Of Rallies & Elections

Today will the last day for rallies. Tomorrow will be Cooling Day. And the day after, general elections 2011.

I almost can't wait for Saturday to come.

Not only do I want to see what voters have chosen, I also want to see how badly the different parties are defeated. Most importantly, I am getting sick of people posting all sorts of political arguments on Facebook.

Once this whole thing is over, we can get back to our normal lives of relatively peace and quiet for the next few years. It is funny how the different voices of the parties came out only when elections draw near.

Next time round, I will be among the first voters to vote. Who knows which direction the wind will be blowing by then? If the ruling party does not step up to the game, it can soon lose an even bigger share of the pie.

But, in the end, what majority of the citizens want is a stable economy where the sun shines bright in all places and yet have lots of things to complain about. The reason being, a human being is never content with what he has, he is seldom grateful for the things he enjoyed now.

GSS

Yesterday, my father and mother took the day off and we went shopping since it's the Great Singapore Sale season. My brothers went for a cycling session with my cousins.

First we went for lunch. After that, we went to CentrePoint's Robinsons to look for clothes. We didn't manage to get anything from there though. This is just typical of us. We left for OG across the road and my mother bought a blouse after a long time. I bought a shirt and 2 shorts.

We were quite tired by then and had ice-cream at Haagen-Dazs. I ordered strawberry ice-cream on a waffle while my parents ordered one ice-cream creation with 6 mini ice-cream.

We bought a pendant from Simont as a birthday gift. In the end, we saw another pendant that looks good and got it it. The design is very unique, a triangular-shaped piece, with swirling blue and black glass.

We made a trip up to Esprit. I managed to get a dark blue dress which cost quite a lot. I love Esprit designs but why does the clothes they sell cost so much?

My father and I went back to Robinsons to get me a new pillow and we had this $5 voucher for spending more than $50. My father actually wanted to throw it away since it only last till end of the month. I suggested spending it on something small and trivial. In the end, we got a mug. It originally cost $9.90, after discount and using the voucher, it was $2, which is worth it.

It's a great day! It's been ages since we did something like that.