Seminar with the parents after that, and then a trot down to Cine to pretend to study while I waited for Justin to join me.
At Pastamania ... 69! Gasp, the connotations!!
After my favourite spinach stuffed pasta (I know it sounds gross but it's yummy, really) we joined about half of Singapore at the Esplanade, where we were more than an hour early, but everybody was already squished together like sardines. We managed to find a nice (relatively) empty spot behind some metal structures, where we could actually breathe and not have to press against sweaty strangers, which seemed like a much better idea than cramming with the majority of the crowd nearer the waterfront.
Waiting for the fireworks to start! (Looking oily and sweaty, which we were, but never mind that.) We blinded everybody around us, including ourselves, taking this. Ouch, powerful camera flash.
And then, after waiting and waiting and waiting, the fireworks began! (:
I stood there admiring the fireworks, randomly clicking the button on my camera (about 100 times I think), not even looking at what I was taking. Found some nice clear shots in there after that. Not bad not bad. Plus, photoshop can solve anything -sly eyebrow wiggle-
It went on for maybe 10 minutes or so, and it was terribly pretty. I loooove the gold fireworks, it looks as though the sky is raining bits of gold (: Lovely lovely. Gush gush gush. (: I do wish they could have gone on longer though! And someone please invent smoke-free fireworks!
Ok, now for the not-so-pretty side ... The aftermath.
And this was just a TINY fraction of the amount of litter. Singaporeans are irritating and inconsiderate. I hate it when people litter on the streets. They say that Singapore is a clean & green city - It sure is, but it's not due to the initiative of our citizens, it's because our cleaning services are so efficient.
Have you ever seen so many people struggling to get to the MRT? (Taken at Citylink, if you can recognise the location.) And this was after we waited for the crowd to clear up somewhat. I took nearly 2 hours to get home! Phew. Not quite sure if the 10-minute-long display of fireworks, dazzling as it was, was worth the hassle! Never mind, let's not think about that (: