Singapore National Day

The post has finally come. My post about Singapore's National Day. In America, you would call it "Independence Day". In Malaysia, "Hari Kebangsaan". In Singapore, National Day. National Day falls on the 9th of August every year. It was on this day 45 years ago Singapore seperated from Malaysia and became an Independent country.

Now for a little history lesson. On 9th August 1965, Singapore seperated from Malaysia. We were finally an Independent country after being merged with Malaysia for quite some time. Mind you, I'm still quite young and I don't know much about Singapore history. In fact, I've barely learnt Singapore history in school.

It was a sad moment for the people in Singapore. We were kicked out of Malaysia and were left alone. Against all odds, we had to build a nation of our own. Many people said that Singapore won't make it. But we did. 

If you think about it, it is a remarkable achievement for Singapore to become the way it is now. We have some of the world's highest standards of living, excellent sanitation and poverty in Singapore is quite low. There are lots of places for kids to run around and play, senior citizens to gather and tourist spots in Singapore. Even if the tourist spots are mostly visited by locals. lol.

We are a young country. Younger than some big countries like America, Italy and the UK. Yet, our standards are sometimes better than them. We might have a population of about 4.7 million, but all those people make up one excellent country. It is easy to make friends in Singapore. You can just find some random guy walking around on pathways and make friends with him. Your classmates in school, maybe even an audience member sitting right next to you.

Irony. Singaporeans looovvveeee to eat. But, there are really a lot of thin people in Singapore. Our favourite pasttime is eating but we barely seem to grow fatter. Then there's a "Litter Free Singapore" trashcan picture I found on the internet a few months back. It's surrounded by litter. Lol. Thanks everybody for lots of people coming to my blog. Recently past the 700 mark.

700 Unique! Wow! Something unthinkable just a few weeks ago. 

Singapore will stay as "One People, One Nation, One Singapore". We had our tourism slogan changed from "Uniquely Singapore" to "YourSingapore" recently. It sounds crappy but it's actually quite good.

The National Day Parade shown annually on MediaCorp Channel 5 from 5.30pm on 9th August is great. If you actually get tickets to go to the parade, you'll get goodie bags, all the good stuff. It showcases Singapore talent. Every year after The NDP, there'll be an entertainment show. 2008 was 'Live The Dream', 2009 was "Singapore Idol" and 2010 will be '"One Moment of Glory(OMG)"'. I hope that's gonna turn out well.

I know this really post really isn't much about National Day, but I tried my best. I really can't get ALL the information out of my head. I don't know that much. Until next time!

One People One Nation One Singapore!
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