Watching - As I write this Americans are going to the polls to vote. As I’m sure that the American television channels are closely following the voting activities, so are the South Korean TV channels, as are the rest of the world’s channels. America’s president isn’t only for America, but for the world. When America speaks (votes), people around the world listen. When the American economy sneezes, the whole world catches a cold.
In Korea, most of the nation tends to see America as our “big strong brother”. The news media here says that, so far, it doesn’t really matter which man will be president, either one would probably continue with the positive policy towards S. Korea.
The names, “Obama” and “McCain” are easy to pronounce for Koreans. I’m going to miss the funny way they would pronounce “Georgey Bushy” (in Korean, a “g” sound and an “sh” sound are always followed by an “I” sound).
Well, keeping it short today. May God bless the U.S.A. and the rest of the world.
