Chingay reflection

GRACE DENG ZHEYUN (7)

          When we first heard that we have chingay, we were wondering what was chingay... A china gay? Most of us were shocked and not very willing to go since it was on a Saturday when we have a lot of activities planned. Besides, I was so unlucky that day. Lady Luck was not shining at me... :(( I caught a cold that day and had symptoms of running nose and a bit of fever. I still had not finished my homework yet, but since I was so tired, I slept. Now, until here, you guys must have thought that I've overslept and didn't went for chingay and bye, but I only overslept for ten minutes and rushed to school like a bullet train. Even though I was not late, I was the last few people who reached the canteen. 

           We had our early dinner in school which was provided for us. Sad to say, the dinner is very very horrifying! I hate those vegetables and chicken. If you were to think that chicken is delicious, I hate to tell you that those chicken there were not quite delicious. Do you know that a lot of peoples' birthdays were on that day? Wow! A day for full of births from RV? Finally, we headed off for Chingay. 

           When we reached there, we saw a lot of performers in colorful costumes, and there was a reporter there interviewing one of our school mates! One of the costumes that attracted me was like a 'colorful centipede'. It was said to be from Meridian Primary school, I think. The performers came and danced. Although it was not very neat, I must say they danced quite well. 

   (OMG! There is a cute little girl dancing!)

   (Sorry for the unclear picture... My hands seem to shake a little, I suppose)

              My favourite one was the group of ballerinas -- adults and children, males and females, dancing gracefully in their pure white dresses. It makes me feel like learning ballet... 

              There is another performance which made me hard to forget. It was about a young girl singing between two half-naked teenaged men... It was a bit unexpected and unforgettable especially for my friend. Forgive me for not saying her name. Anyway, I really enjoyed it. (Not saying that performance, but the whole chingay performance)

           Near the end of the chingay performance, our school did the RV cheers. I was kind of surprise to hear this, but who cares? We were having fun! This made me felt proud being a RV. Do you know that only our school receives the 'colorful paper firework'. This is actually a burst of small colorful papers along the aisle. 

        

           This year's theme is : COLOURS OF FABRIC, ONE PEOPLE 布海同心! I learnt that although we are of different races, we all are one people, one nation, one Singapore! I really loved Chingay and hope to have it again. 

EVELYN ANG XIN RUI (2)

          That day was a meaningful event as all of us went to watch the Chingay Parade with the whole cohort. All of us were delighted to find a goodie bag on our seats as we settled down. The goodie bag includes stuff like: A pom pom, a scarf, a bun, a bottle of water, a protein bar, a memo pad and a wristband. We were captivated once the parade started. Flowing fabrics, loud music and graceful dances enticed us as we snapped photos again and again. At the near end of the concert, all of us were so pumped up that we stood up and waved our pom poms in air in the beat of the music. I learnt to live in harmony, as we are one Singapore! It was definitely a night to remember. 

ANDREW BAE JONG SEONG (22) 

           Overall it was fine. As the parade goes on, I can that different rAces of people. when it comes to Chinese traditional dance, I saw the Malays and the Indians too. The last part where all of us throw at each other the colored papers and pong pongs, it was childish yet quite fun. The only thing I found unpleasant is that the parade was making me dizzy. Different colours of light beams shining on me and that made my head spin. I wish I can go and watch the Chingay parade again next time. 

            From this chingay, I learnt to unite and live in harmony.

TAN WEN CONG (31)

I didn't really like parades. I still wonder, why are parades so liked by many? All we do is sit there and watch others perform and we don't really get to do much. The same goes for chingay. The part where I didn't like most was after the parade. Almost everyone was like wild animals, throwing the pong pongs everywhere. It was seriously annoying. Overall, I think the parade wasn't too bad. Just that I'm not the type of person who likes parades. I learnt that we Singaporeans need to unite.

LEONARD SIM BAO HUA (30)

          Chingay was fun overall.The boys had fun throwing pong pongs and drooling over the beautiful performers.Just kidding.It was nice to see people from different races coming together to put a show(chingay).Chingay can be seen as a Singaporean way to express unity and harmony among the races in Singapore. I learnt that we have to live in unity and harmony.

         However,I was getting tired coming towards the end as we had no breaks in between the chingay and had to wait for a long time for the bus. It was very late in the bus, so I had a 'ghost time story' with my friends...

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