I stumbled on this young kid playing video games while waiting for VISA photos in a local copy shop. My discovery was so good I had to share. Picture it with me: I'm in an obscure, tiny shop in Asia away from everything American and familiar. A kid, who I am assuming is the shop owner's offspring, is intensely playing computer games on an unused desktop. His activity is not surprising in the least, considering that video games are becoming a normal part of childhood in this culture. It took me a few minutes to notice, though, that he was not playing just any Asian video game- but he was in the battle of OUR nation's time- Hilary vs. Obama.
There they were- two of our most well-known politicians- introduced to my young Asian friend as opposing forces in a paintball shoot out in the White House corridors. The whole experience was so out of place for me, I had to document it. Oh, and naturally, he was Obama.
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