here my timings reaching different parts of the queue line to the parliament house TODAY. i went in padang at 1:15pm and left the parliament house at 5:40pm.
it was sunny with some wind.
for those who are in the line or going now or later in the night can roughly use the timings to gauge your wait time especially AFTER they release u from the padang holding area.
1:15pm strolled into padang field. ppl were passing out umbrellas n giving out tissues, drinks (mineral water, yeos, liang teh, breadtalk giving breads n cakes), plastic fans.
1:20 being placed in blocks of tentages and sat down to relax in holding area. reminded constantly not to cluster together.
1:50 exit padang holding area to esplanade
2:00 where the real queue begins, all e way snaking to opposite MS/mandarin(float).
along the way plenty of ppl giving out drinks, food, umbrellas and ponchos.
2:15 small holding point at float stand. sheltered.
2:16 released to cont walking.
2:35 walk stop walk stop..... the difficult part is here because of the sun.
3:30 walk stop walk stop opposite victoria memorial hall.
3:45 NS major briefed that there would be a holding point just before the tunnel under bridge to prevent suffocation there. and it would take less than 1.5hr to reach the parliament hse from here.
4:05 reach white tentage (pen n card issued. end of it are the xray machines. before this the stretch, there were bangalas hanging up lights lined on rope. kudos to them so wont be too dark for the night people.
4:30 entered gate of parliament house
4:50 still waiting in the house..left lane move much faster, right lane jam. why is for u to ownself go find out...
5:40 left the house. took me 50min queueing on the right lane on the house. if left lane, it would be much much much faster. but..
please help to thank the volunteers and nsf here! they are awesome!!