I remember last time, the parade started at 8.00 am. We would get up early in the morning and sit in front of the television, waiting to watch the parade. (Collected from National Day Dinners held across the island to celebrate Singapore’s birthday in the month of August 2012.) Photograph of “Telok Blangah celebrates Singapore’s 47th National Day Dinner” taken on 4 Aug 2012 by Choo Yut Shing / chooyutshing from http://www.flickr.com/photos/25802865@N08/7721804736/ used under a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en