VIDEO | Massive crowds outside MRT vs. NDP fireworks goes viral!

 

Photo: TikTok screengrab/yule3xiaohahaha

Thousands of people turned up for different National Day events across Singapore on Tuesday (Aug 9), which is unsurprising, given the very low-key celebrations from the past two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Large crowds gathered in many places, and one TikToker caught a massive throng on video at an MRT station on Tuesday night.

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Chicken price going up but chicken slice in chicken rice going down — Netizens lament chicken shrinkage, even comes with just bones & skins

 

Photo: FB screengrab/COMPLAINT SINGAPORE

Here are some posts from the popular COMPLAINT Singapore Facebook group that appear to indicate that less chicken is being served in the dishes that they order.

One woman showed her order of clay pot rice, which had fewer chicken pieces than what was advertised.

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Red Lions parachutist mishap — hard crash-land during NDP 2022 jump, outpouring wishes from netizens for speedy recovery

 

Singaporeans witnessed the hard landing of one member of the Red Lions parachute team at the National Day Parade on Tuesday (Aug 9).

Third Warrant Officer Jeffrey Heng, who was the last of the parachutists to land on the ground, tumbled and fell, with his parachute enveloping him.

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Woman asks why ‘local men are so boring?’ — Netizens school her the reason

 

Photo: Unsplash/Leandro Lucas (for illustration purposes only).

A woman took to social media recently to lament about why “local men so boring” ended up getting schooled by commenters, some of whom bluntly told her that she may be the problem.

“Why are local men so boring?” she wrote in a post on the SG Whispers page, adding, “I really must ask ah, how come so many local men don’t seem to know how to talk about anything other than work?”

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Man crying at NDP says his outpouring of emotion was his ‘thank you’ & appreciation to all who contributed during Covid-19

 

Photo: FB screengrab/SGAG

Perhaps the most enduring image of National Day 2022 is that of a man moved to tears during the NDP.

No less than Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong posted a photo of the upturned face of Mr Azuan Tan with tears streaming on his Facebook and Instagram accounts, calling it “one of the iconic images of #NDP2022.”

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