The Day to Celebrate our Patriotism

Yes, its National Day, no, its not the Chinese one but Spore's, and no, no 'marikita', no pledge and yes, there is the National flag and cake and crowd and celebration, but no again, there is no fireworks, no community singing, but friends get-together, fun, and laughter, flashes....

The National Day celebration/reception was held @ the Chinaworld hotel ballroom and the ladies are all out to doll up themselves for this occasion (never seen them being so excited over our country’s b-day, is it a display of patriotism? I wonder…) Anyway, they were not a let-down, undoubtedly harvest the attention of all eyes (as seen from the pics) whom might mistakenly thought that they are there to witness some form of beauty pageant contest. I must say, Mrs looked gorgeous… (my ears started hearing the song ‘Wonderful tonight’ as her image appears in my mind.)

Ha… but none of the ladies’ conscientious, calibrated dolling could beat the all time favorite, our dearest MISS… She was the centre of attraction, as usual. But last evening, I believe she truly enjoyed herself with all the companionship of the many elder brothers and sisters… not forgetting the sizable number of adults who desire to ‘lay their hands on her’…. Haha!

Our digital cam went dead after 'flashing' too much. There were many moments to catch and in the end we had to seek help from our buddies, to make sure the preservation effort could continue. Food was not bad, friends are splendid! I personally favor the Chicken rice. I wanted to have the Laksa but it went missing after I placed it on a table top while speaking to a guest. It took less than a min to be exact… Guess it must be real good, if not it won’t be picked so quickly. If not for this, the food tasting experience would have been perfect!

很高兴陆俭明老师和马真老师能出席这次的招待会。他俩老可是我在北大求学期间最崇仰的其中两位老师。他们的学者风范，和蔼平易的作风，严谨治学的态度都让我留下了深刻的印象，也给我以很大的启迪。知识分子若人人像他们那样，这社会的进步与素养的提高就指日可待了。

很意外的，在招待会上还碰到了一位人?姐，吴雪晶。她也刚从上海被调到北京。已经十多年没联系了，想不到能在北京我这第二故乡碰上，真是难得！哈！以后在北京又多了一位朋友了！新加坡这人口确实太少了，能到或愿意到中国发展的更是凤毛麟角，对一向以施行双语教育政策为豪的新加坡来说，真有些讽刺，估计以后再遇上些老朋友的机会还不小……