Warning: Non-mandarin speakers might not understand this

Take a GOOD look at this vid:






Finish it?



Understand what it meant? (Ok sorry for those who do not understand Mandarin but this is basically about Taiwan, and Ma Ying-jeou, and the presidential elections that has just ended last week.)



It is DAMN powerful (to me)



I had no idea the message in that commercial is THIS strong. It was encouraging the people to vote for this guy, called Ma (horses are around that ad for you to guess), and he is encouraging the voters to get their ass off to vote. Yea!! The power of advertisements and commercialism!



Not surprisingly, he won. The new president of Taiwan.



But, he didn't invite any of the mayors and district officers from Tainan, comprising of Kaohsiung and the like. Although I think he did not because Tainan was a very strong territory of the Democratic Progressive Party, comprising of the ex-President Chen Shui Bian. Although it will have a better chance at portraying a balanced image of all supporters from all areas instead of the ones already belonging to him.



The political wind sure is strong blowing in so many parts of the world. Starting from Australia (Kevin Rudd), Pakistan (Pakistan People's Party by the late Benazir Bhutto), Malaysia (Start working PKR+DAP+PAS coalition government =.=), China (Okay, I will not go into the insights of the unrest in Tibet, even though I'd like to see them wring free of the country), and now, Taiwan. (evil corrupt bastards going down!)



I bet half of why it won was contributed to the media. And unlike Malaysian mainstream media, their balanced reporting was obviously not a joke. Unlike our stupid one-sided coverage which turns people off, They frequently organised forums to discuss about Taiwan's issues (at one point they were even discussing on the evolution of the word "LP". wtf??? Serious, I was a TVBS fanatic.)



But potilicial associations aside, this one video clip, if it wasn't for its associations with KuoMinTang, it would have been a powerful clip to call for the voters to vote. And it was true to the word, I'm not sure what kind of promises do they have for Taiwan, but they do make a very good impression.

And that's all they need to convince voters don't they?

Well, we'll see.

But just enjoy the video for the moment =D.

(Sorry, this was supposed to be a post straightaway after the presidential elections, but got my mood destroyed halfway blogging it. So it was delayed till now.)