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all in all.
 Nike Run was... Overly crowded, literally impossible to run, really. The route was super duper ultra mega narrow. And the Sun was beaming down upon us uber mercilessly.
Didn't see many people we knew; I was looking out for Caprina and Nina but I only saw Nina. More like she saw us, haha. Wanted to take pictures with them, but by the time Const and me retrieved our bags and called them, they had alr left Barrage.
Anw, the live bands were awesome. Marina Barrage is a nice place to be at night! :)
Honestly, I have no idea how I ran 15km for WillRun. I guess it was only possible because we were conditioned during our stay in SR; and we're back to square one now.
Dinner-ed at Thai Express, desert-ed and camwhore-ed at Macs as though the day would never end. Okay, we were lazy to go home too luh. Watched the Election Results with daddy after reaching home, I'm glad the train services were extended tonight hahaha. Anw, I must say it was super saddening to see George Yeo and Lim Hwee Hwa losing their place in Parliament. Foreign Minister and Singapore's first female MP. Not to mention Chiam See Tong, who's been in Parliament for the past 27 years.
Sigh.
This GE; although shocking in some aspects has revealed the bitter-truth. No doubt, PAP has emerged victorious just like before. But there're only 60% of votes in favour of the ruling party. Time for the PAP to do some soul-searching.
Oh, and I guess I have to embrace Tin Pei Ling more and more. Its a need, not a want.
So far I only remember 2 elections; the 2006 one and this year's. In 2006, results were made known rather early, unlike this year's. I think virtually the whole population slept uber late last night, daddy and me turned off the television after all the results were announced; it was already past 3am.
It's nice to see more people taking an interest in politics. Or maybe our generation has just grown up. Either way, the politics of Singapore will take on a different shape a couple if years down the road. GE 2011 is but a mere beginning.
4 hours later, I woke up for Service. Found my dad still in slumber and when I woke him up, he told me to go for Service myself. Pfft. i was too lazy to take the bus, plus i was alr running late. Flagging a cab was never so tiring. Uber few cabs on the road; all the uber few cabs were Hired; those 'available' cabs had occupants alr (wth); the Sun was shining damn brightly.
Attempted taking a nap before Dedication Dinner in the evening, and I overslept. It didn't start on time anyway hahahah. Service at Qian Xi Lou Restaurant sucks to the core, pfft.
And now, time for bed. It's been a long weekend. And an even longer work week awaits me. Sigh.
1 down; 7 to go. Labels: general elections, its a good day.
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politics.
This afternoon, I heard some recording being played continuously. After a while, I realized it was the PAP van, making its rounds around the estate to garner support; the recording was in all 4 languages to cater to the different races in Singapore.
I wanted to use the phrase I always used in my Japanese Occupation essays about the political tours the nationalists had the chance to carry out all thanks to mass politics during the JO, but I somehow can't seem to recall that phrase.
Anw, for once; I'm interested in the GE. And when I say for once, I really mean for once. The Opposition's rising up almost everywhere.
Honestly, sometimes we as humans are all too quick to pull the trigger. Yes, the PAP has their flaws. The Opposition seems to be able to paint a nicer image of Singapore. Notice the word seems.
In actual fact, we have to give and take. Yes, we might not agree with some of the things the PAP does. But, has Singapore prospered under their leadership?
In retrospect, Singapore has done exceedingly well; we've come a long way from the fishing village in the 1960's to the cosmopolitan city we are today. Yes, people have accused the PAP of fabricating History in their favour; eg Dr Lee Siew Choh from the Barisan Sosialis. Did it do Singapore good? Yes it did. The citizens were generally submissive to the PAP, PAP was able to bring Singapore to greater heights in spite of their flaws.
Look at Thailand, when it was under Thaksin. Yes, people accused him of being corrupt. In spite of it all, Thailand was prosperous, no?
Sometimes, we really have to look at the bigger picture. We're not living in post independent Burma and Indonesia, where Presidents like U Nu and Sukarno respectively committed political and social blunders that deemed them unfit for office. Our leaders have managed to prosper Singapore economically and socially.
We should learn to be appreciative, really.
And in case you're wondering, I'm not pro-PAP, neither am I pro-opposition.
I havent really given the elections much thought. I only found out recently that the infamous Tin Pei Ling is contesting in my GRC, against Nicole Seah. Trust me, I got a shock.
And all of these remind me a lot of SEA History. Especially of post independence challenges.
Sigh, I miss History. Labels: general elections
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