Fireworks Festival!

We have the opportunity to watch fireworks at the "comfort of airconditioned office".

BIL's office is on the 2nd floor of One Fullerton. His company actually invited their clients to watch the fireworks in their office! How cool is that!

But it wasn't that cool when we reached. There were 800 other people there for the same purpose. We are suppose to watch in the executive's (aka boss) office. Tara and I were one of the first to trot into the office, after queuing outside with an equally impatient crowd. Women and kids are supposed to go in first but being Singaporeans, some men actually squeezed their way through too.

We managed to get the "first class seat" beside the full height window. I sat down on the ledge so that those behind can get a better view. The adults standing nearer to the windows should squat so that those behind them can get to see the display too. But nope, they didn't do that nor they were nice enough to let some of the kiddos get to the front. Bob told me some kids were stuck behind because of some inconsiderate adults hogging the best view. Even Bob at 1.75m, standing just a short distance away from us, can only see 60% of the view. I guess the only things those kids saw were butts and legs.

While waiting for the fireworks to start, a little girl on my left kept asking me when is the fireworks starting. I told her 5mins, and she repeated her question every 30 secs! So after replying the hundredth time, I told her I don't know and said she had to wait. The little boy on my right was so excited talking that his saliva kept splattering onto the side of my face and I'm sure my hair caught the most of it. Tara was a little cranky too. And she was about to throw her prissy fits when the fireworks finally started.

Oohs and aahs amongst the crowd. Tara was captivated by the beautiful display of the fireworks too. And for sometime, forgot that she was sleepy and hungry. I sat on the low ledge, with Tara on my lap and a little girl leaning on me, and her hair was tickling my face half the time. I felt my legs getting numb and I was about to give up and thinking of how to squeeze out of the crowd when the fireworks finally ended.

Bob told me if I still wana see another display, I can arranged with BIL for the Saturday's slot. I told him no way, man! The type of crowd puts me off.

Anyway, for those who weren't able to see the spectacular fireworks display. Here's a very short and shaky video I took. By the way, this is the Singapore's team display. I kind of hope to see the display by the teams of other countries.