Politics?

Had a Raw lecture yesterday..yeah your eyesight hasn't deteriorated and it wasn't a typo..i just had a RAW(Research and Writing) Lecture yesterday..and while the lecturer was talking two girls giggled with earphones on and eyes staring at the laptop screen..

Lecturer asked: Facebook?

But then we realised they were following the election counting closely

And it heated up the class atmosphere

Few minutes later one of the girls shouted: Yes, Gillard!!

And there goes Australia's 1st female Prime Minister(Julia Gillard as shown in the pic)..congrats!!

The Labor Party won 72 seats and the Coalition won 73 seats before the 3 independents casted their votes to the Labor..so the Labor won by just 2 seats..

Well i wasnt interested about politics in Australia at all till i read an email from dad one day:

Australia has its first female Prime Minister one day..who knows one day u will be the first female Prime Minister? haha..just joking

At that instant the only thing in my mind was:

Dad can u don't joke with this? DO u know that i have failed a test and an assignment and are struggling to get all my units past for this Sem? I have no time and no courage to have this dream!!

Well i admit that im always lack of confidence but i just don't hope my parents have any high hopes on me..Eventually i did not fail any unit last Sem but im still struggling this Sem..this is the sad story of a not very smart,easily distracted, unable-to-focus-on-studies-law student living in a big big competitive world

Anyway this post isnt for how sad the story of a law student could be..but about Australian politics..

I shamefully admit that i only knew about Julia Gillard after reading my dad's email..gone are the days when i would flip through newspapers at least few time a weak..i have forgotten about the existent of newspapers since i came to Australia (save papers, save trees,save money for food)..i could have read news online but my fingers would automatically type 'f' whenever i go online and miracously the facebook page would pop up within 2 seconds..my fingers were never trained to type 'news' in the google search column

Then one chilling morning at 5am i walked out of my house to the train station..not knowing the 'politics' that i gonna get involved..well i went for the Power Shift Summit at Geelong from 14 to 15 August..i thought it was a completely environmental thing..expected very little of political elements..however..

On the 1st day, i found myself dozing off all the time in all the workshops (not my fault coz dozing off easily is my nature)..all the workshops are designed for people who are passionate in climate issues to pick up some skills to promote the awareness on the importance of 'green votes'..federal election was approaching at that time so the main issues were how to influence the voters and the politicians so that they support environmental policies..

On the next day three politicians from Labor, Liberal and the Greens were on stage for a panel discussion..the passion of the kids and the teenagers on politics heated up the atmosphere..The defensive Liberal rep talked like an iron lady..keep attacking other parties during her speech..she was criticised the most..someone critised her for attacking other politicans too much..another asked those who thought Liberal's policy was bullshit to raise their hands..in response most of the kids and the teenagers rose their hand up in the air..there were non-stop booing and cheering when the politicians spoke..it was interesting..i have never really got involved in sth like this..even though i was only an observer all the time..even though i felt odd as i wasnt even eligible to vote..it was really fun looking at the arguments and the expressions..despite being teased and challenged harshly..the politicians remain calm..if this situation was in some other countries i might haven been dead under random chairs or tables thrown by some politicians

Later we went to the street to "make some noise"with all kinds of musical instruments..we shouted some environmental slogans to attract the attention of the people..at the same time we handed out some election scorecards(a list of green policies each parties supported) to the voters..the highlight was the moment we stepped into a shopping centre..shopkeepers, shoppers stuck their eyes on us with scorecards on their hands..screaming, the security guard was trying to stop us in vain

Back to Melbourne..i started to follow the elections..handed out some score cards by my own and discussed about the election with a fren (who is a PR and was gonna vote)

I didnt really get involved in Australian politics but the events drew me closer to it..our effort did not go wasted as The Greens got quite a number of seats which means the voices which are fighting for the environment are gonna be louder..good job everyone!!

P/S: This is not a blog post with critical political comments..its just an account of the relationship between me and the Australian politics..Well im concerned about politics a little but im just not knowledgeable and critical enough to be a critic..therefore i never talk much about it

Julia Gillard said that she hope every little girl who sees her on TV would say that:

One day i wanna be like her!!!

P/S: I wont be that 'little gal' daddy!! (my parents did not really have high expectation on me..we were just kidding)