Masks-querade

These few days, when I look outside my window, I would wonder if I'm part of the cast of Silent Hill or I'm holidaying in a not too cold Genting Highland. Thanks to our lovely neighbour who said that we should thank them for the 11 months of fresh air (hmm....I didn't know Indonesia produces fresh air....I thought it was mother nature...oh well!), we've got this fuzzy wuzzy  feeling.

Found some masks online that could make this fuzzy season funny!

And here's Mr Brown's choices of masks.



GE2015: Polling Results

Unbelievable results! This only tells me that attendance at rallies don't translate to votes.

SMC

Bukit Batok
- PAP David Ong 72.99% (Votes: 18,204)
- SDP Sadasivam Veriyam 26.4% (Votes: 6,585)
- Independent Samir Salim Neji 0.6% (Votes: 150)
Rejected votes: 545

Bukit Panjang
- PAP Teo Ho Pin 68.38% (Votes: 21,935)
- SDP Khung Wai Yeen 31.62% (Votes: 10,143)
Rejected votes: 626

Fengshan
- PAP Cheryl Chan 57.52% (Votes: 12,398)
- WP Dennis Tan 42.48% (Votes: 9,158)
Rejected votes: 1,871

Hong Kah North
- PAP Amy Khor 74.76% (Votes: 19,612)
- SPP Ravi Philemon 25.24% (Votes: 6,621)
Rejected votes: 1,912

Hougang
- WP Png Eng Huat 57.69% (Votes: 13,012)
- PAP Lee Hong Chuang 42.31% (Votes: 9,543)
Rejected votes: 236

MacPherson
- PAP Tin Pei Ling 65.58% (Votes: 17,227)
- WP Bernard Chen 33.6% (Votes: 8,826)
- NSP Cheo Chai Chen 0.82% (Votes: 215)
Rejected votes: 415

Mounbatten
- PAP Lim Biow Chuan 71.84% (Votes: 15,290)
- SPP Jeanette Chong-Aruldoss 28% (Votes: 5,992)
Rejected votes: 333

Pioneer
- PAP Cedric Foo 76.34% (Votes: 17,994)
- NSP Elvin Ong 23.66% (Votes: 5,578)
Rejected votes: 658

Potong Pasir
- PAP Sitoh Yih Pin 66.41% (Votes: 10,581)
- SPP Lina Chiam 33.59% (Votes: 5,353)
Rejected votes: 1,473

Punggol East
- PAP Charles Chong 51.76% (Votes: 16,957)
- WP Lee Li Lian 48.24% (Votes: 15,801)
Rejected votes: 1,708

Radin Mas
- PAP Sam Tan 77.25% (Votes: 20,230)
- RP Kumar Appavoo 12.71% (Votes: 12.71%)
- Independent Han Hui Hui 10.04% (Votes: 2,629)
Rejected votes: 768

Sengkang West
- PAP Lam Pin Min 62.11% (Votes: 17,564)
- WP Koh Choong Yong 37% (Votes: 10,716)
Rejected votes: 1,839

Yuhua
- PAP Grace Fu 73.54% (Votes: 15,298)
- SDP Jaslyn Go 28% (Votes: 26.46%)
Rejected votes: 1,814

GRC

Choa Chu Kang
- PAP Gan Kim Yong, Zaqy Mohamad, Low Yen Ling, Yee Chia Hsing 76.89% (Votes: 84,731)
- PPP Goh Meng Seng, Low Wai Choo, Lee Tze Shih, Syafarin Sarif 23.11% (Votes: 25,460)
Rejected votes: 9,740

East Coast
- PAP Lim Swee Say, Lee Yi Shyan, Maliki Osman, Jessica Tan 60.73% (Votes: 54,981)
- WP Gerald Giam, Daniel Goh, Fairoz Shariff, Leon Perera 39.27% (Votes: 35,547)
Rejected votes: 1,008

Holland-Bukit Timah
- PAP Vivian Balakrishnan, Sim Ann, Christopher de Souza, Liang Eng Hwa 66.62% (Votes: 62,630)
- SDP Chee Soon Juan, Paul Tambyah, Chong Wai Fung, Sidek Mallek 33.38% (Votes: 31,380)
Rejected votes: 10,481

Jalan Besar
- PAP Yaacob Ibrahim, Heng Chee How, Denise Phua, Lily Neo 67.73% (Votes: 63,561)
- WP L.Somasundaram, Frieda Chan Sio Phing, Redzwan Hafidz Adbul Razak, Adrian Sim Tian Hock 32.27% (Votes: 30,283)
Rejected votes: 1,549

