election, a rotting big mac, lackeys, wayang

When was the last election? Was it six, eight years ago? I remember I was still living it up at Yishun Ring-a-ding Road then. It was Associate Professor Ho Peng Kee Vs Some Dude from one of the opposition parties. AP 'Ho won it narrowly.

I remember there was one incident during the 'Ho's campaign that exemplified how fu#king wayang local politics can get.

Next to my lift lobby, there was a staircase which was used as a chillout joint for a bunch of school kids and a teenage couple. Their activites there ranged from making a hell of a den to lar-ing chee (or lar chee-ing). One day, one of them left a beautifully overturned Big Mac on the floor.

Like this.. yes, with the cheese still pointing upwards..

I imagined some poor hungry loser kid must had wanted to eat it real bad and just as he quicky put the well-stacked fatty burger to his face, knocked it over with his big fat lips and dropped it on the floor. Not knowing about the 5-second rule*, left it there and ran back to Mickey Dees to get another one.

For weeks, it just stayed there - untouched and rotting. Newer trash appeared to reassure me that the Big Moldy Mac was not detering the frequent utilisation of the place, yet, somehow, detering the cleaners.

However, the day before our 'Ho came along pimpin' his campaign - squeaky clean, baby! The mess all gone and even the graffiti laden walls were given a new coat of paint!

This incident so reminded me of MY wayang days in the army. 'Ho got the nerve to ask my dad how was his management of the area. My dad told him it was bad. All 'Ho could do was smile and his lackeys had to shuffled to the next less hostile resident. So wayang.

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*5-Second Rule - Any edibles dropped and picked up on any surface, which includes toilet bowl, hazardous chemicals, etc, within 5 second, will not be contaminated and, therefore, can be consumed. This rule has been said to be debunked with "scientific" evidence but screw that. This rule RULES!