Gila Campaign

Now, I did not know that there were no Chinese, Indian or other races living in Kelantan. Did you?

Apparently, only the Muslims live there. If not, why else would BN issue a statement saying "if you vote for us, we will allocate money to build mosques and upkeep the current ones"?

Why would non-Muslims need money to upkeep mosques for? Its not their place of worship. I suppose BN is not hoping for Non-Muslim support there. Or they assume that they are such a minority, its dismissable. So, if they are to be elected, there is no need to watch out for the needs and wants of the Non Muslims. Maybe. I wouldnt know.

Ever since our beloved PM announced that Parliament is dissolved and that March 8 would be election day (in the middle of the CNY no less- Thanks PM!You're so mindful of the needs of others!), newspapers have been FLOODED with election news. Frankly, I find it disgusting. DAP or other opposition parties never make it to the front news unless its "PO KUAN QUITS" or there is an image of a (elder)politician bawling for the cameras to see over "its hard for women in politics". (Like SERIOUSLY DAP, you want to be a formidable opponent to BN? Stop airing your damn laundry in public and get those bawlers to do it in the confines of their bathroom)

It is usually about Barisan Nasional and images of BN candidates giving mineral water(like what?) or suddenly discovering there are clogged drains to be cleaned (ala Samyvellu after he was stopped from leaving and was forced to take a walk to see the sad state of the village- "to his shock and horror he discovered clogged drains"
Ed note: There is only shock and horror when there are NO clogged drains.

It is weird. Suddenly there are so many politicians out there who hold so much promise. Who can help you with this and that. Who is suddenly so peka to my needs and my grievances. Suddenly there are so many choices of whom you want to direct your problems to. There is the YB, and the Tuan and the Tan Sri and the Datuk, and the ever humble Encik.

After this elections, suddenly these people will vanish from the face of the earth. All calls to offices to air your grievances will go unanswered. All problems you have will receive only one answer "masih dalam siasatan" or "akan dirujuk kepada Tuan X" and the recently cleaned drains would suddenly have rubbish piling in it again.
(And all the flags, posters and all other campaign whachamacallits, will be there until it dissolves under the acidic rain or has something stuck over it. Nobody removes it after the campaign season is over)

So, why do people still get caught up in this election fever/campaign? Why do people get excited about it? Maybe its because its their one opportunity to see their elected rep and go "ooohhh, HE is the one-la"
Or maybe some people just need some, ANY excitement in their mundane lives.

Frankly, this whole extended from 8 to 10 days campaigning thing is just plain annoying.

Can you believe the shit that make it into the newspaper nowadays?

Sheesh.