i went to look at the queue on both days...
Yesterday, the queue although is shockingly, ridiculously long (winding queue all the way to Liang Court) it was a moving queue... Followed the crowd from Liang Court to Raffles Green and on most sections, the queue is always moving. The part between Hong Lim Park to OCBC centre was very fast, to a point people can simply run... So when the news said 8 hours, actually it won't last that long...
One of my colleagues went yesterday when it was announced 5 hours, it only took him 2 hours...
Today, the queue are very concentrated. It is really slow compared to yesterday. In fact only 1/6 of Padang is moving at any point in time... The queue today are much tougher. When media said 8 hours, it will take that long...
Some of my colleagues went today, went in at 10pm, which at that time it was said to be 4 hours... they are still in Padang...