Steven Sim

Words are more treacherous and powerful than we think - Jean-Paul Sartre

Archive for August, 2008

Could Anwar Have Won With A Bigger Majority?(1)

My friend, CH sent me an interesting calculation…
At the closing of the poll, it was reported about 65% of the voters turned out (Malaysiakini even reported this piece of info being quoted by Election Commission secretary Kamaruzaman at 6.55pm). But in the end, Election Commission reported that the actual turnout was about 80%. That’s 15% of [...]

Gerakan, Gerak Ke Mana?(0)

During the polling day at Teluk Wang, there was a sole Gerakan member who presumably was a voter at the polling centre there. I respect his loyalty to racist UMNO (I mean, they were the ones who shouted “Cina mati” at us), he even led in the cheer a few times…way to go bro!
Anyway, this [...]

Votes from UMNO to Pakatan Rakyat(0)

I got this nice little statitistical data on email this morning…The turnout was almost the same during 308 GE and 826 BE with only 477 voters lesser on 826 BE, but UMNO suffered a greater lost compared to 308! Arif Shah’s vote was 1426 lesser than what UMNO received earlier in March. And Anwar Ibrahim [...]

Reformasi! Anwar Going to Parliament Tomorrow!(0)

An intense week of campaigning just ended for me…
I was on duty at the Teluk Wang polling district for the P44 Pmtng Pauh By-Election since about 8 am this morning. Some interesting observations:
1. Although there were waves of blue Barisan Nasional posters and flags everywhere, the presence of a single race Malay supporters in Arif [...]

Putera O Putera(1)

I met with my old fren Chris today, he is volunteering with Mafrel to monitor the P44 BE. We went out for dinner together with another key Mafrel leader, BK Ong. It was good meeting with Chris again, after dinner he showed me some photos taken by Mafrel volunteers worthy to match the Puteris in [...]

Another Young Penang Dato’(0)

UPDATE: My boss, State Youth and Sports Exco’s press statement can be found here
After Dato’ Nicol David who was conferred the State title during the Yang Di Pertua Pulau Pinang’s birthday this year, another young athelete, Penangite and Malaysian Olympic hero, Lee Chong Wei will be awarded with the Darjah Setia Pangkuan Negeri which carries the [...]

Puteri O Puteri(1)

What are they (Puteri UMNO members) doing pointing to the poor boy’s behind? “Undi-lah Barisan Nasional”.

Anyway, did PKR really whack journalists? Who knows? There were tens of thousands of people that day and even if the Rocky was wearing Pakatan Rakyat tshirts, PKR kept throwing out free tshirts to the crowd, by the hundreds. And [...]

Gerakan, Moving On?(0)

We’ll all wait for October to see if Gerakan really have the guts to make the right decision to quit Barisan Nasional. Their most conscientious leaders such as Dato Dr. Toh Kin Woon and earlier, Dato Lee Kah Choon and Dr. Tan Kee Kwong had already opening stood up to support the Pakatan Rakyat’s cause.
Perak Gerakan mulls calling [...]

Titbits on P44 BE(2)

Some tit-bits on P44 by-election
1. I was working on Nomination Day - had to launch two events on the island - so I missed the fun at the Nomination centre. My comrades were all there and they reported about 70% of the tens of thousands (some said 30k, some said 100k, most news paper said [...]

P44 Nomination Day - Change Dream Team(0)

PR and BN said there’ll be about 100, 000 people at the Nomination Centre tomorrow. It’ll be helluva logistic nightmare…Two entry points to the Maktab Perguruan Tengku Bainun are the Butterworth-Kulim Highway, and Jalan Berapit (from Bkt. Mertajam).

The green arrow is the entry into the road leading up to the Maktab (marked by the blue A buble). There [...]