…do toddler’s start to melt?

Our plans to hit a certain city park on our "day off" were foiled by a practice parade.  The route we needed to take to get to the park was blocked completely from street traffic.  We thought it was because of a parade that was already scheduled. There was a literal army of uniformed young people, a heavy military presence, and many other tale-tell signs that something big was about to happen. 

A taxi driver told us after the fact that this was just a rehearsal for their independence day parade which isn’t until August 8th!  They must take their parades pretty seriously here in Singapore.  They even had helicopters, what I deemed the Singapore "Blue Angels" fly over in their F-16s, and a few ancient looking sailing vessels.  All for a dress rehearsal for a parade that won’t even happen until a month from now…wacky, isn’t it?

Fortunately, we were able to see some good Asian choreography as a consolation prize.