That time of year

It's that time of year again. The street's have been made cleaner thanks to long periods of rain in this hot season. MTV has hit free to air TV with music videos being aired through the day. Red has become the new black and fireworks light the sky.

No, it's not some New Year's countdown, it's National Day. 41 years on, this small nation state has come a long way from Orang Laut settlement to part of the Malayan empire to British colony to Japanese conquered territory back to British colony again then to a part of Malaysia and finally, back to being a sovereign state whose populace gladly adopt with cynicism the title of being a little red dot.

Ah... half the class guys gathering calls... I'll be back later <>.<>

Eugene remembered @ 1:22 PM