Indonesia, where is it?

just now, watching "Exclusive Interview with Obama" by Putra Nababan @ RCTI..
the interview runs very well, relaxed mode ...


It was quite amusing & touching  to watch how  mr. Obama still remember the Indonesian language, even stated that he wanted his family to know more of how beautiful & diverse indonesia is ... the interview itself gives me the impression that he loves indonesia...



Before entering the White House (too bad, long time ago when i was in Washington DC, the White House was not opened for tourist due to the some renovation) for the Big Interview, Mr. Putra Nababan (let's just say  PN) interviewed several people who pass around in front of the White House ...

This section was put as the introduction  ....
He asked people in random, in various ethnics, various profession, some men some women...
Some of the questions to those people are something like this:
1.  how do you see the work of president obama for his first year?
2.  do you know where indonesia is?
3.  do you know that president obama spent his 4 years of childhood in indonesia?

answering the 2nd questions, most answered in a very confuse mode on...
" indonesia ,,hhhmmmm,, in middle-east???"
" in far-east"
" i honestly don't know where it is"

answering the 3rd questions also the same with some unbelieved or somehow shock mode on...

I did think that with the mr. Obama being a President, maybe the name of Indonesia as a country would be more introduced and known to more Americans, but i guess after all these years, the knowledge of Indonesian country is still not quite widely spread... and really  that's too bad ....


Well, well, well, it surely makes me sad ...
vividly remembered my university time, where only very little people know where indonesia is, yet more americans are familiar to bali ........


Let's put this reality condition as a part of our homework (government or personal) on how to make Indonesia more well-known in the eyes of the world ...Rather than busy organizing demo here n there, might as well, put our time in better use   ....