The story of the 106-year-oldĀ Virginia McLaurin turning a White House Visit into a dance party has taken the Internet by storm.
[fvplayer src=”http://youtube.com/watch?v=ceSCqpG9Z_Q”]Mrs McLaurin said she was very happy to meet the United States’ first black president and his ā€œblackā€ wife, all while holding Obama and Michelleā€™s hands. Unable to contain her excitement Mrs McLaurin held her arms in the air and danced excitedly when introduced to the American President and First Lady.
A video posted of the 106-year-old’s visit to the White House shows Ms McLaurin tell Mr Obama, ā€œItā€™s an honourā€ before eagerly making her way over to Mrs Obama, prompting the President to tell her ā€œslow down now, donā€™t go too quick, sheā€™s 106!ā€
The Obamas, then danced away with Ms McLaurin before she told the 54-year-old: ā€œI thought I would never get in the White House.”
It’s so heartwarming to see an elderly woman dance away with the a man who holds the highest office in that land.
What about in Singapore? Has our Prime Minister ever had such a moment with the older folks here?
A Google search of words ‘Lee Hsien Loong + elderly woman‘Ā shows that there were a few times when our PM has had warm moments with older people.
Like this:
samsui womanWhere he met a 87-year-old samsui woman.
And all of these on Google Images:
LHLoldwomanSure it’s not quite waltzing like the Obamas, but it’s way better than Najib Razak.
A Google search of words ‘Najib Razak + elderly woman‘ shows nothing much. But one particular picture among the many searched images, stood out.
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