Singapore is 39 years old today!if only i am back home...then can watch the parade on tv...or go to Kallang and watch the fireworks with my special someone.
every year,when this day comes around,i feel a strong sense of sadness and an even stronger sense of homesickness.on this day,i avoid listening to kit chan's 'Home' at all cost...cos that song brings tears to my eyes...especially when she starts singing "this is home,truly...where i know i must be,where my dreams wait for me,where the river always flow.this is home,surely...as my senses tell me.this is where i won't be alone...for this is where i know i'm home"
just typing the lyrics out forms a huge lump in my throat. sighz...
i've missed 3 years of NDP...gonna miss another year.even though i know most singaporeans just view this day as another public holiday...but i think for singaporeans overseas who haven't forgotten that today is Singapore's special day...this day is special to us too.because on this day,we are reminded of the fact that we are in a foreign country...in a country where we would not find the warmth and comfort of being with our loved ones...in a country where we would always be classified as "visitors"...and that the one place where we would truly belong is back home...back in Singapore.
or at least,that's the way i feel whenever 9 August comes along...
here's wishing Singapore a very Happy Birthday. and to anyone who's reading my blog,hope u remembered that today is our nation's special day :>
1 comment:
i like ur new background picture.. and i feel exactly the same way as u do abt home. :)
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