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Dear students of CIMP,
Next Wednesday, on the 18th of November 2009, you will be seated in the Multipurpose Hall of Sunway University College. Some of you will be wearing the CIMP July Semester T-shirt, courtesy of one of our Council Members. A fun fact - we charged you an obscene amount, as we are ones to do so. Decked in uniform, all of you will be seated on uncomfortable plastic chairs for two odd hours, depending on whether you take a toilet break or not. We are going to start off with the formalities; obligatory speeches from important people talking about how great the semester has been, thanking other important people, and maybe if we are lucky, an attempt or two at cracking a lame joke. We might be entertained with students’ performances; always a delight, unless of course if it's a horrible one - that's another story, for another time. Then the highlight, awards and other recognitions will be given out. Various names will be called out to be recognized for their academic and extracurricular achievements. You will clap; some enthusiastically, some less so. You will wait for the customary announcement to have the whole student council on stage to be awarded with a certificate for their contributions. You will wait, but there will be no such announcement. Instead, the president will be called on stage. Some of you will be shocked – this guy looks nothing like the person you vote for. This strange child will go on stage and talk about this semester. I do not want to presume on what he is going to say as the 18th is yet to come. But he will most probably boast about the achievements of council – like all past presidents – if we, once again are lucky. You will wonder why the student council members don’t get their certificates. But what you don’t know is that we already did. On the 10th of November, last Tuesday in room SW G 3 (citation needed). The certificates were handed out by our teacher adviser, witnessed by the tables and chairs in the room. You will once again, wonder why this is happening. You will never know why. You will never know why your votes don’t count and why you don’t have a say in the reelection of the president of a student body that is supposed to represent you. You will never know why the running candidate takes office instead of the vice (like in all democratic organizations). You will never know why you were never informed of the reason as to why the president you voted for was impeached. You will never know that when they say transparency, they really do mean opaque. You will never know that in CIMP, democracy does not exist and that in CIMP, you will never get to have a voice. As you shuffle back out to your respective classes, decked in your bland uniforms, you will never know.
Note to returning students: For the upcoming election for Student Council of Semester January 2010, do read the fine print at the bottom of your ballot sheet.
This is merely a show. Your votes don't really count, so it doesn't really matter if you vote or not
Stay II
12:02 AM Edit This 0 Comments »She watched as he stood at the mouth of the door. Already, she could see him salivate at the taste of freedom. He seemed hesitant; with one foot in the prison and the other out of it. She wonders if he’ll leave. Her fingers unconsciously brush against the ring of keys at her side.
“First left at the end of this corridor,” she told him, thrusting the key towards him
He had said no, and now…
Her hand grasped the barbed end of her whip, drawing blood.
He always had the key, they all did. She just left before the consciousness of escape set in.
She can’t say it, not out loud at least,
“Stay. Please stay.”