Khoi's Mind Blowingly Controversial Blog Entry

Simply unacceptable. It's just not on. Not writing one of these for over a month or so. Am I to leave this blog, and abandon it on the cold, dark roadside? Am I to release it into the wild and leave it to fend for itself and forage for its own food? How heartless I am.



But hey, I have my excuses. It's been a very trying few months, and although I may not have been absolutely perfect in every situation and challenge I have come across, I still feel as if whatever solution I came up, I still managed to emerge stronger and wiser as a result.

...Or is that just me? Yeah, maybe it's me.

As I sit here, basking in the familiar and not so glamorous atmosphere of the West Midlands, the emotional tidal wave of reflection comes crashing down, and thankfully the majority of it is positive. Hey, the first year of university is fast approaching a finale, a finale I didn't want to see for some time. Hey, I've had an absolute blast, it can only get better, and I've made some fantastic friends already. Hey, I'm living in a house next year with white people...wait, what?

So the point of this blog entry? To be honest, I don't know, is it my own personal guilt for neglecting this seemingly insignificant collection of words? Yeah, that's it. This will be my own treasured synopsis of events that occurred during this adventure we call university. A recollection of current events at the time, and right now, I can think of one word that seems to be dominating my present thoughts.

Politics.

Yes. Even I, the person who tends to cast a blind ear and a deaf eye over such issues, cannot ignore the general importance of the upcoming election, because...well, it's important and shit, innit.

I remember hearing those words, "The First Ever Prime Ministerial Televised Debate", and in my mind, I said to myself, "Oh, actually that's quite good. Finally, I can watch something where these guys actually tell me, nicely and politely without interruption from each other, what they aim to do and who I will vote for."

I think I set my own personal record for naivety. I knew that politics never had that clean, pristine image that I hoped it would be associated with, I've watched The Thick of It. But honestly? I was still as confuzzled and possibly even more ignorant than before I watched the programme. It probably would be a lot more understandable and entertaining if Peter Capaldi made a surprise appearance as his Malcolm Tucker character.

...Or is that just me? Yeah, maybe it's me.

Although, it was televised, wasn't it? So hey, it had to go right, eh? No, yet again, I was wrong, although I started to see the resemblance between that and another television programme which also had a number of highly unlikeable look-at-me people pining for the public's attention via underhanded ways.

Big Brother, by the way, if you somehow hadn't got the reference. God forbid they allow a text service that will allow viewer's to text in their own opinion. £1 that someone will text, "OMG NICK CLEGG IS SOOOOOOOO FITTTTTTTTT!!!!!"

I think that's enough politics for me. I don't know about you, but I find it mighty depressing to talk about. Also, as a student, politics is far from being a priority. I'm not alone it seems; there are a sizeable amount who do care about it, that's fine, do what you want. But recently, there was the Student Elections held at UWE, and rather than caring about who won what, I looked at the amount of people who actually participated in the voting. The result? Less than 10% of the entire student population of UWE. I think that goes to show that a lot more thought and care goes towards what to have for lunch than voting. Which I agree with. Give me a chicken sandwich over Nick Clegg anyday.

One thing also worth noting was that one particular candidate ran for the, well I should be careful when I say this, top position within the student body, that being the SRC Presdient role. However, his manifesto was different, in that for the love of God, we DONT vote for him. Slightly predictably, he came last, but there was a still a chunk of people who voted for him, despite his pleas not to. On the one face of it, it's a lovely joke, but on the other, more pessimistic and critical way of seeing it, it was an underlined statement of how much of a joke the general idea of politics has come to.

As a reluctant voter, I don't see why my opinions should change any time soon. I have more pressing matters. Those small issues in my everyday life, such as improving my fitness and general physique, my course and how I can improve myself in that department, and where my beloved drama society would take me next in life. These are the things I would prioritise, not blindly rooting for a party leader I have an indifferent affection towards.

...Or is that just me? No wait, it's definitely you.