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National Day Celebrations took on a new meaning this year as I was a spectator no more. I was to be the lead singer who was unable to catch the speeding tune and as a result forget my lyrics. It was such an appalling moment for me as jeers started to echo through the hall while I searched my mind for the words. They came back just in time. I had this feeling the audience made neither heads nor tails of our song. My doubt was made certain when Xinzhi told me she could only hear my voice throughout the entire duration. The strumming of the guitars was muffled [and terribly fast, too fast for any song... reminded me of bullet train. Should have discussed the speed beforehand...were you nervous, Zack?], voices were unheard. If what Xinzhi said was true, the only thing that the audiences heard would only be my harmonizing voice, which meant that the main tune wasn't even projected to the crowd at all. Which means, the song must had sounded extremely awful. Brrr. Shiver along. Here's the instrumental version in MP3 format. Don't worry. No voices.

Nevertheless, I thank the song for nurturing our class ties. We formed a distinct batik human train and tunneled through the crowd singing along to community songs. We held hands and moved along to our National songs. The situation at the hall could be described as perfectly chaotic. It was helluva fun.

We proceeded to Market Place in Centrepoint for lunch under the recommendation of gourmet specialist Aaron. The food tasted really wonderful [under the dim lighting and the constant beating of the air conditioner], especially the muslim fried chicken, but I reckoned the price could have been a little bit down to earth. Most of us had to overshoot budget to get a decent meal out of the place. Nevertheless, it was still a cozy lunch with the class. I enjoyed it. [Aaron paid for my share as a birthday present in advance of nine months. Heh.]

Went home after that to work on ThinkQuest. Ten days to the deadline. I'm not fretting. I shan't dwell upon the details either. I'm going to complete it.

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Thinkquest Status
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Food of the Day
[Market Place] Muslim Rice
(Potato, egg and friend chicken drumstick)

Colour of the Day
Yellow