Obama speech, and countless standing ovation and applauses

First time I heard President Obama speaking, couple notes

- His speech is quite easy to understand, direct to the points, somewhat blend with ordinary words, but addressed to the nation indeed

- Standing up every time Obama finished a sentence :( must've been like 50+ times, especially the madame speaker. And 100+ rounds of applauses

- Capital Hill seemed like Hollywood last night, when even senators and company lined up to get good positions to shake Obama's hand during entry, and autographs upon his departure.
Wow, have they not seen a president before? ;-)

http://247wallst.com/2009/02/25/obama-address-a-road-map-without-gps/

January 20, 2009 - Historical Day for Barack Obama, and Jerry

Mark this day on the calendar, January 20, 2009

• Barack Obama 2009 Presidential Inauguration, with record coverage, record crowd, and a sense of hope for a brighter future. Sounds a bit like 馬英九 in March 2008 for Taiwan. I didn't watch it online at work though, but PVR'ed it at home, and also sees it on BitTorrent

• Bank of Canada lowers overnight rate target by 1/2 percentage point to 1 per cent, saving me a few thounsands on the mortgage especially considering all banks follow suit with 0.50% drop in bank's prime rate

• Jerry Hung, myself, successfully passed my 3 months probation at the new job, and now I am a bit safer and stuck here :)

• This is not really historical in anyway, but I got myself a MSI Wind U100 netbook - MSI Wind 10" Mini Laptop (1.6 GHz Intel Atom Processor, 1 GB RAM, 80 GB Hard Drive, XP Home, 3 Cell Battery) Black. Let's see what the fuzz is all about