OUR NATION BIRTHDAY IS TOMORROW!!! OMG!! YAY!!!

And to celebrate it, they had a fun flash mob that took place in ION Orchard the other day!

Tomorrow is Singapore’s National Day but I’m not in Singapore. So, I will have to commemorate by looking at the photos I took during a National Day Parade rehearsal.

It was such a great experience it made me wish I could attend the actual parade (happening tomorrow) but, of course, I can’t because I’m not in Singapore.

Those of you following my tweets would know that I went for National Day Parade NE Show about 2 weeks back!

Thanks to Nuffnang and the organizers of NDP, I even got a chance to go backstage and see what happens behind the scenes!!!!! *squeals!*

Would you like to know what goes behind the scenes of the exciting annual National Day Parades? PassportChop.com had the opportunity to check out what goes on in the backstage of our annual national celebration. To depict local customs and various facets of Singapore daily life, the creative National Day Parade team had developed easy to use and easily identifiable props and costumes.

“This is our land – an island where I wander free.
Land of my birth, where my heart longs to be.
Her friendly shores welcome our fathers long ago.
Her spirit soar from strength to strength, I watch her grow!”

Besides exciting performances and beautiful fireworks, attendees of the annual National Day Parade also look forward to the highly sought-after National Day Parade Fun Pack. This year’s Fun Pack had generated quite a controversy, though not about its content but more due to a song about it. Well, enough said about the song and glad that it is officially pulled from the programme.

Singapore is a foodie paradise. It is not exaggerating to say that eating is part of the Singapore Spirit. Since we will be celebrating National day in a month’s time, I thought it would be nice to write about some of the must-eats in Singapore.

Here’s my list of 10 Things to Eat in Singapore.

PassportChop.com is giving away a Pair of NDP Preview Tickets (30 July 2011) in our July lucky draw contest. This tickets are for admission to the Yellow Sector at Marina Bay Floating Platform – the center seats around the VIP red sector where you can catch the best action during the parade.

After experiencing the preview and the actual national day, seeing how many people looking at us with smile, makes everything somehow worth it! And I also did help out alittle in this year’s NDP before I ORD, but this time for the safety team!

I now really appreciate more when I watch the whole NDP show as I can totally understand what they have been through, all the training and hard work, not forgetting burning their weekends just to make a good show for our nation birthday!

As part of the National Day Parade (NDP) 2011 Step Up Singapore! Dance campaign, a flash mob was held at Ion Orchard Basement 4 on Sunday (1o July 2011). Comprising mostly volunteers, the mob performed to a number of National Day songs we typically hear around this period e.g. Home by Kit Chan, Stand Up for Singapore.

PM Lee was speaking at the annual National Day Rally 2010 in the University Cultural Centre at the National University of Singapore, where he also explained that the Singapore Spirit is anchored on “deeper things which Singaporeans share” – shared values such as multiracialism, meritocracy and respect for every talent.

Singaporeans are a funny lot. Possibly because of our cultural values and traditions, we’re a mixed bag of contradictions. We’re humble, yet competitive. We’re kind, but we’re wary of strangers. We pursue luxury, but we work too hard to give ourselves time to really enjoy it.

I’ve been a Singaporean all my life, hey, I’ve even been a Singapore Girl, flying with our prestigious airline for 3 years before deciding to live life, grounded, on Singapore land again. Having been almost everywhere in the world, I’ve come to appreciate home even more.