As usual, I haven’t been blogging much these days. But I’ve certainly been tweeting a lot today, particularly about the AWARE EOGM thingy at Suntec. So this post is really most of my tweets ;)

I was actually seriously considering attending the event, especially after this MSN conversation:

Friend: you going?

Me: nope
Me: i got booked already

Friend: aiyoh
Friend: room full of women
Friend: and you get yourself booked

Me: but they’re mostly old?

Friend: no way!
Friend: a lot of young ones!

Unfortunately I was already booked by a friend who desperately needed me to help fix her computer. I’ve been trying to shed the reputation of being the computer guy since ages ago, but seems like I’m still cursed with it.

i regret not going to the EOGM. all the passionate women there. #awaresg

After I was done with being the nerd, the first thing I did after getting home was to check out Twitter.

wah #awaresg is the top hashtag now, even more than #swineflu

I was back around the time when they announced the vote results. The old exco won the vote 2 to 1. However, because the new exco weren’t legally required to resign, they went away to consider the decision.

And didn’t come back!

So it was declared that the new exco was history:

new exco now exexco #awaresg

I joined in the speculation as to where they disappeared to:

either the new ex exco has been abducted by aliens, or the Rapture has taken place. #awaresg

In Christian theology, the Rapture is an event when all living christians will be physically snatched away and transported into heaven.

Frankly, I doubt they deserve to be raptured.

By then, a lot of tweeters on the scene were tweeting about battery bars:

ladies and gentlemen, live tweets from suntec should be diminishing. batteries aren’t supposed to last that long. lucky i’m at home #awaresg

Anyway, guess what, Josie the new exexco leader appeared after 30 minutes:

apparently josie is back and wants to speak. *sigh* women ah… always want to have the last say #awaresg

She officially announced the resignation of the exco.

Some closure at least.

this aware thing is more fascinating than tv. not that i watch tv. #awaresg

By the time it was over around 9pm, many of those at suntec have been there for 8 hours or more:

761 women at suntec must rush home to cook for their husbands. please make way. 1414 other women will be having dinner at suntec. #awaresg

The 761 were those who voted for the homophobic exco, while the 1414 voted for the old guard. Yes, I can’t help making politically incorrect statements. (Many of the 761 probably believe that wives should submit to their husbands, according to biblical teachings.)

Anyway, I noticed something interesting about the whole episode:

constituents not apathetic and can vote + social & mainstream media same message + gahmen not involved. this is not the SG i know! #awaresg

And there will always be enterprising people out there:

wah aware t-shirts already on sale. how about Thio Su Mien masks for halloween? #awaresg