MyIndo.com's Podcast Interview with Radio Singapore international

Fairy's interview ...

That one fateful day in July, I received an email from JaF, also known as Rane Hafied. Rane is a radio disc jockey for Radio Singapore international (RSi) who produces exclusively Indonesian content for it. He explained to me that he wanted to feature MyIndo.com on a segment called Pranala (meaning "hyperlink" in Bahasa Indonesia). I was excited about the prospect so I happily agreed to take his call.

Rane called me a few days later and we talked about how I started MyIndo.com and the story behind its existence. We ended up chatting for a good half hour as we were carried away by talks of Malaysian and Indonesian cultural differences, as I often do in these types of encounters with fellow Indonesians. He also bashfully admitted to not having the opportunity to visit Kuala Lumpur yet, despite being located only a few hours away in Singapore for the past 9 years. Rane, you must come visit. ;)

After the telephone recording, Rane took about a week to prepare and edit our conversation as it is only supposed to last 10 minutes on air. Finally on 11 July 2007, I became a humble little audio snippet on RSi. Terima kasih Rane!

You may listen to the interview using the little MP3 widget embedded on this page - just click the play button and the podcast will start streaming. The entire conversation is in Bahasa Malaysia (me) and Bahasa Indonesia (Rane). I intended to transcribe the interview into English, but I think that will be left for another day when I have more leisure time.

Happy listening. :)

(Fairy Mahdzan | 9 September 2007)

External links:
Pranala: MyIndo.com, Situs tentang budaya populer Indonesia
Rane Hafied's personal website

MyIndo.com in other media:
Antara
Caraka
TheJakartaPost
Wikipedia

Readers' Comments: 16 entries

#16	Fairy	28-Dec-2007, 16:57 MYT
I found these links on RSi/Mediacorp website, another version of the interview with Rane as presented by Lendra Putra, complete with transcript. I suspect this was presented for the Malay section of Radio Singapore. Part 1 - Link Part 2 - Link

#15	Fairy	17-Nov-2007, 10:41 MYT
Hi ANDI salam kenal juga. Saya akan ambil pertimbangan atas cadangan anda, tapi topiknya berat ya, menulis tentang tokoh kerajaan? ACIDSOUL: Kalau boleh jumpa restoran Indonesia di KL dan kawasan sewaktunya, insyaallah mereka jual teh botol. Saya tau di kawasan Chow Kit ada jual.

#14	andi	16-Nov-2007, 17:41 MYT
Fairy salam kenal yah, aku cuma mau bilang kalo kamu tuh hebat, pintar terbukti dengan tulisan2, artikel2 maupun ulasan2 kamu tentang Indonesia dari segala perspective.Actually , I also like your country and everything about Malaysia. Fai boleh dong kamu menulis tentang kerajaan di Malaysia yang saya tahu ada hubungan darah/garis keturunan dengan kerajaan di Bugis (one of the biggest etnic in South of Sulawesi). Your vice of Prime Ministry has said that when he visited Makassar last month coz belaiu sendiri adalah keturunan bugis. Demikian fai, nice tobe one of your friend in Jakarta

#13	aCidSoul	10-Nov-2007, 04:27 MYT
huhu....cam true indon je cik fairy neh.... teh botol tu kat sini pon de arr...xpenah jumpe ke? ermmm....tapi bab kamus tu ok what...not bad arr...at least dpt gak tau slang indo n mesia ni....gud luck klu bleh explore arr culture sini skali pastu compare ngn indo...bleh tambah knowledge... pe pon gud jobs.....adios

#12	Fairy	7-Oct-2007, 14:11 MYT
LISSY: Jaim in Malay slang: Control ayu (for girls), Control macho (for boys).

#11	Lissy	7-Oct-2007, 00:54 MYT
mbak fai, JAIM in bahasa melayu apa yah itu? i couldn't catch it but i laughed anyway, hahahah.

#10	Fairy	21-Sep-2007, 17:28 MYT
HANNA: Duh, jadi pressured ni. Saya sebenarnya lebih rindu tulis tentang sambutan Ramadhan di Malaysia. Dulu saya pernah terfikir nak buat satu perbandingan cara orang Malaysia & Indonesia menyambut Hari Raya... Hmm.

#9	Hanna	21-Sep-2007, 10:59 MYT
I agree with Mr. Dj, Fay harus nulis buku bout Indonesia.. dari kaca mata Fairy memandangkan skrg dah masuk bulan Ramadhan why not write something about cara masyarakat Indonesia menyambut Ramadhan or Lebaran..must be interesting kan...

#8	Fairy	14-Sep-2007, 09:48 MYT
Thanks, raiana, very sweet of you. I too hope that I can continue to write for MyIndo.com and share my stories. Selamat berpuasa juga!

#7	raiana	13-Sep-2007, 21:19 MYT
fairy,,,,, ....hope "myindo.com" will be have more "happening" in this years. thanks fairy...for your telented.... go.myindo .lastly..."selamat berpuasa for members in indonesia and malaysia"

#6	Fairy	10-Sep-2007, 09:52 MYT
SUPERGAY: Thanks, dude. MASINDI: Haha! This is the first time I've been likened to a "Betawi chick!" I think Betawi sounds vastly different from Malay lah. RANE: No, no, thank YOU. Without you none of this was possible. And yes yes, original teh botol is the best deh.

#5	Masindi - Website	10-Sep-2007, 08:28 MYT
You sound like a Betawi chick!

#4	Rane - Website	9-Sep-2007, 22:35 MYT
Thank you for the article. You're the best, Fairy Yes.. teh botol now comes in various flavour. But personally, the original teh botol is still the best in the world! hehe

#3	SuperGay	9-Sep-2007, 21:45 MYT
Fairy: Congratz Rini : Kayaknya Teh Botol tetep yang paling enak dech. Rasanya gimana gitu

#2	Fairy	9-Sep-2007, 20:41 MYT
Hi RINI, thanks for listening to the podcast. Yes I am now aware that there are other flavors of tea in Indonesia. Personally, I also like the flavors Lychee and Blackcurrent of Fruitea.

#1	Rini - Website	3-Aug-2007, 14:39 MYT
Hello Fairy, i'm indo, nice to meet U here, i listened to Ur interview with radio Singapore lastnight, coba rasa lain teh botol indonesia.. ada fruitTea, Tekita, freshTea, etc.. hihihi!! not only Teh Sosro..

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