Tuesday, March 4, 2008

5 mOrE DaYs to EleCtiOn DaY

The battle has began...

From the banners to campaigns...as well as the flags...there are all over the place...from lamp posts to flyovers, as well as on hospitals gates. We even now have historic tv advertisement...;) in the name of politics....

Nescafe, Mercedes Benz and even Nokia road advertisement (by the highway) have been replaced by election campaigns. What a sight..!!
We even miss a junction when we went to a friend wedding invitation at Taiping last week ; simply because the only signboard that leads to the house was covered with flags from all parties...

There were Rockets , one-eyed symbols, the beautiful green full moon..
as well as the most famous of all for ruling the country since the independence day; the 'Dacing' symbol... An 80 year old Granny even registered as a candidate for one of the Terengganu Parlimen constituency seats...She even has her own symbol....a key...and from what i've read in the papers, she lived in a RM60 rental house with no furnitures, and goes around earning a living by selling fabric to make 'Baju Kurung'. Where are all her relatives to advise her NOT to compete... The RM10k that she put as the deposit to compete can easily be 'burned'. She might as well use the money to perform pilgrimage (Hajj) or even Umrah.

I personally think we are living in an 'up-side-down' country. People can just woke up one day from sleep and decide to compete and become a candidate, Ulama' can say it's OK to bad-mouth others when it comes to politics, and there are many 120 years old citizens in Malaysia that can woke up suddenly from the dead to vote.

Election mood is everywhere...

In office too, hundreds of emails..most of it was 'hate' mail & so-called 'bad-mouth' other people just for the sake of politics and to gain some extra votes..
People criticizing the minister for not doing his job...and for the old to step down, to give some room and space for the young ones to get the chance..and also on the HINDRAF and BERSIH rally ...These are among many other emails that i have received and have to delete because my mailbox have exceeded it's limit storage due to everybody around me is so passionate when it comes to politics.

Some people even asked me...what will my vote be, this coming 8th March..
What's the point of asking?...Haishhh. Aren't votes supposed to be a secret?..
Then, if i refuse to say anything, they will start to talk politics...on why we should vote for this and not for that...mmmm decisions decisions...A friend even 'tarbiyah' me in Yahoo Messenger just to ensure that i support his argument and vote as his is....aiyoohhhh.. poning..poning..

To vote or not to vote is no more a question... As a citizen of a democracy country, we have to vote. Once you reach 18, you have your own right to vote.. I miss my vote when i was 23 years old..and i'm not going to do the same this coming election.

Therefore, be a responsible person and vote wisely.. Your vote can make a difference...

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