Thursday, August 07, 2008

In celebration of N-Day.

I can't believe I'm blogging again. I'm like doing this daily. I've never blog this religiously. Ever.

Anywho, I'm at work, trying to do some work, when I heard the kids singing the N-Day songs in preparation for the celebration tommorrow. And this got me thinking. Reminiscing actually.

I suddenly remembered what it felt like during the Lower Pri Sports Day (held together in celebration with N-Day) when I was in Primary School. Just for the record, that is not a very long time ago, as I am only 17 this year! (People, don't you dare puke!) Ok, fine, a long time ago then. God! Am I that old? Anyways, I remembered that I didn't really participated in Lower Pri Sports, well, maybe once in P1 but other than that, I was always involved with the performance for the upper pri. I was a dancer you see. I started officially when I was 5yrs old. Bt I think I might have started off wayyy earlier - during the times when I watched the Hindi movies and try to impersonate them! (Long, remember Shahenshah????)

Ok, to the point: I remember that I was standing bored under the tent waiting for my classmate to start the relay so that I can start screaming for them. (I really can't remember if I participated in anylah!) I remember suddenly hearing the loud songs blaring through that loudspeaker and looking up at it. (I was right underneath u see...) I can remember that the starting of the song itself made my hair stood, just the same way like our National Anthem did to me. I remember smiling and then started to sing along! I remembered that the N-Day songs (then) were my favourite songs! I love the songs!!!

Which got me thinking again. Why are the more current N-Day songs..er don't sound as good? It lacks the spirit! I still feel like standing up for Singapore everytime I hear the song, bt whenever I hear the more current songs, I tend to find myself drifting away singing. Yup, the songs are nice and written well, bt no, it still lacks the spririt, the patriotism in Singaporeans. (Ok, now I understand why! Singaporeans are not patriotic enoughlah!) Something is clearly lacking in the songs bt I can't put a finger on what exactly. The latest nice song I heard was from Stephanie Sun (i think!) The "This is home truly...." song. That is nice. That is beautifully written.

I really hope to hear more nicer songs. Evergreen songs. Like those written then. Then maybe, once a year, Singaporeans will feel the love for Singapore. Come on, I know that deep down you do.

I know I do.

Posted by DiStUrBeD AnGeL at 10:58 AM