Monday, August 09, 2004
::National Day!::
::National Day!::
Finally today is National Day! Singapore is 39 years old already! Spent the whole morning working on my written report for the project work but it turns out that I don't actually need to write so much! Bleah! Wasted so much time and effort on it. Now they give part of the whole section back to me and ask me to edit it. What about the others? Did so much for project work today. I feel so tired and sleepy. Went to interview this guy with my group today. He was quite difficult in a sense. But he's really rich. Took all 5 of us to the Westin Stamford for the interview. It was at the cafe at the lobby. He made us order drinks because he said that the people there won't let us sit there unless we get something. It wasn't cheap! We flipped through the menu and decided on coke, the cheapest of all. And it's $8 for a glass of coke, mind you! We had a rather hard time interviewing him. At the beginning, it was still quite interesting. He asked us questions while we (sort of) rebuked him. But it started to get really boring. The whole thing dragged on for 2 hours!! We were all very tired after that. When he asked for the bill, I was still wondering how are we going to settle it. While, the guys said they wanted to pay for it but in the end it was still him who paid for the whole thing. Just for a few cup of drinks, $50 was wasted! He could have just bought us to Starbucks instead. But it was quite the experience. If not for today's interview, I would have never stepped in the Westin Stamford. Not trying to sound like some poor, wretched girl. It's just that I see no point in going into the hotel. Missed 30minutes of the National Day Parade (NDP). I was rather upset. Luckily I reached home in time to catch the fly pass and Mr Lee and his cabinet entering the Stadium. I like to watch the parade segment most. I like the kind of patriotic feeling. (Especially when the President waves at the audience). This is the last year PM Goh is attending the parade as Prime Minister. To be frank, I was kind of sad. When they had the tribute thing, I was extremely moved. Our dear PM Goh has really done a lot for us. He was also moved to tears when he saw the tribute. I guess a lot of people felt a little sad. Singapore Idol was kind of funny. Watched the people doing all sorts of funny stuff to impress the judges. There's the lemon tree guy and the whispering man. Don't these people ever learn? Ok, I am not as brave as them, so I really should just shut up. But there are those that really can sing! Boy, I hope that someone really good with all the X factor will win. Hopefully it's not yet another crappy singer. Until now, I think Singapore Idol is still rather successful. It's a Singaporean production after all. (Must be patriotic you see, it's National Day!! Happy Birthday Singapore!!)
