my rally experience

yep, so i went for a rally during this election.

5/5/06
eve of polling day
rally for workers' party (opposition)
aljunied grc
serangoon stadium

the turnout was HUGE. seriously. like as though its national day or something. the moment my dad drove into serangoon ave 3.. could already see pple pouring in like mad.ya, the crowds never stop going in. could see as i was standing outside waiting for my friends to turn up. when the people outside heard the crowds in the stadium cheering, they immediately started running into the stadium. some people just ran up the small slopes while others just rushed. yea, it was like serangoon turned into orchard road or smthg. road was jammed up.. sidewalks were also jammed with people. people in the stadium were standing or sitting everywhere.. on the track.. even along the roadsides because the stadium was full. placards were everywhere.. "we love the WP", 'THANK YOU WP FOR GIVING US A CHOICE' even "we love sylvia".. haha.. hilarious huh?

hmm, i think it's a great eye opener for me. well, i might agree with some of the things that they mention, i may not agree with some of their policies either. but it's really an experience, not to mention that some of the speakers were really good. some really emotional, dynamic, humourous. yup, but there were times when it got really boring esp. when the speakers start speaking in chinese, not to mention teochew, hokkien.. etc.( which i don't really understand. so when people cheered, i just went.. hurr -.- ) haha, people were really supportive there.. it's as though some revolution was going on. yea, every five minutes pple cheered and waved the wp flags which they sold at a dollar. "workers' party! workers' party!" it was like some chant that never died out.

i enjoyed myself throughly though with the pple who accompanied me. ching, gen, sohteng and nat. yes, at the end of it, sohteng aspired to become a WP mp in future.. haha.. anw, i was hoping we met some pple out of the ten thousands who were there. and we did. so here's who we met while walking out. louisa with her dad, mozzy and charity friends, hannah and her family. yea, cool huh? small world.. everyone's interested in what the opposition has to say anyway.

well, but the walking out was terrible. pple were jamming the entrances. and we seriously have to waddle our way through like penguins. =)

we had supper at macs. and then left shortly cause it was 10 or 10 plus..still cant believe that so many pple turned up. the tense atmosphere was there.. people cheered.. it was just, cool.