Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Days of Being Wild
I bought a book at the PAGEONE bookstore at VivoCity yesterday.
It was named
Days of Being Wild - GE2006 Walking the Line with The Opposition, by Dana Lam.
I've been wanting to buy this book since its publication on 30th November, after the advertisment of this book on the various Singaporean social-commentary blogs.
Flipping through the content of the book and the pictures, it brought me back to the May of 2006, where the elections rallies were really electric affairs that shook the Singapore heartlands.
Looking back at the photos, it really reminded me of actually how Singaporeans are actually concerned with what is going on in the country.
I love the way Singaporeans suddenly become so passionate with the national issues and political process of our country, and how Singapore becomes a place so full of life, full of passion, and full of concern and full of interaction, so different from the apathetic and cold faces we see on the MRTs and buses in our everyday lives.
I love the way Singaporeans from all walks of life - children with parents, teenagers decked out in their school uniforms, grandparents, working adults in their working attires, and heartlanders decked out in their most comfortable t-shirt, shorts and slippers waddling pass the muddy fields to gather around the stage for a common purpose, for a common love for the place we call home.
Those cheers, boos, shouting and interaction among stranger fellow Singaporeans brought together a sense of unity, a sense of passion, a sense of nationhood, and the sense of adrenalin rush seldom felt in this country.
Famous Singaporean blogger
Xenoboy had a
wonderful post about the elections in Singapore and its magic to the Singaporean public. After that hectic 9 days of campaigning, everything returns to normal. The passion dies. The unity dies. The sense of nationhood dies. The adrenalin rush dies. Everyone returns to the mundane working lives, and those cold, unfeeling faces once again fills the MRTs and buses.
How good it would be if Singaporeans are like that all year round, rather than 9 days in 5 years.
How I miss those days.
I wanna relive the experience.
This Saturday is the start of Singapore's defence of the Asean Cup (formerly known as Tiger Cup), and I wish to feel that passion, that unity, the sense of nationhood, and adrenalin rush again..
Join me.
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