What: Serangoon Swing 2011

When: 31st December 2010

Where: Serangoon Gardens

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Phyllis, In-Charge:

Who counts down to countdown? RBKD! (:

Spending 15 hours waiting for countdown is crazy! Hahaha.

The morning was spent fooling around/taking pictures! It was so hot that we even had to take turns to go to the sheltered area!!

Initially we were hanging around the VIP seats area, but since there was a bomb check in the afternoon, we “evacuated” to chomp chomp.
Not long after we settled down, it started to rain, phew~

But the rain also ended just in time for us to settle down back at the stage area! Mats were laid down, banners were tied, the big boards were displayed ! :)

RBKD was set for countdown!

So at around 6/7pm the performances started and we learnt the papaya dance! It was quite interesting, cause we did chicken dance during the “freestyle” part!!! Hahahahaha, everyone was enjoying and having fun la. Haha.

Then after all the assorted performances, Rui En came out at around 1130pm. I think most of us were already losing our voices! Cause we screamed/cheered/sing along for like all the previous performances!

*anywayyyy the long wait is finally over!!! (: *

She sang 白色羽毛 and followed by 空瓶. I could feel that everyone was really enjoying themselves! We were swaying our light sticks/boards and just having fun (:

Not long after, it was the time to countdown with everyone! The minute the clock strike twelve, everyone was super high! I think RBKD was even crazier cause we had our RBKD Train!!! We basically toured around the whole area waving our boards and screaming our lungs out (:

Even random passers-by joined our train! Hahahaha.

I don’t know how to describe it but its just damn crazy la! Hahaha.

To add on to the craziness, we even threw the Rui En boards high up!!
Well since its once in a year, sooooo why not ? :P
Then we also wished all the police men/residents/humans we saw along our way home “HAPPY NEW YEAR!!” (:

Anddddd to sum it all up, I think all of us enjoyed each other’s company & ushered the new year in the craziest way!

Happy 2011 once again everyone!!!!! (:

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Kahyin, Priority Member:

That day, there were 7 of us who started queuing at 8AM! LOL. What made it unbearable was the morning sun! It was so hot! Thus it was like a water&ice-cream day for us as we keep buying water and ice-cream. HAHA. Passengers on the bus were like staring at us because we waited at the ROADSIDE, sitting on a picnic mat. LOL.

*fast forward fast forward fast forward*

After the artistes left, it’s when RBKD went high! LOL. We formed our RBKD train, with Rui En’s board in our hand, and started walking around Serangoon Garden wishing ppl “Happy New Year”! Then ppl joined our train, even aunties and uncles! HAHA. We shouted “Serangoon, Happy New Year!” too. And when we did “RBKD, Rui En Happy New Year”, we threw our boards!! HAHAHA. Fun! Then we packed our stuffs and helped to pick up rubbish, like what Snail had said, as though we were doing CWO before leaving. ^^ While walking, we continued our “Happy New Year” to ppl who walked pass us, ppl at the opp bus-stop and even the policemen! HAHA.

Overall, its just another awesome day with RBKD! Seeing Rui En and the fun and craziness experienced with RBKD, the 15 hours of wait was worth it! ^^

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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Zilei, Priority Member:

Rui En sang 空瓶 and 白色羽毛 and obviously you and I know both that she’s awesome. I’ve really really ran out of words to describe her and her performances. She just really pretty and cute all the time la. It’s really nice to see Elvin and her on the stage and chatting. (I support Ruivin.) Hehe.

I guess the more important part of the countdown was the RBKD spirit. To be honest, we only got to see Rui En on stage for perhaps 10 minutes. But we got to be with RBKD for the entire day (especially those who went at 8am) or night. We got to queue with RBKD, we got to eat with RBKD, we got to scream and shout with RBKD, we got to do so much things that we don’t get to do with Rui En. It is about spending so much more time with RBKD than watching Rui En’s performance yet feeling that it was definitely worth it.

Okay back to the countdown. I really love the RBKD Train despite me doing really embarrassing things like holding the RE board the wrong way (it faced behind). But it was fun how we didn’t care about what others would think of us, be it being crazy, or even people on CWO.

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Xinyi, President:

It’s almost as though counting down together has become a tradition for RBKD, at least that’s what the humans in RBKD would say. Here’s something to share if you weren’t with us this time round.

The newest way to support our big boards!

These people are really good at self-entertaining.

Dear Minmin, how did you feel when you first see the board? :D

PS: Minmin is the manager of Rui En.

So shortly after the clock struck twelve, most of us dumped our bags on the picnic mat and started our RBKD train. We pulled in boys and girls, aunties and uncles, elves and angmohs to join in the fun. We went “touring” around Serangoon Gardens and shouting “Happy New Year” to everyone. By everyone, I really meant EVERYONE, including the police officers on duty! :P

I think I might have been able to recruit another 50 members for RBKD if I set up a registration counter there that day. Suddenly, everyone wanted to “join” RBKD. Aunties and uncles were waving our RBKD RE boards and I heard an angmoh even tried snatching Isabel’s board from her during our “tour”!

After our crazy tour, it was time for our usual “CWO” (Corrective Work Order). If you saw a group of people picking up 2 garbage bags full of litter with their barang barang on their back, don’t doubt, that’s us! Done clearing the mess, we realised we forgot to take a group photo but many Cinderellas had already “ran” home in their pumpkin carriages!

Better than nothing, we sat right in the middle of the road, with 2 policemen and countless residents looking on, taking our own sweet time to get that shot that could never be right with these crazy people around. Don’t believe? See the picture below =)

Happy New Year. Here’s to another great year together again.

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