When I were young, (I'm getting older perhaps) I always had insomnia on the night before any big events.
The nights before teacher's day and children's day because my school is throwing party and I'm allowed to eat in my class.
The nights before sports day because I'm to perform cheerleading tomorrow for my house also participating some running courses.
The night before my first date with my first bf. lol those nights...
At 0000 5th May 2013, I couldn't sleep as well. There are reasons why I can't sleep.
First, I just found out my status in SPR is gone. TIDAK DITEMUI. I even got helped by DAP yet still my status can't be found. From the lady over the phone, they believe I'm not the only one and something must had gone wrong there. She also advices me to go back to the polling centre I saw the other day to check if my name is in the electoral. I were shocked and disappointed. There are some people in my Facebook telling other to printout their status from SPR just in case any things go wrong on that day. To me I thought it is impossible that anyone can manipulate the database of SPR since it suppose to be an independence commission. At the moment, I realise I'm too naive and I underestimate the tricks are playing at that time.
Then, with no doubt obviously I'm excited and trembled about the arrival of the day where rakyat is to UBAH. I told myself if tomorrow I can't vote then I'm to contribute all my effort in making this election smooth. Why aren't I saying a clean fair election? Oh that's because the moment I know I'm not eligible to vote and this is no longer a clean fair election to me.
Woke up early in the morning, I went on to check my status. Three polling centre I checked and nothing. Not found. I also made noises and get a lot to help me out on this issue yet I'm still not allowed to vote. I told myself, never mind. Don't give up. You can help the others. Then I went on to keep an eye on the polling centre. They called it "ghost busters" in action. So basically I'm keeping an eye on phantom lookalike voters aka the foreigners like Bangladesh, Nepal, Indonesian, or even Philippinoes. I really hate it that the people have to do this part. We did this because we all know this election is not clean and fair. The people are all on theirs hands to make sure this election went smoothly and as fairer as possible. After my quick breakfast nearby my polling centre then I went to Lembah Pantai and Setapak. The three location are far apart yet I wished to do anything to aid this election as much as I could.
Everyone was posting their status and comments in Facebook saying the god is crying out loud for this election held also wanting to clean this election using his tears (rain drops). That afternoon, the KL city was all wet. If god heard our prayers, I really wish the two men who were caught at the SJK (C) Mun Yee weren't foreigners but Malaysian with valid blue IC. I were at SMK Danau Kota before making my way to the nearby polling centre. How could the IC be distributed to the foreigners that simply only to give them victory in this election. How could the policemen stationed not responding to the attendance of phantom voters. Over there, nothing much can the people do but to record also to snap pictures of these evidences of phantom voters.
Some chinese who have been living in Malaysia for years and calling Malaysia theirs homeland theirs country. They do not have blue IC but red. The red IC indicates that they aren't a Malaysian yet. However, those who just came here for few days "trip" get himself a blue IC. Is this still fair?
At 1700, I left the polling centre and made my way back home with flags of Pakatan waving along the way. As I passed by many areas in KL, I get honked at very very very frequent. Usually if I get any driver honk at me I will be damn pissed off as I'm a delicate driver but that evening I were so happy. I were happy to get driver pressing their car honks for me for the flags waving. The car honks showed their supportive for Pakatan Rakyat. I pressed my car honk as well replying their support. I think that was the only day I pressed so many times car honks ever since I get my baby car on last November.
Once again if god hear my prayer that day, I were saying I wish we rakyat will win this election and make a better government than the previous ruling coalition. Sincerely, I prayed.
I prayed for my husband's future, my future, my children's future also for my next next generations.
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Monday, May 6, 2013
GE13 part 1: Start from scratch
The reason why am I putting this post as part 1 because the journey I have been through is really long. I wish to put my thoughts and my experiences on this General Election 13th into words.
2 years before this, at my 21st birthday day, I did 2 important moves that marked my life.
1st, I signed up as an organ donor.
2nd, I registered as a voter. A responsibility a rakyat hold.
Year 2012, people started to question about the holding of general election. When will the current parliament dissolved? Why is it not dissolving? When is the GE 13th? More and more questions rose as time ticked away.
Year 2013, out of everyone expectation, suddenly the former PM (yes i used the word former) announced the dissolution of parliament on 3rd April. Everybody is shocked including his fellows in BN. Started from that point, the paves to election moved in lightning speed.
222 parliament seats and 505 state seats, the ruling BN and the opposition PR are to fight for. The party to has a simple majority of 112 parliament seats is going to form the new government.
To be frank, since young I'm never a supporter of BN. When I were young, I don't like them because the government to me is not helping the rakyat. Especially during the time Tun Mahathir ruled the country, my family had a real hard time. Heard from my parent about the government and I again don't like them. Then, I went to Form 6 and have more general knowledge about the current government. Hatred started to merge from there. I understand the agreement of our ancestors on the special status of Malays in this country. It's not about the special status. On the day I were born, I've learned and adapted well to it. Only because I learned how unfair the system is in the government structure. At this point, I'm glad I went to Form 6 but not A level.
