Most of you should know,
PM means Prime Minister.
Well,
I COULD talk bad things about Najib,
but why don't I just talk good things about Julia ?
Australia's first female PM,Julia Gillard.
I think she's nice.
To me,
seeing her as PM was a huge culture shock.
I know we shouldn't believe in stereotypes.
There are female surgeons and male hairdressers (her husband)
nowadays.
But somehow,
the thought of a PM being female
is still so alien to me.
I mean,
imagine if Malaysia actually had a female PM.
Weird, right ?
+1 if you were imagining Najib in a dress.
Back to Julia.
I don't really know much about her.
But I like her looks.
(oh wow i'm soooo judging her right now)
She was Australia's first Deputy PM.
The then-PM was Kevin Rudd of the Labors.
However, Julia challenged him bla bla.
Labor voted Rudd out of PM,
and Julia became Australia's PM as a result.
Fun fact !
She studied law in uni and
got into Australia's #1 law firm
before entering politics.
Here are some things about our PM
(which I conveniently stole from Wiki and other sources):
- Involved in gender wars with Coalition leader, Tony.
- Supports abortion.
- Wishes for Australia to become a republic.
- Hates WikiLeaks.
- Does not support gay marriage.
- Married to a hairdresser.
- Has a show about her (played by another actor).
- Likes knitting as a hobby.
- Had a sandwich thrown at her by students TWICE this year.
- Cried in Parliament when giving her launch speech for a disability scheme
- Her name was part of the Coalition dinner's menu.
- Natural-born speaker.
- "Best friend" is treasurer-turn-deputy minister, Wayne Swan.
- Was dubbed as the 'minister of everything' holding up to 3 posts
and many more...
Her husband,
being a hairdresser,
raised suspicion on his sexual orientation.
She knitted a doll/whatever for the Royal Baby.
The first sandwich she took was a vegemite one.
The second was a salami sandwich.
Julia Gillard Kentucky Fried Quail, anyone ?
Small breast, big thighs and a BIG RED BOX.
What does big red box mean ?
It underwent censorship in the papers,
but I still don't get it.
So as you can see.
Being PM in Australia isn't so glamorous after all.
A student threw his lunch at her and
all she said was
"He must've thought I was hungry."
If memory serves,
there was another student who tackled her during a school visit.
The bodyguard suddenly lifted her up and dragged her away.
When I say drag,
i MEAN drag.
One of her shoe fell off.
Cinderella, anyone ?
I wonder what would happen if a Malaysian student threw a sandwich at Najib ?
Is this what my English teacher call 'cultural conflict' ?
However,
the public don't seem to like her a lot.
In fact,
some of them have been screaming Rudd since she became PM.
And under her leadership,
polls have dropped tremendously for the Labors.
Their loss was pretty much in the bag.
Despite Rudd promising not to challenge Julia for leadership,
he eventually did.
And the stakes was that,
whoever loses will quit politics
at the end of this term.
And the results weren't pretty.
Julia lost.
And Kevin was reappointed PM.
And with that,
faith in the Labor party's victory in the upcoming election
has been restored.
It just goes to show you,
how politicians are a bunch of selfish hypocrites.
Three years ago,
Julia challenged Rudd.
The party felt that he was a chaotic leader.
Today,
they backstabbed Julia,
just for a chance to remain as government.
Three years ago,
Rudd was sitting at the courtyard,
crying his gut out with his family next to him.
Today,
Julia accepted defeat and held back her tears.
She delivered a sincere speech,
and told us that she had no regrets.
She was proud of herself.
And her father (who passed away last year)
would be too.
Dear Julia,
I salute you.
And retiring from politics at the age of 51
means she could be looking at a completely new career.
Since the retirement age in Australia is 65.
While still being supported by her pension,
I think she won't have to worry about getting a job for quite some time.
You might have put up a brave face.
You might have cried yourself to sleep in your room.
You might've smiled in front of the camera.
You might've seen all this coming.
But in the end,
we know you've done your best.
And I will remember those strong words of yours.
The words of a winner.
Good night, Australia.
Listening to Haunted - Taylor Swift
Getting dumb, someone help,
TK
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