Of That NDP
NDP 2002, 6 long years ago where the great old dame of kallang was still alive, kicking and very happening, the National Day Parade is the biggest show in Singapore every year
By mentioning NDP, the parade holds more weight to me and i have never really fancied the post parade shows that had massive numbers of school children, folks and older folkers in all sorts of costumes
Of course, the fireworks at the very end to the tune of national songs such as "Count on me Singapore", "One People, One National, One Singapore" and even the national athemn, "Majulah Singapura" evokes great waves of emotions and patriotism, it makes us forget about the traffic jam after the parade, it makes people forget about all the worries regarding the cost of living,the future for singapore's children..
It was this very celebration on a national scale where i first met my wife. Incidently, she decided to take part in the parade as she was roped in by her "careperson"(read: form teacher variation for poly-lecturers) and i, i decided to take part as soon as i saw that A4 paper on the Temasek Business School notice board
When we first met, there wasn't any fireworks or military band rocking with their music in the background, it wasn't a fairytale meeting, nor was in happily ever after.. in fact, it was a simple "hello" on the SBS bus that was chartered to send us to the stadium for our trainings. Names were exchanged and i came to know that she was from Marketing as well, meaning we took the same course for year 1 and year 2. We later learn that we could both in the same class for year 3.
Side-track: Temask Polytechnic has this course in year 1 which is called Business/LOM/Marketing. All students enrolled in this course have a choice to apply for Business/Logistics & Ops Management/Marketing at the end of year 1. As of all course, there is a limited for LOM and Marketing classes.
For marketing, a total of 6 classes were to be formed for year 2. By the end of year 2, students then choose to specialise in either RETAIL MARKETING or MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS. Although our Diplomas will eventually read "Diploma in Marketing", we took pride of the fact that we are Marcom people.
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So now, both of us opted for the Marcom option for year 3 and when we met at NDP rehearsals, we were both waiting for the results for that, out of 6 classes, 3 would contain marcom students, we have a 33% chance of being in the same class
This 33% chance changed our lives forever : )
By mentioning NDP, the parade holds more weight to me and i have never really fancied the post parade shows that had massive numbers of school children, folks and older folkers in all sorts of costumes
Of course, the fireworks at the very end to the tune of national songs such as "Count on me Singapore", "One People, One National, One Singapore" and even the national athemn, "Majulah Singapura" evokes great waves of emotions and patriotism, it makes us forget about the traffic jam after the parade, it makes people forget about all the worries regarding the cost of living,the future for singapore's children..
It was this very celebration on a national scale where i first met my wife. Incidently, she decided to take part in the parade as she was roped in by her "careperson"(read: form teacher variation for poly-lecturers) and i, i decided to take part as soon as i saw that A4 paper on the Temasek Business School notice board
When we first met, there wasn't any fireworks or military band rocking with their music in the background, it wasn't a fairytale meeting, nor was in happily ever after.. in fact, it was a simple "hello" on the SBS bus that was chartered to send us to the stadium for our trainings. Names were exchanged and i came to know that she was from Marketing as well, meaning we took the same course for year 1 and year 2. We later learn that we could both in the same class for year 3.
Side-track: Temask Polytechnic has this course in year 1 which is called Business/LOM/Marketing. All students enrolled in this course have a choice to apply for Business/Logistics & Ops Management/Marketing at the end of year 1. As of all course, there is a limited for LOM and Marketing classes.
For marketing, a total of 6 classes were to be formed for year 2. By the end of year 2, students then choose to specialise in either RETAIL MARKETING or MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS. Although our Diplomas will eventually read "Diploma in Marketing", we took pride of the fact that we are Marcom people.
Back
So now, both of us opted for the Marcom option for year 3 and when we met at NDP rehearsals, we were both waiting for the results for that, out of 6 classes, 3 would contain marcom students, we have a 33% chance of being in the same class
This 33% chance changed our lives forever : )
posted by klayhead at 8:50 am
1 Comments:
Den! U should have left this post for your anniversary :P
But i reckon the best days are when everyday's a special day. I'm sure she'll appreciate it.
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