Good job, USA

i was glued to the internet yesterday morning, monitoring the US election, amazed that media has moved so far ahead that i could keep such close tabs (yahoo! had an awesome interactive election map), and amazed that i even wanted to.

about fifteen minutes minutes before barack obama was declared victorious, i found myself actually doing the math on the states that had yet to report their election returns, and realizing that even if the remaining states all went to john mccain, there was no chance in hell that he would beat obama.

i caught myself for a minute there -- me, making mathematical projections on a political exercise of a country that couldn't be more removed from my daily life? hell yeah this man is inspiring.

then the announcement came and i was truly, inexplicably happy. how many more times in our lifetime will we see a politician so capable of inspiring a nation and so powerfully creating a fantastic future for his country and for the world? i am especially encouraged to see that all reports point to the fact that he is level-headed enough to put extremely capable people on his team, leaving him to be the inspiring, confident leader so many people need.

kelan kaya magkaka-ganyan sa pilipinas, ano? but then if a black man can be elected president of the u.s., which was a totally unforeseeable event given their history, then i can begin to believe that the philippines will have our great leader too.

kababawan time: i really loved it that the obamas were all terno when they appeared together on stage for the victory speech. and i know pia was like "wtf is she wearing?" but i really loved michelle obama's outfit for the mere fact that it was so not cookie-cutter political spouse. take that, cindy "stepford" mccain!