What a weekend!

Friday was slow, Saturday was slower..all because people had left the city to VOTE! Little did I know that so many people were so gung ho this time! The last elections were a ho-hum affair, but this time, the vibe was different.

Not only did many friends ( and head teacher), my nurses, their families and even some bloke BH and I overheard (who flew) return home, but many others as well. I guess people wanted to have their say and so many must have been waiting a long time to let their opinions be heard.

And boy, was it LOUD! ( and clear.)

If you haven't read the news, you must have been sleeping under some mega big coconut shell. They call it a tsunami..I call it a miracle, one that's been a long time coming.

Bh and I were at a wedding dinner, but the topic at most tables was not the bride, how pretty she looked, the food or even the whole event, but rather who was winning the elections. The table next to us, which looked like it comprised many datuks, was all abuzz with news of DAP taking 4 seats. This started our table with the sms-ing! Sms's were received, many which we thought were hoaxes, after all, how can a mega big politician lose to a teeny little lady in a tudung? But fall she did..Bangsar will never be the same!

When we got home, there was more news..big political head honcho's losing their seats to virtual unknowns and Penang, now an opposition state..wow! Can't get the picture of a very dejected former chief minister giving his "I concede defeat"speech on TV out of my head.. what a shock! And the works minister, losing in his constituency, one which he has held for umpteen years..OMG! What a blow. And they lost not by small margins too..many were to landslides!

The dust seems to have settled..it's no longer a 2/3 majority in parliment, with 82 seats to opposition..Kedah, Selangor ( OMG!!!), Perak, Kelantan and of course Penang..opposition states. Huiyo! KL..well, no real doubts there la, only one seat, Setiawangsa is BN's.. This has to be the biggest upset in our nation's politics since Independence.

I wonder what happens now? Our PM has been sworn in, but who will be his ministers? MIC, MCA,Gerakan, all the former power houses virtually wiped out! Can the opposition really bring about change? Boy, do they have heaps to do! I bet Parlimentary sittings will be a whole lot more interesting now..no more bocor-bocor and monkey calling monkey I hope!

But one thing is clear..the people have spoken. The people don't want "racial politics", they didn't back the parties that claimed to champion their own respective races, now did they? How else could MIC have lost? Looks like the people too pantang dicabar.

Lets hope and pray that this is all for the better, that there is indeed a ray of light at the end of what will be a long tunnel..this kind of change, doesn't come easily.I guess the next 4/5 years will indeed be interesting.