The opposition won 5 STATES! Broke the 2/3 majority! I can't believe it! It's true, real and happening at this very moment.
check out www.malaysiavotes.com and (gag) www.thestar.com.my (they do have a pretty decent feature where you can point and click to see the results of each states, map format - good for those like me whose resolve is to travel in Msia more!)
It was my first time voting and campaigning - I curiously dipped my toes into campaigning and was pleasantly surprised, to find out that the person I was campaigning for has real green agendas. :D confession - i just FOLLOWED what Cecilia did, well - she is my mentor (i appointed her) in the world of politics and I trust her judgement - so can't go wrong there eh? :D
AND IT DIDN'T!!! WE WON!
we got the ball rolling with the motorcade - check it out ak57.wordpress.com
leafleted by the street - became human billboards - drove around getting lost - got inspired...
the only thing one thing that is damper is that as soon as results were more or less conclusive - there were text msgs sent out warning people not to have a victory parade for fear that it might provoke those who do not take losing so well .. and the threats of violence - again - sigh. .. we're more matured than that now la... we were 4 years old then, we are 44 now.
now, the real work begins.
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in case anyone is wondering when they see me, or see my fb profile - i am keeping this picture to remind me - that when it gets scary to face up to the brute forces of injustices, all it takes is for one person to step up - knowing there are people behind you, who will too then take that step - like we all did on the 8th March 2008. - ok ok I am also so inspired by the pakcik, his stride, and is confidence in bravely walking towards the FRUs - inilah pahlawan! not some keris waving person who hides in PWTC!
- got this picture off the NST, 9th March - it was based on a report on how PAS supporters were stopping 2 busses of voters from going to their polling stations by demanding their MyKads at Marang - and how the supporters were causing chaos, the FRU got called in and the son of Hadi Awang got arrested and someone got hurt - what really wasn't said was that the PAS supporters suspected that the 2 bussloads of people were phantom voters and the person that got hurt was a PAS supporter. so erm, both sides of the story eh?
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