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Polling Day

ReflectionsI was part of the 3/4 of the population of this fair country not required to vote today. You’d imagine I’d be ambivalent about the whole thing, and you’d mostly be right.

Whatever the outcome, I’m not gonna say things like, ‘You deserve the representatives you vote for’.

Instead of mulling over whose gonna lose what seat and by how much, I went and ate possibly the most expensive piece of cake, weight-wise and otherwise. $19.90 before tax, for a 7cm diameter carrot cake garnished with sweet potato flakes, white chocolate and mascarpone icing. But it was nice.

Non-sequitur, is it? Don’t care lah. Bak Chor Mee Man is on holiday, no need to exprain.

You been warned
Not say we nair tell you hor.

Podcast: the mrbrown show 6 May 2006: the persistently non-political podcast no. 9
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  1. Vita Brevis

    Other People’s Previous Posts Long Days, Short Years Mr BrownMiyagi.sg Yawning Bread

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  2. mrbrown: L’infantile terrible of Singapore

    At night, when we were watching the telly and they announced Chiam had retained his seat in Potong Pasir, we could hear cheers from the rest of our block. Strange, considering this is not Potong Pasir.Miyagi sms-ed me and asked for an update because he was out and had no access to the news. My handphone T9 dictionary learned many new words, most Singapore street names. We raised our eyebrows when they announced that the so-called “Suicide 6” from the

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  3. kennysia Avatar
    kennysia

    Was the cake worth it?

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  4. kennysia Avatar
    kennysia

    Was the cake worth it?

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  5. isftish Avatar
    isftish

    oi, miyagi, u siao ah?

    ghim moh market got sell carrot cake, black or white oso can, hiam or no hiam, got chio bu sell one, $2 SING niah, you go & eat what carrot cake? kns those angmo shop dunno how to make carrot cake one ok? only got 1 colour only …..wah lau……tam poh standard boon boh……

    😛

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  6. isftish Avatar
    isftish

    oi, miyagi, u siao ah?

    ghim moh market got sell carrot cake, black or white oso can, hiam or no hiam, got chio bu sell one, $2 SING niah, you go & eat what carrot cake? kns those angmo shop dunno how to make carrot cake one ok? only got 1 colour only …..wah lau……tam poh standard boon boh……

    😛

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  7. Don't Nut Avatar
    Don’t Nut

    Shouldn’t it be 1/3 instead of 3/4?

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  8. Don't Nut Avatar
    Don’t Nut

    Shouldn’t it be 1/3 instead of 3/4?

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  9. Mr Miyagi Avatar
    Mr Miyagi

    1,000,000 million voters out of a population of 4,000,000. My math teacher told me to ignore the zeroes, and that should make 1/4. And that means 3/4 are non-voters. Yah. Unless my math teacher’s wrong.

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  10. Mr Miyagi Avatar
    Mr Miyagi

    1,000,000 million voters out of a population of 4,000,000. My math teacher told me to ignore the zeroes, and that should make 1/4. And that means 3/4 are non-voters. Yah. Unless my math teacher’s wrong.

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  11. dUMb cOw Avatar
    dUMb cOw

    wah kaoZ *flipp*… miyagi, u payin for dat carrot cake or d plate??!? So ‘BIG’ a piece..do u eat it in thin slices or pop d whole thingy in??!? Do u get to take d plate home??!? >P

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  12. dUMb cOw Avatar
    dUMb cOw

    wah kaoZ *flipp*… miyagi, u payin for dat carrot cake or d plate??!? So ‘BIG’ a piece..do u eat it in thin slices or pop d whole thingy in??!? Do u get to take d plate home??!? >P

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  13. Gary Avatar
    Gary

    Hi Mr. Miyagi, your math teacher is correct but our government & media did not gave you the full picture.

    It should be 1/2 of the population cos only 2.1 million Singapore Citizen are eligible to vote. The other 1.9 million are parasites, sorry, i meant Permanent Residents who have no voting rights.

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  14. Gary Avatar
    Gary

    Hi Mr. Miyagi, your math teacher is correct but our government & media did not gave you the full picture.

    It should be 1/2 of the population cos only 2.1 million Singapore Citizen are eligible to vote. The other 1.9 million are parasites, sorry, i meant Permanent Residents who have no voting rights.

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  15. Gary Avatar
    Gary

    Hi Mr. Miyagi,

    Your math teacher is correct but the government & media has omited to remind you that out of the 4 million SINGAPOREAN, only 2.1 million are eligible to vote. Therefore, it should be 1/2 of the population. The rest of the 1.9 million are parasites, sorry, I meant Permanent Residents who have no voting rights.

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  16. Gary Avatar
    Gary

    Hi Mr. Miyagi,

    Your math teacher is correct but the government & media has omited to remind you that out of the 4 million SINGAPOREAN, only 2.1 million are eligible to vote. Therefore, it should be 1/2 of the population. The rest of the 1.9 million are parasites, sorry, I meant Permanent Residents who have no voting rights.

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  17. sieteocho Avatar
    sieteocho

    What don’t nut means is, Singapore got 4 million people, of whom 3 million are citizens. So 1 million voters out of 3 million citizens should be 1/3.

    But I think don’t nut still not complete enough, since the 1 million voters should be divided over the total number of eligible voters, meaning you should take out the children, those overseas, those in IC wards.

    I mean if more than half of the seats are contested, shouldn’t that be more than half of the population voting?

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  18. sieteocho Avatar
    sieteocho

    What don’t nut means is, Singapore got 4 million people, of whom 3 million are citizens. So 1 million voters out of 3 million citizens should be 1/3.

    But I think don’t nut still not complete enough, since the 1 million voters should be divided over the total number of eligible voters, meaning you should take out the children, those overseas, those in IC wards.

    I mean if more than half of the seats are contested, shouldn’t that be more than half of the population voting?

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  19. yo Avatar
    yo

    please dont say tooo much vulgarities it influene my children

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  20. yo Avatar
    yo

    please dont say tooo much vulgarities it influene my children

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  21. bored Avatar
    bored

    well, he did say 3/4 of the population ‘not required’ to vote…which would include children, PRs etc. who are not eligible and therefore are not required to vote…heck, why do i care, i’m not even singaporean lol

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  22. bored Avatar
    bored

    well, he did say 3/4 of the population ‘not required’ to vote…which would include children, PRs etc. who are not eligible and therefore are not required to vote…heck, why do i care, i’m not even singaporean lol

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