BCM Food Fare 2018

The team of ....happy & fun loving people

A couple of weeks ago, my family and I were asked if we would like to help out in Bible College Malaysia (BCM) Food Fair and we could not pass up this opportunity as we wanted to do our part for BCM and also to help out our friends/ church workers, Jaren and Daniel who are both students of BCM.

I must admit that we did not do much preparation as it was covered by Jaren and Daniel who does most of the pre-food fair work. Later, we came to know that we would be selling coffee and roti kok ( bread sticks ) in our stall. Naturally, I was excited as it was comfort food from my childhood days. Soon Ling and SYuen met up with Jaren and Daniel while getting the information on what to decorate the roti kok. So, in days prior to the event, there was a lot of excitement and duties were listed for the team. SYuen and Soon Ling were experimenting the home made chocolate drizzle to go with the roti kok ( bread sticks )

 

The team of fun loving young people.....

When that day came, we prayed and sought God’s heavenly intervention for a great day ahead before embarking our journey to BCM. Traffic was smooth and it was cold chilly morning as we left about 5.30am in the morning. It was nice to meet up the rest of the team comprising of Jaren, Daniel, Loreen, Esther, Joel, Ramesh, Rita, Melvin and Jacyntha while we were informed that Sheniel and Moses would join us from KL later on. It was a good cheery mood as we left for BCM that morning.

The team getting ready.....

We arrived shortly before 9.30am at the BCM vicinity. There were already a lot of people there. We immediately unstuffed our stuff and set out to do our preparations. There were many food stalls that day. It was a carnival feeling and it was fun. There were churches representation with their food fare and they look yummy indeed. I must say that if you are on a diet or trying to get slim, it would be wishful thinking of slimming down by the looks of the food fare on offer!  Chicken rendang, nasi lemak, Hainanese chicken rice, chee cheong fun, cakes, Nyonya acar , mee hoon goreng, kueh teow goreng , yam cake , ice cream, top class bottled honey and many other foods were on display that day. What a sight to behold! 

SYuen & SLing decorating the roti kok....

Anyway, I was told that the organisers had toned down the participants this year and not as many stalls were set up this year. "What? Reduction in stalls?", I thought to myself. I had a feast in the eyes just by looking at the food and drinks stalls! I was particularly impressed with one particular stall that ran their own concoction of multi colored soft drinks in a special message bottle. It was ingenious, fun, captivating and refreshing indeed. The other big surprise for me was the char siew and roasted pork food truck! The roasted pork was magnificent, succulent , crispy in the skin and melts down the throat lovingly, I tell you. Mind you, that food truck was one of the earliest to close their stall as it was the hottest selling item at the food fare.  Away from this, there is a bargain store for food items and decorative products in the food fare. I was glad that I got a lovely Sarawak coin pouch for RM 2.00! What a bargain!

Kopi uncle, Daniel with SYuen & SLing....

Coming back to our stall, the sales team comprising of Sheniel, Ramesh, Rita, Jaren, Esther , Joel, Melvin, Moses and myself started our sales pitch as soon as the food fare was officially opened for business at 10.30am that bright and lovely morning. It was fun working with these young people as we cajoled young and old to try our specially decorated roti kok and local Melaka, Bintang coffee. I realized that many middle aged and older folks would drop by our shop to buy a cup of coffee and roti kok. I guess, it was a historical “down memory lane” trip for them! 

Jaren at her best sales pitch.....

Yeah, I would do this too if I go to a food fare and see such a shop as roti kok and kopi-O are synonymous and nostalgic indeed. As we pitched and do our best, the young ones tend to enjoy the other fares on offer.  I must say, we never gave up and we pitched for sales at every opportunity we could. We shared much laughter and fun together. We even gave out samplings and we were generous at times with the helpings of extra roti kok when a customer buys it from us. Afterall, I always believed that as we are generous, the people would know and the success will come. That day, we had a target of RM 1,000.00 or 500 coupons to garner to enable us to give this amount as support to BCM. We really did our best and continued pushing ourselves to do our best.

 

Esther & Joel.....

