Singapore Day. It wasn’t something I was passionate on attending. But the hype and free food got to me.. and I found myself signing up online to attend it. On that odd 4th October (which is a significant day for BB btw) we were first at Chee Kai’s place in the morning to bless him for all his contributions being OCF Clayton’s advisor throughout the years. It reminded me of gotong-royong back in school. Was pretty fun.
The Gerizmo’s were tasked with mowing the lawn and painting one of the windows. I stuck with the windows.
Inside, some prepared a “wall” listed with encouraging bible verses for Chee kai and family.
Left: Jinghui at work! Right: Yasmeen pretending to be at work (jk!)
What’s up Bryan Lee!
Bernard Tee! He was formerly from 2nd Kuching BB.
Elisa Mak being hyper as usual
We left Chee Kai’s place around 12pm. A quick wash up before heading off to the city at 2pm via train from Caulfield.
Singapore Day was a major event, held once a year at a selected city by the Singaporean government. Last year it was held in New York and this time around in Melbourne. Surfice to say, it’s a rare opportunity. The aim of this event was basically to encourage Singaporeans to go home. So it’s full of propaganda.. depicting how good Singapore is and why Singaporeans should go back.
I was told that we needed a confirmation number to get in. I only had a reference number. Apparently this event was purely for Singaporeans. Some of my Malaysian friends signed up as Singaporean and got the confirmation almost immediately. I didn’t wanna play cheat nor lie. When I got there I tried talking to security, which went something like this:
Me: Sorry, I don’t actually have a confirmation number, but is there any way I can get in?
Security: Are you Singaporean?
Me: No, I’m Malaysian.
Security: No. Sorry, you can’t get in.
My Singapore Day was smashed into a million pieces. So much for honesty.
A tip for the organisers – instead of making it so exclusive, they should also be trying to brainwash non-Singaporeans to apply for PR, since the main aim is population growth. Argh. So mad. I hate being rejected!!! Malaysia should quickly reannex Singapore for this!
I ended up going to the nearby park, close to the Royal Botanical Gardens. Great time to test out my camera.
I met up with Elisa, Marc and Sue Ann at the Southern Cross DFO. Although Singapore Day didn’t turn out the way I pictured initially, it was great just being able to hang out with friends.
Went to Brighton beach with a friend at night just to chill and talk about stuff. It was a pretty long day.. but that’s my Singapore Day.
