Monday, April 23, 2007
Screw this mushy bullshit. College life is too short for dwell on silly matters of the heart.
I could be doing other things. Like... studying. Or perhaps having a blast of a time in New York for SINGAPORE DAY last weekend!
Held in Central Park NYC, it was the biggest official overseas gathering of Singaporeans I have ever seen, with a turnout of thousands, humongous NDP-style stage and backdrops, and of course, the best Makansutra hawkers specially flown in to provide a much-needed dose of Singapore food after 8 months of greasy psuedo-Chinese American food. I was personally kiasu enough to queue up for bak kut teh, kaya toast, CHICKEN RICE, char kueh diao, the best prata in the world, and Yeo's drinks. You should've seen my euphoric expression when I took a sip of Justea with aloe vera. Omg.
Only regret of the day was not queuing for laksa and famous Adam Road nasi lemak because I was told it would take an hour. Nvm, going back to Singapore soon already.
Pictures!
The frickin queue of 1000000000 people at 10am in the morning. Singaporeans will be Singaporeans, and will queue for free food no matter which part of the world we're in.
No Singaporean event is complete without the necessary gahmen propaganda, this time coming in the form of a booth with corny slogans like "Singapore - a Fun City; Singapore - a Vibrant City" Oh my goodness. Not to mention awwwkkward speeches by certain prominent figures.
Free foooooood.. need i say more?
Seto - the Makansutra dude - SJI pride, baby.
And to complete the authentic Singaporean experience, a Mambo after-party sponsored by Tiger beer held at Club Earth, which, other than the menacing black bouncers, felt just like home. I never imagined I would be doing the retarded hand actions to Love in the First Degree and Summer Rain together with other mambo enthusiasts here in the US. And Tiger Beer! Honestly, you guys in Singapore shouldn't complain about tiger beer. Its so much better than Budweiser and all the crappy beers here.
Meeting newfound friends from other colleges cum potential tour guides/hosts when I visit other States was an added bonus as well. Indeed, as much as I try to assimilate myself into the American culture, I am inherently Singaporean, and this little event provided the much-needed dose of Singaporeaness to my culturally-starved self.
I even got to appear for 2 seconds on Channel News Asia as well. Of course, we had several intelligent things to say to camera, but all they captured was a silly 2-second clip of us yelling "I LOVE SINGAPOREEE!! WOOOOOO!" Why am I not surprised?
he rocked the party at 1:38 PM |
