The Change We Hope For

I know it is a bit late for this, but I can't resist myself from talking about it. Everyone in this world know about this, and of course, everyone talks about it. The United States of America finally has an African-American elected president for the first time. It is certainly a big thing for America, since racism is a long debated issue, and the new elected president, Barack Hussein Obama II is not white.

It has been a long journey for him, Senator Barack Obama, who represents Illinois, but born in Hawaii. It also has seen a tough competition from Senator John McCain from Arizona, who is more experienced since he used to serve for the army during Vietnam War. But Obama managed to win the vote of people of America, with a history of landslide victory, by winning some of the states that known to side with Republican before.

Winning the US Presidential Election does mean a lot of things for the one who wins. The President of US has the full power and authority to change the landscape and the history of the world. By that means Obama able to get the votes from the people because he tackles major issues facing the people of America like Iraq War, subprime credit slump, economic uncertainties, disciminacy against gay and lesbian, renewable energy, climate change and many more.

For us living on the other side of America, we do hope for the change to come soon. The change is not just having the first African-American president who has quite a global family and used to live in Jakarta during his childhood but also it need to be followed by actions, following the campaign that has been promised. It is indeed not an easy road, nor something we can predict in a click of time. But the need to give our mother Earth, the people who lives in this planet a fair chance to improve the critical situation is crucial. We have been living in issues like war, poverty, global warming, disciminacies, energy sustainability, and lots more for so long, let alone with the hassles of war against terrorism after September 11. It looks like just a simple saying, 'Make this world a better planet to live in' but it is actually not that easy. After a long wait, we are so desperate to see the better change to come.