50 Hal Menarik Mengenai Barack Obama
• He collects Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian comics
• He was known as "O'Bomber" at high school for his skill at basketball
• His name means "one who is blessed" in Swahili
• His favourite meal is wife Michelle's shrimp linguini
• He won a Grammy in 2006 for the audio version of his memoir, Dreams From My Father
• He is left-handed – the sixth post-war president to be left-handed
• He has read every Harry Potter book
• He owns a set of red boxing gloves autographed by Muhammad Ali
• He worked in a Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop as a teenager and now can't stand ice cream
• His favourite snacks are chocolate-peanut protein bars
• He ate dog meat, snake meat, and roasted grasshopper while living in Indonesia
• He can speak Spanish
• While on the campaign trail he refused to watch CNN and had sports channels on instead
• His favourite drink is black forest berry iced tea
• He promised Michelle he would quit smoking before running for president – he didn't
• He kept a pet ape called Tata while in Indonesia
• He can bench press an impressive 200lbs
• He was known as Barry until university when he asked to be addressed by his full name
• His favourite book is Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
• He visited Wokingham, Berks, in 1996 for the stag party of his half-sister's fiancé, but left when a stripper arrived
• His desk in his Senate office once belonged to Robert Kennedy
• He and Michelle made $4.2 million (£2.7 million) last year, with much coming from sales of his books
• His favourite films are Casablanca and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
• He carries a tiny Madonna and child statue and a bracelet belonging to a soldier in Iraq for good luck
• He applied to appear in a black pin-up calendar while at Harvard but was rejected by the all-female committee.
• His favourite music includes Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Bach and The Fugees
• He took Michelle to see the Spike Lee film Do The Right Thing on their first date
• He enjoys playing Scrabble and poker
• He doesn't drink coffee and rarely drinks alcohol
• He would have liked to have been an architect if he were not a politician
• As a teenager he took drugs including marijuana and cocaine
• His daughters' ambitions are to go to Yale before becoming an actress (Malia, 10) and to sing and dance (Sasha, 7)
• He hates the youth trend for trousers which sag beneath the backside
• He repaid his student loan only four years ago after signing his book deal
• His house in Chicago has four fire places
• Daughter Malia's godmother is Jesse Jackson's daughter Santita
• He says his worst habit is constantly checking his BlackBerry
• He uses an Apple Mac laptop
• He drives a Ford Escape Hybrid, having ditched his gas-guzzling Chrysler 300
• He wears $1,500 (£952) Hart Schaffner Marx suits
• He owns four identical pairs of black size 11 shoes
• He has his hair cut once a week by his Chicago barber, Zariff, who charges $21 (£13)
• His favourite fictional television programmes are Mash and The Wire
• He was given the code name "Renegade" by his Secret Service handlers
• He was nicknamed "Bar" by his late grandmother
• He plans to install a basketball court in the White House grounds
• His favourite artist is Pablo Picasso
• His speciality as a cook is chilli
• He has said many of his friends in Indonesia were "street urchins"
• He keeps on his desk a carving of a wooden hand holding an egg, a Kenyan symbol of the fragility of life
• His late father was a senior economist for the Kenyan government
Berikut adalah 50 hal menarik tentang Barack Obama yang ditulis oleh Jon Swaine, wartawan Telegraph :
1.Memiliki koleksi komik “Spider-Man” dan “Conan the Barbarian”.
2.Dikenali sebagai “O’Bomber” ketika Sekolah Menengah kerana jaguh basket.
3.Namanya berarti “orang yang diberkati” dalam bahasa Swahili.
4.Hidangan kegemarannya adalah linguini udang buatan istrinya, Michelle.
5.Meraih Grammy tahun 2006 untuk kategori versi audio bukunya, “Dreams From My Father”.
6.Dia adalah presiden kidal ke-6 pasca perang.
7.Telah membaca semua buku Harry Potter.
8.Memiliki satu set sarung tinju merah bertanda tangan Muhammad Ali.
