National Day Observance Ceremony 9 Aug

National Day Observance Ceremony 9 Aug

The national day observance ceremony was on 9^th August 2009, Saturday. Fourteen of us met our teacher officer at compass point before taking the LRT to farmway station. On our way there we saw schools from our areas like Nan Chiau High School, Compassvale Secondary School. Scout of the different schools were presented there too.

The national day observance ceremony was held at the open space opposite Anchorvale Community Centre. Before the start of the event, we saw people flying kites and playing rugby. Goodie bags were given out too. There were games stalls too but due to the large number of people queuing up for the games, we decided to give up and check out other things.

We then decided to queue up for cute balloons. They can pick any design they liked, example heart shape, dog, sword and even flower. The scenery there was excellent and brilliant so we took a lot of photographs for memento sake.

By the time we finish taking our photos and queuing up for the balloons, our teacher officer informed us that it was time to wait for the arrival of the guest of honour of the event, Prime Minster Lee Hsien Loong. Prime Minster Lee Hsien Loong arrived in a stylish white colour car. Everyone welcomed him by a few cycles of warm applause. We also stood up as a sign of respect for him. We also took photographs of him walking at the aisle. The national song was played and we sang the national anthem with pride. We also said the pledge proudly too.

We also took group photos with the other schools. This event involved the races for the four different groups, different religious and age group people. This is indeed heartwarming as this proved that Singapore is able to maintain racial and religious harmony in our multi ethnic society a step ahead to develop strong character and civic, social and moral values in us. We should applause the government for maintaining social cohesion in Singapore. This event also reminds us that a special day like national day should not be celebrated with only oneself but with the whole community and also the national anthem and pledge should not be sang proudly only on national day itself but every day in school. We should applause the People Action Party for keeping Singapore safe and secure for the past 44 years of independence. As most of us know that Singapore is a small country and no one except ourselves should be responsible about Singapore. We should be responsible for our security and well-beings. If we do not defend, who will? That is why, Singapore need to build up an elite armed force, police force, air force and navy force to keep Singapore safe. Without them, Singapore will not have enough support to help to defend Singapore. Our duty as national police cadet corps is to mould the builders of a safe & secure home and lead to a safer place for all in the country.

holding on to the sun (hot! hot! be careful)

9th batch deprived childhood (so old already, still want balloons)
(actually not the whole 9th batch, its only kexin and I who still love balloons.haha)

trying to hold the sun but sadly wrong angle!

preparing to jump

jumping in process


landed on ground safely