As I speak, I'm watching the Beijing 2008 opening ceremony. I have heard so many times that the opening ceremony is spectacular, no doubt about it. Sadly, the next day is our very own National Day Parade 2008. Sad not because it is not as good as the olympics, but sad that from then on, there has nvr been a moment of complaint abt our parade compared to the ceremony!!(trust me, wait till you take a look at PRK's national day, we managed to see some shots from documentaries, wun lose to Beujing 2008..)
What do you want? Do you know how long they take to organise this ceremony? How many students were involved? How much money was spend on the props and equipment? Mind you, they are doing it for perhaps 1 in a 100 years. How many billions of people is watching from their home's TV.Well since you want that standard, ask yourself the following:
If you are a parent, will you not complain that your son is participating in the parade rehersals everyday and neglecting their studies? Probably half of them will drop out because of tiredness, another half because of school work, what's new?
If you are out of job and grumbling abt the government, would you make noise and say "Why the country can spend so much on a stupid parade but not give me some money to buy food or use some time to find me a job?"
Our poor NSmen and Ns personel are already poor thing enough to burn their weekends to help out at the parade, you think everybody will be happy about preparing and rehersing?
Beijing alone has 17million, SG about 5million maybe. What do you want?
Well, watch and enjoy the opening ceremony, praise them and remember till the next Olympics, just think abit before you make your complaint ALOUD..
