Happy New Year 2014

It's the first day of 2014 and hereby, I sincerely wish everyone a good new year ahead! Yesterday night I went to my first ever countdown party at Nee Soon South open field, though I have stayed in Yishun for more than two decades.. It was a nice first experience for myself, as well as for Breadman. It's really nice to have a first in everything! I nv expect myself to be part of neighborhood countdown parties which are usually deemed as "very auntie uncle", since more often than not, the masses consist of middle age people. So the theme for that night was Xinyao (新谣）and old school mandarin songs such as 细水长流 and 朋友 were sung by artistes. It really brought back fond memories of the past as well as my childhood days. I am not sure if the 90s kids can understand or even appreciate these songs anymore, which is kind of sad :(
Some things will always be good...

The organizers were considerate enough to prepare a few big screens around the field so as to cater to people standing further away from the stage, like myself. Haha. That's Cavin Soh singing and he's generally good cuz he used to be a singer from the band called Dreamz FM.

 The masses. Not extremely crowded, probably due to the drizzle earlier on... I even spotted a man selling Ding Ding Tang! Teleport back to the olden days.... 

Actually, I wasnt really excited about the counting down or whatever, I mean it just means another day has passed and no special meaning to me. I mean do u countdown to the end of each day? No right? I hope I  made my point here... So I was just there for the fireworks display! Er, so I was there just for the 5 to 10 mins display? Of course not! I reached there around 1130 pm and I left at 1230am. So I listened to the songs and sang along with them. Not to mention swaying my body as well.. haha...

There, the amazing fireworks! Not as spectacular as that we seen in the national day parade, but still as dazzling. Let's just stop ourselves from thinking about the air and noise pollution that this thing generates temporarily and to enjoy its beauty....Anyway, this isnt the full duration of the fireworks display but just part of it. Cuz I figured that I should just appreciate the display instead of trying so hard to video the whole thing.. haha. 

Yay, my first neighbourhood countdown party! Mission accomplished.