where thoughts materialise.

So we're into the sixth version of my blog after the last version hung around for a year or so.

Now, a bit of info on this image. This photo was taken one lovely spring afternoon, featuring the iconic Old Well from the UNC Chapel Hill campus. I would like to think of this image as a tribute to my time in UNC Chapel Hill, the awesome friends I made and the memories I now hold dear.

A milestone in my life indeed.

I've dropped the tagboard cos its useless and taking eons to load. But thanks to Angela who helped me set it up, I still do like and will miss the pink interface.

So yeah, it's the sixth one you fellas!

Yours.

27 April 2008

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Tuesday, January 09, 2007

When I try to compare the countdown fireworks in London and the one in Singapore, I find myself trying to look for a place to hide my embarrassed face instead. For those who were there like me by the bay, not any bay, but the Marina Bay - a bay the government spent half a million dollars to brand and name, and thought that the fireworks were impressive, you thought wrong. Go on youtube and search for the fireworks show at the London Eye, I hope you already have a hole prepared to fit your head in.

While the Marina Bay fireworks had an average of 1 roman candle bursting overhead every 3 seconds (that's about 0.3 firework/sec), London had at least 10 roman candles in explosive splendour going off every second (for idiots: 10 fireworks/sec). Really, you must see it to be taken back in awe.

I really must admit that I felt more exhilirated watching that 4"x3" pixellated screen on my laptop than watching the fireworks before me on the omni theatre-like experience by the bay.

Not to discredit the Singapore team though, there were a few moments where they managed to make the people go wow in unison - those moments being only thrice. But the finale was neatly done, which is probably what matters the most is it?

The crux of the matter is, if the Marina Bay Countdown is touted to be the representative countdown for Singapore, we gotta seriously do better than launching fireworks for the sake of it. That is a problem Singapore faces in many events I've noted - we're there but not really there yet. A mark of a vibrant city lies in its execution of world-class events with exceptional finesse and style. Artistic direction is crucial and paramount and I am not sure I managed to see that displayed by the Bay.

We have reached an age where the people are discerning, increasingly cultured and hopefully beginning to appreciate the aesthetics more. With that, more focus on creative and artistic foundation has to underlie to form the bedrock of such events. The people are excited and want to be excited.

We are no more the infants of the nation building years.

nimgnoy let the night fall at 12:30 PM

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