It's time for Change

Yup, today's the day after Malaysia's 12th General Election. And as the results of the votes were made known yesterday from as early as 7pm, I bet most of you out there already know how much of a surprise this General Election has been.

Well, for those of you who don't know what's going on, here's just a little summary:
Barisan Nasional has lost 5 states to the Opposition (Penang, Kedah, Kelantan, Selangor and Perak).
Barisan Nasional has failed to retain the two thirds majority that they had previously held in Parliament, and now only holds a simple majority (50%).

So, there you go. I guess the results of the elections has clearly shown how much the rakyat is frustrated with the government, and being unable to voice out their frustrations, the only way to do it was to go to the elections, and well, to take it all out there.

Frankly, I'm quite surprised that the Opposition was able to achieve such a huge feat this time around. When you come to think about it, for the past few elections that we of the younger generation have been able to observe, it has always been a Barisan Nasional dominated field. Come on, even the Opposition themselves did not expect to win so many seats, what more a young girl, who has yet to become an adult, like me could predict such a result.

I've nothing much to comment about it though. Although I do try to keep up with happenings from the newspapers, Internet and the like, I'm barely 20 years old, not eligible to vote yet, and can hardly understand the world of politics.

I just hope that as the Opposition has now gained a stronger voice in the government, we would see some change for the better instead. Pray they won't let us down! For our future, for Malaysia!