Then Pakatan rakyat came out with their manifesto, UBAH!
From the EC, there are 2.6 million first time voters from the total of 13.3 millions registered voters. Both politic coalitions are aiming at these first time voters as they are to greatly influence the result of this election. Many activities had been carried out by both the coalitions to promote their manifesto and in hope to gain more support from people. Hey hey Let's not forget the most significant one at Penang state where PSY were invited to be here "free".
Thanks to the Internet platform, people learned more of the happening issues of current government besides mainstream media. Between, mainstream media is no longer trust by the most of the people due to the media only siding towards the current ruling politics coalition. PR manifesto spreads out like wild fire. With the aid of ceramah held across the country from west to easy n to west again. Attendance of ceramah grew dramatically. Rakyat shouted UBAH! Rakyat shouted INI KALILAH.
Obviously the 80s 90s are fed up with the current ruling government. Corruption, slow economic growth, unjust economy, rising crime rate, and doubting the integrity and independence of judiciary.
We rakyat ought to change this current condition. Also thanks to the effort of PR contributed in Penang state and Selangor state, both states had showed good and stable economic growth over the past 5 years. Great changes were seen. People see the results and people make their choices.
Although I did not attend any ceremahs due to my work at night I couldn't make it there but I viewed the videos uploaded by the attendees. The determination in rakyat to UBAH is obvious. Their anger shouts I've heard, you heard it and they heard it too.
Bangkit rakyat. People wake up to realise politics is important. Last time, people have this thought that politics has nothing to do with them. Nobody cares about politics and some even gave up their right to vote. From year 2008, slowly people woke up and realised how important it is.
Now 2013, angry Malaysian. Angry rakyat wants to UBAH and INI KALILAH.
2 years before this, at my 21st birthday day, I did 2 important moves that marked my life.
1st, I signed up as an organ donor.
2nd, I registered as a voter. A responsibility a rakyat hold.
Year 2012, people started to question about the holding of general election. When will the current parliament dissolved? Why is it not dissolving? When is the GE 13th? More and more questions rose as time ticked away.
Year 2013, out of everyone expectation, suddenly the former PM (yes i used the word former) announced the dissolution of parliament on 3rd April. Everybody is shocked including his fellows in BN. Started from that point, the paves to election moved in lightning speed.
222 parliament seats and 505 state seats, the ruling BN and the opposition PR are to fight for. The party to has a simple majority of 112 parliament seats is going to form the new government.
To be frank, since young I'm never a supporter of BN. When I were young, I don't like them because the government to me is not helping the rakyat. Especially during the time Tun Mahathir ruled the country, my family had a real hard time. Heard from my parent about the government and I again don't like them. Then, I went to Form 6 and have more general knowledge about the current government. Hatred started to merge from there. I understand the agreement of our ancestors on the special status of Malays in this country. It's not about the special status. On the day I were born, I've learned and adapted well to it. Only because I learned how unfair the system is in the government structure. At this point, I'm glad I went to Form 6 but not A level.
Then Pakatan rakyat came out with their manifesto, UBAH!
From the EC, there are 2.6 million first time voters from the total of 13.3 millions registered voters. Both politic coalitions are aiming at these first time voters as they are to greatly influence the result of this election. Many activities had been carried out by both the coalitions to promote their manifesto and in hope to gain more support from people. Hey hey Let's not forget the most significant one at Penang state where PSY were invited to be here "free".
Thanks to the Internet platform, people learned more of the happening issues of current government besides mainstream media. Between, mainstream media is no longer trust by the most of the people due to the media only siding towards the current ruling politics coalition. PR manifesto spreads out like wild fire. With the aid of ceramah held across the country from west to easy n to west again. Attendance of ceramah grew dramatically. Rakyat shouted UBAH! Rakyat shouted INI KALILAH.
Obviously the 80s 90s are fed up with the current ruling government. Corruption, slow economic growth, unjust economy, rising crime rate, and doubting the integrity and independence of judiciary.
We rakyat ought to change this current condition. Also thanks to the effort of PR contributed in Penang state and Selangor state, both states had showed good and stable economic growth over the past 5 years. Great changes were seen. People see the results and people make their choices.
Although I did not attend any ceremahs due to my work at night I couldn't make it there but I viewed the videos uploaded by the attendees. The determination in rakyat to UBAH is obvious. Their anger shouts I've heard, you heard it and they heard it too.
Bangkit rakyat. People wake up to realise politics is important. Last time, people have this thought that politics has nothing to do with them. Nobody cares about politics and some even gave up their right to vote. From year 2008, slowly people woke up and realised how important it is.
