Sneak Peek : Preview of National Day Parade 2008
Went to Esplanade‘s Waterfront to watch the ‘preview’ of Singapore’s National Day Parade by the river (which btw is scheduled for next Saturday, 9 Aug).
The airshow started close to 7pm, I think, but we were already around the area from about 4 o’clock. Waited for quite a while for the airshow to start (Anya had FOUR good rounds of scrambling and putting together her little jigsaw puzzles, and kept asking us WHEN and HOW COME it’s taking so long for the show to start!)
Anyway, glad that we managed to get ourselves a river-side spot. Vai’s friend, Nate, and his parents came to join us too soon after.
[And btw, that’s him sharing and ‘feeding’ Vai some snacks! Heh]
In one of their cool aerobatic maneuvers, the two planes created a nice heart-shaped smoke trails!
And oh, I love this ‘Daddy-daughter-love’ shot.
We were there at about the same spot last year to watch the National Day Parade’s preview too. And if you ask me, I’d say last year’s show – ‘as viewed by the river’ – (ie. performances and display of boats, planes, colourful float with decorations) were somewhat ‘better’ than this year’s. I guess I just felt there were more ‘interesting visual’ happenings last year.
Nonetheless, it was a nice day out, and the kids got to see (and hear!) so many things going on ‘live’ right in front of their eyes.
And this is us cooling ourselves before the show at the air-conditioned and cosy Esplanade Library!
PS: Were too hungry to wait a little longer to watch the fireworks display though! (Which I heard was really nice!) And when it started, Wilson quickly took both kids out of the restaurant and they watched most of it together. A nice way to end the night, I think!
