Today history is made as the world watches the first African American man take the stage as the new President of the most influential and powerful country in the world - USA. It is indeed a special moment in history and no doubt his name will make it to history textbooks around the world. If I had kids and they were studying in a M'sian school, I can imagine the teacher saying, "Ini Barack Obama, dia mencipta sejarah menjadi Presiden US hitam yang pertama". But it's not all about race, it's not about the colour of his skin. He was a superior candidate from beginning to end. His charisma shone throughout and no inappropriate actions such as sticking one's tongue in front of the entire public watching, or wardrobe malfunction, or compulsive lying got in his way. He is a truly polished individual, charismatic, and has sound resolve to make US a better place.
Can you believe that people from Indonesia and Japan are celebrating? Indonesia because his mother married an Indonesian so she's considered naturalised, and Japan because there is an actual town by the name of Obama! If his step brother in-law was still living in Malaysia, Malaysia would be putting up banners and claiming victory too.
For me, I got my own little piece of history by buying one of the newspaper with Barack Obama on the front waving to me. I read it on the train home and now it's all crushed. Gaz suggests I throw it away coz it's only going to yellow and probably will not be worth anything in 30 years' time. So much for trying to capture that piece of history.
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