And you thought we Filipinos are the only ones keenly observing the US Presidential elections? Well you’ll be surprised because around the world, Americans are celebrating their liberty and freedom to choose their next President wherever they are in the globe. Hours before the final results are in, AFP, Reuters, Getty and AP captured all over the world the sights, scenes and sounds of the revelry and joy of American citizens as they vote for their own bet on the Presidency across the Atlantic and pacific, away from their homeland. seeing the pictures, I can’t seem to help my admiration over the democracy that US Citizens are having. I am grateful (at least) for the democracy that the Americans gave us during their short colonization of our country. I am only resentful that we did not cherish and improved that democracy given to us. Notice the difference between their elections from ours.

a US Citizen votes in US absentee voting in Paris, France

A woman watches the results in Radisson Hotel in Vienna, Austria

Ecstatic American in front of a wide screen in Athens, Greece

Greco-american celebrates US elections in Athens, Greece

Americans wait in absentee voting in Barcelona, Spain

Sichuan province, in Beijing, China

A send off for Obama at election night in Berlin, Germany

A student carries a plackard which reads “Obama for Chancellor” in Hamburg, Germany

Ambassador Charles English hosts Election Night in Sarajevo

An elderly bought the day’s newspaper in Taiwan

Deutche Telekom in Germany

Americans dance it off in Geneva, Switzerland

Democrats Abroad Leader in India Mar Sauvage, attended a blessing for Obama at an Indian Temple in New Delhi, India

Indonesians monitor the results in Jakarta, Indonesia

Americans in Leicester Square, London watch the results

Spanish Meztizas chins up as they watch the results in Madrid, Spain

Americans vote in Mexico City, Mexico

Pub owner watch the results in a pub in Limerick, Ireland

Koreans monitor the US elections in a bar in Seoul, South Korea

American Turks pose at an Obama Cut Out in Ankara, Turkey

Absentee voters in Berlin, Germany

Dressed for liberty in US embassy in London, UK

Germans watch results in a wide screen telecast

A woman posts an Obama poster in Tel Aviv during the Election

A man dressed for the Elections in Sydney, Australia

South Korean Students gaze at Obama’s Cut out in Seoul, South Korea

Italians do better posing with a McCain Cut-out at La Banque in Milan, Italy

A Japanese town called “Obama” sells Obama items during Election day in Obama, Japan

Italian Craftsman shows off a figurine of Obama, McCain and Clinton during the eve of the US Elections

Soldiers vote at Pristina, in Kosovo

US Soldiers watch the developments in Kunar Province in Afghanistan

and of course, Americans in the Philippine soil celebrates Obama’s Predicted Win in suburban Manila, Philippines

If only the Philippine election would have be like the US Elections, meaning, no killing, no political bitterness, no political dynasties, no vote buying, no peddling, no cheating, no lies, no annoying posters, no banners, just plain ol’ expression of democracy in a bilateral party election, then everyone in the Philippines would go out and vote. May magbago kaya sa 2010 Philippine election? Ipapauputol ko daliri ko pag meron!!!

Whoever wins, may it be Obama or McCain, Godbless America, the Guardian of Democracy all over the world.

(Photos from Getty Images, AFP, Associated Press and Reuters. Text Captions by Bluepanjeet)