Marsiling-Yew Tee
- PAP Lawrence Wong, Halimah Yacob, Ong Teng Koon, Alex Tam 68.73% (Votes: 68,485)
- SDP Bryan Lim, Damanhuri Abas, John Tan, Wong Souk Yee 31.27% (Votes: 31,157)
Rejected votes: 2,134

West Coast
- PAP Lim Hng Kiang, S Iswaran, Foo Mee Har, Patrick Tay 78.57% (Votes: 71,091)
- RP Kenneth Jeyaretnam, Andy Zhu, Noraini Yunus, Darren Soh 21.43% (Votes: 19,392)
Rejected votes: 2,415

Aljunied
- WP Low Thia Khiang, Sylvia Lim, Chen Show Mao, Pritam Singh, Faisal Manap 50.95% (Votes: 69,929)
- PAP Yeo Guat Kwang, K.Muralidharan Pillai, Victor Lye, Chua Eng Leong, Shamsul Kamar 49.05% (Votes: 67,317)
Rejected votes: 1,638

Bishan-Toa Payoh
- PAP Ng Eng Hen, Josephine Teo, Chee Hong Tat, Saktiandi Supaat, Chong Kee Hiong 73.59% (Votes: 86,514)
- SPP Benjamin Pwee, Hamin Aliyas, Law Kim Hwee, Abdillah Zamzuri, Bryan Long 26.41% (Votes: 31,049)
Rejected votes: 2,411

Jurong
- PAP Tarman Shanmugaratnam, Desmond Lee, Ang Wei Neng, Rahayu Mahzam, Tan Wu Meng 79.28% (Votes: 95,080)
- SingFirst Tan Peng Ann, Wong Soon Hong, David Foo Ming Jin, ukdeu Singh, Wong Chee Wai 20.72% (Votes: 24,848)
Rejected votes: 2,432

Marine Parade
- PAP Tan Chuan-Jin, Goh Chok Tong, Seah Kian Peng, Fatimah Lateef, Edwin Tong 64.07% (Votes: 84,939)
- WP Yee Jenn Jong, Terence Tan, Firuz Khan, He Ting Ru, Dylan Ng 35.93% (Votes: 47,629)
Rejected votes: 1,682

Nee Soon
- PAP K Shanmugam, Louis Ng, Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim, Lee Bee Wah, Henry Kwek 66.83% (Votes: 82,197)
- WP Kenneth Foo, Cheryl Loh, Ron Tan, Luke Koh, Gurmit Singh 33.17% (Votes: 40,796)
Rejected votes: 1,731

Sembawang
- PAP Khaw Boon Wan, Vikram Nair, Lim Wee Kiak, Ong Ye Kung, Amrin Amin 72.28% (Votes: 96,639)
- NSP Spencer Ng, Kevryn Lim, Abdul Rasheed, Eugene Yeo, Yadzeth Haris 27.72% (Votes: 37,067)
Rejected votes: 3,796

Tampines
- PAP Heng Swee Keat, Masagos Zulkifli, Baey Yam Keng, Desmond Choo, Cheng Li Hui 72.06% (Votes: 95,202)
- NSP Sebastian Teo, Lim Tean, Reno Fong, Nor Lella Mardiiiah Mohamed, Choong Hon Heng 27.94% (Votes: 36,920)
Rejected votes: 3,638

Tanjong Pagar
- PAP Chan Chun Sing, Indranee Rajah, Chia Shi-Lu, Joan Pereira, Melvin Yong 77.71% (Votes: 90,448)
- SingFirst Tan Jee Say, Ang Yong Guan, Chirag Desai, Melvyn Chiu Wng Hoe, Fahmi Rais 22.29% (Votes: 25,943)
Rejected votes: 2,405

Ang Mo Kio
- PAP Lee Hsien Loong, Ang Hin Kee, Intan Azura Mokhtar, Gan Thiam Poh, Koh Poh Koon, Darryl David 78.63% (Votes: 135,115)
- RP M.Ravi, Roy Ngerng, Osman Sulaiman, Gilbert Goh, Siva Chandran, Jesse Loo 21.37% (Votes: 36,711)
Rejected votes: 15,945

Pasir-Ris Punggol
- PAP Teo Chee Hean, Teo Ser Luck, Janil Puthucheary, Zainal Sapari, Ng Chee Meng, Sun Xueling 72.89% (Votes: 125,021)
- SDA Desmond Lim, Harminder Pal Singh, Ong Teik Seng, Abu Mohamed, Sunny Wong, Arthero Lim 27.11% (Votes: 46,508)
Rejected votes: 5,310

