election agent

haha, joy was the only one in the family who followed through the election broadcast and results last nite. hubby was at one of the polling centres bz with his 'national service' role!

i gave up halfway, due to the sleepy creatures beckoning me into the bedroom.


joy would rush into my room, reporting about each smc or grc results, as and when it was announced, not bothering if i was already in dreamland.


wow, i was really surprised with such enthusiasm from joy. it was a nice surprise though, to hv her so interested in politics. tell u what, she hardly knew anything about the nomination and the campaigns going on until last nite.


it started with white and blackie seated in living room with us watching the election news. i guess with more pple talking about it, joy was more eager to find out more. at one stage, i was asking joy, white and blackie, "what does GRC stand for?" ha, all got it wrong, thinking that G meant 'GRASSROOT'! see, even adults could be ignorant.....


anyway, hubby came back at close to 4 am. this morn, the first thing i did was to check into joy' s room...there she was, telling me everything about the results, including the % and close shave in joo chiat, potong pasir....


so, i complimented her for being involved in this nation-wide election talk. finally, she realised it herself,"true leh, mommy, when u watch, u r so into the whole thing and can rbr things better!"


haha, my effort finally paid off....before last nite, she was firing election questions sporadically, and yet not being able to relate well to actual scene, such that i gave up telling her much. instead, claire was my target of election conversation.


but now, joy seems to hv matured and even told me,"from now on, i'm interested in politics and i'm so excited to be able to vote in next term!"


well, for once, i'm elated coz' there's one more thing to keep joy out of the picture of just dance passion in her current life....keep it up, joy. follow the news and talk it out with us, especially dad.


we want u to grow up having more substance and compassion like nicole seah, despite nicole's nsp group being coined 'no substance party', haha. well, it's a nice acronym since it helps pple rbr the party name better!