Posted 8:35 PM

NDP

If you all haven't obtained any notification of ndp tickets collection, it means you're a LOSER!!

Loser loser loooooserrr!

Like me. =x Boohoo!

So as we all know, this year's parade will be the last ever at National Stadium before its being demolished. I think the no. of applicants was 400,000 for 55,000 seats. Not sure how they counted the number of applicants. I'd assume 1 hp number = 1 applicant entry.

So most of you didn't receive tickets? Read this article from someone who decided to write into the ST forum.


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Let the kids attend ND parade without tickets

I'LL BE watching the National Day Parade live for the first time in August.
I am excited but disappointed at the same time because my children can't be with me to enjoy it. They need a separate ticket.
I was allocated two tickets so only I and my husband can go to the parade.
Can't the NDP organiser be flexible and allow my two young children to join the celebration?
They love to watch the fireworks with us but will have to miss the show without the ticket.
While the government encourages family gatherings, I don't think this policy helps to promote them.
I believe there are other parents who share my sentiments.
Can the NDP organiser be more flexible and allow a mother to bring her two young children to the parade without the ticket?

S Ng Y A(Ms)

(I edited the name. For reference go to http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/ >> forum>> said article)
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Comments?

I'm not sure wat the ndp committee will respond, but here's mine.

Well I don't know you Ms Ng, but seeing you probably have chinese roots, I'll hereby tell you a chinese idiom called 'Get inch want foot', yup, 得寸进尺.

You already got 2 tickets to NDP. The tickets are hotter than our PAP seats in parliament. You should be satisfied. So if an Australian got 2 tickets to the Australia-Italy game, should he write in to FIFA president Sapp Blatter and ask for free entries for his 5 kids? Because you know, Sapp Blatter's trying to promote football to the world and if he just allows the australian and his wife to attend it's a little contradictory to his cause isn't it. And oh boohoo his 5kids can only watch the action from their tv sets.

I say bullshit!!!!!!! I offer 2 easy solutions for you.

1) Give away your tickets. Watch the NDP along with your kids at home, at your mother's place, at a kopitiam, at somewhere.
2) Go beg borrow buy (yes I didn't say steal! I studied 好公民 ok!) 2 more tickets. Ebay offers you around S$150 for a pair.

I'm sure Miss Ng if you've given enough thought, you can obviously see why the committee's gonna reject you.

Because if they say yes to you, 54998 other applicants also want to bring in their children. If they have no children they will smuggle in kids pretending to be their children, because the army personnel will never have that much time to check anyway.

Because the capacity is 55000, means it's 55000. Unlike an elevator, the stadium doesn't give off beep beep sounds when it's overweight or overpopulated, but the capacity is there for a reason. Maybe you say you don't mind the kids sitting on the steps. But again, the steps are there for a reason, for moving in and out, and in emergencies for evacuation! You don't wanna step and trip on pacifiers and baby towels in the event of an emergency do you (touch wood)?

Government encourages family gatherings yes. But this doesn't mean every single event, every single activity adheres to the motion. You wrote "I don't think this policy helps to promote them." Maybe it doesn't. But I can write in and say "Wow thanks for the wonderfully organised ndp. My family and I took this opportunity to unite with my 4 cousins and 5 siblings and we had a mega reunion watching the fireworks sparkle on tv at my grandma's house in Pasir Ris. The government really encouranges family gatherings and this ndp parade totally promoted harmonial ties within my relatives and I."

Lastly, this kinda logic simply doesn't work. You get free tickets and you ask for more? You think you did all families a favour writing in appealing for this. I say shame on you. Maybe there are other mothers/families who share the same sentiments, but I myself got pretty frustrated when I read what you wrote.

"I was allocated two tickets so only I and my husband can go to the parade."

You made me doubt myself for a split second, Miss Ng, but I believe it's "my husband and I, or "me and my husband".

Oh and I wanted to write about why can't we ebay our ndp tickets?!??! But very hot lah. Time to shower!

triggering Mr Ng HS |