Obama Effect over University Malaya Students

“Where to eat tonight” is no longer a trendy question for University Malaya students.
Contemporary students are asking, “where to shower tonight is rather important than food.”
However, questioning the crisis of water has evolved due to the visitation of US President Barack Obama, “will Obama brings some water for us to shower?”

So today I proudly told mum that President Obama will come to my University, my mum stop a few seconds and replied, “who is Obama?” I was like… okay, fine, nothing. Hence we can see that, how the popularity effect has cause to our heuristic process of mind thinking.

Admiration to the highly media exposure leader is almost similar with admire to the celebrity star, it is just one person favourite in who and what to adore of. We must always question the reason for why we admire on some popularity, maybe their song, dance or talent. So it works the same way, for those who admires and hope to even peep him a seconds, do they know for what reason Obama come to Malaysia? And why he chose to see the so called future leader from South-East Asean?

Obviously the future of a country is decided in so called future leader hands, as if the future leader couldn’t get rid from the admiration to famous idol, when someday these leaders has become the country important decision makers, so it will be the time for Obama to show his influences on these leader. It is how the human heuristic mindset’s work, a higher popularity leader must be good even best! The after effect of admiration will make people losing their conscious and reasoning in making decision, yet we should be careful.

On the other sides, there is another group of students are ready to protest in front of the University Malaya gate when Obama is reaching. Maybe many of us will say, why are these students so free to protest this and that, however for them, they’re those who are really in consent to the future of the country, just refer to Japan, for why, Japan not completely signing the TPPA agreement when Obama just visited to Japan last few days? It was the clearly motive we can see for why Obama visit to few Asean countries, to cooperate with some Asean countries in boasting both country economy.

Thus for those so called future leader, don’t easily get your eyes blinded when the social media are worshiping the goodness of Obama, stay conscious on the words but not his popularity. For those who are still admiring so much and hope to peep president, please think twice of the reason for you to adore, but not just solely fascinated by popularity.

Anyway, one obvious changes has Obama brings to University Malaya was a new path for jogger to jog in UM(which mean the road for cars which not much benefits the student), that’s all.

It slightly proved that the question asked by the attendance was disappointed again with those pre-arranged question or it really think by what so called "future leader" that have been selected.