Malaysia's 50th Merdeka Celebration

I watched it on TV3.
1. I've never heard PM Dato' Seri Abdullah Badawi speak so loud, as on the night before The Day.
2. A lot of work has gone into the human formations, particularly the words. Changing every few minutes, at so large a size and with so many people, one wonders how they even managed to do that. The formations coordinator(s) is (are) not credited (enough).
3. A little disappointed that TV3 missed an aerial shot of the completed Malaysian map human formation, after splashing on screen several times 'Pembentukan Peta Malaysia' (Formation of the Malaysian Map) while it was in progress.
4. The choir sounded good! Participants from Teacher's Training College, if not wrong. And I really don't mind the kompang and bongo-drum sounding instruments; as long as they don't sound damped and mono, RTM-like. Heck, the music sounded good!
5. Of all the tribute floats to our Prime Ministers, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad's looked overcrowded. Half the items from the float could have easily filled an extra one.
6. On TV3's Buletin Utama on Merdeka evening, the Merdeka parade was the only good news -- followed by reports on post-celebration littering, lack of Bumiputera retailers in Suria KLCC, fracas during a particular shareholder's meeting...