election aka GE

my two cents worth on politics, i left some comments on bm's blog so decided to copy & paste my comments here too :

firstly, the govt is not even elected by most singaporeans. y i say tat leh?

all singaporeans above 21 haf the right to vote but how many ppl haf the chance to exercise tis right before? at least not most of the ppl i noe. tat includes all my lunch kakis & all my peers.

and certainly not mi, so did i choose the govt? NO! and tis is not a question if the govt is doing good job or not. i tink they do a decent job & society is stable & i'm proud of my country but can it be better? we nbr noe.

in fact, i dun noe anyone hoo has voted before, except my mum when we were staying in bedok more den 13 yrs ago. tat means she oso haben vote for the past few GE. no wonder ppl choose to go on hols when GE come

see, the real prob is where we stay. dun complain no chance to vote, rite?
we juz not staying in the correct constituency so no opposition parties want us...sob sob.

see, we are orphans in the political race. 没人要！

walkover not considered elected & it's not a true victory when there is no contest to begin with.

all MPs who were not truly elected should wake up to tis fact tat they haf no idea how many ppl in his constituency supports him. the ppl he serves had no choice! did someone mention a confidence vote in the straits times? yea! and if he doesn't win the vote of confidence how? change candidates?

it's unlike a job selection process / promotion when the best candidate wins. they were juz lucky they're the only candidates

and their entire term is a probation coz they may be challenged in the next election.

den maybe they'll work harder for the ppl.

like the covered walkway from my block tat is 13 yrs overdue...but i guess beggars can't be choosers rite?

so i really haf the opposition party to thank if i get a chance to vote for the 1st time in my life. ( hopefully it's tis yr! )

not tat i noe much abt the opposition parties. i onli noe got worker's party ( the hammer mah ) and the one tat Chiam Chee Tong is in...issit singapore democratic party or change name or change party liao? there was some saga, rite?

dun say young singaporeans dun care abt politics. care oso no use. 英雄无用武之地. can vote but nbr got chance to so how to haf our say? go to govt website & make noise?
hmm...i want to complain abt my carpark next...but tat'll be another posting and of course to the correct authorities namely, HDB. carpark belongs to them rite? since my mthly parking paid to them.

but i tink the saddest thing is, most ppl i asked, told mi no need to vote lah, even if got competition. mayb they not telling the truth. afterall, cannot discuss tis kind of thing one mah. wait ppl hear us & catch us how?

but i juz sharing wif them the excitement tat mayb i'll finally get to vote for the first time since reaching 21. somehow, nobody seems to share my enthusiasm.

i hope i dun ever become 政治冷感 and haf no interest in the way the country is run or keep quiet when i see things not going rite.

coz tat will mean all the education i haf is wasted if i do not speak up.

oso as a mother, i haf every responsibility to play a more active role in shaping the environment they grow up in. be it, being environmentally friendly to caring for another fellow being in less fortunate circumstances whether in or out of singapore & being more concerned in the country's politics.