I don't have many things to say now, other than Happy New Year to you all!
I watched all the spectacle from my hotel room's balcony on the 48th floor of Swissotel The Stamford (story here). Not "very", but a nice-enough vantage, if only for the idea of shooting photos and videos.
Here's my video:
Oh, I did this in an earlier story (daytime), but just to show you what my prime view was, let's describe the area by using the same picture as above, but with some reference numbers, like in the following:
2 - The Float @ Marina Bay (there was a 'countdown concert' by some western singer)
2(also) - the purple lights from the Helix Bridge
3 - Marina Bay Sands
4 - Esplanade Theatres on the Bay
5 - Where the fireworks shot from (in the middle of the water)
6 - The Merlion (looks rather tiny on this pic, right?)
7 - A cloud of smoke after the last fireworks exploded
8 - The Padang (there was a big crowd there)
9 - Clarke Quay restaurants and bars
You can deduce where everything else (not named above) would be, right?
I think it would have been better if there was a little bit of wind, just a little bit. Kasi yung usok won't go away, tuloy, di na masyado clear yung ibang explosions, 'no? Well, me kasabihan "you can't have it all"!
By the way, that other fireworks display in the distance was at Sentosa Island.
So that is how Singapore greets the new year - the Christian year that is - since they also have such a big celebration when the Chinese New Year comes. Their National Day (August) is also big and grand!
Well then, again... Happy New Year!
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