Thoughts for National Day 2010

Singapore 45th National Day is here and of course the added bonus will be Monday is a public holiday!

Today at 8:10pm, all Singaporeans are encouraged to recite the National Pledge together. (Even though we are not at the NDP ground)

National Pledge of Singapore
We, the citizens of Singapore, pledge ourselves as one united people, regardless of race, language or religion, to build a democratic society, based on justice and equality so as to achieve happiness, prosperity and progress for our nation.

Kami, warganegara Singapura, sebagai rakyat yang bersatu padu, tidak kira apa bangsa, bahasa, atau ugama, berikrar untok membina suatu masyarakat yang demokratik, berdasarkan kepada keadilan dan persamaan untok mencapai kebahagian, kemakmuran dan kemajuan bagi negara Kami.

我们是新加坡公民， 誓愿不分种族、言语、宗教， 团结一致， 建设公正平等的民主社会， 并为实现国家之幸福、繁荣与进步， 共同努力。

சிங்கப்பூர் குடிமக்களாகிய நாம் இனம்,மொழி,மதம் ஆகிய வேற்றுமைகளை மறந்து ஒன்றுபட்டு,நம் நாடு மகிழ்ச்சி,வளம்,முன்னேற்றம் ஆகியவற்றை அடையும் வண்ணம் சமத்துவத்தையும்,நீதியையும் அடிப்படையாக கொண்ட ஜனாயக சமுதாயத்தை உருவாக்குவதற்கு உறுதி மேற்கொள்வோ.
(Its recited everyday by generations of students & yet someone dared to says it an aspiration! Maybe when he was 6 feet under then it was an aspiration for him, not for us)
I was at one of the rehearsal as a bystander on one of the rehearsal Saturday and I was standing next to the Ceremonial Guns area (Next to former NCO Club) and the shock wave from these guns were deafening! I can feel that the shock wave had passed through my body as I stood there watching.



Below is National Flag pick up by a Boeing CH-47D Chinook at one of the airbases in Singapore.


The video below is a pilot's view from one of the escort helicopter, the Boeing AH-64D Apache Attack Helicopter! That was a view that money may not possible to buy! My dream is to be able to pilot a fixed wing aircraft my self as a private pilot and if the first step is able to be fulfilled, then next will be a Commercial Pilot License and work in General Aviation Industry.



NDP is also an occasion where you can see all the MPs in Singapore, whether if they are from the PAP, WP, SPP, and hopefully in near future MPs from the RP or even SDP attending NDP together.

After all, anti PAP does not mean you are anti Singapore or unpatriotic; its the citizen's right to choose the political course that a country should head.