I have a dream...

I was in the US when the last Presidential Election took place in year 2004. As I was travelling alone, TV is my only companion in the hotel room after work and hence I was following the election progress quite a bit but who really win doesn't really bother me. At that time, I was just hoping that whoever took over the White House, can treat us more nicely - at least speeding up the secondary screening whenever we were to enter the US. During my first trip to the US, I have been waiting for 5 hours at the LA airport for the secondary screening process and in the end, missed my flight to Denver.

I am neither a Democrat nor a Republican supporter. But for the 44th Presidential Election that has just end, for the first time in my life, I rejoiced that Senator Obama made it to the White House!


The Kenyans got to enjoy a day of holiday due to Obama's victory, Indonesian school children gather to celebrate the success of their senior who once sat at the same desk and Japan's Obama town dances for US namesake. Well, some politicians in Malaysia celebrate the fact that Obama's brother-in-law is actually a Malaysian based in the states - well, that is a better reason to celebrate than announcing to the world that the reigning Miss Georgia 2005 have half a Malaysian blood (father is from Johor) and the big hoo-haa!

History is created as the son of a black father from Kenya and a white mother from Kansas, the Democratic senator from Illinois sealed his victory by defeating Republican Sen. John McCain in a string of wins in hard-fought battleground states. Barack Obama was elected the United States first black president in a historic triumph that overcame racial barriers as old as America itself.

" I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal." I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slaveowners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today."

-- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer. It's been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America"

-- President Barack Obama

Martin Luther King's dream came true; the American's dream came true. When can the Malaysian's dream be realized? I pray that it won't be far.