Judgment Day
My day started early at 0500hrs as I had to ferry my Queen to the polling station. My Queen is one of the officials at the polling station. Today is the judgment day, will my ruling party stays in power with total dominance or a watershed as predicted by many including PM, Lee Hsien Loong.
Tin Pei Ling again
I decided to treat myself to the news on the internet before catching some loss sleep. Guess what, TPL hits the headlines yet again.. This time for breaching the rules of the cooling day. Apparently, as claimed, her facebook administrator has used the wrong account (Her facebook account that is) to post on her Facebook page to clarify on reports that a MacPherson resident had been refused help for her child's tuition fees (See another blogger’s comment). Somehow, she managed to grab the headline for the wrong reasons at an incredible rate since her candidacy introduction. From her “excellent” aptitude as seen in many media interaction, she has effectively made herself a liability in this team. As a team, she probably would not have any problem getting elected credits to her strong party presence that include our Senior Minister, retired BG, 1 hardworking, humble and sincere MP (Fatimah). I am not even sure if she can get her deposit refunded if she was to stand for election in a SMC. Haise, will she be able to contribute much in the development of her elected estate. Let us suspend judgment and see in the next 5 years.
My Turn to poll
Getting excited to have that right to poll after my first attempt at Aljunied GRC. I waited until about 10am to skipped the morning rush (Cannot believe it, it was like the launching of iPad 2, the queue is so long at 8am) to make my choice. The both parties representatives were there, the agent and candidate, I suppose to check on the order and fairness on the conduct of the polls.
I took me less than 5 minutes to complete the whole voting. The choice to vote later saves me queuing time.
Entrance
I produced my poll card and my identity card to the poll station officer for verification. I then proceeded to the “registration” counter to get my sacred vote.
Registration Counter
My ID number was checked against their nominal roll of voters. The Malay lady strike my name off her document and announced the a serial number 
to the Chinese Officer sitting beside her. The Chinese officer wrote the number down onto the vote and repeated to another pair of Officers sitting across to write down in their documents. I suppose that this is to ensure that the vote issued is properly recorded by 2 pairs of Officers (2nd set as backup) in case there is any voter who wants try “stunts” to vote twice. And that the 2 pairs of Officers are seated across is to ensure fairness and there is no “small talks” between the 2 pairs of Officers during the recording process.
Voting Booth
The grey aluminum looking voting counter ensure that my vote is secret. It was a simple process, (If you have already decided and dun go into a state of confusion at this point), I cross in the grey box beside the party of my choice.
Ballot Box
To maintain secrecy, I folded my sacred vote into half and dropped it into the ballot box before I leave the polling station. What will be the outcome.. My anxiousness grew as time ticks by..
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