Benigno Aquino III, also known as Noynoy Aquino, was elected as the President of the Republic of the Philippines recently. He is the son of the former president Corazon Aquino and former senator Benigno Aquino, Jr. If I was in the Philippines during the latest election, I would have voted for him. Unfortunately, I don’t know how I could vote from abroad. Hopefully during his presidency, the Philippines will change for the better. I may live thousands of miles away from home but during the height of the election campaign, I was quite aware of many of the issues that were being debated.

Thanks to the advent of the internet, it is easy for me to keep track of what is going on back home. I can have video conversations with my family there in the Philippines and chat with my new niece in Germany as well. It is not quite like being there in person but it is the next best thing. I would be lost and lonely without it.