5 Special Ways to Celebrate Singapore’s 53rd Birthday
Amidst Singaporeans’ gripes about the high cost of livings, there lies a shared appreciation for our home country. However, how well do we really know this country we call home? While many of us likes to go overseas vacation, we seldom take the time out to explore our home. Make this year’s national day special by learning more about our home country!
1. See Singapore’s Streets In a Different Light
Explore how National Day celebration has developed since the first one at the Padang in 1966 and examine how the themes have developed over time, from “Majulah! The Singapore Spirit,” to “Building Our Singapore of Tomorrow,” “One Nation Together,” and “We Are Singapore.”
Date: 8 Aug / 9 Aug / 10 Aug
Time: 9 am to 12.30 pm
Price: $70 per pax
2. Have Fun with Those Who Make Singapore Home
Singapore is truly home because of the people here. Take this National Day holiday to take some time off your commitments and spend some quality time with the people you love. Do something out of the ordinary like Land ZOVB which involves going into an enormous clear plastic air-cushioned sphere, getting yourself strapped up and rolling down a slope in a virtual anti-gravity form of weightlessness like an intoxicated space traveller. The best part is there is a National Day promotion! In celebration of Singapore’s 53rd birthday, 5 people gets to experience the same fun at the price of 3!
Date: 22 Aug / 1 Sep
Time: 4 pm to 7 pm
Price: $150 for 5 pax
Alternatively, WOW Experience also have the same promotion for Laser Clay Shooting where 5 people pay for the price of 3!
Date: 22 Aug / 1 Sep
Time: 4 pm to 7 pm
Price: $147 for 5 pax
3. Bake a Birthday Cake for Singapore
Singapore may have developed drastically over the years and many insta-worthy food trends such as galaxy cakes, salted egg craze, rainbow food and floating noodles come and go. This, however, does not change how old-school basic cakes will always be part of our childhood and our go-to snack to munch on. Celebrate Singapore’s birthday with basic cakes that best represent Singapore — simple yet imperative.
Date: 5 Aug, 12 Aug, 19 Aug and 26 Aug (4-days Course)
Time: 9 am to 5.30 pm
Price: $727.60 per pax
4. Cook and Eat like a Singaporean.
We all love our hawker delights but how many of us can cook our favourite hawker food in our own kitchen? Embrace the local delights that we are proud of by recreating them yourselves.
Nonya Laksa + Chicken Satay and Peanut Sauce
Date: 6 Aug
Time: 11 am to 2 pm / 2.30 pm to 5.30 pm / 6 pm to 9 pm
Price: $110 per pax
Hainanese Chicken Rice + Chilli Crab Sauce + Ondeh Ondeh
Date: 4 Aug / 5 Aug / 6 Aug / 7 Aug / 8 Aug / 9 Aug / 10 Aug / 11 Aug
Time: 12 pm to 2 pm
Price: $78 per pax
5. Experience Singapore’s Nightlife Differently
A legend-wait for it-dary birthday bash will always come with alcohol! Celebrate Singapore’s 53rd birthday with alcohol, good company ,and most importantly, tons of fun!
Date: 8 Aug / 9 Aug / 10 Aug
Time: 7 pm
Price: $30 per ax
