Was there between 8PM to 9PM...the crowd,Wow !,kept streaming in even while I am leaving.All seems to be in a party mood.Young and old.Mainly Chinese.Very very little Malays with a sprinkling of Indians.There was even this lady ,as if sun bathing in a beach,all spread out with her ipad oblivious to the speeches made.Overall ,a fantastic crowd I must say.
Even the Hougang MRT deployed a couple of officials directing the crowd to the location.The police were a gross disappointment;I counted 8 of them choking up just 1 stairways the led to a blocked entrance.They were neither guiding nor simply doing anything.WP organizers should not pay them.The extra parking wardens are giving wrong directions.
I first heard the Malay WP MP speaking while I entered the field.Yada,yada and yada....like a school boy reading out for his oral exam.At the end of his speech he mentioned the critical part ..that Png is a family man and a good father.Hope everybody got the message.Next came Gerald Giam---and I expected him to flop like he did in the parliament speech.He took my surprise.He was indeed good.Strike a cord with the crowd when he touched on MRT...I would vote him as the best speaker today.
Than Pritam Singh.What a disappointment.Actually I came all the way just to hear Pritam's and Chen Show Mao.Both very disappointing.Guess both were over hyped.Pritam spoke with too many pauses.The crowd did not know whether he is waiting for an applause or finished his speech.Pritam spoke mainly on PAP side of scoundrels.But the moment he touched on Devan Nair as one the them the crowd felt silent-- in disagreement.Only to cheer when he continued with others.
Chen Sho Mao's speech couldn't even move a cat...totally lifeless.Perhaps a scholar and public speaking in not his forte.Anyway,did not wait for Sylvia's and LTK since I know how they spoke.
While leaving did a bit of scouting and went around Hougang Mall,Kang Kar kopitiam,NTUC and etc.The Saturday's crowd was just as much as any other Saturdays.It is an indication that the actual Hougang residents simply went on their usual ways.The huge crowd I reckon must be all over from Singapore.
Over to you folks.
Even the Hougang MRT deployed a couple of officials directing the crowd to the location.The police were a gross disappointment;I counted 8 of them choking up just 1 stairways the led to a blocked entrance.They were neither guiding nor simply doing anything.WP organizers should not pay them.The extra parking wardens are giving wrong directions.
I first heard the Malay WP MP speaking while I entered the field.Yada,yada and yada....like a school boy reading out for his oral exam.At the end of his speech he mentioned the critical part ..that Png is a family man and a good father.Hope everybody got the message.Next came Gerald Giam---and I expected him to flop like he did in the parliament speech.He took my surprise.He was indeed good.Strike a cord with the crowd when he touched on MRT...I would vote him as the best speaker today.
Than Pritam Singh.What a disappointment.Actually I came all the way just to hear Pritam's and Chen Show Mao.Both very disappointing.Guess both were over hyped.Pritam spoke with too many pauses.The crowd did not know whether he is waiting for an applause or finished his speech.Pritam spoke mainly on PAP side of scoundrels.But the moment he touched on Devan Nair as one the them the crowd felt silent-- in disagreement.Only to cheer when he continued with others.
Chen Sho Mao's speech couldn't even move a cat...totally lifeless.Perhaps a scholar and public speaking in not his forte.Anyway,did not wait for Sylvia's and LTK since I know how they spoke.
While leaving did a bit of scouting and went around Hougang Mall,Kang Kar kopitiam,NTUC and etc.The Saturday's crowd was just as much as any other Saturdays.It is an indication that the actual Hougang residents simply went on their usual ways.The huge crowd I reckon must be all over from Singapore.
Over to you folks.
