Sunday, February 05, 2006 | 10:58 AM

Didn't have time for the past 2 days. Friday was a really tiring day. Aft sch I had to chiong over to Sim Lim to scout fr an ipod charger which I finally bought. I didn't get the original one as it'll cost me 38 compared to 23. Sped off at Ecp. Ran 3km with sprinters and the other longD gals. Took train w/ crystal to Orchard. We wheezed through the crowd to Ngee Ann city where the masses of pink spreaded across the entire area. I wanted to join jm and the rest's sector but figured tt I'll just stick to my own grp fr Friday. 3.1 was situated along the area where they place the seats so have have a direct audience wand we get to see the whole performance (not just them walking past us). It ended at 11+ and aft attendance marking with bag collection, me , Pillai, Tiong Li and his friend ran off to the mrt. Half fearing we wld miss the mrt and half fearing Mac at Whitesands wld close before we return... ok maybe just me and Pillai was that desperate.

Saturday's actual Chingay parade was way more fun and hot:
1. More foreigners/ppl
2. More toddlers/kids
3. Crowd was more enthusiastic
4. We street rockers are not seperated too far frm each other
5. There was the street party!
6. I crashed jm's grp with hn, elyn, pj, mel and xy.
7. The pre-parade performance byt he band was super-ly gd tt it was ez to bring the crowd on.
8. The singers are all better than the lousy winner of teen icon who can't sing to save his life. (On friday, he tried to sing JJ's Chi Pang but because of his vocal range he tweaked the song everywhere, spoiling everything.)
9. The performance is obviously gd and being in secytor 2 means the performers aren't as tired as compared to the time at sector 3.
10. All the street rockers rocks. HOHO. It's true la but I'll be prepared with more water bottles for sabotaging if there's a next time!

At the st. party, the gals went crazy and I can't find Pillai and Tiong Li so I ended up parting with 'em. Elyn and jm are crazy. Hopping and shaking and even posing for the foreigners' cam. Woohooos. Chingay turned out more thrilling than I thought. The tv has failed to bring out the exciting parts of chingay over the past years, I guess.