General Elections, Olevels Preliminary One and less important things

Assalamualaikum.

Truly, the hype and excitement of this year's General Election has gotten to me. I have been trying to keep track of the different parties who are competing for the various constituency. This year is the year with the greatest number of opposing parties since the independence of Singapore. All constituencies are challenged except Tanjong Pagar. A particular party has been doing quite well in their rallies. The Workers Party. Fresh faces to change the political landscape of Singapore? Could this be the year PAP finally steps down? I don't know, and in my humble opinion, I don't think so. Maybe the opposition can win about a quarter or a third? I mean all my life in Singapore, PAP has been the one controlling my home. It's been going fine, and perhaps many people feel that way, they don't want things to change? Perhaps they do not see what mistakes the current government has done. Maybe there aren't any, if you hide them well.

So I heard the Workers' Party had a great turnout on their rally, about 3000 people, or more? The digits escape me. I would love to see a new government with equal opposition on both sides? This would make the news pretty interesting I must say. However, the people do not want their peace to be interupted either, it's a tough balance between...ermm, fun and peace? I notice I've been writing plenty of question marks. Perhaps my current lackadaisical attitude is making me lazy to think? There it goes again, another question mark. Let's move to a more serious thing. My prelims.

It is bugging me quite abit, hence the lateness of this entry. I can safely say that I have revised my Maths and Sciences about 90%. I'm left with Geography and PAP's propaganda of a subject, Social Studies. I haven't really went into "overdrive", nor have I been slacking. I did plenty of ten year series and compilations. I've made notes. I hope I am prepared. I mean, I'm almost, ALMOST, at my limit. I'm, as usual, blogging in extra, as they say, "Chim", English to practice for my English Compositions and Social Studies essays as well as my Study Of Visual Art paper. That's a lot actually now that I look again. Have I bitten off more than I can swallow. Hopefully not. I can do this, InsyaAllah.

"But there's no sense crying over every mistake."
-Portal, Still Alive

That song is nice. Somewhat nostalgic in an odd way. Oh yes, the less important thing. Today 29 April 2011, there's a Royal Wedding between Prince William and Catherine Middleton in the UK, one of the few places on Earth with a monarchy. Politics. I don't really like the word, and I regret delving into that theme here, but it must be done I guess. I'll end it off right here. Expect more soon, since I need to practice.

Salam, Peace. For you my dear reader.

Practice Makes Perfect

"I srsly cnt mk it lurhh.. Lifezxc is Sooo lamezz... Cnt b bthrd t do anthng bt it. Y eu do this 2 mee?!?!?:
0_o~ eu no ntq bt lve so dun say anyhow like u hd years of xprienceXczbdg.."
Remember when people used to write like that online and in SMSes? Well they still do despite the advent of modern communication technology being literally a decade ago.
Salam.

Reflections-6 Months left

Assalamualaikum,
Truly I am not in my best mental state. When I say assalamualaikum, i mean it, because peace is very valuable to me. By peace, I do not only mean physically, where you're alone and undisturbed. I mean peace where you have full control of your mind, body and soul. School has been very demanding, Sec 4 life is alot harder and stressful than it legally should be. I try my best to do things for myself. I keep telling myself that I should work hard for may sake. But time and time again I see myself trying to please those around me. And time and time again, i tell myself that it is a lost cause. These people will never be satisfied, will they? The greater cause still prevails and motivates me daily, when everyone just don't seem to care anymore. I see it as clear as day, why I am doing this. Why I am putting so much effort, why I am sacrifising so much. My family, friends and everything important.

I no longer care if people don't look at me as a good person for they do not know me. I know for a fact that my intentions are honest and noble. If you keep telling me that I am not doing the right thing, I won't listen, it's the little sane part of me left that determines what's real and what's merely smoke and mirrors.

Yup, I'm truly confident that everyone will benefit from this cause, except maybe not me, but I don't care. The world deserves this.

Salam.

Rain/Election Fever

Assalamualaikum,
It's been a long week. This is my first post for April. Yesterday, I went for a flag day. It was organized by KDF and all the sec 4s of my school were forced to go. It wasn't that bad. Except for the 4 hours of standing. I learnt that it was a pain to collect donations. This is not my first time doing flag day, maybe the third. As you can see from my title, it's raining. It has been raining extremely heavily, with lightning and thunder in the afternoon since Friday. Pretty scary to be out in the open in this kind of weather.

If you were to enter my house, you'll notice something. No furniture! Just a carpet and a 46 inch Samasung LED tv. Some major renovation is about to happen some time soon. I dunno. My mom wants to make some sort of 'alcove' what ever that is, but it sounds cozy. I don't mind the change. Also my room has considerably much more space after we removed a shelf and rearranged my bed and wardrobe. It's neat.

Also, if you've been under a rock, like me, Singapore is having another General Election in May, where people can vote for new leaders in their Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs) if the opposition (I.e. Workers' Party) wants to..erm..'challenge' for that GRC? I'm not into politics, nor am I able to vote because I'm not 21, yet. But if I were to vote for someone, it would be the party that promises to remove foreigners and place stricter policies for immigrants to get citizenship. I mean 5 million Singaporeans, with 2.1 million foreigners (40%), are literally taking up so much space. We have a population density of about 7000 people per square kilometre. Madness, especially in such a country with land constraints, PAP better do something, because I hear some other parties have some good things to say about this issue. What do I know, who am I to say such things? Just disregard me.

Goodbye.