Did you notice the one thing glaringly new and different in this election campaign trail ?? The presence of blogger-speakers at "ceramas"(talks/speeches by political-candidates in the run-up of an election)....yes, this is a new phenomena that has taken a whole new dimension as an opening act or in fact at some instances, as the main act, at "ceramas" around the Klang Valley and mind you....they are making waves...erh... no,.. tsunamis in terms of public turn-outs !Yes, these responsible bloggers, prominently vocal in their own right, have added that "missing" ingredient, coupled with a wealth of knowledge, passionately share their experienced views, night after night, voluntarily sacrificing their time and energy, with "joe public" at "ceramas". And for the record only "rakyat -conscience" and fair-minded politicians-in-waiting, are being courted and aided by these super-bloggers in their campaign trail !
I've been to a few around the Klang Valley and the word on the ground always is "who are the blogger-speakers in tonight's "cerama"?" It is amazing how the "average joe" can stand (some come prepared with umbrellas/raincoats ) braving stormy weather ( incidentally it seem to pour "heavily" at these "ceramas" every night !) for hours on end, absorbing every word these bloggers have to say amid thunderous clapping and cheering ! Trust me, I never saw this type of prominence and attention given to even seasoned politicians before !
Bloggers Raja Petra( Malaysia Today) and Haris Ibrahim (People's Parliament) armed with the "Peoples' Declaration" are two such sought-after bloggers for these "ceramas" everywhere, by "newbies" and even big-named and hardened politicians welcome these 2 to add "ooump" to their campaigns ! And boy... they draw the crowd by the thousands !!! Other bloggers too have lent their precious support for a new change demanding a "citizens'-first" government, at some if not all "ceramas" and this sure has given an interesting new twist and striking change from the "ceramas" of old ! I say "thank you" and "Syabas" to these caring and daring bloggers !!
And as I said before CHANGE IS GOOD !...so...... VOTE WISELY !
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It's "Syabas", Fish.
Yes, Raja Petra and Haris are sending across the message of change not just in blogosphere but also in the real world.
Thank you for asking me if I was giving political ceramahs as well. I'll stick to writing, bro.
rocky,
error noted and rectified....thanks for pointing it out....now if only the rest of the country is willing to "note" the "errors" and make a change....sigh !!!
Cheers man !
fish,
This may not be the best place to pu this comment, but on the upper right corner of your blog you question if Jeff Ooi will be the first blogger in Parliament.
We don't think so. There've been many others from the 11th Parliament who've blogged, including LKS and Teresa Kok to name a couple. Surely Jeff Ooi has missed this boat by easily a number of years.
So to answer your question, no, he will not be the first blogger in Parliament. If he is elected, he will be an MP who blogs, no more and no less.
mydeen aboo backer,
Thank you for bringing it up but when I said Jeff Ooi as the first blogger in Parliament, I meant Jeff as a member of the protem committee of AllBlogs (National Alliance of Bloggers) which was formed on 25-8-07 with Rocky as Protem President.
Sure LKS and Teresa Kok had their blogs earlier, but there are not a part of AllBlogs.
Cheers !
Yes congrats to all of you bloggers who had contributed a lot for sure in making this difference !!
Sweet victory for the opposition & really the power of "Makhal Sakthi" was at force yesterday.
The opposition front was very united this time and managed to get everyone, despite of race and religion to vote for PAS, PKR or DAP and thanks to RPK & Anwar as well who had played a sensational role in this success.
The strategy of a one-corner fight to avoid vote splitting really worked well. However this is not the case in Sabah/Sarawak where the results was the reverse with opposition only winning one parliment seat respectively in these 2 states. What happened ? If only the same formula was applied there as adviced by RPK, surely things could heve been different.
Nevertheless, the tsunami wave of Makhal Sakhthi will surely head now to East Malaysia and will be the target for the next election while at the meantime the opposotion coalition should strategize and walk the talk of whatever they promise to continue to win the hearts of the citizens with a united patriotic vision of capturing Malaysia to form the new Barisan Rakyat government in 5 years time... :-)
Shaghai,
Its the first Blogger who is going into Parliament alright! As for Uncle Lim, and the rest, they were already in Parliament!
Mydeen, he is just picking!
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