Obama wins!

What a historic day today is! Today a black man is elected President of the United States of America, something that I think not many people believed they will witness in their lifetime. I'm as excited for America as are the rest of the world.

Obama's victory speech I think transcends every country and culture in the world. It's not just for America. Don't we all hope for the same? For we are all one no matter where we are from.

"This is our moment. This is our time -- to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American Dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth -- that out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope, and where we are met with cynicism, and doubt, and those who tell us that we can't, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: Yes We Can,"

Obama Fever

Today is a defining moment in history. I'm rooting for Obama. I really hope he wins. God knows we need someone like him to change the course of history. A win for him will signal the change the world needs so much. At the very least we will have a black man as President, something that our forefathers will never imagine is possible. So much hope placed on one man, isn't it?

I wonder when we will see such changes in our own country?

The Malaysian link

I read in The Star today that Barack Obama has links to Malaysia. Nothing wrong with that, of course. I just don’t understand our fixation on finding the “missing” Malaysian link in people, especially famous people. It seems that every time someone made the news, our papers are quick to search for that person’s Malaysian root. The previous time it was Gwen Stefani’s connection to Malaysia through her husband’s stepmother. Then it was Sufiah Yusof whose mother happened to be Malaysian and now it’s Barack Obama. It must be because we’ve run out of really important (and more seriously, intelligent) people in our country that we’re so intent on looking for that elusive link, doesn't matter who they are. Or are we just hoping that their fame will rub off on us so we can have our 30 seconds worth of it? Have we no better news to report?