I Voted

Finally the long-awaited Malaysia's 13th General Election is here! And the best part is I finally exercise my voting rights. 

Although a small town, Sibu is not spared from being marred with unwanted political-related incidents e.g. cars being smashed for bearing political stickers, youths purposely ride through the opposition crowd and unsurprisingly gets beaten, and opposition supporter stall being burnt to name a few.

Anyways the big day is here, the 5th of May 2013 where Malaysians will decide. As a first time voter, I went to my polling station not far from my house.

First I get this ticket showing which station I'm supposed to go to drop my ballot. It also contains voter number.

Then here comes the queue. I found out the counters are designated for specific age group. In this care counter 7 is for those about my age. Look at them first timers.

Of course here comes the poster telling you what not to do. I find those cat eyes... disturbing...

Although being informed that there is no way your vote can be traced, I guess most of you voters noticed your ballot had a serial number. Seeing how your name and voter number from the ticket earlier was being read out loud, I do wonder if the ballot officer jotted down that number to the ballot for record. I didn't see it because I was distracted by another officer painting my finger with indelible ink which is a new addition to the general election. But I was informed the serial number was just to keep track which ballot book the ballot came from. 

Anyways the ballot has been cast into the ballot box and we'll see the results tonight. It's a very close fight and it's anybody's guess who'll win both Sibu and Lanang.