Tuesday, May 16, 2006

A Belated Post

Gosh, I can't believe how this post is 10 days late. I know the elections fever has subsided somewhat and many of us have moved on with our lives. But the following pictures were taken one day prior to election day and i feel unjustified for my camera phone (despite its inadequate ability to shoot decently) if I didn't post these pics.

Some of us may have heard of the massive crowd present during the Workers' Party's rallies. But just how congested was it?



What you see here, is around 15% of the actual crowd


As you can see from the above picture, it's really 人山人海. The literal translation of this Chinese idiom is : mountains cum oceans of human beings. Simply put : A hell lot of people.
The atmosphere was fantastic. The people present were passionate, energetic and well-spirited. Some of them came with banners:

Sylvia, or Ms Sylvia Lim, is the chairman of the WP. A very powerful speaker. In case you don't know.


Others came with a mock-up of the symbol of the Workers' Party:



That's a hammer, not a cross.

Some of WP's supporters were enthusiastic, but low-budgeted:


That's a paper cardboard. It looks pretty blur because the Ah Beng who was holding it was swaying the poster vigorously. I almost thought he was possessed. Oh, it's supposed to be a heart with "WP" written inside it.
What moved me was the Ah Beng, came along with his two Ah Beng friends, all holding their respective home-made posters. During the end of certain speeches, they would stand up with their posters and turn towards the audience (they were sitting at the bottom of the grandstand) with their posters reading, "You have a choice.", "Upgrading is your right, don't be forced to vote.", .... and so on.
Some of us (like me) came with nothing. So we bought one of these to show our support:


It was a wonderful experience =)

13 Comments:

Blogger Sibeh Sian said...

If I ever form a political party next time, my logo will be the $ sign.

3:51 PM  
Blogger Adrenaline said...

so ur political party consist of u and ur mom only har?

3:56 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

fwah. i didn't think that there would be so many people there. 0.0

in any case, having so many people there is a good sign. i guess this shows that singaporeans are taking an active part in our own country's politics, and not act like sheep. :p

7:34 PM  
Blogger Green Ogre said...

Heh. The other rallies were just as packed.

9:18 PM  
Blogger Adrenaline said...

ensui: yeah, our media filtered out what was seen during the opposition rallies.

ogre: u mean WP's other rallies at tampines and amk? or u mean PAP or other opposition parties?

1:03 AM  
Blogger Green Ogre said...

I meant the other WP rallies. The PAP rallies were pathetic lor, they even use coaches to ferry supporters there. Give you curry puff and bottled water some more.

Seriously, the silent majority is the one giving the PAP all the wins.

10:13 AM  
Blogger NoneOfYrBusiness said...

Hey u should take the pic of WP flag standing high n up leh... The pic u took makes it looks like is being thrown on to the floor

10:37 AM  
Blogger Adrenaline said...

ogre: yes, i totally agree. A friend who voted for the PAP said that the opposition has done nothing for his GRC, and becos PAP has done something, he voted for them. I mean, wth??! his GRC not under opposition wat, so obviously the opposition "cannot" "do" anything for them wat! kaoz. makes me mad juz thinking abt it.

noneofyrbiz: firstly, can u dont use such a long name or not?? Can i juz call u the virgin?

and yeah, now that u mentioned it, it looks like it was thrown on the floor. heh. i meant to take it on my bed but the background not so nice. heee .... :P

12:25 PM  
Blogger Sibeh Sian said...

THEY GAVE CURRY PUFFS AND WATER AT THE PAP RALLIES?!?!??!

Damn, I should have went :(

2:47 PM  
Blogger Green Ogre said...

I'll probably go for their rally if they start giving nasi lemak. Then I can eat, drink and f*** off.

9:06 AM  
Blogger Zhe Bin said...

I will vote for Sibei Sian's party. = P

10:10 PM  
Blogger Sibeh Sian said...

Zhe Bin: VERY VERY STEADY :D! I'll use the money meant for lift-upgrading to organise lucky draws.

ADrenaline: Tell me where ZHe Bin works leh!

11:08 AM  
Blogger Adrenaline said...

zhebin: oh no .... this marks the end of our country.

sibeh sian: not only will i not tell u, cos u irritate the crap outta me, i will tell u that i can actually get discount vouchers for the place he is working at :P

1:34 AM  

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