The early hours of June 24 ushered in a different truth, a whole new reality, and a new country -- Britain voted to be out of the EU.
The older generation, the commoners, had won the day and taken back control of the country. Within minutes of the official declaration of the results, another phenomenon kicked in as well.
The pound dropped by 8%, the lowest since 1985. And it continued to drop until 10am, when the bank of England Governor Carney made an appeal for calm. The PM resigned. The Scottish first minister declared a second independence referendum from the UK. Within 48 hours, we also saw total carnage in the Labour shadow cabinet.
We saw a vote of no confidence made against Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, the shadow foreign minister sacked, and 12 prominent members resigned. We also saw EU foreign ministers pressing for an exit proposal to understand the ramifications Brexit would have for wider Europe. The world looked on and wondered.
The weekend which followed the Friday results was frantic and weary. However, this did not stop Boris Johnson from spending a day playing cricket. He must have been the only person so utterly unaffected by what he helped realise.
Reality was now sinking in, and the gravity of what had happened began to emerge. Within hours of the results, Farage declared that the £350 million figure was not true.
The UK had not been doing its trade deals with countries separately on its own, and would need years to write up and enact the equivalents of laws it enjoyed while being part of the EU.
It will also take years to disentangle national laws from EU laws. Also, most importantly, it has to formulate the basis of the relationship it will have with EU from here on in. Will it continue to have the single-market which would also means the same trade arrangements?
Foreign Minister Phillip Hammond said that the EU may not accept anything else, since the prime purpose of the union is one of economic alliance. Will the new relationship continue the freedom of movement whereby people across the EU and the UK are able to freely move, live, and work?
The UK now has a lot on its plate, and it is too early to predict. However, In supporters like me are no doubt heart-broken. In a world which is getting ahead by building bridges, the UK saw progress in breaking them. How could educated English folk have made such a decision? I analysed the Leave campaign points, and it made perfect sense.
Vote Leave spoke to the masses. They translated their message into simple easy bits for people to feel and contemplate. This was a far cry from the Vote In, who were simply forecasting gloom and brandishing experts.
The 16-page booklet was complex. The official website, eureferendum.gov.uk and strongerin.co.uk, just had information -- no names of members, no letters, and no list of speeches.
It showed the critical need to engage with the grassroots, and the ability to spot the right moment to stay ahead. No doubt, being the underdogs, Vote Out started early with focus, whereas the In campaign simply woke up in the last moment.
It showed that the common people rightly worried about their own livelihoods, homes, and children before they are in a position to appreciate diversity, multi-culturalism, and open borders.
It showed, regardless of whether we are white, black, or brown, educated or uneducated, that, as humans, we will always think of our own immediate needs before we are in a position to think for others.
In a world which is getting ahead by building bridges, the UK saw progress in breaking them. How could educated English folk have made such a decision?
Whereas I understand the voters, I will continue to have reservation of the pledges of Vote Leave, most and all of which I hold as being untrue, archaic, and formulated to play up on insecurities.
Chuka Umunna, a Labour MP, said he will hold Vote Leave to account for every pledge they made, a promise I hope he keeps. The level of falsehood has been phenomenal, and that begs me to question the mandate of this referendum.
With all due respect, surely ordinary people could not have understood the lies, let alone the ramification of the unwinding of the membership process.
Furthermore, the result is of 52% of the 72% who voted. 28% of registered voters did not vote, therefore Vote Leave cannot be said to have commanded a majority.
A petition to hold a second referendum had already gathered nearly 4 million votes and counting. In David Cameron’s speech on Monday, we learned that there will be no such referendum.
No second chance to anyone who realised and now regrets.
So where is the UK heading?
Mr Cameron is now so gutted that he misjudged the pulse of his people that he does not want to do anything other than to give effect to the referendum, making way for his successor Theresa May.
As far as he is concerned, the exit will happen, it’s just a matter of when and in what terms. Until then, we have to hold our breaths and pray that the worst had already happened, and is not yet to come.