This weekend is Singapore's 50th Anniversary as an independent country. They call it an anniversary, rather than "Independence Day" like India. Singapore didn't fight for Independence like we did, there is a curious history of it being asked to leave Malaysia of which it was a part. Something to understand more of, later.
All is not perfect in the island nation, and there are challenges ahead of it and hopefully I'll learn enough about that to write about it later, but this weekend is a time to celebrate, as they say, Singapore's transition from a third world country to a first world country in 50 years. A group of us from the school went to a waterfront restaurant for dinner to catch the fireworks, which are a prelude to the real deal which will come on Sunday.

Majulah Singapura is the anthem : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fdb_O91d92M