At one moment, we need another 150 tickets as the clock drew nearer to the closing of the food fare. There seemed to be a little damper in our spirits but a quick pep talk to everyone helped to perk up our spirits. Anyway, I informed the group that we shall not be defeated in our quest to support BCM and by experience, I told the group that there will be late comers and prospective customers who would be looking for good coffee powder and unique roti kok for their family breakfast. These goodies would sell definitely; we just have to be patient. Moreover, these late comers would spend what they could at the end of the day as they would not want to waste off their coupons. We were all very positive, supportive and we all did our part to pitch in the sales part. Lo and behold, the last minute crowd came and we managed to sell a lot of our stuff including coffee powder packs ( Bintang, 434 and even premium Rengit coffee sachets packs ) and roti kok ( long, squarish (big) squarish (small), sugared short and even margarine types ). 

It was fun to see brisk sales being made and we were happy that we gave our all in this food fare. When the final tally of coupons were counted by Esther, there were 514 coupons in our till! Praise the Lord, we had raised RM 1,028.00 that fateful day! It was such a satisfying feeling for everyone indeed. I am especially thankful to Daniel and Loreen who manned the coffee station churning out lovely and hot coffee while Soon Ling and SYuen manned the piping of goodies onto the roti kok. The home-made chocolate drizzle made by Soon Ling and SYuen was delicious, actually!

 

Roti kok...lovely..

I also must thank Jaren & Esther who were superb in their Mandarin speaking sales pitch. They did most of the sales as most of us including me were unable to speak proper Mandarin to our customers. For me, it was satisfying to know that patience and hard work prevailed at the end of the day. It is never easy in such difficult times today, hot and sweaty day but food fare has always been special. Anyway, the event was to raise fund for BCM and it was an honour doing what we did to help out BCM. 

Delicious roti kok.....

I am particularly impressed that there were so many young people around manning the stalls, store and even the games section. It was heartening too to know that every purchase made goes to the fund of raising more young leaders in our community today through the medium of our faith. I noticed with joy that the crowd was a mixture of Malaysians. That brightened up my day a lot. It was a good day indeed. A day I cherished and enjoyed a lot!   

Wake Up!

I am a 53 year old man and I must say that as a rakyat biasa, I am beginning to understand why this country was so easily governed and manipulated by our previous government plus I am greatly appalled how shallow the thoughts of our elected representatives can be today. I am taught from young to keep quiet of what I see ( Yeah, parents are afraid of repercussions from the ruling government! )  but yet, as I grew up,  I am far from such behaviour and I voiced out as vociferous as I can when I see injustice or even any miscarriage of fairness were done in this country. I wrote in my blogs & FB page, I stand and be accounted in Bersih rallies, I stood for unjust treatment to colleagues over the years and I do what I can by expressing my disgust at every dirty tricks in the books in whatever way I can. It just makes my blood boils when I see such blatant disregard for respect and integrity. 

Ladies and gentleman, this is OUR country.  I was born here, bred here, lived here and probably die here in the next few coming years nicely if God is willing but first and foremost, I am proud of MALAYSIA, tanahairku! I've been told from young till my hair grew grey now by racist bigots and so-called race based elected representatives that I am a pendatang regardless of what contribution I did for this country of ours. Eventhough I have poured all my life , served in the government as a teacher, grew daily with great pride and joy with rakyat comprising of Malays, Chinese, Indians, Sikh, Dayaks, Iban, Kadazan and others,  built a family and even endure hardship on people who continually questioned my allegiance to the country and yet, my family and I have endured all these. 

I believed many others felt the very same way too. Year after year, it is the very same racist tune, same sentiments of hatred and scorns being drummed into the minds of the rakyat and polluting the minds of the younger generations with such hatred and questions. Is it so wrong that I am a Chinese? Is it so wrong that my friends, Aminur Rashid or Rosli Baba are Malays? Is it so wrong that my friend, Ravindran Veloo Nair or Nagaiah Veloo are Indians? Is it so wrong that my friend, Santokh Singh is a Sikh or is it so wrong that my friend, Isan Ye or Mustapha Dollah are Jahut Orang Asli? Is it so wrong that Kalong Katik or Igor Ding are Ibans? Is it wrong for Sofiah HJ, Christine Donald or Eddy Awing to be a Bajau and Dusun Kadazans? If your answer is a definite "NO" , why then do you, the elected representatives of Malaysia today continue to fight like little spoil brats over post and positions in the State and government of today? Why? Why can't everyone of us be a MALAYSIAN? What kepentingan are you talking about? If you are back to race based politics , I say today to your face that you are NO different from the previous government and I charged you as liars of the country! You definitely cheated the rakyat of Malaysia! I do not mince my words when I say, you will be deemed as traitors of this country because you buckled under the pressure of race base politics but before you win the election, you shouted " We need the RAKYAT." Who is the RAKYAT? The RAKYAT is made up of all the races of this country - the Malays, Chinese, Indians, Sikh, Ibans, Dayaks, Bajaus, Dusun Kadazans and many others in this beautiful nation of ours. That historical day of 9th May, 2018, the RAKYAT voted for a united MALAYSIA. Not the same twisted or warped Malaysia. Every elderly,  men , women, young men and young women voted for HOPE! They were not interested whether the candidate is a Melayu or Cina or India or Sikh or Iban or Kadazan! As long as it is Pakatan Harapan, the votes go there! Yeah, our vote is secret but the results doesn't lie, isn't it?  It is Pakatan Harapan, they have voted to form the next government. Get that in your head!

