Sunburnt on Sunday, May 07, 2006
Can't believe that i actually could sit through the wee hours of the night glueing my eyes to the tv for the results of the 2006 general election. Some would say the results are obvious. Is it really that obvious? I dunno.
Channel 5 did quite an average job on reporting live of the various reactions from various corners of Singapore. However, the two broadcasters were most of the time caught by surprise by how swift the results were out. They had to be interrupted several times due to the release of the results. Hmm... I thought they could have done a better job on that...
There were some technical error here and there too. For instance, when one of the chinese reporters had to interview PM Lee, PM Lee started to speak juz when the microphone failed to work. To PM Lee's oblivion, he kept on talking, until the chinese reported had to apologise to ask him that question again.
I was pretty annoyed by some of the reporters' rude behaviour. I can never understand the difficulty of their job but why should they stick out their hands with the recorder, resting their hands on the shoulder of Chiam See Tong? The police guards have to, on several occasions, push their hands away from resting their hands on the shoulders of Chiam. As you know, they are not juz determined to make sure the recorder in near his mouth. They had to be that desperate. I guess it's juz their job ba. That kind of act isn't professional either.
Ultimately, my area has to be the last to be announced. Angel and i were like sms-ing each other, about how close the votes were and how the opposition had retained their seats for HOugang and the Pontong Pasir.
It's a pity that i am the only person in the family tuning in to the live news last night. Kind of boring... second bro out, little brother playing game in room, mum sleeping, dad working night shift.
You know, it's great to realise how the different losing parties had such sportsmanship. You can roughly tell that the comments they made were not juz made out of "wayanging" but they were sincere congratulations to the winning party from the losing parties. More often that not, the losing party also ended up with a "i will be back" assertion. Jus like Anorld, i will be back.
It's a splendid idea to arrange the different parties at different assembly area for the arrival of the results. Considering the past historical conflicts, it's definitely a noteworthy idea put forward.
PM Lee demonstrated his multi-lingualism in yesterday post-results speech. Yes he had won in the AMK grc and he muz have been exhilirated considering this being his first contest after his reigning as a PM.
For better or for worse, the legacy will continue for the reigning of PAP in Singapore's political history. World Health Organisation had called SIngapore a role model for the SARS epidemic, the security of Singapore is never threatened, the diplomatic ties with various international empires, it's newwater. All these endeavours will continue to put in SIngapore in poise for continual survival as Global city without hinterland.
Sigh...global city without hinterland had been my choice for essay in my SS...wonder how i would fare in this paper.
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