Rock of Enlightenment - NDP 2004

They came, they danced, they blundered. Well ok, not all of them...here's the list of blunders captured by our nations trained camera professionals ( a BIG thanks for spotting these priceless boo boos!)

1) Missed the HOLE - During one of the salutes by the flag party ( I cant remember whether it was to President Nathan or the national anthem), one of the flag bearers ( closest to the camera ) missed the holder for the flag pole on his belt. Only one thought ran through my mind : "YOU ARE SO DEAD!" and "There goes your rank!"

2) Furry Bird - One of the performances required large props painted to look peacock feathers...the commentator thought otherwise....Peacock fur?!! Which planet is he from?!!! obviously one which has hairy fowl. Furry birds? What next? Scaly homosapiens? Sheesh! Which primary school is he from?

3) Sporty Singapore - Well I knew that our sports minister was gunning for the 2010 world cup ( which he pushed to a later date...hmmm I wonder why?), but I didn't think they would take it this far in promoting sports! FOR GOD's sake....live sports demos National Day Parade item? Don't these kids get bored of it in school? I see, they think that the rest of Singapore just came out from the cave...suaku! So they had to teach everyone how to play soccer, basketball and capteh on LIVE National TV......so sad.

4) Balls! - During the sport session (once again). Our wonderful commentator, God bless his kind soul, almost said a BIG boo boo. When the organisers released huge baloons shaped like Balls. Yes Balls! You read right, soccer balls, rugby balls, basketballs and so and so forth, he was lucky not to say anything further...thank God. Otherwise, someone would have been fired and another someone would have to step down or something along those lines..

5) Win the World Cup? - One of the video shows showcased young Singaporeans vocalizing their dreams, although admirable, and cute....the hint of a pre-written script was substantially evident. Especially when two kids screeeeaaaaammmed the fact (dream) that they wanted win the world cup.

6) Zzzzzzzz - Describe this year's performance items in one letter? I just did. I think more effort could have been put in to actually come up with something INTERESTING! For the love of God, come up with another song. Are we seriously running out of creative talent in the music industry? Instead of looking for people who can sing in Singapore Idol ( next topic itching for disscussion ), look for someone who can write songs....Aren't we all getting a bit bored of Home?

Someone please save us from this Audio Catastrophe....

More in the days to come.