So, my dear learned and not-so-learned wakil rakyats and parlimentarians, please cermin-cermin sikit and stop your nonsense fighting for EXCO seats or " mahu jadi menteri" sickness. The rakyat needs a united Pakatan Harapan government and State governments. We need direction and amalgamation of effort to combat rising cost of living, daily living, corruption and generate better opportunities to strive and survive in this beloved nation of ours! Not squabbles, cry baby demands , sulking and running away in tears, back stabbings and demands for more positions and higher posts and so on. You only open yourselves for great target for shooting or rather you shoot your own foot and be the laughing stock for the crippled BN components, your previous detractors. You just gave them bullets and ammunition to discredit your government of hope and making it a laughing stock to the rakyat. You let us down as RAKYATS by squabbling, making a fool out of yourselves and shouting off your mouths with nonsensical statements. We voted you, Pakatan Harapan as a change to the old racist regime and yet, you continue to walk through this very corridor of shame and gutless politics that plagued the country for 61 years! SHAME on you!

If you could ever imagine what goes through the head of the rakyat, I can safely tell you that 61 years of racist treatment and indoctrination of hatred can hardened even the toughest of men and women BUT that changed on 9th May, 2018. So, PLEASE, get your acts right and clean up your filthy minds if you are an elected wakil rakyat or EXCO member or even a Menteri because I most certainly do not want my children or children's children to suffer another minute of such racial or bias governance.

My allegiance to MALAYSIA never ever wavered because I have always said this : MALAYSIA TANAHAIRKU - I mean it from the bottom of my heart. I have NEVER wavered on this. This is my country I love and I am blessed. It is always the politicians that makes me want to puke because of stupidity and nonsensical ideas in their head. If we ever want to have change, we have to start with ourselves - body, mind and soul! 

I challenged all the elected representatives/wakil rakyats, Menteri Besars or even Mentris, the people have changed their mind set and do away with racial based politics and mind set,  have you?  We are looking for a new dawn in Malaysia politics and governance. Quit the nonsense of squabbling and get to work! Less talk and more action! Stop whining and start listening to the difficulties of the rakyat! I want to speak of the Melaka elected representatives and I want to proudly say that  I am so glad to see so many new wakil rakyats getting down to the people, thanking the people and even starting works at some of the constituents in Melaka. Hearing the grouses of the people, listening to their difficulties and going about doing their work even though there is no reporter or journalist chasing them to take pictures and so on. These are the very reason why they are elected in the first place - to work together with the people and government of the day to help out the rakyat. Not squabbling for positions, this party not enough representation lar, need more position lar, etc.etc. All these are position jostling and racial base politics which will be rejected by the rakyat come the next election, trust me, it will happen.

So, get your damn ass off your comfy seats, start working and complaint less. You are put there by the rakyat for a reason. By the way, you are also put there by the will of GOD. If you don't want to honor the people, at least, honor GOD for putting you there in the first. Remember, with the grace of GOD together with the support of rakyat, you are there at the epitome of change. If you ever screw it up, your ass is on the line to be whacked not just by the rakyat but by GOD. At least, FEAR GOD, my dear politicians. 

Please, work hard and do your best for the rakyat because it is your responsibility. Do your job with integrity, with great humility and be honest. The majority of the rakyat understands the difficulties faced but when you are filled with humility and honesty, you will be respected. 

I will never forget the joy when I stayed up until the wee hours of the morning of 10th May, 2018 to hear of Pakatan Harapan wins. That was the sweetest thing in my life and a breath of fresh air after 61 years of darkness and stormy clouds. It is my hope that you people in Pakatan Harapan get your act together and governed this country with all honesty and the true spirit of muhibbah. Don't let us down lest we fall back into the Dark Ages of racial based politics. 

