28th SEA Games Closing Ceremony

We were at the 28th SEA Games Opening Ceremony a couple of days ago. Today, we are at the 28th SEA Games Closing Ceremony cos Theresa managed to get hold of the tickets. 

Wendy & myself had a quick meal at Curry Times while waiting for Theresa's friendsThe crowd was mad. A lot more people during opening ceremonyOur ticketsThe green & red "man" is quite funny cos it cannot "stand straight" & it looks like they are dancing =DThe torchA very blur pictureSEA country flagsI managed to get few slices of complimentary pizza for everyone. 

The closing ceremony is a disastrous lah! Our tickets are for gate 3 but volunteers directed us all the way to direction towards gate 23. After screening clearance, we gotta walk all the way back to gate 3, which is almost like half the stadium. Then we were stuck at gate 3 for close to 15 mins. 

When we finally got in, we spend another 15 mins walking around from block 103-112 trying to find seat, cos at least 20% of the seats are reserved for athletes. Then we were told to go up to block 600+ by stairs cos there are no more seats. Went up to level 6 by stairs and only managed to find seat after 15 mins cos they removed 2 huge banners. By the time we get seated, half the show is done already. 

Many were being forced to stand/ sit on the staircase, and hundreds are being shut outside the gates. Horrible! 

The entire stadium was chaotic! Terrible planning by the organizers.

The souvenir medal on the funpack Declaring the end of SEA Games & passing over SE Games flag to the next hosting country, MalaysiaPerformancesAnd mass party at the end of the ceremonyInside the fun pack, everything else is the same except that the medallion from opening ceremony fun pack is replaced by the souvenir medal Both sides of medal

On a side note, Congrats Team Singapore for emerging in Top 3 at  the end of the game. Once again, thanks Theresa for the tickets.

28th SEAGames Opening Ceremony

Hello, Singapore! 

I'm sure lots of people out there are super excited as Singappore is hosting the 28th SEA Games this year, after the last hosting 22 years ago. This year, it's especially significant to the republic as it celebrates its 50th year of independence in 2015

Thanks to Theresa, I got hold of 2 tickets to the Opening Ceremony & I got Wendy to join us.

Since I'm slightly early, I went to take some pictures

We only join the queue at aboutt 7.30 pm cos we totally didn't expect that the crowd to be so bad since the gate is open at 5 pm. The crowd is total madness =DThankfully, we managed to get in on time for the opening at 8 pmNational flag flying high while national anthem is being playedThe Singapore Big WelcomeThe athletes' paradeBrunei DarussalamCambodiaIndonesiaLaosMalaysiaMyanmarPhilippinesThailandTmor-LesteVietnamLast but not least, Singapore the hosting countryA wefie inbetween showThe Speech; Declaration of Games Opening; SEA Games Federation Flag & 28th SEA Games Flag Raising & Oath Taking; followed by the showShow Act 1: DNAAct 2: ImaginationAct 3: Youth ExpressionAct 4: Sports and the CityAct 5: Singapore in a StadiumThe bridge of friendshipThe torch relay with the last torch carrier being none other than Fandi Ahmad & joined by his son, Irfan FandiCauldron Lightning Fireworks. Unfortunately, we are unable to view the fireworks from our seatThe torchWent Cheers to buy drink, but due to the mad crowd, all the drinks are not cold. Checking out the funpack at home

Thanks Theresa for getting us tickets to the opening ceremony =)