BEDA #27: nomination day

oh my gawd. I just realised that there are only 3 more posts left to the end of BEDA! #tear

I’ll definitely keep this up, mostly politics and rants, and I’ll talk about not-so-intimate topics. But I’ll take down most of the informal grumpy posts on... May 4th. That sounds like sufficient buffer time. So only the well-structured posts will remain, and even then I might edit them.

I don’t know whether I want to talk about Nomination Day today. There’s nothing much really; just the groups contesting in the different constituencies were confirmed. There’s a walkover in just 1 GRC-- the one Lee Kwan Yew is contesting in-- that’s my GRC, so my household won’t get to vote. This is tons better than the last election in 2006, when there were walkovers in 7 constituencies. All in all, it’s pretty exciting, especially for an ~impressionable~ youth like me. I get to feel that Change is in the air, and there might actually be a chance for the opposition to secure a substantial number of seats.

The papers are saying that parliament hasn’t been this contested since the 1970s, so that’s cool. I’d mostly like to see the PAP majority ended, but even that’s a lofty goal. I’m really impressed actually by Nicole Seah of the National Solidarity Party-- she sounds very formidable in contrast to PAP candidate Tin Pei Ling. And she’s only 24! I can’t wait to see what she has to bring to the table.

After nomination day means that campaigning starts, and the earliest opposition rally I know of is the Worker’s Party rally at Hougang tomorrow night. The political candidates are getting all geared up, and I saw the PAP’s posters in Holland/ Bukit Timah GRC this afternoon. Ah ha. update. The SDP is having a rally at Commonwealth at 7, and the NSP at Marine Parade GRC, near the library. hmm hmm which one to go to? SDP is the one with Wijeysingha, but I also want to hear Nicole Seah (NSP). There will probably be many more rallies to come, so I’ll get other chances. We’ll see.

OH OH OH #8in8 http://music.amandapalmer.net/album/nighty-night is being released under CREATIVE COMMONS :D :D that means we can make music videos :D :D :D I’m so going to do one.

This is more of a note-to-self than anything else: http://ispeaktree.bandcamp.com/

I’ve been consciously avoiding anything remotely leakycon-related-- pottercast, wrock-- for the past few months, because I don’t want to get too excited about going. I’m worried I won’t be able to go, and I feel guilty about having enough money to go. : /
I know So. Many. people who would give anything to get to go, and I just feel so bad being able to go and leaving my friends behind. I don’t want to talk about it, but since nobody reads this blog, it won’t matter anyway. I can’t tell anybody I’m going, but the planning is something I’ve finally got my mum to agree to, and I’ve started booking everything, and thank GOD I managed to get Lit Day tickets before they sold out. #conundrum