it had been a really remarkable 2 days. remarkable in the sense that we started off with many people being very confused about what we are doing to what we did yest and today. remarkable in the sense that it was such a memorable and fun 2 nights, days if you want to include the rehearsals at catholic high sch the past 2 days. remarkable in the sense that i made new friends with leaders from other units and got to know some commissioners better. let me now talk more about the past 2 days.

started off with a full dress rehearsal at catholic high sch on fri at 1pm. because of the boys' common tests, we left sch only after 1pm. was already 2pm when we reached dhoby gaut. thinking that we were super late, we took 3 seperate cabs down to catholic high, only to find out that we were not the latest. had some practices there before heading down to orchard rd. our boys were the firing of pyrotechnic team. pretty cool stuff. rained heavily before setting off and moods were kind of dampened. good thing the rain stopped and the parade went on as usual. screwed up thing is that there were not enough buses and many had to stand all the way to orchard rd. parade 1 on fri started off with no major screw ups. the pyrotechnic team fired off successfully. saw the entire parade on fri nite. quite interesting this year. in fact, i think it is better than last year's chingay. entire parade ended at 10pm and as a result, many prob with buses arose as it was way past the scheduled time.

then came sat. reached catholic high sch at 3pm sharp and we were one of the earliest sch to reach today. waited for other sch n units to arrive. when everybody is here, a short practice is conducted again. helped charles with giving the signal to prepare, arm n fire off the pyrotechnic as the scouts facing ngee ann city could not see charles. had a few photo taking sessions before setting off to orchard rd. all very well taken photos. very beautiful photos. cub scouts, scouts, ventures, rovers and leaders all together. rained before setting off again and like yest, stopped before we left. today, there were more buses and there is no need to stand thorughout the journey anymore. reached orchard at about 6pm. i was in 1 bus and the bus driver went the wrong way n arrived in the opp direction. forming up for the pre-parade took place shortly. while forming up, i took some pic with the commissioners and we were talking crap there. eveybody was so excited and scared. they are going to be on tv. but sadly, there was no media coverage on the scouts, even when they did such an impt take as to escort the president's float. nonetheless, everything went on as per normal. this time round, thing was not as good as yest. yi meng fired off without any signals from charles or me. and because of that, everybody fired off too. was so totally shocked when i heard they changed the tyres. after the pyrotechnic team fired off, we headed off to our area to watch the parade. went to look for serene and sara when the scouts are done. after that, went to coffeeclub at ngee ann city for a drink. chatted with them and had so much fun the entire night. so much so that i do not wish to leave and come back. there was a after parade where anybody can dance and party tonight. did not join in the part but had supper with sara and serene. came back to hall once again after everything is finished. why do happy and good things last so short? 2 days of hardwork is finished after jus a mere 1.5 hr parade. oh well. what is impt is the memories, fun and friendship made during these 2 days. hope to see all of you again. =) photos are in the link on the left.