And the Horse has won the race

Can we?

In the dusk of Nationalist's (KMT) victory of the presidential election in Taiwan, the streets are filled with a certain air of excitement and anticipation and so does my house. My dad, with his usual poker face, was sitting at his two seater of a throne as I entered the house after drinking for 3 hours. While the teevee showing the result of a 17% victory and Ma enjoying with his compadre.

As for Ma, like Obama, a charismatic and physically attractive man, who comes from an elite academic background of Harvard law school and a job at the KMT since the 80's. I'm sure he has acquired much experience in various realm in politics over the years.

Despite the recent row over his green card incident, he's still the golden child of his party, and in some Taiwanese people's mind. Like Obama, he also campaigned in 'change', though not a phrase as catchy as "yes, we can!" As a result of the election, many Taiwanese people seem to put faith in him and are betting on the fact that he'll open up the market to China even more, try (somehow) to improve the economy of Taiwan, boost the unemployment rate of a modest 3.8% and make the sky bluer in these four summers. On top of that, he's won the big seat and have the majority of the legislative yuan on his side, but also, he has the current president, Chen Shui Bein's, mess to clean up and the hope of Taiwan is on his and his vice president, Shao Wan Chang's shoulders now.

So far, no one is running out of Taiwan or talking about a dooms day, so I guess we're ok at the moment --- at least Dad is now happier and full of hope under his tanned freckled skin.