GODDESS FOR A DAY and the elections.
At this point, i'd just like to post up what one of my seniors posted on her facebook wall.
'From one citizen to another, I'd like to remind us that everyone has the right to express their views about the GE and people who are pro-PAP should not be labelled as 'brainwashed'/'dumb'. An individual has the right to support whatever party he chooses. If you speak out about being oppressed, then try to impose your views on fellow citizens, you are no better than that which you complain against.'
I've been fairly neutral for this entire election. Well okay depending on who I speak to, my viewpoints shift. To those who are \pro-PAP, I tend to favour the opposition view point a little more. Not that I agree with their policies- I'm not even sure what the opposition policies are. But I'm definitely in favour of more opposition voices in Parliament. With the rabidly oppositionist, I tend to be pro-PAP. In that i favour stability, peace, security, and the PAP's leadership has thus far secured me with all those. Come on, Maslow's hierarchy of needs right? I'd rather have food on my plate and a roof over my head than democracy. Sorry.
Elections night, however, was vastly exciting. i spent the night on twitter, which updated waaay faster than the TV show. The energy there was insane. It was so high octane, we even ended up trending worldwide. Bishan Toa-Payoh ended up trending WORLDWIDE because of the amount of people twittering about it. And i guess I was really a bit disappointed with the results of the elections. As i said, I've been trying to stick to a neutral stance, but with all the hype over the opposition, with all the voices screaming out of the ethernet, more change would've been seen. But in the end the opposition won only 6 seats out of a possible 82.
One of my fav books by Terry Pratchett slid in a very smart analogy of social media as being the writing on the wall, the graffiti on the city walls, the link back to the throbbing heart and inner mind of the people. I sincerely hope that the PAP takes this opportunity to change their image. Why? Because, look, 81 people couldn't possibly all be cold-hearted bastards. 81 people couldn't possibly have deluded themselves into thinking that what they were doing was right. Out of the 81 people, surely some of them saw the graffiti on the facebook walls and heard the twittering of angry voices and surely out of those 81, some will have the courage to change the system.
I know there are plenty of people who think that the PAP should pay for their arbitrary locking away of people in the 80s.
What's in the past is past. This is generally my reaction to things. Look, this is the real world. People get away with doing bad things. Lingering in the past isn't going to help anything, and if you spend more time stewing over it, you're going to let the economy slide, and this girl no like. This girl likes her rice on her plate and her income flowing steadily into her bank account, kthxbye.
Oh lord, what am i doing?! See lah, I meant to talk about my weekend, but I've gotten too caught up in the elections tide.
i went for the Nike Goddess 5k run on Saturday, which was so magnificently awesome that i want to go again next year! The weather was a complete bitch, and it's incredibly annoying to run with a gaggle of 5000 women/people, because when you want to go faster, there's a ton of people in your way, and when you want to slow down, you end up being in somebody's way. Nevertheless, the event was really quite smooth. There was the small problem of transport, because they arranged for shuttles from Tanjong Pagar MRT, whereas most people went to Marina Bay MRT, so the race was flagged off half an hour late. The baggage deposit was smooth and well run. There were plenty of changing rooms around. There were a lot, a lot of volunteers to cheer the participants on, guide them on the route, herd the lost sheep etc.
There was a lot of water and hundred plus available for parched runners. The best part of it came after the run, though.
The run was flagged off from the Marina Barrage- we were actually on top of it! It went along the banks of the river/bay, in a golf course, and you could see the skyline of Singapore, with the MBS and singapore flyer and all the lovely buildings. So pretty! Of course most of the time I spent trying to dodge in front or behind of people, or watching my footsteps, or just trying to make my silly legs keep moving.
The run ended where it flagged off, and I spent the whole walk back across the bridge in too much exhaustion to pay attention to the pretty scenery. I did it in 35 minutes and something seconds, by the way, which is not as good as my previous timing of 32 minutes. Then again I ran that one at night, where it was NOT HOT AS THE BLAZES and there were no people to block me.
So right on the bridge we had people giving out towels to wipe your face with. I thought they were free but apparently not! They collected it back afterwards. Nice of them, though. Everyone's shuttled through the tent to receive a bottle of 100Plus or water and then you get this pretty black box tied with a pink ribbon, and then you get to take a nice walk up the marina barrage's roof, where the wind starts cooling your overheated skin, and the kites of people visiting the barrage climb high into the sky, their streamers quivering in the wind, and you see the awesome singapore skyline, and when you get to the top, there's LIVE MUSIC by local bands! And a race village! There was soyato, which is some kinda chocolate soyabean ice cream, there was a photobooth where you could take free photos [kinda like grad night!], there was FREE BUFFET SPREAD OKAY. With little tarts and pastries and finger foods! And there was FREE LEG MASSAGE, NO KIDDING.
Oh, and the little black box? It contained a small metal statuette of a girl running- the logo of the run, and at the base it says NIKE GODDESS RACE.
On top of the Nike drifit shirt you get to wear during the run. And the Nike shoe bag that comes for free.
And all this for running 5k and paying 20 dollars.
