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Obama’s Indonesian Dazzles at State Dept

ABC News’ Kirit Radia Reports: As President Obama worked the rope-line at the State Department Thursday, a State Department staffer named Charles Silver, knowing the President once lived in Indonesia, shouted out, “good afternoon” in the local language.

Obama responded back in what Silver later told ABC News was “very good” Bahasa Indonesian. The two then chatted briefly about the neighborhood Obama once lived in.

And this is interesting quote from him:

When the staffer asked if Obama had lived in the Jakarta neighborhood where embassy staffers live, Obama replied that was for rich people, and he lived in another neighborhood with a similar name, one that Silver said is where the “real people” live.

For your knowledge, Menteng, the place where embassy staffers live is known for the place of rich people of Jakarta lived, like former president Soeharto’s family, while Obama lived in Menteng Dalam, similar name but very different place where ordinary people lived there.

via @rifie

Read original post at http://arifwidi.com/2009/01/22/obama-caught-speak-indonesian

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