Number of parliamentary seats:
PAP - 83
WP - 6
SDP - 0
SPP - 0
RP - 0
SDA - 0
SingFirst - 0
Independent - 0

GE2015: Polling Day

Happy Polling Day to all my Singaporean folks. This is the day you let your voice be heard.  I always tell my friends. If you don't like a certain party, please do not draw funny pictures or write anything in their box because it will be counted as theirs.  How I know?  Well, I was a counting agent during GE2011 and again during PE2011. Even if you write the word "FU" in a certain party's box, it will be considered as you voting for that party. So vote with your heart open!

Mr Brown has told us not to vote wisely but suka suka vote.  You suka who, you choose who. I have done my part!  Have you?

GE2015: Interesting rally speech - Sim Ann

Sim Ann's "chut pattern" speech has been made famous by netizens.  I read from Wikipedia that prior to being elected to Parliament (under the GRC umbrella), she was the Assistant Director for Finance Policy and Planning at the Ministry of Health (1998 - 2000). In 2000, she was made an Assistant Director for Implementation Planning at the Ministry of Home Affairs. In 2003, she became a Deputy Director for Trade at Ministry of Trade and Industry. From 2007 to 2009, she as the Regional Director (East China) at International Enterprise Singapore. In 2009, she became the Director of National Population Secretariat. Sad to say, her speech doesn't show the character or attitude a Director should carry.

She said in the video that Dr Chee likes to set rules for others. She added that Dr Chee ignores the rules set by others but is "ok" with the rules he set.  So what are the rules?

1) Dr Chee doesn't allow anyone to reminisce his past. She continue to say that Dr Chee can reminisce the past of others but doesn't allow anyone to reminisce his past.  Even if it's the truth, Dr Chee would say that they are attacking his personality.

2) Dr Chee will criticise himself and said that it's other who criticise him.  Eg. Dr Chee felt that Mr Lawrence Wong and herself shouldn't talk about his past. She further added that according to Dr Chee, he felt that if PAP is unable to convince the voters, then they will say that he is a liar, a gangster, a psychopath. Sim Ann said that she felt weird hearing this because she wanted to tell Dr Chee that she didn't say all these so he shouldn't call himself names first.

My views on this is simple. If you know Dr Chee doesn't allow anyone to reminisce his past...why do you all keep harping on it. And it's not true that he bring out the past of others, he don't do personal attacks as such...infact, he has stopped low acts like these.

As for point 2, incase Ms Sim have forgotten her history, it was PM Lee Hsien Loong and the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew who calls him a liar, a gangster, a psychopath....he didn't call himself names.

I find it really weird that Ms Sim chose to attack opposition candidate's character.  Wouldn't it be better if she has use the time for more constructive rally speech?

GE2015: Dr Chee Soon Juan

Special thanks for Mr Tay Bee Pin for portraying this great man in the greatest possible way.  This video gives you a little sneak peek of what life is like behind the man of steel.  I liken Dr Chee as a bop bag (those inflatable toy with weighted base).  He is one who bounce back immediately at people's punches. Over the years, one can see how he will always fight for what he believes in.  With a PhD, I do not believe he cannot find a job anywhere in the corporate world but he chose to stay and fight. I can almost see him stand on the hill and cry out "Let my people go!!!" (think Prince of Egypt).

So much has been said about Dr Chee but I would like to draw your attention to Mdm Huang Chih Mei. She has taken the entire marriage vow to a whole new level.  She could have pack her bags and leave when her husband got in and out of prison but she chose to stay by her man. She could have ask for a divorce when many started to label Dr Chee as a lunatic but she chose to stay. A PhD holder herself, she could have been top of the corporate ladder should she choose to venture out, but she chose to stay.

I had the opportunity of meeting Dr Chee and Mdm Huang a few years back. Well, Dr Chee almost always bring his whole family along whenever he has party meeting so it's not uncommon to see his family. I notice the kids were sitting quietly in a corner with their mum while Dr Chee would discuss issues. I heard some elderly say, to know how the father is....take a look at his children.  In that very short meeting, I saw so much in the man.

This election, I am hoping that the heavens be kind to Dr Chee and give him what he has so long been fighting for.

Check out Mdm Huang Chih Mei's blog here.

GE 2015: Who's gonna win where

Alright, this is my guess.  You can agree to disagree with me but this is just my guess. No need to get all hyped up for not supporting your party yah?