Like I said earlier, I am a Malaysian. Proud to be one and always will be one. I pray and hope that you, the elected representatives will feel that way too. Yes, we are all of different in race, color and creed in this country but that is what so unique about us , we are MALAYSIANS. Don't you ever forget that!~ #PAKATAN HARAPAN# MALAYSIA TANAHAIRKU#ALWAYS#

Caution - My two sen input

As the excitement of the success of GE14 piped down, drama of who governs the Malaysian Parliment and State governments begin to unfold.  In the states where there is no clear majority, hopping of candidates or shift of allegiance of support begin. I have seen this happening when I was still a government servant in Sabah and this state has the worst state records of cross-overs. I believe that in this age that we live in today, hopping of support from political parties have to stop. There must be an anti-hopping law adopted to stop this type of nonsense. If there is a serious concern for a united and changed MALAYSIA, it has to start with the revamp of our elections and the adoption of anti-hopping laws. It is embarrassing and unethical indeed as far as I am concerned.

To me, it is downright treason and criminal breach of trust done by our elected representatives/candidates to win over our support escalating in votes and then he/she jumps over the other side of the fence. When this happens, where does integrity, moral duty/obligation and honesty lies? Exactly, right down the toilet hole, actually! To me, this is treason of the highest level. The trust and votes of the people had been manipulated for individual selfish end of the elected representatives or candidates. You may call me an idealist or there is no such thing as integrity in politics but I say to you, there is integrity in politics – we just have to walk the talk and push aside selfish agendas and self preservation.

A candidate or elected assemblyman or assemblywoman can and have to uphold that basic principle of being a responsible elected representative because the public demands it. A responsible assemblyman or woman represents the very epitome of not just the tenets of our religious faith but also the very foundation of the existence of good governance by having good character, discipline, integrity, honesty and dedication. Yes, there would be grey areas in our every day challenges but a responsible person would know how to react and act correctly , morally and with integrity.

Hopping from one political party to another doesn’t augur well in our political scene. As far as I am concerned, it is a serious breach of trust. The trust of the Rakyat – the very people who put you there in the first place. To me, if that State hangs in power or no majority support, it only shows that the candidates had failed to convince or tell the people in that State to support their aspirations and dreams to form a state government. Actually, I am appalled that some States in Malaysia had even number of seats in the DUN fight! Who in the bloody insane mind drew such delineation? Everyone knows that there should be odd number of seats instead of even number seats! Rightfully, the party with the most seats in the DUN should rule the State as one should respect the wishes of the State as a whole. To me, jumping from parties to parties opens up the very core of corruption that we want to eradicate in this country or become what is called the term “Kingmaker” on this occasion. To me, the term “Kingmaker” is outright bullshit! It is another word for CORRUPTION!  

One should be gentleman enough to concede defeat when rejected by the Rakyat as a whole. Don’t waste any more time and money of the Rakyat, please. Let’s get it done and let the new State government work for the good of the people. If they are not good enough, just kick their bloody arses out the next GE. Afterall, that is the power of the rakyat, isn’t it?  Wasting time and not doing anything for the regeneration and rejuvenation of the economy and well being of the people in the State is a bloody waste of time and resources. Get your dumb acts together and let’s work hard to safe our beloved country, Malaysia.

The other thing about hopping assemblymen or assemblywomen is that they usually come from the other political party which may have questionable ways of governance, money politics and even practised dirty politics. Let me remind ourselves that the very reason we foamed in our mouths talking whenever we meet at coffee shops, with our hands and legs moving like madmen and with our eyes bulging out of the socket  is about wanting a clean, honest and hardworking government. If we continue to take in these so-call " repented, shoddy & rough house tactic politicians or even questionable politicians" , wouldn't we be maintaining the same old culture politics and become a carbon copy of the old regime? We have to thread carefully when admitting such people into the new government as we do not want the "old bad habits/culture of money politics" and so on to infect the new government of the day. I am all for forgiving and doing our Malaysian culture thingy of forgiveness but I am reminded that where were these people when the Rakyat suffered so much and why the hell they did not stand up when they see wrongs being done year after year! Are their positions and self-preservation more important than "doing what is right" for the people? Yeah! You bet, I am pissed. It is about time the politicians know that it is the rakyat that puts you there in the first place, Screw with us again , the door awaits you!

