Kallang Whimper

As i stare around the National Stadium, even with all its seats empty, i can feel a whiff of the aura that perhaps once surrounded those players who once donned the national colour playing here.. suddenly i imagine myself as one of those players; thousands of pple cheering, the stadium red, as a wave, the Kallang Wave, goes around the stadium. And suddenly i appreciate, even without ever experiencing it either from the stands or the pitch, the Kallang Roar..

Even the whiff i experience is enough to let me forget the blazing sun overhead, the barking parade RSM, the in-an-extremely-vulgar-mood ISM (institute sergeant major), and the general feeling of dissent throughout the SI students.

But i'm glad i am able to stand in the middle of the Kallang Stadium in all its (local) grandeur before it is torn down.

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I think they're taking their own sweet time dismissing us. They are leading us around the Nat'l Stadium like they're wondering how to keep us occupied. All the aura of first being in the middle of the Nat'l Stadium has worn off, and now i'm just dying to get on the bus and get back home. Where's the Bus??

Ahh.. finally.. AirCon!!! and the blazing heat has had its negative effect on us. i think all the chinese are sunburnt. i'm just burnt. no, charred. but at least i'm not made into sum of my friends - there shoulders are white, their forearms, red. White and Red. The contrast is REALLY evident.. me, on the other hand, light brown and dark brown; not so evident..

Need to get sunblock. We had earlier told the bus driver on the journey to the stadium that he's allowed to go slowly on the trip TO the stadium, but on the return trip there'll be no allowance for that. And he's complying..

And its a great time to sleep; and dream of karaoke later in the day, and probably missing my 7am mass the next day. Where i will sing n sing n sing n yay.. maybe i'll sing josh groban and try to do the best i can. maybe i'll sing to make sum1 cry too.. but i think for reasons different from if they cry to josh groban's rendition of "you raise me up".

maybe i'll miss england's 6-0 demolition of jamaica.. (in a mystical voice) yes, i see the future.. muahahaah.. riiightt.

ok out.