Not Fun Anymore

So far, the most comprehensive article read, is from Kyodo news. At about 2  pm local time.

Among the points most worrying,

“the loss of Penang is particularly stinging for Abdullah as it is his home state, home to major international companies such as Intel Corp. and Sony Corp. and one state that nobody, before Saturday’s vote, predicted would go to the opposition.”

and,

“But many analysts had deemed that task highly unlikely given that the opposition is financially weak and ideologically divided while the 14-party National Front has cash, a docile media and the entire government machinery backing it.”

and,

“But as of early Sunday, the opposition has upped its seats from 19 won in the 2004 election, to 82 and the BN had only 137. The results for the three remaining seats will only be known later as voting was delayed because the ballot papers to some of the remote polling stations failed to be delivered due to an accident and bad weather. “

and,

 ”I am very stunned. This is so unexpected because the BN has promised so much money and has launched so many (economic) corridors. God’s power is great. It is a tsunami. The people are disgusted with (Abdullah’s United Malays National Organization) UMNO. They have insulted the people, they have insulted democracy,” he told reporters. (Nik Aziz,PAS’ leader)

and,

“But the strong show by the opposition could spell serious trouble for Abdullah.
He may even be forced to step down in mid-term, according to Yeoh.”

and lastly,

“The opposition’s strong showing as expected, has forced a comparison to that of 1969 and with it, the memory of the bloodied racial riots that followed in the aftermath of the poll.
Police have already warned against any provocative victory parade and threatened arrest of anyone found spreading rumors of a riot. “

From what I see,

The opposition has no money. Thus, they would have to make more money, so there would be more corruption in time to come. Because we humans, are fundamentally driven by greed. Don’t tell me I am wrong and that these opposition underdogs will still remain as poor as they are now. Because it IS bound to happen.

Penang might change for the better, that I must admit. For years, it had been stagnant under Gerakan rule.

I just hate it when anybody says “it’s God’s will” or some shit like that. Personally I think God doesn’t give a fuck about who runs our puny little country. Nik Aziz should just shut up and be modest about it if he was such godly man.

I don’t care if Pak Lah goes down. From what I see, he’s not charismatic enough. However, don’t suggest Najib just because he’s the son of a past PM or because he’s the seond-in-line. I hate his indifferent face and he falls under the list of “uttered something stupid one-too-many times”.

I don’t think there would be riots because this time, it’s not racial anymore. It’s just that the people are sick and tired off being lied too and treated like dirt.

There. 2008 is a shocking year indeed. It even started with a bang, courtesy of Dr. Chua Soi Lek. But I’m worried that things will be messy for a while. Just have to wait and see, I guess.