Public Speaking and the General Elections

Today's been kinda eventful, what with the Sec2 GEP Publc Speaking Competition and the GE soming up tomorrow.. We won both 1st and 2nd prize!!! RG pons all... ^^ lol egoistical thinking *shrugs*


But it's true, I think both our teams did really well, better than the rest and far better than some. They weren't dry like some teams, they had quite good time-management, and their ads were all great! ^^ I like IIntergrate! I really have to take my hat off to all the presenters, they were so professional! [except for Sufen and JoHo...] I couldn't stand in front of that kind of audience and deliver a nice speech kae..


Actually, in a way, they were like the politicians rallying today! lol. Just that they weren't working for the public's score but the judges. I was taking 156 home from Nanyang today and there was a terrible jam at Ang Mo Kio so I got home at 7+ when I could have gotten home at 6+... Longest 156 journey I ever took. Rallying is kinda fun to watch, all the promises, all the complaints, all the bitching.


Actually, before the General Elections, I thought politics was just really dry and uninteresting and a thoroughly adult thing. Why, I prove myself wrong the more I read, watch and listen! I think LKY is really a good leader, better than Hitler.[Not that I support Hitler but anyway...] I think he speak better than Lee Hsien Loong. Serious, I think our PM speaks better in english but our MM can converse really fluently in both chinese and english. I guess our forefathers will always be better at some things?


The General Elections are gonna start and, sadly, end tomorrow. No more of all the hype, all the activity, [I think this is the only time our ministers come down to the mortal world to shake hands with commoners, no offense] all the scandals. I think in modern day society, leaders need to be honest, humble, and most importantly understand their people and their people's needs.


Not like G.B. Does his people need war? Does America need more oil so desperately that she has to resort to war? I don't really think so, I think the most pressing problem with America is that there the people their really have nothing better to do. MAKE THEM WORK FOR WHAT THEY GET. seriously, I think Asian governments are better because well, they're run by asians? I support asian culture wholeheartedly, european culture used to be better, much better, when people still had manners and bothered about ettiquette.


Back to the point of our GE. I think the Gomez Saga was really stupid, if you're trying to attract attention, go join Singapore Idol or Superstar or whatever TV show comes up, why resort to such stupidity? Even if you're not honest, at least you could be smarter not to do it in front of a TV camera right? *shrugs*


Mr. Lee Kuan Yew said that [or at least I think he said something like that] Singapore's politics are becoming Thirdworld politics. In a way, I quite understand. I would like to see First World politics in this small heavily-reliant-on-human-resource country. However, I think third world politics are like reading the Chinese zao bao with the latest scandals. It's just so interesting! But it's freaky to see it happening in your own country. And you just think, what kind of leaders will tomorrow bring?


Politics can be so interesting!