[h=2]Daniel Goh 吴佩松[/h]Public Figure
This is the season of political oysters! So what does Sylvia really mean when she says "The taste of Fengshan - heavenly!
#reasonstowin"?
Does it mean that she is going to move out of Aljunied GRC to stand in Fengshan SMC as mainstream and non-mainstream media speculated themselves into a frenzy?
Or does it mean she wants to eat up Fengshan SMC like some voracious town council empire builder, as the good DPM interprets with amazing leaps of symbolic logic (http://bit.Iy/1WoCxWw)?
It is human nature to read too much into things. The reality is this, step by step, no speculation, no conspiracy, no symbolic depth, only the sliding of events on the surface of greasy table-tops and oysters:
Sylvia met up with a group of us for dinner at Fengshan market. The group, in party blue tee-shirts, was doing outreach in the area and was breaking for dinner.
Fengshan market, as those who are "as heartland as heartland goes" would know, is famous for a lot of good hawker fare. Sylvia came to join us for camaraderie and to try the famous bak chor mee, and also to get help to start her Instagram account.
I was joining the group cabbing from NUS after a long afternoon of staff meetings. I called one member of the group to help me order a plate of orh lua because I was running late. She bought a bigger portion so that she and Sylvia can try some.
When I arrived, the orh lua was 1/3 gone. Sylvia was very satisfied with it. The talk at the table was her new Instagram account and how she thought the food at Fengshan market was one of the many reasons to win -- truly a local gem of Singaporean heritage!
We said our goodbyes when the time came for us to continue our outreach, our morale buoyed by the party Chairman joining us for dinner and laughs. Mothership picked up on the new Instagram account and soon the oysters shot to political fame!