SMC
Bukit Batok - PAP David Ong
Bukit Panjang - PAP Teo Ho Pin
Fengshan - WP Dennis Tan
Hong Kah North - PAP Amy Khor
Hougang - WP Png Eng Huat
MacPherson - PAP Tin Pei Ling
Mounbatten - PAP Lim Biow Chuan
Pioneer - PAP Cedric Foo
Potong Pasir - SPP Lina Chiam
Punggol East - WP Lee Li Lian
Radin Mas - PAP Sam Tan
Sengkang West - PAP Lam Pin Min
Yuhua - PAP Grace Fu

GRC - 4 seats
Choa Chu Kang - PAP Gan Kim Yong, Zaqy Mohamad, Low Yen Ling, Yee Chia Hsing
East Coast - WP Gerald Giam, Daniel Goh, Fairoz Shariff, Leon Perera
Holland-Bukit Timah - SDP Chee Soon Juan, Paul Tambyah, Chong Wai Fung, Sidek Mallek
Jalan Besar - PAP Yaacob Ibrahim, Heng Chee How, Denise Phua, Lily Neo
Marsiling-Yew Tee - SDP Bryan Lim, Damanhuri Abas, John Tan, Wong Souk Yee
West Coast - PAP Lim Hng Kiang, S Iswaran, Foo Mee Har, Patrick Tay

GRC - 5 seats
Aljunied - WP Low Thia Khiang, Sylvia Lim, Chen Show Mao, Pritam Singh, Faisal Manap
Bishan-Toa Payoh - PAP Ng Eng Han, Josephine Teo, Chee Hong Tat, Saktiandi Supaat, Chog Kee Hiong
Jurong - PAP Tarman Shanmugaratnam, Desmond Lee, Ang Wei Neng, Rahayu Mahzam, Tan Wu Meng
Marine Parade - PAP Tan Chuan-Jin, Goh Chok Tong, Seah Kian Peng, Fatimah Lateef, Edwin Tong
Nee Soon - PAP K Shanmugam, Louis Ng, Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim, Lee Bee Wah, Henry Kwek
Sembawang - PAP Khaw Boon Wan, Vikram Nair, Lim Wee Kiat, Ong Ye Kung, Amrin Amin
Tampines - PAP Heng Swee Keat, Masagos Zulkifi, Baey Yam Keng, Desmond Choo, Cheng Li Hui
Tanjong Pagar - PAP Chan Chun Sing, Indranee Rajah, Chia Shi-Lu, Joan Pereira, Melvin Yong

GRC - 6 seats
Ang Mo Kio - PAP Lee Hsien Loong, Ang Hin Kee, Intan Azura Mokhtar, Gan Thiam Poh, Koh Poh Koon, Darryl David
Pasir Ris Punngol - PAP Teo Chee Hean, Teo Ser Luck, Janil Puthucheary, Zainal Sapari, Ng Chee Meng, Sun Xueling

PAP - 68 seats
WP - 12 seats
SDP - 8 seats
SPP - 1 seat

GE2015: Dr Chee Soon Juan's Best Speech

This is perhaps the best speech that Dr Chee Soon Juan has delivered.  Infact, it's the best speech (in my own opinion) of the entire rally across all other parties.

GE2015: Who's contesting where

Sep 11 is a day where Americans remember how much harm terrorism can do to a country. A day where the world wakes up to the reality that terrorism is real. Will Sep 11 also be a day carved out in the history of Singapore's political arena?  With the awakening in the 2011 General Election, will this year bring another great awakening?  Let's see who the contenders are:

