National Day and a Birthday

August 9 is Singapore's National Day and also Jael Lee's birthday.  Our family was invited to join a group who was gathering to celebrate both of these things the evening of the 9th.

First we watched the annual National Day Parade, known as "NDP" to Singaporeans, who love acronyms!  This event is held each year on the floating platform on Marina Bay and included almost three hours of musical presentations and other shows, parachuters, 300 drones lit up to form various shapes in the sky, displays of Singapore's military might, and even a simulated terrorist attack that was quickly stopped by Singapore's military!  The themes of military strength and of harmony among the races and religions of Singapore were very strong throughout the entire parade.

The NDP held on the bay

We watched the parade projected onto the wall.

Boaz and Jason

Some of the kids playing a game

Emily and Noah

After the parade we celebrated Jael's 6th birthday.

The Lee family