Monday, May 15, 2006

Sorry for lack of postings

Dear all,
My apologies for not updating the blog regularly since April. But I really appreciate all who have made the effort to post comments - keep them coming!

Recently I met Liu Chuan Ming, who had been staying in my Taman for the past three years but I never bumped into him! He works overseas quite often, so I guess that's why I never saw him.

Eng Soon has also moved to my Taman earlier this month and he's now busy doing up his house.

I will ask these two guys whether they are willing to be profiled for this blog to let everyone know how they've been.

On another note, I'm glad to see Stephen Yii, John Fam, David Kuok and Sii Jing joining the blog as well. Welcome! Please feel free to log in to blogger.com and post your own articles.

I would also like to welcome warhammer, although I'm not sure who you are, though I have my guesses :) Thanks for the lyrics to the Vitamin C song, it really reminded me of the olden days.

With election fever going on in Sarawak, perhaps those of us in Sarawak can post some articles about what is going on over there for the benefit of those in other places. Some pictures would be nice, too.

Monday, May 01, 2006

Sarawak Elections are here again ....

The elections for the Sarawak State Assembly are upon us again. The Sarawak election is unique in that it is the only one among all the Malaysian states to be held outside of the Parliamentary elections.

As in the past, the opposition doesn't stand much of a chance to win more than a seat or two, let alone wrest the state from BN. The only question would be the margin of the victory.

The most memorable for me was the 1991 one, when PBDS mounted a strong challenge as the opposition. Unfortunately, things fizzled out in the end, and PBDS was never the same after that.

I've never had a chance to vote in Sibu before, because I registered as a voter in PJ back in 1996.

Anyone going back to their hometowns to cast their votes this time around? Any interesting stories to tell? :)