This is me at a McDonald's in Thamrin-Jakarta which had a screening contraption installed right at the entrance. Authorities were taking precautions against idiots who have nothing else better to do but bomb American franchises in the city (as occured in Makassar just after Hari Raya 2002)
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Pemilu 2004: Indonesians in KL Cast Their Votes
by Farah 'Fairy' Mahdzan (22-Sep-2004) | Readers Say

Monday (20/9/04) marked a special day for Indonesia as the nation held its first ever democratic presidential elections. While millions of votes were being collected in their homeland, Indonesians working and studying in Malaysia did not want to miss this golden opportunity to freely choose their future leader and visited the embassy in Kuala Lumpur to voice their choices.

I was invited by an embassy officer at Kedutaan Besar Republik Indonesia (KBRI) to observe this Indonesian presidential election exercise in Kuala Lumpur. Purposely wanting to avoid the swarm of reporters who were scheduled to come during the morning press conference, I waited till after lunch before making my approach.

Armed with two friends from Jakarta and my camera, I took a stroll down Jalan Tun Abdul Razak to capture the ambience of the truly democratic election.

Predictably, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) won the most votes in Malaysia, as in most areas in Indonesia. Will Ibu Megawati not stay? We shall have to wait and see.


Click here for more photos from the Indonesian election exercise at KL's embassy

Enter the photo essay.


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#8. IM: Iya saya cuti2 Malaysia hari Senin.

DEMIZ: Iya pertama kali juga nih aku coba bawa ke hadapan isu politik di MyIndo.com. No wonder sambutannya kurang ngeh alias tidak hangat (liat aja comment board ini yang sepi)! But it's part of my observation of Indonesia sekalian kasi orang bukan Indo gimana proses voting Indonesia.

Semoga Indonesia mendapat presiden baru yang lebih bisa memimpin and bring Indonesia back to life.
Posted by Fairy on 24-Sep-2004, 20:31 MYT

#7. Fai, gue kira political issues tidak diperkenankan di sini hehehe b'canda, btw Fai can i call you as an Indonesianist ? a pop culture Indonesianist ? I'm proud to you Fai, well done !
Posted by Demiz on 24-Sep-2004, 20:16 MYT

#6. ish ish ... apa kata cik fai keje as jurnalis je. siapa sokong.. SAYA!!! . Last monday coti2 malaysia ke cik fai?
Posted by im on 24-Sep-2004, 13:35 MYT

#5. The session starts at 7 and ends at 13 (CMIIW). Dalam menyoblos tiga kali berturut2 ini, gwe nyoblosnya jam 12an terus, padahal TPSnya tepat di depan rumah! hahahaha Ngga pernah kepikiran kalo nyoblos bisa semenarik itu
Posted by Adh3 - Website   on 22-Sep-2004, 21:05 MYT

#4. as usual your pictures are great! kalok ga nyoblos seperti kamu bisa pake ink juga ya?
Posted by dusyum - Website   on 22-Sep-2004, 14:06 MYT

#3. wah hebat orang indo di malaysia ternyata juga boleh pake KTP nasional ya..kirain cuman gue doank yang punya!
pasti yang megang KTP itu juga orang daerah kaya gue,jangan2 satu kampung lagi huaaaahhhh!
Posted by ryan - Website   on 22-Sep-2004, 12:01 MYT

#2. Ah dasar orang gila. Kalau gue nyoblos juga ga laku, bukan WNI, percuma!

Posted by Fairy on 22-Sep-2004, 11:59 MYT

#1. heheeh gue yang pertama kasih koment,
sepertinya nyoblos di malaysia nya sepi banget,pasti banyak orang indo di malaysia yang kagak nyobloss!! (kaya gue nyoblos aja) hihihi

eh itu koq ada pake intel dan pak polisi aja tuh mbak fay?kaya mau masuk mall di jakarta aja pasca bom kedubes aussie
cewe yang lagi senyum manis juga tuh,kenalin donk? hihi

mbak fay pasti kagak nyoblos deh,hayoooo ngakuuuuu!!
Posted by ryan - Website   on 22-Sep-2004, 11:57 MYT

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