Somehow, for us the hantus who just “love” the sight of roadblocks and cops, Sunday’s PROTES organised by Pakatan Rakyat was somewhat a letdown. No water canon trucks, no FRU “brothers” in full gear, no HK MP5, no tear gas canisters made in Federal Labs, Pennsylvania.

It was all mainstream, I’ll tell you that much. Like Sunday at the Karnival Jom Heboh.

After a Blog House event that stretched past midnight, some of us met for fish head curry in the wee hours. Guaranteed to give u all kinda GI problems, but who cares.

Understandably, I slept late and only arrived at PROTES site in Kelana Jaya stadium in the afternoon. The following are sights I saw. Very Tame….sheesh.

Ah…a token Makkal Sakti macha.

Aiyo! Anwar and Tok Guru endorsing Boiled Peanuts?

Tok Guru endorses products eh?

Protest all you want, Malaysians remain serious about littering

This is a fiery orator from Dewan Muslimat PAS

Logical eh?

Cooling heels

Pixmen click away as a politico takes to the mike

I must have seen at least 5,000 people when I was there

Full protest gear

Protesters watch as a PAS Muslimah speaks

Nice T-shirt

Little boy sleeps, oblivious to the noise

The masses

Chegubard(right) and Hishamuddin Rais (wearing shades)

PKR’s Azmin Ali (third frm left) arrives around 3pm

Pyan Habib the poet

We wish…

Enuff said

Wak PROTES

Rear pursuit. A timely allegory of what’s happening in this country…heheh

Protesters end up watching lion dance…strange

Woodstock duo

Dinsman’s words resonates with the crowd

The only noteworthy thing about my afternoon sojourn at Kelana Jaya Stadium was the hearing the poets Dinsman and Pyanhabib.

Dinsman\

Dinsman’s poem reproduced below.

Dia ingat dia masih berkuasa.

Tanda tanda kejatuhannya semakin jelas…dia tak nampak

Ingat dia, dia manusia maha

Tapi Rakyat Tengok Dia MACAM ORANG GILA

Rakyat semakin marah dia tak peduli

Ulamak tegur, Ulamak dia hina

Dia bukan lagi manusia biasa

Ingat dia, dia mahakuasa

Tapi Rakyat Tengok Dia MACAM ORANG GILA

Dengan Islam Hadhari itu

Dia ingat dia mahabijaksana

Tapi Rakyat Tengok Dia MACAM ORANG GILA

Tanda tanda kejatuhannya semakin ketara

Dia tak peduli, dia lupa fitrah manusia

Ingat dia, dia boleh terus berkuasa

Tapi Rakyat Tengok Dia MACAM ORANG GILA

Dan akhirnya tuan tuan dan puan puan

Rakyat tengok dia

BETUL BETUL GILA !