Obama all over the world

Personally as well as in the media, I found that Obama is famous all over the world.


Tuesday night, 10 P.M. in Austin, 5 A.M. in The Netherlands, I called my parents. Sometimes when I am really excited the only possibility is calling my parents. Of course I knew they were quite involved in the 2008 presidential elections in America, but their reaction surprised me.

" Hello, this is Leo Lemsom...." (Sounds sleepy)
" Dad, he won! Obama won!"
" YEEEAAAH! I can't believe it, thank you so much for calling!"
(Mom, on the background:) " Thanks kid, I set my alarmclock at 5.30 in the morning, to watch the news about the outcome, but now I know it already!"
"Wow, you sound really awake now.."
"We are going to watch the news right now, have fun over there"
Beep..Beep..Beep


Although they didn't talk to me for more than two weeks, they were more excited about the elections than about hearing my voice, pretty impressive.

Also, I found this article on the internet. It is an article from an 'Friese' (a department of The Netherlands) newspaper saying that Obama is in the family tree of a Fries guy. Explaining this by the fact that the name 'Obama' developed out of the name 'Obbema', which is a Dutch name.


Apparently, people are really interested in American politics and and they want to be as close to him as possible. Just think about the influence this election had on people all over the world. It makes you feel thankful you were able to experience this historical moment.

Breathe, it is over and we are fine..

No worries, no excitement about who is going to win anymore, no stress.

It seems like America is taking its time to recover from the time before the elections.

The world realizes how beautiful it is that Martin Luther King's daughter is able to experience this happening. It shows how America changed and how it will be able to change in the coming years.

Living in Austin I feel the relievement of a lot of students that were anxious of the unexpected to happen. But it is over, and after recovering from the stress we had, we are more than ready for 2009!

Obama won the elections

On this very moment I'm bouncing in front of my laptop to let you all know: Barack Obama won the elections!

I'm really excited about it and ready to experience a democratic spark of America starting in 2009, that will be reflected in the whole world.

Election Day

The first thing I realized today when I turned on my laptop was the date: November 4.

Since I am not allowed to vote myself, I would like to encourage everyone to vote.

Tonight is going to be a night that will make history. Be proud to be able to experience this memorable night yourself and be sure you are a part of it by giving your own opinion, by showing your own voice.

Image reading your grandchildren their history books, what are you going to say if they ask who you voted for?

In case you need some re-assurance about who to vote for, please check this site to get to know about the preferences of not only citizens from your own country, but of citizens all over the world.

Taking distance eases decision making.

The earth is breathing

This morning, 9 A.M. I walked outside to make my way to the gym.

I wouldn't call it rain, the drops weren't even tangible, and it lasted for less than five minutes.

Though, have you noticed the smell it created?

The almost asthmatic earth was giving us a sign:

Thanks, I can breath again.

Awkward Halloween hair-cut Mister Busdriver

Dear Mister Busdriver,

Hereby my friends and I would like to apologize about yesterday night.

Being dressed up ourselves made us assume everybody around us was dressed up as well.

Honestly, we couldn't help the fact that we had never seen you before, so that we didn't know your hair looks like Elvis everyday. We just thought we did a pretty good job recognizing the personality you wanted to be for Halloween.

We are sincerely sorry if our remark about your Halloween hair-cut influenced your mood in any way. Actually we thought you did a really good job.

Thank you for your time,

Marloes Lemsom

Halloween: The day after

My expectations were incredibly wrong: I thought people would try to scare me all the time by showing their bloody faces and creepy costumes. Though, they made me laugh. All these people gathered around 6th street yesterday night, they made me laugh.
The way they looked, they way they were dressed, from not even 1 year olds to a 85 years old lady in a wheelchair. I thought it was supposed to be frightful, but all these different kinds of people made my night.