9.Saat remaja bekerja di kedai ais krim Baskin-Robbins tapi sekarang tidak suka makan ais krim.
10.Makan kesukaannya adalah batang coklat-kacang penuh protein.
11.Boleh berbahasa Sepanyol.
12.Ketika kempen tidak mahu menonton CNN dan memilih saluran sukan.
13.Minuman kesukaannya adalah “black forest berry iced tea”.
14.Berjanji pada Michelle akan berhenti merokok sebelum kempen.
15.Dikenali sebagai Barry hingga saat di universiti, dia diminta menuliskan nama panjangnya.
16.Buku kegemarannya adalah Moby-Dick karya Herman Melville.
17.Berkunjung ke Wokingham, Berks, tahun 1996 untuk menghadiri pesta yang diselenggarakan tunang saudara perempuan satu ayah, tapi dia pergi ketika penari telanjang tiba.
18.Mejanya di pejabat Senat pernah digunakan Robert Kennedy.
19.Bersama istrinya, Michelle, memperolehi 4.2 juta dolar, sebagian besar adalah hasil penjualan bukunya.
20.Film kesukaannya adalah Casablanca dan One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
21.Dia menyimpan patung kecil Bunda Maria dan Rantai milik seorang tentera di Iraq.
22.Melamar untuk menjadi model kalender kampus ketika di Harvard tapi ditolak oleh jurinya yang semuanya perempuan.
23.Muzik kegemarannya antara lain Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Bach dan The Fugees.
24.pertama kali menonton wayang dengan Michelle adalah untuk film “Do The Right Thing” karya Spike Lee.
25.Suka bermain scrabble dan poker.
26.Tidak minum kopi dan jarang minum alkohol.
27.Kalau tidak jadi ahli politik kemungkinan menjadi arkitek.
28.Ketika remaja pernah terlibat dengan marijuana dan kokain.
29.Anak perempuannya bercita-cita bersekolah di Yale lalu menjadi aktres (Malia, 10) . Anaknya yang lain, Sasha (7) ingin jadi penyanyi dan penari.
30.Tidak suka trend anak muda yang memakai seluar panjang berjela.
31.Baru melunasi hutang biaya kuliahnya empat tahun lalu setelah menerbitkan buku.
32.Rumahnya di Chicago punya empat tungku perapian.
33.Orang tua baptis anakya, Malia, adalah Santita, anak tokoh politik berkulit hitam, Jesse Jackson.
34.Mengaku punya kebiasaan paling buruk yaitu selalu memeriksa BlackBerry-nya.
35.Menggunakan laptop Apple Mac.
36.Menggunakan kereta Ford Escape Hybrid setelah meninggalkan Chrysler 300 yang boros bahan bakar.
37.Memiliki pakaian Hart Schaffner Marx berharga 1500 dolar.
38.Gunting rambut sekali di Chicago oleh pencukur Zariff yang kosnya 21 dolar.
39.Fiksyen kesukaannya di TV adalah Mash dan The Wire.
40.Nama kodnya di Secret Service (pengawal presiden) adalah “Renegade”.
41.Julukan dari mendiang neneknya adalah “Bar”.
42.Merancang membuat lapangan basket di Gedung Putih.
43.Seniman kegemarannya adalah Pablo Picasso.
44.Di mejanya ada ukiran kayu berupa tangan memegang telur.Lambang itu di Kenya berarti hidup adalah rapuh.
45.Mendiang ayahnya adalah ahli ekonomi senior untuk kerajaan Kenya.
46.Kuat mengangkat barbel 200lbs.
47.Ketika di Indonesia banyak temannya adalah “street urchins” (anak-anak yang lebih banyak di luar rumah).
48.Ketika tinggal di Indonesia memelihara monyet bernama Tata.
49. Pernah makan daging anjing, ular, dan belalang bakar ketika di Indonesia.
50.Memiliki empat pasang kasut hitam ukuran 11 yang sama jenis.
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