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This is my country. I had taken this panorama of the city area overlooking Marina Bayfront in August last year when Singapore celebrated its 50th anniversary of independence. Even when I look at this picture now, I feel a great sense of pride. A little country with no resources, we took ourselves from third world to first world in half a century, and we are happily multiracial. Only thing is, it’s getting seriously expensive living here now, but we cope.

As you can see, it was a big party, and the fireworks had just been set off. There was a big parade at the Padang just to the right of this picture, which I didn’t capture in this frame.

As a family, we love the fireworks on National Day, but we’re not too enamoured with crowds. So we did a staycation at the Fairmont, to soak in the atmosphere, celebrate with the nation but in the comfort of our room. Chips, wine, beer, and nibbles, followed by dinner at a restaurant later.

Published by The Runaway Palate

A Singapore-based food & travel writer and published children's book author. Blogging about food, cooking, travel, random musings and maybe some historical stuff.

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  4. Amazing capture! Yes, Singapore did much better than rest of Asia during this time frame. better than Japan, Korea… Thailand! Rest of these dipped but Singapore is still robust.

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