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A Workers' Party CEC member, Yaw Shin Leong, bragged in his blog that he voted for PAP's Teo Ho Pin in the last election. Now we know why the PAP cannot lose because even opposition members in WP is voting for them
http://yawshinleong.blogspot.com/2008/05/vote-for-other-side.html
Monday, May 12, 2008
A Vote For The Other Side
Last Sunday, during WP's walkabout at Nee Soon East SMC & Ang Mo Kio GRC. A party member shared with me about rumblings in a local Internet forum (Sammy Boy) that some forum participants were unable to reconcile with the fact that I voted for Teo Ho Pin in GE2006.
This party member subsequently sent me the forum link here.
I am of the view that it is a trait for humans to operate within the paradigms of subjectivity and objectivity. Personally, I do not believe in opposition for opposition's sake. In this regard, there is nothing inherently wrong for me to vote for an MP, regardless of his/ her partisan background, whom in my opinion is the better man who can better serve the interests of Singapore and my community (Bukit Panjang SMC).
Consciously in so doing, I have raised my understanding on a required 'standard for parliamentary entry'. In another words, being a forefront partisan activist, myself am of the view that a particular candidate from the ruling regime deserves my vote rather than another from the opposition, this invariably reminded me that, the WP has to 'strive so much harder', 'offer so much more' and 'convince so much more' in order 'to get there'.
Actually during GE06 itself, there were also some in WP who raised their eye brows when I shared with them that I will be voting for Teo Ho Pin. On polling day, one urged me that since the incumbent will win anyway I should perhaps 'spoil my vote' instead. However as a citizen of our constitutional state, I take my voting duty very seriously and will never waste my precious vote, unless the political circumstances really warrant it.
The interesting question perhaps would be, if a WP candidate is to offer himself/ herself for election in the constituency I reside, will I vote for this WP candidate? Partisan considerations will certainly weigh heavily in my considerations. Having said that, ultimately this WP candidate has to convince me that he/ she has what it take to better serve the interests of our country and the constituents to win my vote.
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Would like to share my bad experience with this computer shop call "M**cow Computer" @ Tampines St 21, Blk 201B.
Bought a PC computer game from them on last Sat . As the box was nicely string-wrapped, I assume that it is okie. When I reach home and open the box, discovered that the 2 CDs for installation were badly scratched, and it looked like it has been used. I suspect that it could have been used before, or it is a 2nd-hand CD. I went back to the shop in the same evening with the game for an exchange. The middle-aged woman manning the shop was very rude and accused me of scratching the disk after installing the game into my computer to get a new set. I explained to her that I cannot play the game without the CD2, but she refuses to listen. Then another older man who was sitting outside the shop approaches me and told me that goods sold are not refundable, and shouted at me to get lost. And all this time I was calmly trying to convince them that the CDs were already badly scratched when I opened the box. Then the middle-aged woman starts to use vulgarities on me, and thats where I decided enough is enough, and I storm out of the shop. This is a lesson learnt for me to just stick to reputable retailers like Challenger.
Please be careful when you patronise this computer shop.
Rainforest88
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