What I don't say out loud, I whisper here:: April 2012

Sunday, April 29, 2012

BERSIH 3.0

This is one event I wish I could have stayed longer until the last second...
It was a hot day and I have not been well since early of the month, and this time I am bringing my gf and her bro sis with me, and another little gal who wanted to join the adventure but too dangerous for me to let her go alone.

This time I managed to get there early (b4 12noon) and the weather was so damn hot and humid, we tried to conserve as much energy as possible. We stayed around Central market area for an hour plus, we were quite close to the Dataran Merdeka (near Bar Council) but the crowd is huge that I advise them not to get too close and stand under hot sun to wait, so we sit on the road side opposite HSBC. At 1.30pm we saw some movement in the crowd from Central market toward the Masjid Jamek station, so we followed but the rally was stopped before we even reached Masjid Jamek station, I supposed there was definitely some barriers set up to stop us from entering Dataran Merdeka.

Knowing that this will not resolve in short time, I asked that my group to rest in shades near by and try to find another way, but i saw many other ppl were stucked there as well. I remember this place near Masjid Jamek was the very same place last year 709 the police launch tear gas and water canon to push the people all the way to Tung Shin Hospital. I was worried that the same thing may happen again this time, and the weather doesn't look like it is going to rain to help us this time...

At 3pm, myself was very tired affected by the medication i took and the cough, I also saw them being tired and bored, to prevent heatstroke, i asked that we leave the scene since there is nothing much we can do for now. Actually I wanted to stay, being alone is so much easier for me to cross the crowd n find another way from Jalan Raja Laut, but it wasn't about me, it was about having them being part of this.

So we left, in the train, I started to received updates on water canon n tear gas being used against the people near Dataran Merdeka towards Sogo. and the rest of the stories we all read from the facebook...

It is sad to see how the government react to a peaceful rally and the brutal force used by the police against the unarmed citizens, it makes me feel that it is really everyone's responsibility to stand up against this power abuse. The most powerful weapon we have is the VOTE in our hand, coming election we shall show them who is the true master of this country !!!