Okay...so I'm not rich ! But I had plans, big plans IF only I had been related or had she been truly rich ! ( see here and here !) Hmmmm... life goes on as my hopes of riches are cruelly dashed and I yet remain poor.
So we're faced with another by-election soon in Permatang Pasir, yes ?
What gives folk, when the media (both print and electronic) are going to have a field day going at each others throats...or even lower down....to their crotches at the many ceremahs nightly soon ! Plenty of "juicy" pot-shots will be taken and emotions will be running high ! It will be hard to stay calm and observe the bickering's and antics of all those who will be campaigning for their favorites, painting the "rosiest" of pictures of their candidates and making him/her almost a saint and feverishly digging "new" and sensational scandals ( does not matter if the accusations are hearsay nor the need to substantiated with documented proof !) of the opponent ! Yes, we seen and heard them all so many times before. After all by-elections ( and we've had that many already ) have been the single most entertaining event in our sorry lives as ordinary and frustrated tax-paying citizens of this country since 8 March 2008, yes ?
There's a brighter side to all this..... for instance, never have roads been paved, street-lights repaired and bridges built or up-graded, schools given face-lifts and drains cleared and contracts awarded to locals and local businesses flooded with orders in such lightning speed in every particular constituency as in a forth-coming by-election ! Sleepy hallows are suddenly "awakened" and photos of virtually unknown village simpletons are suddenly seen splashed in all the media, shaking hands or hugging in an emotionally-charged pose with some big-wig politician speaking in 3 or 4 different "mother-tongues" who wouldn't touch these poor souls even with a six-foot pole on any other given day, right ?
That's showtime folks ! ....just great showtime and the desperate need for that one deciding vote to change their lives (read the politician NOT that village moron !) and gleefully "future" fortunes to be amassed and YOU totally ignored, forever !
But I love the "sendiwarahs" of local politics and politicians and the many instances of witnessing BY-ELECTIONS.... or is it BUY-elections ?....."live" and in the thick of it !
So folks, where ever you are and if you are one of the eligible voters this time round in Permatang Pasir, vote wisely and with your heart over your conscience head, not just for yourself and for you today but for your kids and for their tomorrow ! Remember you will be responsible if you fcuk-up you children's future and don't go blaming no one, comprendo ? Sleep well and sleep on it !
Cheers !
What gives folk, when the media (both print and electronic) are going to have a field day going at each others throats...or even lower down....to their crotches at the many ceremahs nightly soon ! Plenty of "juicy" pot-shots will be taken and emotions will be running high ! It will be hard to stay calm and observe the bickering's and antics of all those who will be campaigning for their favorites, painting the "rosiest" of pictures of their candidates and making him/her almost a saint and feverishly digging "new" and sensational scandals ( does not matter if the accusations are hearsay nor the need to substantiated with documented proof !) of the opponent ! Yes, we seen and heard them all so many times before. After all by-elections ( and we've had that many already ) have been the single most entertaining event in our sorry lives as ordinary and frustrated tax-paying citizens of this country since 8 March 2008, yes ?
There's a brighter side to all this..... for instance, never have roads been paved, street-lights repaired and bridges built or up-graded, schools given face-lifts and drains cleared and contracts awarded to locals and local businesses flooded with orders in such lightning speed in every particular constituency as in a forth-coming by-election ! Sleepy hallows are suddenly "awakened" and photos of virtually unknown village simpletons are suddenly seen splashed in all the media, shaking hands or hugging in an emotionally-charged pose with some big-wig politician speaking in 3 or 4 different "mother-tongues" who wouldn't touch these poor souls even with a six-foot pole on any other given day, right ?
That's showtime folks ! ....just great showtime and the desperate need for that one deciding vote to change their lives (read the politician NOT that village moron !) and gleefully "future" fortunes to be amassed and YOU totally ignored, forever !
But I love the "sendiwarahs" of local politics and politicians and the many instances of witnessing BY-ELECTIONS.... or is it BUY-elections ?....."live" and in the thick of it !
So folks, where ever you are and if you are one of the eligible voters this time round in Permatang Pasir, vote wisely and with your heart over your conscience head, not just for yourself and for you today but for your kids and for their tomorrow ! Remember you will be responsible if you fcuk-up you children's future and don't go blaming no one, comprendo ? Sleep well and sleep on it !
Cheers !
1 comment:
you sound like you are fed-up of the whole polotical scene,but knowing you, you mean well and are only seeking a good government to right all the wrong of this shitty BN morons...why your last pharagraph so angry one.
relax mistah fish and keep fishing for more news on the buy election. take care...
LGDP
Post a Comment