NDP 2004 Preview

Last evening, I rushed down from work to NTU. I ate japanese food with sumantri at NTU which cost only $3. Although the quality and presentation was not as good as that sold in NUS arts canteen, the one in NTU is definitely value for money, as the quantity and taste are definitely there. Perhaps "Jia hua bu bi ye hua xiang" or "Wai guo de yue liang bi jiao yuan", I find NTU canteen drinks tasting nicer too (the honey dew milk and tea milk drink, yum yum).

Listened to Venerable Robina's talk at NIE. Although 50% of what she shared last night was repeated from her previous talks, I was still able to pick up new stuffs. In fact, her no-nonsense attitude kinda reminded me and made me feel guilty with my false, unwholesome and idling speech. After the talk, I went to Hall 11 and witnessed a late meeting by the NTUBS leaders on TBIC. Kind of reminded myself of the days I spent in NUSBS planning for BS activities. And thats precisely what made my uni life interesting.

This morning did meditation and puja with birdtan, mr chan, sumantri and myself. Riki carlon presiden is sick and joined us late, hopefully he takes good care of himself and sleeps more. Oh special thanks to birdtan for being so hospitable and welcoming, even though halfway in ur sleep you gave me a shock when u crossed ur legs over mine :S

This afternoon, was contemplating with smallbro Ong whether we shld attend the NDP 2004 preview. Both of us have extra tics and are not interested in NDPs. However, after reading from the news that ppl outside are selling the NDP Preview tics as high as $100 and actual NDP tics at $150, I decided not to waste the tics. In fact, I was only eyeing for the goodie bags which I have been redeeming almost every year over the past decade. Initially, I was afraid that the officer may not allowed me to redeem more than 1 bag although i have more than 1 tics with me, but we later found out there is NO LIMIT to the number of goodie bags we can take. The only limit lies in our own ability/capability to carry them.

The design of this yr's bag is really cool and nice, although the stuffs inside were still bad. The best goodie packs shld be the one in 1994, which include 2 medium KFC iced cola, binoculars, red towels with NDP 1994 printed, and many other interesting stuffs. The quality and quantity have been decling ever since.

I am terribly sorry to smallbro Ong for making him walk all the way from the stadium to aljunied MRT as I couldnt find the small eatery that I wanted to bring him too. Anyway, the NDP program this yr was not bad, but the marshal sux. We have to helped small kids and aunties climbed over fences and drains, as there was no clear & broad paths for us to walk to the MRT. Instead, we have mud paths, fences blocking us here and there, and a small miserable bridge that has to take 40,000++ ppl over the road.

Enough said, I thot NDP preview shld have less ppl, but i was wrong. I will not even consider going for the actual NDP liao..