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Catching some stand-up comedy? Going for a Reform Party (RP) rally?
RP will be holding its third rally at Delta Hockey Pitch, in Radin Mas SMC tonight.
Spot these RP cliches for some fun on your next night out. Forever pattern one kind.
Take a shot every time:
1. You spot a middle-aged man in the audience
2. You spot RP chief Kenneth Jeyaretnam taking a photo or signing an autograph for a supporter
3. A party member mentions J B Jeyaretnam’s name with pride
4. Jesse Loo tries to make a joke but fails.
5. Andy Zhu tells audience that Singaporeans are forced to parrot whatever the PAP wants or decides, and they shouldn’t want to be PAP’s Yes Men
6. You catch no ball on Noraini Yunus’ speech because she decides to give Eminem a run for his money #slowdownwoman
7. Incredible leaps of logic are made, such as M Ravi’s claim that laws are making people smoke more, because they would be stressed from calculating the distance away from a building that they are allowed to smoke, and therefore feel a greater desire to smoke to release said stress #WOW
8. A party member mentions PAP can do something, but RP can do it better
9. Kumar Appavoo speaks shouts and you’re unsure whether this is a rally or WWE match
10. Roy Ngerng inserts a number - any number - or statistic into his speech and you realise dude’s smoking game strong
11. Gilbert Goh makes a xenophobic comment, closely followed by the claim that he is not xenophobic and an explanation that sounds very much like, well, xenophobia
12. Sweeping statements are made about the dismal state Singapore will be in, if PAP continues to be in power, and it goes from 0 to 100 real quick
13. Minimum wage is proposed so that youth will feel secure
14. CPF is mentioned, most likely alongside the broad statement that we are adults who know how to handle our own money
15. An MP’s high salary is credited as the reason they cannot connect with “ordinary Singaporeans”
16. You spot a sleeping audience member
17. RP throws shade at the Workers’ Party by insisting they will run their town council “ruthlessly” and “like a tight ship”
18. You wonder whether where the cash RP promises all citizens will come from
19. You find yourself actually secretly hoping to get the dividends and shares from GIC and Temasek Holdings that RP promises
20. A member of the audience laughs at the incredulity of RP’s proposed policies.
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