Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Singapore birthday!

Today is Singapore 41st birthday!! Wow, Singapore is younger than my parent..haha...Did you still remember the primary/secondary/JC days where students got to celebrate National Day and had half day off? Haha, so good right? All those goodies, fun and performance!

The part I like most about celebrating National Day back then was the singing part (it was a tie between this and the half day off..keke). Sang lots of national day themed songs, new ones and the classic ones...Each year, there will be a song dedicated to Singapore, the ones I remembered were "Home", "心连心" and erh.....forgot le..haha...but those classic ones like "Count on me, Singapore", "Stand up for Singapore", "One People, One Nation, One Singapore" and "There was a time", I will always remember them.....

As I grow older, I find it hard to remember those new national day songs...Maybe it's because I'm no longer in school and no one teaches us to sing all those new songs...No more celebration together as we left school. In universary, we can't feel any national day spirit...Still remembered when in school, I would always feel so energtic and delighted when the whole school sang together, felt very proud to be a Singaporean...haha...

This year, the song is "My Island Home" by Gong Shi Jia...think not many people know her ba...I never hear the complete song before, only watch a bit of it on TV when I switch channels...haiz...but I find the lyrics meaningful too...think it will appeal most to those Singaporeans working overseas ba.....


My Island Home

This is my home
She's everything to me
Grace and beauty
In all that you see
My island home
Wherever I may be
I never will forget her
Nor will she forget me


Chorus
And I will sing
A song of home
A land of peace
Where dreams are born everyday
My home
Wherever I may be
I believe
You will always be a part of me


My island home
Home of my family
This is my future
Where I want to be
(This is my future This is my home)


My home
Wherever I may be
I believe
You will always be a part of me
A part of me

Click to download song

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