Swearing In

This event was important at so many level. It had to be done soon, otherwise there mught be blood shed in the streets. The tension was getting palpable as the delay was evident.

Relief was the best word to describe my feeling after seeing Tun M finally being sworn in. There was joy in the air. The mood was optimistic.

Tun M looked weary after the event was completed. The old man could do with a rest. He still has plenty on his plate I was sure, but he needed to slow down.

There were still plenty of uncertainty at the state level. There were candidates who had jumped ship joining Pakatan Harapan, further strengthening its position.

Exciting Times

Another 2 days. Then it would be another public holiday, but this one would be like no other. It is going to be the public holiday for the 14th General Election #GE14.

I will be voting in Bukit Antarabangsa as usual, plannng to finish my rounds super early and be at the polling station by 10 when the first wave of people were done with their voting.

My Mum would be there as well as Julia, but Mum would get a special lane as “warga emas”. She would not be canvassing like she did in the past election. In fact, she was getting worried about the way the country was heading as well.

The mood in town and work place had definitely changed. People seemed more optimistic. There might not be a change of Government at the end of the day, but the messgae from the Rakyat seemed to be loud and clear. The statements coming out from the ruling party did not help matters as well. They seemed rooted from the 80s. Same old tactics. Same old excuses.

From the seat at the balcony ...You can find me here as the results come trickling in ...The Internet certainly helped disseminate information more readily. There was no need to pay for the bandwidth. Only one party who paid for adverts and all it did was made me wonder what their strategies were. Listening to the mainstream TV also did not help. Lopsided reporting with poor journalism making me cringe everytime I switched TV3 at 8 pm - or at any time for that matter.

We crave news and an open mass media would be something worth fighting for no matter who would be ruling. We live in an information age and the more we were curbed, the more mistrust there will be.

With Tun M promising Thursday and Friday would also be public holidays should he become the next Prime Minister, even my boys got excited. “Will I get 3 days off Daddy?”, Idlan asked. Bless him. The country definitely needs a change. For the sake of the next generation ...

I will be spending the rest of Wednesday hooked up to the net barring any disaster. The calendar for Thursday morning was also quite light - something I planned. I will be on the sofa at my balcony, enjoying the breeze out in the open. Hopefully with that, it would be a wind of change. In shaa Allah.

A Monday Surprise

I'm not going to pretend that I was not intrigued with the whole sodomy trial that had been going on concerning the opposition leader, Anwar Ibrahim. The town was bracing for a sort of lockdown with the Opposition planning a rally. That came the surprise.

The High Court acquitted Anwar. Something that won't happen everyday. The whole trial was a joke to be quite honest with some really dodgy evidence against Anwar. And what was a surprise, all this swearing in the name of Allah in mosques in front of the Quran had become mainstream. A worrying trend indeed.and hopefully this won't continue.

I must admit that the traffic that morning was heavier than usualSo, I'm keen to find out what would happen with the planned rally in town. There were also speculation about what was going on behind the scene. There were plenty to be read between the lines.