The day after...

The dust settled. Now the triumphant citizens shall sit back and heave a sign of relief (in disbelief). Time for the new blood chosen by the people to get to work, for a better tomorrow, literally.

For this election a bunch of us (families & friends) volunteered for the Barisan Rakyat (DAP, PAS & Keadilan) as poling & counting agents.

To be present while ballots were being counted was something beyond my imagination. My heart skipped a beat when I witnessed the election clerks separate the votes for Barisan Nasional (BN) & Keadilan (PKR)...

It was a great feeling. To witness a new result taking shape through the counting of ballots...and holding back breathe and the urge to break into big smile, to finish the counting and signing on the seals of counting results...

The rest, is history by March 8, around 3am...when results were announced.

Some pictures by J to share...
at the Keadilan bilik gerakan, as the counting outcome slowly arrived at the centre, cheers broke out as Fahmi Fadzil announed the good news
yay! Keadilan is leading!!
State candidate for Subang Jaya Elizabeth Wong waiting for more updates (she won!)
after leaving the Keadilan centre we went to the Pantai nomination centre to see if we could catch the result announcement of the recounting of Sharizat vs Nurrul Izzak Anwar ballots.

Arrival of the last of sealed ballot boxes
Outside the centre (Bangsar Sports Centre) the Nurrul Izzak supporters stood waiting for the results...
Nurul Izzak turned up at the centre to receive the results...

I would like to end this post by quoting the new MP Elizabeth Wong, this is her latest blog entry, please read the last paragraph especially...

"In our meeting last night, Anwar Ibrahim brought us down to earth.

First - we have to change this ‘bodek’ feudal culture of Umno. ‘Yang Berhormat’ or YB is only appropriate in the halls of the state assembly or Parliament. Do the Brits or Australians go around calling their MPs or state legislators ‘Right Honourable’ in public? Nope.

So please don’t call us YBs. It gives me a strange icky feeling if you do.

Two - any unreasonable perks will be slashed. There will not be any redecorations in our offices and we will use the vehicles bought earlier by the state government. Our salary will also be cut. We gotto cut those wasteful and unnecessary spending.

Tan Sri Khalid is gonna run this state like a corporation. We are expected to file quarterly reports like an good company. Expect some redundant committees and positions created to appease the Umno-aites to be erased. And yeah - no belly-dancing in those ‘lawatan sambil belajar’. It’s ‘belajar sambil bekerja’.

Three - we will be open to everyone in regards to suggestions and inputs. We want to be take stock of what is immediate and urgent. And please give us time. Fifty years of nonsense will take time to be rectified and corrected."

Viva new Malaysia :)