Where We Belong!

Taking part in NDP requires a lot of time and commitment, we spend almost the whole of Saturday at rehearsals.

At the beginning when we were still at ITE Simei, we had to learn the dance move which took us weeks and the most difficult part is to put the different sets together and I believe that even until the first NE show, we had uncertainties.

After going to the floating platform, everything has their time slot and we had to keep up with time constraint. By the end of the day, we will all be very tired and a night’s sleep would not be sufficient to replenish our energy. However, with all of the inputs, there are definitely outputs too. We not only enjoy ourselves while being actively involved in the segment and duties that we have been allocated but most importantly, looking at the audience enjoying themselves, there will be a sense of achievement because you would know that you have fulfilled your duties.

Apart from all of this, there is another feeling which is the sense of belonging. Being part of NDP is actually contributing to the nation and week in week out, we listen to the Singapore story, we listen to national songs that we have heard when we were young, there is a unknown force which will reaffirm that you are part of Singapore . We have to admit that the outputs definitely outweigh the inputs.

In short, being part of NDP is a very enjoyable process.

Amelia
Group 3