Friday, June 30, 2006
NDP Tickets - To cash in, or not???I believe the days of standing in line, outside the National Stadium just to get your hands onto NDP tickets, are long gone. E-Balloting, they call it. Just a few clicks on the
NDP site, and you are in with a shout on getting yourself a few NDP Tickets.
Many would have read, either on
STOMP or in today's ST Home, that there've been a huge uproar with regards to NDP tickets being auctioned off on eBay and the sorts. And so, it wasn't much of a surprise, when a good friend from HOME, Jessica came by and asked me about my comments. See, I was given a buzz a couple of weeks back, being informed that I had gotten myself a pair of NDP tix - of course they need to give it to me, Mr NDP comes back once every yr, and so too, we remember Rosemarie, with heartfelt grief.
My take on this is simple. Why create a huge furore, when the terms and conditions that accompanied the package, did not state that they cannot be auctioned off? Mr NDP, during his heyday at NDP 05, foresaw this problem, and had brought it up to his boss. To which, he was told, "Its a good suggestion, but this is beyond our payscale. Lets see what Commander says.". Mr NDP never heard anything from it since then. Perhaps, a little more clarity on this issue SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN, prior to at least, the first Media Brief. I can just picture the chaos going through, when their Focus Group Meetings take place.
As to whether I would auction off my tickets, hmm, perhaps, for next year's parade. The reason's simple, my mum. She's had this undying wish to attend at least one parade live, so being Mr Filial Piety, I've decided to bring her along. Plus a cousin of mine's in the GOH ranks with the Airforce. So its gonna be another mini family gathering, at Kallang.
Moral of the story: Everything, has a price..
3:29 AM
supernova lit up.
