UM election

morning wake up call...the announcement that the election has come to the voting day...
get free makan after voting.
Opposition (Pro Mahasiswa) put leaflet on what to bring and how the voting system is done.
bring Matrix card.
enter the room, manual attendance (show matrix card) -they cross out your name on the paper.
Computerized attendance (fill in ic number n select HADIR,) -computer generated 6 digit pin number (write it down on the UM stick it note and take the note with you, click OK and DONE)
Walk to the Voting Computer (Fill in matrix card and 6 digit pin)
There was a NOT RESPONDING lag for 1 minute, then rules page of the time limit, 3 min and 2 min for Umum and faculty. Any longer than the given time, your vote is undi rosak. Vote 9 General and 2 faculty candidate. Tak sempat read finish, the page refresh again...[aiya, if like this will my vote be considered undi rosak?]
then Fill in matrix card and 6 digit number cause refresh page again.[haiz, that's why la, e-voting sucks]
read the rules finish then click I ACCEPT/UNDERSTAND
then general candidate list...no picture, just names and number...aiyo, how la? i thought vote for 1 only, rupa-rupanya vote for 9 candicates...haiz...so i only vote for 7...minumum 1 candidate, maximum 9 candidate... The lime limit was crazy loh...Feel stressed by the time limit...felt like doing a test, KM test with time limit. Click DONE.
Done..my faculty got no election so i only can vote for general. Walk out, take food coupon which entitled me for a hotdog.
Apparently in college 12, they got a RM5 coupon, can buy whatever food or drink they want...LOLS.

results out at 6.30pm...i had test so couldn't join the action.
official result out about 9pm...

Pro M won all 9 general seats and the margin was 4000, woah!
if i'm not mistaken 80% of the faculty seats was won by Pro Mahasiswa.

quite cool...
oh, by the way, Did I miss out the story of death threats and disappearance of a candidate?
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/2/21/nation/8105542&sec=nation
http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsgeneral.php?id=565230

Oh, also apparently last night, there was some protest or mogok...i didn't know about it cause i was busy studying for my CPR practical test and my health & fitness test...chap 1 to chap 10...Aiya, what a wrong time to have tests, how i wanna join the action and politics? :P

the elections are held every year...that means once in 2 sem.
Last semester the leadership was held by Penggerak Mahasiswa, this sem and next sem will be Pro Mahasiswa, so let's see the difference. Compare and contrast, see and experience which party did better? To be fair, just measure by a semester only because I only "tasted" one semester from Penggerak's side and it was the 2nd part of the year only that i experienced, meaning they had the sem before i entered Uni to be established so on my 3rd sem only will i start comparing the difference...give them a sem's time to get established first.

who knows maybe the next election will be won by independents fully..haha

the question i ask is, will the candidates bring about changes or is it a joke? Is the Uni making students think the students are in control...Can they bring their manifesto into reality?

To all my stpm friends who got their results today...it's just a piece of paper, another exam result in your life...it's not the end of the world yet, there are many more chapters of your life to be written. I'm sure you know that STPM results is the end of the road but it is the beginning of a new phase in life...for those on the path of tertiary education, life will be totally different, say bye bye to tuitions..hehe.