Hope lives
I woke up to my phone ringing at 7:30 am, my mom wanted to be the first to tell me that Thai TV is covering the US election. By the time I managed to leave the house, Barack Obama had won Ohio.
I get to the Roadhouse BBQ (American Bar in Silom area) and it’s done. He’d won Virginia. It’s over. We won! There’s about seventy or eighty energetic Americans in the bar. We’re cheering. California poll closed. People got on the phone to call someone they know in the U.S. I was texting like mad. Reading all the Facebook and Twitter statuses made me smile three times over. We talked about awesome Grant Park must be. Outside the bar, Bangkok goes on as usual.
Young dude next to me said: ”This is so awesome, I have never voted for a guy who won!”
Photo: EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Image, from Daylife.
And I know that he doesn’t send it himself, but I love getting an email from Barack Obama, don’t you? :D
