According to yesterday’s Asahi Shinbun, locals of Obama City (小浜市 in Japanese, roughly translated as “Small Beach”) rejoiced when they learned that the new American president shares the name of their city. Apparently, a group of Japanese women even danced the hula to celebrate Obama’s victory. Now isn’t that a sweet thing to do.

On another note, TechCrunch Japan introduces us to AirBed & Breakfast’s ObamaO’s cereal: hope in every bowl! They also wrote a 31-second theme song for these things - which, in my humble opinion, would sound a lot better if children sang it. Hearing a grown man with a faint redneck-ish accent singing “Mommy, can I have some please?” is just… wrong.

Finally,  I’m really glad that Obama won. Hopefully, this time we’ll see some true changes happen. And while we’re on that topic, senator McCain’s sudden change of attitude made me quirk an eyebrow. It’s amazing how quickly he distanced himself from all the smears that he and his campaign had been purporting. Then again, he’s already lost the election. Acting as a sore loser would only dent his image more.

* I realize the ‘net is already packed with people blogging about McCain, Obama etc. This is probably my last post about politics in general and Obama in particular. Promise.

1. RonaldLI Says:
   November 8th, 2008 at 5:24 am

   Спасибо за текст! Очень понравилось

2. admin Says:
   November 8th, 2008 at 6:27 am

   Я радостен вы полюбил оно!

3. Zelswaillen Says:
   November 12th, 2008 at 4:11 pm

   Спасибо за пост! Добавил блог в RSS-ридер, теперь читать буду регулярно..

4. admin Says:
   November 14th, 2008 at 10:48 am

   Радостно для того чтобы услышать его. Вы!

   *Side note: I’m using an automated translator… truth is, I can’t speak or read/write Russian ^^;

5. Dovid Says:
   November 18th, 2008 at 9:24 am

   …I didn’t know there was an Obama Japan; that’s cool!