Now 2013, angry Malaysian. Angry rakyat wants to UBAH and INI KALILAH.
Sunday, May 5, 2013
UBAH! INI KALILAH
At 2.10am, 5th of may 2013. I'm excited and I'm trembling to witness to be part of this historical moment.
A lot been spreading words like this is going to be a very dirty election than any before but I choose to be neutral and decided to stand on my own. I still somehow believing in this party that had ruled my country my homeland for 55 years. I never thought that they will playing really dirty dirty tricks to make themselves winning this time.
Until I were tricked. Now I learned. Some news spreading out there on the social media can be true too. Of course I do not deny that some are made up stories or some are simply misleading the people since only a picture and no one are to explain about the condition the truth behind the picture.
Choose what to believe to. I made my choice after I learned big lesson. You are big enough wise enough to tell what's the truth to be.
However putting the sad part of GE13th aside, I saw unity. This unity that never been so clearly shown by rakyat. As a girl growing up in this sweet land with diversity of cultures and different races for 23 years, I should be eligible to voice out what's within myself.
When I were young, I went to tadika (kindergarden) with Malays and Indians. We played together and we learned together. The same languages and same lessons. Then I enrolled into primary school, SJK (C) I went to. The C stands for cina (Chinese). There I saw only few Indians (within my fingers count) and no Malays at all. After that, I speaks only mandarin which is also my mother tongue. Slowly I distanced from other races. I kinda don't like them due to some naive children around me telling stories they heard from their parents about other races. Not until the level of racist but I just simply don't make friends with them then. That time Malays and Indians to me are myths. I don't know anything further about them other than what taught by the moral textbooks.
Next I went to secondary school where I met Malays and Indians now. Slowly I learned they aren't as what my friends had told me about them. They have a total different background from me. The diet, the religions, the language, also the backgrounds. Progressively I made good friends with them. We played, we gossip, we learned and we adapted.
Even though I made friends with others races yet the distances are still there. I know something is wrong but cannot figure out what that is.
Now I know. Is aim. Is target. Is future. Through this year election, the unity formed and grow stronger. We the rakyat bond even firmer that ever before because we hope for the same future and aim for the same goal.
I'm really glad to see all races in Malaysia sitting together talking about the same goal that we are envision for. I'm so touched to see all the progress made to achieve this level of unity in rakyat. I teared whenever I saw the supporters of opposite party showing their effort in making this happen.
Later today I'm to also put my little small effort in making my future, my children's future and my grand children's future better.
UBAH!
A lot been spreading words like this is going to be a very dirty election than any before but I choose to be neutral and decided to stand on my own. I still somehow believing in this party that had ruled my country my homeland for 55 years. I never thought that they will playing really dirty dirty tricks to make themselves winning this time.
Until I were tricked. Now I learned. Some news spreading out there on the social media can be true too. Of course I do not deny that some are made up stories or some are simply misleading the people since only a picture and no one are to explain about the condition the truth behind the picture.
Choose what to believe to. I made my choice after I learned big lesson. You are big enough wise enough to tell what's the truth to be.
However putting the sad part of GE13th aside, I saw unity. This unity that never been so clearly shown by rakyat. As a girl growing up in this sweet land with diversity of cultures and different races for 23 years, I should be eligible to voice out what's within myself.
When I were young, I went to tadika (kindergarden) with Malays and Indians. We played together and we learned together. The same languages and same lessons. Then I enrolled into primary school, SJK (C) I went to. The C stands for cina (Chinese). There I saw only few Indians (within my fingers count) and no Malays at all. After that, I speaks only mandarin which is also my mother tongue. Slowly I distanced from other races. I kinda don't like them due to some naive children around me telling stories they heard from their parents about other races. Not until the level of racist but I just simply don't make friends with them then. That time Malays and Indians to me are myths. I don't know anything further about them other than what taught by the moral textbooks.
Next I went to secondary school where I met Malays and Indians now. Slowly I learned they aren't as what my friends had told me about them. They have a total different background from me. The diet, the religions, the language, also the backgrounds. Progressively I made good friends with them. We played, we gossip, we learned and we adapted.
Even though I made friends with others races yet the distances are still there. I know something is wrong but cannot figure out what that is.
Now I know. Is aim. Is target. Is future. Through this year election, the unity formed and grow stronger. We the rakyat bond even firmer that ever before because we hope for the same future and aim for the same goal.
I'm really glad to see all races in Malaysia sitting together talking about the same goal that we are envision for. I'm so touched to see all the progress made to achieve this level of unity in rakyat. I teared whenever I saw the supporters of opposite party showing their effort in making this happen.
Later today I'm to also put my little small effort in making my future, my children's future and my grand children's future better.
UBAH!
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