadium, we were still able to get pretty good seats. As I mentioned, because the weather was much nicer this day, the whole waiting for the show to start was so much more bearable! Think baby was also rather guai, as I felt pretty ok throughout the whole show :)

The preview turned out so much better than the 2nd rehearsal we saw. They had all the fireworks and pyrotechnics going throughout the show where it should be. Fireworks were also seen going off 3 skyscrapers in the Shenton Way region. Very nice :) And of coz, the parade culminated with the medley of old-time favourite NDP songs and a nice array of fireworks. So overall, felt quite happy that we were once again able to join in the celebrations of Singapore's 42nd Birthday! Hmm...sounds so patriotic...lol...

Oh yeh, and this entry officially marks a 1 year anniversary of the time we started our offline photo album on the Dayz of our Lives. If you look back in my blog's history, it's also the first entry that we had. Time flies indeed! Once NDP is over...I can feel Christmas creeping in round the corner..hahaha...sounds a bit exaggerating, but it's true! Well, ok la, don't think too far first. Maybe think about Mid-Autumn Festival first :)

Our baby

Just wanted to mention here for the record that we are having a baby :) Yup, it's been about 3 months plus already and our little one is due in Jan 2008. Anyway, we went to the gynae on Saturday for the usual check-up and this week, we were able to see more shape and form of our baby. The doc showed us the spine, the head, the hands and the leg. Baby was in a sitting position, so we still could not identify the gender. Hehe...Will have to wait some time more. Anyway, since the last check up at 13 weeks, I did not seem to put on much weight..though the doc did not highlight it as a problem. I think the most important thing for now is that baby is growing and this time, he/she measures about 9.13cm.

In addition, I also had to draw blood for the antenatal blood test and triple test in this appointment. A little painful and guess the doc didn't do a great job poking...haha..my arm is slightly blue-black with the blood clot : Anyway, do hope that the blood test results will turn out well and that my pregnancy will continue on smoothly... Must continue to have the faith...

Slow week

This week went by quite slowly, especially with a less hectic week at work. Earlier in the week, we had tickets to the gala premiere of the latest Harry Potter movie. Was looking forward to it, but found the movie to be boring. Still watchable, but not as interesting as some of the earlier stories. Dear and I also caught some other movies in the comfort of our home this weekend...Transformers and Deja Vu. The latter is quite an old show, but having watched it only now, I found it to be quite good. Denzel Washington's shows generally don't really disappoint.

We also had a simple dinner to celebrate Dear's father's birthday today, along with Phyllis and Ah Da. Here's wishing Papa a Happy Birthday and another year blessed with good health and wealth!

PS - for the record, Roger Federer won his 5th consecutive Wimbledon title last weekend :)

Wimbledon 2007

The Wimbledon Championships started since 25 June and we've been following some of the better matches quite closely. Of all the four Grand Slams in a year, Wimbledon is my favourite. Maybe it's the way the grass court looks, so lovely and tempting, so elegant and 'British'. It being held in London makes the game feel even more traditional and classic.

The ladies matches were quite interesting to watch, but nothing beats the men's tennis. In particular, watching our favourite Roger Federer, the World No. 1.

I really like and admire the way Roger plays tennis. His every move really seems so elegant and suave, and his skills are amazing. The way his balls curl with top spin and trickery, makes it so enjoyable to watch. Which is why I'm really looking forward to watch the Finals between him and Rafael Nadal. At this point that I'm typing this, the match is still on-going, so I can only hope that Federer prevails for another 5th year!

NDP Combined Rehearsal

This weekend, I managed to catch up on some shopping (bought quite a few items needed) and we also went to the NDP combined rehearsal show on Saturday at Marina Bay. Dear's colleague passed him a pair of tickets and there we were at the new venue for the first time. It was quite a hot afternoon but we were well prepared with umbrella, hats and fan. Ha ha... Anyway, this show being the second combined rehearsal to date, did not turn out that great. I felt that that some parts of the program have more room for improvement in terms of the timing and coordination of the performers. Only a few items helped to make the show better - the para-troopers descent, the chinooks, apaches and F16s that flew past, and this time round, a little bit more 'excitement' in the waters surrounding the floating platform. The mass performance, unfortunately was boring, and there were no fireworks to end of the event! Guess this wasn't such a good preview after all. Still look forward for the possibility of catching the official preview before the actual NDP.

Well, time flies, half the year has gone and now's the start of the second half of 2007. Soon our photo album which we first started to capture weekly updates of what we did, will be a year old! Looking forward to year end already....