Anyway, ladies & gentleman especially our elected representatives, We all have hard work to do! Quit the squabbles, cry like a baby later in your own bedrooms and get your acts together. We need a united Malaysia under Pakatan Harapan government. We need to support them to reform our country economically, good governance and be a nation again.

We need to heal our land. – Stop the rape, stealing of lands and restore our natural resources

We need to heal our hearts. – Stop the hatred, unjust and the racist ways and mentality.

We need to heal our people. - Stop corruption in all forms, abuses and the stealing from the people. Restore love, faith and justice.

I will always remember this phrase : ~United we stand, Divided we fall ~ 

9th May, 2018 - Euphoria

PH Rally in Duyong, Melaka.

As long as I live, I will NEVER ever forget the days of 9th &10th May, 2018 in my life. A day of triumph and joy. I guess, I must admit that as rolled down my cheeks at about 4.00am on 10th May, 2018, I felt a sense of relief, a sense of achievement and a sense of being a great Malaysian again. Yes, a day whereby Pakatan Harapan candidates all across Malaysia brought down the historical legacy of Barisan Nasional, the ruling party of 61 years. I guess, for many of us, it was virtually an impossible to lodge such a rich and historical force but at the end of the day, the RAKYAT triumphs! What was deemed as impossible became a reality for many of us who had harbored the hopes of a new Malaysia. I speak for myself when I say that for years, I am appalled by the amount of corrupt practises, deplorable racist practises and even the amount of financial drains from failed and cheating programs all to feed the greedy and somehow corrupt leaders of the government of the day. 

Early breakfast.....at Warong Nordin...

Never a day, we prayed and petition to the One Above for a change and never a day goes as swearing and curses passed through our lips despite our fervent hope unto God's intervention. I must admit that I am one of those weak ones who allowed curses and swearing passed through my lips despite knowing in faith that it is God who determines what He wants to do for Malaysia. Indeed, all these years, God had raised up many leaders in the Opposition team in His wings and the young leaders slowly bloomed into hardworking, dedicated and honourable men and women of faith. I must admit that I am one of those with lack of faith but somehow, I did what I could to help garner support for a change in the political scenario in this country. I used the electronic media. I spoke to colleagues and I do what I could for the Opposition in great hope for a change in this nation. The main agenda of my involvement was for a great change in this nation especially in leadership and to ensure a brighter/honest future for my children and children's children. I started out by writing about the campaign on #Undi Rosak movement by putting my view that it was a coward action if we can't even decide the government with just two ballot papers in our hands. It is madness that we can complaint about our difficulties in life, foamed in our mouths when we talk of corruption and corrupt practises and even deal with racism from all levels of governance but we would not lift a finger to do anything with our ballot papers except to spoil them? This to me was madness by young people. ( of all people! ) Yeah, I was mad and I was mad as hell. It was then that I decided that I would attend political dinners, talks and rallies. I want to see the honesty of the candidates who are going to rule this State and the country as a whole. 

Did our duties.......and feel good.

There started my quests to see the potentiality of change happening and the wave of support for the Pakatan Harapan candidates. I noted that most candidates are young, able and professional candidates but still raw in their oratory skills but you could see their zeal, enthusiasm and honesty in wanting to see a change in this nation. It was heartening and positive support that quickened my heart that a change is imminent. This was proven right with the results that flowed in via electronic media that the storm of change is here ; led by a 93 year old seasoned politician, Tun Dr. Mahathir. As I stood at the rally held on 4th May, 2018 at Taman Bukit Piatu Mutiara, Melaka, I could see the sea of people  from all races and all walks of life supporting Pakatan Harapan candidates. Though I was confident of a win for Pakatan Rakyat, I was still skeptical if the PH candidates could form the new government. I must be honest that it looked positive but yet the mentality of "being too long in the Opposition field" soon crept in again. 

As the days goes by prior to the Polling Day, I could not help but reminded by YB Rafizi Ramli's strong message that we must shirk our "losing" mentality to a winning mentality and not be bullied down by our oppressors all these years. I guess, that work wonders and there was just no looking back. Polling Day,  SLing and I wore red and armed with our positive outlook, we voted and did our duty. It was heartening to see Malaysians of all walks of life, races and colors, young and old lined up , passing tissue papers to one another and helped one another to the Salurans. It was also heartening to hear Malaysians returning from Australia, UK, Singapore and all the parts of the world to vote this time. That was heartening indeed. 

