Bay Beats 2005 was quite cool. The crowd was huge because the government happened to have a NDP rehearsal on the same weekend.

It's been a long time since I last saw Surreal perform; they have, without doubt, quite a fan-base here in Singapore. It's one of my favourite bands in Singapore, because, firstly, they are good, and, secondly, they are a band made up of super-experienced, yet down-to-earth musicians. My other favourite Singapore bands are the once-upon-a-time Plain Sunset, and Astreal.

Talk about National Day. Surprisingly, I enjoyed the National Day fly-bys, by which I mean the F-16 planes doing a display flight - or whatever you call it - for the crowd at NDP. Well, at least, I enjoyed it yesterday. A couple of weeks ago, they had a rehearsal too and what happened was I didn't know. I happened to be in the City Hall area when they did the fly-by and I got a little worked up because I thought some sort of terrorist attack was going on (didn't see the planes, heard the sound).