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 =)