One of the exciting young candidate, Sdr. Kerk Chee Yee

The family decided to have a quick dinner for the day and wait for the GE14 results. Yes, we waited and waited and waited. At the end of the night, only SLing and I were awake as we were glued to Astro Awani waiting for results after results but they were slow and demoralising indeed as panelists spoke of tsunami of Malay voters and so on. To me, it wasn't a Malay tsunami but a MALAYSIAN tsunami that day. When the results came in that Pakatan Harapan had secured enough seats to form the next government, I was elated, filled with joy and relief. It was already 4.00am in the morning of 10th May, 2018. SLing was asleep while my children, JWee and SYuen  were also asleep. I was at my bed on the floor and I couldn't help it as tears rolled down my face. The Rakyat had spoken for a change. It couldn't have come at a better time when most of us had lost hope on reforms in this country but somehow, Heavenly intervention had made this a real miracle for Malaysia landscape. We dare hope again! We have hope again! 

As the euphoria of gladness and the sweet taste of victory swept across the country, I believed that many of us had gone down on our knees thanking the One Above for hearing our prayers in our respective faith. I closed my eyes and thought of all the legends who had fought so hard to keep our beloved country, Malaysia alive. Legends like Tun Dr. Mahathir, Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Sdr. Lim Kit Siang, the late Karpal Singh, Lim Guan Eng, P.Patto, Chen Man Hin, the late Nik Aziz, Rafizi Ramli, Ambiga, the late Teoh Beng Hock and all the unsung heroes, the ordinary folks who had to pay the price for their fight against corruption, power abuse and malpractices of governance. Tears flow down freely that morning but it was tears of joy that good had triumphed over evil as people stood up and translated those votes into winning votes for Pakatan Harapan candidates. I am glad that the Rakyat had come together for a common good for the people and restore the credibility of a government of the people, by the people and for the people! We voted for a clean, transparent and honest government that day. 

At last, democracy has its say this time. Having said all this, we must be quick to re-build our beloved country, Malaysia and close ranks amongst our politicians and the rakyats. We need to heal our land, heal bruised and battered hearts and healed relationships to re-build a better Malaysia. Our work has just begun. Let's work together to re-build Malaysia from the brink of destruction and endless plundering. Let justice prevail as we built Malaysia that we love.

#MALAYSIA TANAHAIRKU# PAKATAN HARAPAN# HIDUP RAKYAT#  

Best Political Rally Ever

Amidst the human perfume of sweat, slight stench from overwork bodies, humanly aromas and sticky; humid and airless night, tonight will be a night to remember for a long time. With shouts of "Reformasi" ," Hidup Hidup, Hidup Rakyat"  and "Pakatan Harapan " still ringing loudly in my ears, mind and lingers at the base of my indepth skull, I am excited, thrilled and pumped up. I am talking of the Pakatan Harapan Political Rally 2018 at Bukit Piatu Mutiara tonight.

What makes this occasion special was the fact that I wanted to be here together with Soon Ling and SYuen as this would be their inaugural political rally. This is the carnival like yet serious toned political rally and what a significance indeed. If for 61 years , the Opposition have always had this inferiority complex of "not winning" syndrome mentality, well, tonight's reception was a complete game changer. I've not seen such a huge crowd and I meant, really huge crowd, attending a political rally or political ceramah. It was an energetic, pulsating and lively rally with various speakers taking turns to say their piece in the allocated time given. 

Kudos to the organisers for trying their best to keep the crowd at their best behaviour and no untoward incidences.There was skirmishes but it is all part and parcel of a growing crowd that were at the rally and not miss the chance of seeing the Malaysian legend of politics, Tun Dr.Mahathir Mohammed. It was a momentous moment indeed for me. Never mind my political bend because I've been vocal for the Opposition even in my younger days as I just couldn't stand these injustices in our country. Tonight rally, well, it belonged to the Rakyat! The night rally wasn't short of its hype and billing indeed. Political stalwarts like Tun Dr. Mahathir, Tun Dr. Siti Hasmah, Sdr. Hishamuddin Rais ( from Bersih HQ), Tun Daim Zainuddin, Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz, Datuk Seri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, Sdr. Mohamad Sabu @Mat Sabu, Sdr. Lim Guan Eng, Sdr. Shamsul Iskandar, Sdr. Khoo Poay Tiong, Sdr. Tey Kok Kiew, Sdr. Mohd Redzuan Yusof, Prof Madya Rusnah and many others were there on the stage tonight. It was truly a great effort to get as many candidates as possible for this rally.

