Who knew that elections in Singapore could even be mildly exciting?

Personally, I just wanted to see who won Potong Pasir, since that's one of the most closely contested areas, with really big issues hinging on who the residents vote for. *cough*upgrading*cough*

My mum and I started cheering when the results for Hougang were announced; the WP won it, and shortly after that, kor called and thus ensued another short cheering/ bitching about other parties session.

Throughout the course of the call, our conversation drifted intermittently onto the topic of who would win Potong Pasir; we started panicking when one of kor's friends messaged him to say that she'd heard that Chiam See Tong had lost by 60 votes. 0_o

Followed by another message later which informed us that the Elections Dept folks were recounting Potong Pasir's votes.

So it was with bated breath and crossed fingers that we waited for the official results.

Turns out there was nothing to worry about after all. Chiam See Tong won it, and by an even larger margin than in the last election.

Kor and I were so happy that we were screaming down the phone. A spate of Hokkien curses directed at, ahem, the losing party, drifted over the phone in his enthusiasm. Lol.

And the silliest thing is, we don't even live in Potong Pasir. The two of us live on the other side of the island and both our GRCs are uncontested; mine is Holland-Bukit Timah (not that I can vote anyway), and his is Hong Kah.

I've felt all along that this would be the greatest irony and lesson to some people: you can't just buy people over. Who cares about the 80 million bucks? It's the people's money to begin with, isn't it? ;D