External elections are over, and now the wait begins.

After withdrawing from elections this morning, I made myself into an elections observer outside the voting room to help my team get a sense of how many votes to expect. Even if I cannot run for office, I still consider myself Red&Black.

It’s actually very useful to have people monitoring outside the voting room during an external electio. Reading the faces of the voters, observing how friendly the voters are with the nominees, and even the number of nominees present near the voting booth offers a reasonably good idea of the voting pattern.

By and large, with a conservative estimate, I think that Red&Black have the edge. We started on the dot at 10am. The Passionates were out in full force only at 11am. During that time, Red&Black easily secured around 60 voters. The voting evened out for both sides when Passionates turned up in full force.

However, it was interesting to note that the Passionates disappeared for almost an hour during the afternoon, and it was at a time where there was quite heavy human traffic. Voters had no other alternative to listen to, and I would say that Red&Black probably secured most of the votes.

In terms of convincing neutral voters, I can safely say that Red&Black has the edge. I did see quite alot of friends of the Passionates coming to vote for them, but members of Red&Black too had their friends out. Probably an even match in terms of friends who came to vote.

Of course, there is no gurantee that neutral voters would vote according by the group, since they are allowed to vote for any five candidates. However, I am optimistic. Red&Black showed more hunger and desire to win. They started on the dot, and stayed all the way till the end. Even those who professed to be shy and not really comfortable with strangers made themselves talk to strangers and shared the team ideals and vision.

I’m proud of all of you. You guys have convinced me that all of you are the hope of the future. I am very sure that Arts Club is in safe hands with all of you around. Thank you all for giving me this hope in my last year as a member of Arts Club. In return, I will give all of you my knowledge, experience and contacts.

I believe in all of you, and I believe that in future, you all will become seniors who will stick with the club through thick and thin, and to nuture future leaders of the club. I’m glad to have met all of you, and I’m glad to be a part of Red&Black.

Wait for my good news tonight.