Date: 31 January 2008.
Location: Mediacorp's Caldecott Broadcast Centre, Andrew Road, Singapore.
It was just a normal and usual day in the office when I received an e-mail from
Renatha, one of my
fellow moderators of the
Indo-Sing mailing list, asked me to join a forum interview by
Radio Singapore International (RSI), the
Indonesian section, with regards to Indonesians living in Singapore.
He said that
Handoko, another our fellow Indo-Sing moderator, was supposed to join but he couldn't make it, so he asked me to cover for him. Other people who are invited to join the forum were
Sigit, an Indo-Sing mailing list user,
Hany and
Ellen, Indo-Sing mailing list users and
IndoSing-Mums mailing list moderators, and another one which was not yet decided.
Earlier, Renatha asked Andre, Dedhi, dan
Ikhsan, three of some active Indo-Sing mailing list users, to also join the forum, but they were not able to make it. Therefore, we decided to invite
Judhi, one of the moderators for the
IMAS mailing list, to also join the forum, and fortunately he's able to join. So there would be representatives from three Indonesian communities in Singapore, namely Indo-Sing, IndoSing-Mums and IMAS.
Efika Rosemarie (Fika) is the RSI's presenter who interviewed us. She said that it was supposed to be
Rane's show, but now Rane is being posted in Indonesia for six months, as RSI's correspondent in Indonesia. We had a
pre-interview meeting on 29 January 2007, located at Hany's residence in Braddell, Toa Payoh, for Fika to brief us on what the programme is all about, and how we were going to conduct the forum discussion.
During the briefing, we were also brainstorming on what topics we would be discussing on the interview forum. There were three topics being discussed during the interview, and each topic was being discussed in a 30-minute duration. Fika suggested "working in Singapore" and "mailing lists for Indonesian communities in Singapore" as the two topics that we would be discussing, and for the third discussion, the topic would be "how long we would continue to stay in Singapore and whether we would be back to Indonesia later". Quite interesting topics to discuss. :)
Unfortunately,
Ellen's daughter was admitted to hospital, so Ellen was not able to join both the pre-interview meeting and the interview itself. So there were five of us: myself, Renatha, Sigit, Hany and Judhi attended the forum interview.
The interview itself was conducted last night at
Mediacorp's Caldecott Broadcast Centre at Andrew Road. This is not my first experience in attending interview by RSI, I have been there before to
attend an interview session with Rane. However, this is my first experience of a forum interview session with my friends, discussing about familiar topics that we all know very well. It was really, really, really fun!!! :)
Furthermore, Fika allowed us to take pictures prior, after and even *during* the interview session, and being narcisst photographers, Judhi, Hany and myself took our pictures during the whole event. :) :)
Similar to my interviews last time, it was not a live programme. It's recorded and I will update again on the exact time when the programme will be aired so that all of you can hear us on the radio. :) Unfortunately, being an international radio in Singapore, the programme cannot be heard in Singapore using the normal radio, since it's being broadcasted
through the short-wave (SW) frequency which can only be received outside Singapore. Listeners in Indonesia can also hear RSI programme through some local radio stations which
list can be found here. For those in Singapore, you can still hear it via the Internet, either via streaming or podcast. I'll update you again when they become available.
Update on 4 February 2007, 6:15pm: Fika has updated us that the FORUM talk show will be broadcasted by RSI Indonesia every Monday night at 9:35pm Singapore time (or 8:35pm Western Indonesian Time), starting from 18 February 2008 until 14 April 2008.
There are three topics to be discussed and each topic will be divided into three time slots. Thus, the whole interview will be broadcasted in a span of 9 weeks. The broadcast can be listened through RSI Indonesia's live streaming as well as its podcast, which will be available during and after the broadcast.
Related links:
RSI Pre-Interview Briefing and MeetingSuatu Malam di RSIRSI Interview at MediaCorpRekaman di RSIFORUM bersama para anggota komunitas Indonesia di Singapura
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