Well, it’s the day after the elections. I missed the boat, sort of, because it would have been good to have taken photos of all the war of flags and posters and whatnot. But anyway, I did manage to catch some on the day of elections and today.
Truth to tell, the whole nation is reeling. I don’t think anyone expected the election results, or the massive losses experienced by the National Coalition. I do feel bad for a few BN candidates, some of whom I thought should have won. Of course, Samy Vellu should have stepped down ages ago, and I guess the voters felt the same.
Of course, mainstream media came up with the usual ‘drama’ non-objective headlines. How long can the mainstream newspapers continue to insult the intelligence of the people? Sigh…
Anyway, voting yesterday was great. I took along a book (I was thinking of my I-Pod too, but decided not to). I also had aMalibu Dream from Coffee Bean, my favourite, yum! It took me less than ten minutes: go to the computer man, get my room number, go to the room, wait about five minutes, go in, take my voting paper thingies, X on Parliamentarian, X on state assembly person, then back home.
Outside, there were two massive BN booths, taking up the little park outside the polling centre. Motorbike riders with massive (and dangerous-looking) flags flitted to and fro. Just outside 7-Eleven was a smaller DAP booth, with a man bearing a huge Rocket flag, giving drivers a thumbs-up as they drive. Quite fun, all in all.
We stayed up late, watching the news, refreshing the news websites, getting phone calls and text messages. And the astounding results!
Today, the whole of PJ and KL has been quiet. I think people are staying in, just in case, you know… What’s more, some parts of KL have the BN flags removed already. Walking around Dataran Merdeka, I found none, except some chucked on the ground…
But Loke Yew had the flags up and flying.
And now, we wait for tomorrow.
Posted on 09/03/2008
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