qiannie went to the rallies!

Worker's Party - Aljunied GRC Rally on 29 Apr 2011

huge crowd! the grandstand was fully packed and the field was like almost filled at the rally's peak, i think it is the most popular rally this election lor.

the crowd were roaring with cheers once the WP nominees were onstage, lotsa people were waving the WP flags ($2, i bought a 铁锤报 for $5 lols). im honestly surprised by how many spontaneous boos for PAP and cheers for WP the Sg crowd was able to garner.

i stood and listened throughout, 3 hours in total, my legs almost killed me mans. hurhur what passion. i think Mr Low is a pretty good speaker, can see him charming the crowd.

besides him, many other WP members can speak quite well too. Ray's cousin Toh Hong Boon also not bad lols. Chen Show Mao's speech disappointed me though, quite bland.

but hor, i have worked with enough people to know that good speakers not neccesarily mean they have real substance. hahahaha. but i do think that we need more opposition voices in our parliament and WP seems like the best opposition voices we have currently.

Singapore People's Party - Potong Pasir SMC Rally on 30 Apr 2011

it started with a less rousing crowd as compared to the WP rally.

i was feeling a little bored initially.

but once Mr Chiam arrived at the rally, the crowd went crazy! just kept chanting his name lor. im amazed by the amount of support he has.

i just read that at the 2006 GE, PAP dangled a $80m upgrade project bait to the Potong Pasir residents, but 55% of them still voted for Mr Chiam.

and hor, poor Mr Chiam cannot stand straight and speak loudly nor clearly, so his speech was really short. but even so, the crowd just followed Mr Chiam all the way to the carpark after the rally ended. in a loyal manner, not a paparazzi manner.

it was like he's the hero of Potong Pasir sia. i felt this truly showed his popularity with the people lor, and i can really feel his passion for politics. pei fu pei fu~

however hor, i really dont think he will be fit enough to hold a seat in my country's parliament for the next 5 years, and his wife is not really up to par imho. and generally SPP's members dont seem as outstanding as WP's.

as usual, poor Beefie was dragged there by me. and he was trying to take a picture of Mr Chiam closeup while he was being mobbed by the voters after the rally....

that was the best he managed to capture of Mr Chiam. lols.