Hope or Dream??

Obama sworn in as 44th US President.

I believe this headline is the hottest talk in the whole world. I didn't managed to get in front of my TV in time for the auguration ceremony but I did watched the review and highlights this morning. I also believe that many of us in Malaysia at least aware of this event and most of us even paid so much attention in watching the live telecast. Why?? What it has got to do with us??

If you ask somebody related to Mr Obama, they will say it has got everything to do with them. Similarly if you ask the citizens of USA. Even if you ask the people of under invasion Iraq will also agree with the cause of their attention likewise the people of Afganistan. For Muslims and most of the concern people of the world, they will think and hope that Mr Obama is human enough and symphatise the suffering Palestinians and will take bold action to end the war.

The rest of us will just read or watch the news like other regular daily news. No significance at all and nothing to be excited about.

In my point of view, Mr Obama's election to the helm of "most powerful country in the world" can be adopted to us in Malaysia in many ways. Of course the most obvious would be the fact that he is the first black president which when translated means that the citizens of the most powerful country in the world proved to be ir'racial'nal and already accepting the rights of minority or the migrant of the country.

Secondly, he has not yet 48 years old when he was elected in Nov 08 and even now when he has already sworn in. This acknowledge that the young blood is more in charge of the situation even there was a ball attributed to the youth in celebrating Mr Obama's swearing in.

Thirdly, he is very educated man with excellent academic records, not just a no brainer politician and also a true fighter. He graduated from Columbia State (B.A.) and Harvard Law School (J.D.) and imagine that he went through all that without a father figure in his life as his family was broken. Brilliant and survivor which makes him 'berjiwa rakyat' and really understand the plight normal people.

Let's try to picture all these into our own Malaysia..... What do you see????!!!! HOPE or DREAM??!!