The night definitely belonged to Tun Dr.Mahathir and the rakyat of Melaka. It was a strong show of support for Pakatan Harapan if their support is translated into votes on 9th May, 2018. In my heart, I truly and honestly felt that tonight's attendance would be translated to votes of change on 9th May, 2018!  My beloved country , Malaysia is facing a crisis of weak and corrupt leaders today. I pray that a change of government and a wave of change would come and it is already done.

Tun Dr.Mahathir giving his speech....

To the naysayers, it is always better to stick to the known corruptors but to me " a devil is a devil" and ought to be banished and flung out from our society. Our ailing country today is hopelessly ridiculed as a kleptocratic and corrupted nation. What a shame indeed! Despite our richness in natural resources and trading capacity, the citizens of this country stay divided in socio-economy , low in income and struggle to make ends month after month. Despite all these lacking, I am blessed today when I saw the turnout of the people who wants a change in this nation. Change we must or else we would be plundered to the Dark Ages! As days goes by, the kitty chest is being raided day after day and it would be a monumental task for the Pakatan Harapan team to try to give what is best for the people when they takeover the reigns of the Govt. Right now, it seemed hopeless as we continue to see the Govt of the past banners, flags and even fliers being put up and distributed. However, we can make it. We need to leave our comfort zones and move on in life. Challenge the Govt of the day through the Ballot Paper!

Tonight , as I looked at Tun Dr.Mahathir at the stage speaking his heart out, I cannot imagine a 93 year old legend standing up there. He could have all the comfort of his heart desires but yet he came out of retirement and from his very pedestal of comfort to help Pakatan Harapan to win GE14 and form a new govt of the day. I was so pumped up and encouraged knowing that everyone is doing their part to form a new transparent government. Tun Dr. M could have just be sipping a cup of coffee, munch some Chocolate chips cookies, play with grandchildren and read a real good book but instead  of all these, he joined the road show to show the importance of getting together and built a new and better Malaysia. He was so energetic despite doing road shows after roads show for Pakatan Harapan. It was indeed a rare moment and one I shall not forget as I get to see this Malaysian legend at his witty and usual self in politics. I have great admiration and respect for this 93 year old man indeed.

The other thing I have come to accustomed with is the fact that these Pakatan Harapan fellas always pass the bag along seeking donations and support halfway through the rally.  I really do get it because the parties in Pakatan Harapan are not cash rich and could splurged around getting big banners, more flags and more buntings up. As the donation bags were passed around last night, I did my part and donated what I had. It wasn't a big sum but everyone at the rally did their part. I learned this long time ago when I had the opportunity to attend DAP dinner functions. Never miss a beat in donating for  a good cause! I guess, tonight, I see everyone doing their bit of donation for Pakatan Harapan and I believe there is hope in our nation. So often during our drive along the roads, SLing would ask me why aren't there many Pakatan Harapan flags and buntings unlike the BN abundance. Both of us knew the answer simply because we had the opportunity to attend fund raising dinners by Opposition parties and we know how tight finance can be. Well, who cares more posters, more flags or more buntings because what is important is CHANGE /UBAH or 1758 ( in Mandarin "Ee Chee U Bah "- thank you to my Mandarin speaking friends for telling me this! )

The crowd is huge.....

Many hours of road jam later, here I am penning my thoughts of what I felt in my heart and what I've witnessed. Waves and waves of people line the streets and main roads to hear the PH leaders speak and cheered loudly every time they spoke of change. I pumped my fist in the air! I clapped! I cheered! My heart is lifted up with joy and expectations. I will never know when I will be able to get such a chance again but I believe now is the time for change. There is no better time than GE14.  I have always believed in miracles and the ways of the Lord.

Sdr. Kerk Chee Yee, PH candidate for Ayer Keroh N16 - young, cool and steady young politician.

I have decided a long time ago where my votes would be. How about you? If you are still wondering, wonder no more. Let's make a change and CHANGE NOW at GE 14 on 9th May, 2018 by throwing your support behind every Pakatan Harapan (PH) candidates.

Let's have a new government by the people ,of the people and for the people on 10th May, 2018! Yeah! # LAWAN TETAP LAWAN #