i've always had a quiet respect for george yeo. i don't really know why. i'm pretty sure it's not because he's catholic and i'm catholic. i dunno.. he just seems like a nice guy. and over the years, all the things he's reportedly said in the media has been, well... nice and palatable. you know, not like self-righteous or over zealous. i remember shaking his hand in 1997, when i was at aunty june's hse getting ready for sch and he was doing some walkabout thing. i didn't detect anything on my asshole-detecting radar back then. recently, at the early stages of the election season ths yr, i read some article where he was asked bout contesting against some fella (can't remember who) and he said tt they were friends and tt he respected him (or something to tt effect). i can't recall wat he said but i remember thinking, george yeo is a man of integrity and humility; i totally respect him for not putting on airs or seming pretentious and lame.

oh i remember when we did some gig for the easter funfair at nativity and george yeo was there with his white peeps. i was up on stage singing and i remember secretly hoping tt in between showing his non-churchy friends round the fair, he was also noticing our music and thinking to himself: wow, this band is pretty good. haha. i dunno why it seemed to matter to me.

i don't hink it's just me who's feeling these 'nice guy' vibes. even my driving instructor who's an avid wp supporter from aljunied grc told me he feels genuinely bad for voting against george yeo. says tt his family and george yeo's family come from the same village in china and he's met george yeo's china relatives before and they're decent folks. i guess this is why aljunied is in such a pickle. there this really semangat bunch from an underdog party with moral conscience and then there's the nice guy and some other pple from the incumbent snob party. sporeans feel bad because they have a heart, but i guess pple worry tt voting for you and showing their love will not pay off cos we know company you work for isn't likely to reciprocate the love when it starts implementing policies.

i feel sorry for you too, george. i'm gonna be voting for the love of my country, not for out of sympathy for you. pritam singh really spoke for me when he said you're a good man who just happens to be in the wrong party. i wonder if you knew all the while wat you said needed to be done today- tt the pap needs to learn to listen before rationalising with dissenters, tt it needs change from within. if you had known this before i wish, for your sake, tt you had the courage to say it earlier. unfortunately, though i trust tt you are genuinely believe in this need for change, but i'm not convinced your comrades truly share tt sentiment.

i know we haven't even cast our votes yet but the suspense of waiting to find out the results is killing me.