SMCs
Bukit Batok	Independent	Samir Salim Neji
	PAP	David Ong
	SDP	Sadasivam Veriyam
Bukit Panjang	PAP	Teo Ho Pin
	SDP	Khung Wai Yeen
Fengshan	PAP	Cheryl Chan
	WP	Dennis Tan
Hong Kah North	PAP	Amy Khor
	SPP	Ravi Philemon
Hougang	PAP	Lee Hong Chuang
	WP	Png Eng Huat
MacPherson	PAP	Tin Pei Ling
	WP	Bernard Chen
	NSP	Cheo Chai Chen
Mounbatten	PAP	Lim Biow Chuan
	SPP	Jeannette Chong-Aruldoss
Pioneer	PAP	Cedric Foo
	NSP	Elvin Ong
Potong Pasir	PAP	Sitoh Yih Pin
	SPP	Lina Chiam
Punggol East	PAP	Charles Chong
	WP	Lee Li Lian
Radin Mas	Independent	Han Hui Hui
	PAP	Sam Tan
	RP	Kumar Appavoo
Sengkang West	PAP	Lam Pin Min
	WP	Koh Choong Yong
Yuhua	PAP	Grace Fu
	SDP	Jaslyn Go
GRCs
Choa Chu Kang GRC	PAP	Gan Kim Yong Zaqy Mohamad Low Yen Ling Yee Chia Hsing
	PPP	Goh Meng Seng Low Wai Choo Lee Tze Shih Syafarin Sarif
East Coast GRC	PAP	Lim Swee Say Lee Yi Shyan Maliki Osman Jessica Tan
	WP	Gerald Giam Daniel Goh Fairoz Shariff Leon Perera
Holland-Bukit Timah GRC	PAP	Vivian Balakrishnan Sim Ann Christopher de Souza Liang Eng Hwa
	SDP	Chee Soon Juan Paul Tambyah Chong Wai Fung Sidek Mallek
Jalan Besar	PAP	Yaacob Ibrahim Heng Chee How Denise Phua Lily Neo
	WP	L. Somasundaram Frieda Chan Sio Phing Redzwan Hafidz Abdul Razak Adrian Sim Tian Hock
Masiling-Yew Tee	PAP	Lawrence Wong Halimah Yacob Ong Teng Koon Alex Tam
	SDP	Bryan Lim Damanhuri Abas John Tan Wong Souk Yee
West Coast	PAP	Lim Hng Kiang S Iswaran Foo Mee Har Patrick Tay
	RP	Kenneth Jeyaretnam Andy Zhu Noraini Yunus Darren Soh
Aljunied	WP	Low Thia Khiang Sylvia Lim Chen Show Mao Pritam Singh Faisal Manap
	PAP	Yeo Guat Kwang K. Muralidharan Pillai Victor Lye Chua Eng Leong Shamsul Kamar.
Bishan-Toa Payoh	PAP	Ng Eng Hen Josephine Teo Chee Hong Tat Saktiandi Supaat Chong Kee Hiong
	SPP	Benjamin Pwee Hamin Aliyas Law Kim Hwee Abdillah Zamzuri Bryan Long
Jurong	PAP	Tarman Shanmugaratnam Desmond Lee Ang Wei Neng Rahayu Mahzam Tan Wu Meng
	SingFirst	Tan Peng Ann Wong Soon Hong David Foo Ming Jin Sukdeu Singh Wong Chee Wai
Marine Parade GRC	PAP	Tan Chuan-Jin Goh Chok Tong Seah Kian Peng Fatimah Lateef Edwin Tong
	WP	Yee Jenn Jong Terence Tan Firuz Khan He Ting Ru Dylan Ng
Nee Soon GRC	PAP	K Shanmugam Louis Ng Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim Lee Bee Wah Henry Kwek
	WP	Kenneth Foo Cheryl Loh Ron Tan Luke Koh Gurmit Singh
Sembawang GRC	PAP	Khaw Boon Wan Vikram Nair Lim Wee Kiak Ong Ye Kung Amrin Amin
	NSP	Spencer Ng Kevryn Lim Abdul Rasheed Eugene Yeo Yadzeth Haris
Tampines	PAP	Heng Swee Keat Masagos Zulkifli Baey Yam Keng Desmond Coo Cheng Li Hui
	NSP	Sebastian Teo Lim Tean Reno Fong Nor Lella Mardiiiah Mohamed Choong Hon Heng
Tanjong Pagar GRC	PAP	Chan Chun Sing Indranee Rajah Chia Shi-Lu Joan Pereira Melvin Yong
	SingFirst	Tan Jee Say Ang Yong Guan Chirag Desai Melvyn Chiu Weng Hoe Fahmi Rais
Ang Mo Kio GRC	PAP	Lee Hsien Loong Ang Hin Kee Intan Azura Mokhtar Gan Thiam Poh Koh Poh Koon Darryl David
	RP	M. Ravi Roy Ngerng Osman Sulaiman Gilbert Goh Siva Chandran Jesse Loo
Pasir-Ris Punggol	PAP	Teo Chee Hean Teo Ser Luck Janil Puthucheary Zainal Sapari Ng Chee Meng Sun Xueling
	SDA	Desmond Lim Harminder Pal Singh Ong Teik Seng Abu Mohamed Sunny Wong Arthero Lim

Let's see how they fare this time round.  I'm hoping for more opposition seats in parliament so that poor WP won't need to fight alone. But it seems like there isn't many worthy opponents yet.  kindda miss Yam Ah Mee though.