I always think that doing protest is as such:
too into drama, i know.. -_-
so i never thought that one day i'll join a protest, cuz honestly, i'm not patriotic
as many people know (especially from FB), Bersih 3.0 has ended up violently or even unfairly. but this is also not my objective of attending Bersih 3.0, to provoke havoc (<- worse intention).
i was planned to take photo and see the crowd, ofcuz, i was prepared to face harmful situation, i brought tower, water, salt and even earphone, becuz many people said government has set up a device that will damage our hearing.
on 428, chung called my sis early morning, said LRT will not operating after 9am, so we quickly get up, without having breakfast and rush to LRT station and arrived before 9am at Masjik Jamek. we were the earliest bird among our friends that are joining Bersih which we didn't plan to go together until few days before we realized they are going too. Chung, Andrew, Shelly, Jin Sun, my sis and KB.
a photo before the event mess up, didnt get to meet up with KB and shelly as there were late, and chung was busy helping friend to set up the big helium balloon.
as many people know, whether they joint or not, this event turned up unhappily, violently, and not as both parties agreed before. i'm not sure what and how they promised, all i heard from news was that Ambiga, Bersih's chairman said we will not enter Dataran Merdeka as we are not allowed to, so we shall follow the rules.
at about 2pm+, we follow the crowd, heading Dataran Merdeka's direction, not to sit there but may be sitting around the place. walking half way, my sis said better don't go further because she said something may not turn out right, so we stop there and see what is the next step. after a while, we heard some people shouting: "turn back!!" then we saw the people infront showing their hand, indicate that dont go infront, but go back. so me and my sis just follow, reverse our direction but some people stopping, and some people insist want to go foward. that moment, me and my sis dont want to care what the crowd flow, we just try to go back. then again, we heard more people shouting "go back!!" or "balik!!" we looked back, and saw people were running toward us, now we know, we need to run, gotta leave asap, cuz we even saw the smoke. but too many people were there, i beg we can only move 1 step in 2 secs, cant move. situation becoming very tension, some people shout, squeeze to leave the place (felt like acting in the movie, trying to run off from tsunami). i think some people had experience, they shouted "relax!", "calm down!", indeed, it's really calm us down. but not more than 5mins, another sound of tear gas. "poom!! poom!!" people were getting more tension, so me and my sis try our best to run and protect each other, stay close to each other. what was in my mind, "i'm scared, i want to leave this place" then i look at my sis, she was covering her mouth with her wet tower, i was thinking "if anything happen to her, i sure regret, cuz she was sick, and i was the one more insist to go for Bersih."
thank God, we managed to ran to OCBC bank cross junction safely, my eyes was full of tears, face felt like been rubbed by chili, want to drink water but cant swallow, and thrown out. i cant imagine people at the front, how they survived?? later then i know KB was at the front. >_< he said he almost fainted because of the heavy tear gas.
at the end, we took taxi home, because nearby stations were either closed or filled with many people.
this experience is really memorable to me, i can titled it as "Running Away From Disaster" rather than joining a protest event. because there are 2 things i saw personally in this situation, 1. passionate protesters who tried to fight for their right, fight for their land. 2. blinded polis who tried to "wipe off" the protesters as "clean" as possible. "sheat!"
Bersih makes me treasure my only vote, i hope it will remind other peoples of their votes too..
at about 2pm+, we follow the crowd, heading Dataran Merdeka's direction, not to sit there but may be sitting around the place. walking half way, my sis said better don't go further because she said something may not turn out right, so we stop there and see what is the next step. after a while, we heard some people shouting: "turn back!!" then we saw the people infront showing their hand, indicate that dont go infront, but go back. so me and my sis just follow, reverse our direction but some people stopping, and some people insist want to go foward. that moment, me and my sis dont want to care what the crowd flow, we just try to go back. then again, we heard more people shouting "go back!!" or "balik!!" we looked back, and saw people were running toward us, now we know, we need to run, gotta leave asap, cuz we even saw the smoke. but too many people were there, i beg we can only move 1 step in 2 secs, cant move. situation becoming very tension, some people shout, squeeze to leave the place (felt like acting in the movie, trying to run off from tsunami). i think some people had experience, they shouted "relax!", "calm down!", indeed, it's really calm us down. but not more than 5mins, another sound of tear gas. "poom!! poom!!" people were getting more tension, so me and my sis try our best to run and protect each other, stay close to each other. what was in my mind, "i'm scared, i want to leave this place" then i look at my sis, she was covering her mouth with her wet tower, i was thinking "if anything happen to her, i sure regret, cuz she was sick, and i was the one more insist to go for Bersih."
thank God, we managed to ran to OCBC bank cross junction safely, my eyes was full of tears, face felt like been rubbed by chili, want to drink water but cant swallow, and thrown out. i cant imagine people at the front, how they survived?? later then i know KB was at the front. >_< he said he almost fainted because of the heavy tear gas.
at the end, we took taxi home, because nearby stations were either closed or filled with many people.
this experience is really memorable to me, i can titled it as "Running Away From Disaster" rather than joining a protest event. because there are 2 things i saw personally in this situation, 1. passionate protesters who tried to fight for their right, fight for their land. 2. blinded polis who tried to "wipe off" the protesters as "clean" as possible. "sheat!"
Bersih makes me treasure my only vote, i hope it will remind other peoples of their votes too..
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