AWESOME.
and now it is late, and i'd really like to tell you about mother's day but my brain is dying.
BYE.
'From one citizen to another, I'd like to remind us that everyone has the right to express their views about the GE and people who are pro-PAP should not be labelled as 'brainwashed'/'dumb'. An individual has the right to support whatever party he chooses. If you speak out about being oppressed, then try to impose your views on fellow citizens, you are no better than that which you complain against.'
I've been fairly neutral for this entire election. Well okay depending on who I speak to, my viewpoints shift. To those who are \pro-PAP, I tend to favour the opposition view point a little more. Not that I agree with their policies- I'm not even sure what the opposition policies are. But I'm definitely in favour of more opposition voices in Parliament. With the rabidly oppositionist, I tend to be pro-PAP. In that i favour stability, peace, security, and the PAP's leadership has thus far secured me with all those. Come on, Maslow's hierarchy of needs right? I'd rather have food on my plate and a roof over my head than democracy. Sorry.
Elections night, however, was vastly exciting. i spent the night on twitter, which updated waaay faster than the TV show. The energy there was insane. It was so high octane, we even ended up trending worldwide. Bishan Toa-Payoh ended up trending WORLDWIDE because of the amount of people twittering about it. And i guess I was really a bit disappointed with the results of the elections. As i said, I've been trying to stick to a neutral stance, but with all the hype over the opposition, with all the voices screaming out of the ethernet, more change would've been seen. But in the end the opposition won only 6 seats out of a possible 82.
One of my fav books by Terry Pratchett slid in a very smart analogy of social media as being the writing on the wall, the graffiti on the city walls, the link back to the throbbing heart and inner mind of the people. I sincerely hope that the PAP takes this opportunity to change their image. Why? Because, look, 81 people couldn't possibly all be cold-hearted bastards. 81 people couldn't possibly have deluded themselves into thinking that what they were doing was right. Out of the 81 people, surely some of them saw the graffiti on the facebook walls and heard the twittering of angry voices and surely out of those 81, some will have the courage to change the system.
I know there are plenty of people who think that the PAP should pay for their arbitrary locking away of people in the 80s.
What's in the past is past. This is generally my reaction to things. Look, this is the real world. People get away with doing bad things. Lingering in the past isn't going to help anything, and if you spend more time stewing over it, you're going to let the economy slide, and this girl no like. This girl likes her rice on her plate and her income flowing steadily into her bank account, kthxbye.
Oh lord, what am i doing?! See lah, I meant to talk about my weekend, but I've gotten too caught up in the elections tide.
i went for the Nike Goddess 5k run on Saturday, which was so magnificently awesome that i want to go again next year! The weather was a complete bitch, and it's incredibly annoying to run with a gaggle of 5000 women/people, because when you want to go faster, there's a ton of people in your way, and when you want to slow down, you end up being in somebody's way. Nevertheless, the event was really quite smooth. There was the small problem of transport, because they arranged for shuttles from Tanjong Pagar MRT, whereas most people went to Marina Bay MRT, so the race was flagged off half an hour late. The baggage deposit was smooth and well run. There were plenty of changing rooms around. There were a lot, a lot of volunteers to cheer the participants on, guide them on the route, herd the lost sheep etc.
There was a lot of water and hundred plus available for parched runners. The best part of it came after the run, though.
The run was flagged off from the Marina Barrage- we were actually on top of it! It went along the banks of the river/bay, in a golf course, and you could see the skyline of Singapore, with the MBS and singapore flyer and all the lovely buildings. So pretty! Of course most of the time I spent trying to dodge in front or behind of people, or watching my footsteps, or just trying to make my silly legs keep moving.
The run ended where it flagged off, and I spent the whole walk back across the bridge in too much exhaustion to pay attention to the pretty scenery. I did it in 35 minutes and something seconds, by the way, which is not as good as my previous timing of 32 minutes. Then again I ran that one at night, where it was NOT HOT AS THE BLAZES and there were no people to block me.
So right on the bridge we had people giving out towels to wipe your face with. I thought they were free but apparently not! They collected it back afterwards. Nice of them, though. Everyone's shuttled through the tent to receive a bottle of 100Plus or water and then you get this pretty black box tied with a pink ribbon, and then you get to take a nice walk up the marina barrage's roof, where the wind starts cooling your overheated skin, and the kites of people visiting the barrage climb high into the sky, their streamers quivering in the wind, and you see the awesome singapore skyline, and when you get to the top, there's LIVE MUSIC by local bands! And a race village! There was soyato, which is some kinda chocolate soyabean ice cream, there was a photobooth where you could take free photos [kinda like grad night!], there was FREE BUFFET SPREAD OKAY. With little tarts and pastries and finger foods! And there was FREE LEG MASSAGE, NO KIDDING.
Oh, and the little black box? It contained a small metal statuette of a girl running- the logo of the run, and at the base it says NIKE GODDESS RACE.
On top of the Nike drifit shirt you get to wear during the run. And the Nike shoe bag that comes for free.
And all this for running 5k and paying 20 dollars.
AWESOME.
and now it is late, and i'd really like to tell you about mother's day but my brain is dying.
BYE.