The local residence of Brisbane, Australia must have been puzzled by a bunch of yellow-clothed people gathering in the rain. It was Bersih 3.0 and the rain had not extinguished the flame of Malaysian patriots. We were there to ask for 8 changes to be made by the government.
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| Kian Wei waiting in the rain. 2012. Canon 550D (special thanks to camera owner Terence Tan). |
一开始，我们只是迷茫的小数人。但不久后，越来越多人从雨中冒出来。
Although the early arrivals were a bit worried about wrong location or people not coming, our number grew larger as more people braved the rain and joined us.
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| Kian Wei, Paul, and Zi Jien in the rain. |
互不认识的大马人，很快便打成一片。
It wasn't long before we started to talk to the fellow Malaysians whom we have never met before.
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| Sam and pal await others. |
很多大马游子拥有不多衣物，但是没有黄衣的人都找来了其他黄色的配件：帽子、寒衣、雨伞、鞋子、传单……
We who travel away from our home country did not carry much clothing, not to mention yellow clothes. But people managed to use other accessories as a substitution: cap, jacket, raincoat, umbrella, shoes, flyers...
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| The yellow cap. |
有些人费了点心思。
Some spend some time to write.
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| Aid of the writing boards. |
然后我们一同站在雨中，分享个别的意见，互相鼓励。发言的人来自各种背景，从专业人士到平民。没有站出来发言的人，也有和身边的国民交谈。
We stood in the rain and shared our opinions. Those who gave speech came from various background, from professional to everyday people. Those who didn't stood out had nevertheless talked to each other and expressed themselves.
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| Journalist Sreedhevi giving speech. |
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| Former poll counter Ming Kang giving speech. |
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| Bersih 3.0 Brisbane organiser Jon-Michael giving speech. |
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| Bersih 3.0 participant Kian Wei giving speech. |
见证着一场历史里程，有种奇妙的感觉。大家偶尔会从电话中查询马来西亚的静坐进展，然后报告给全部认同，然后得到大家的欢呼。当下，我们都希望身处独立广场的国民安然无恙。不知，小孩的脑子，是怎样的感想。
I wonder how an innocent child think about witnessing such a historical event, but I was certainly amazed. People would update each other about the progress of Bersih 3.0 back in Malaysia, and the others would cheer when they heard that everything was going fine - at least that was what we all hoped for.
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| An innocent eyewitness of a historical event. |
拍了大合照后，大家交谈多一下便散了。我想大家都知道，我们的参与只是为了这张照片——证明海外大马子民的支持数量。身在国外，我们所能做到的也只是这个，希望足够。
We called it a day after the group photo session, which would serve as the voice of Malaysians who ventured the other countries. I believe everyone knows, that this is at least what we can do from overseas.
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| Group photo session. |
愿大马的情况良好，愿大马的前途光明。
Let's hope for a better tomorrow for Malaysia.
更多资料 More info & photo: Bersih 3.0 Brisbane Facebook Page
陆续有来： Bersih 3.0 Brisbane 参与者的肖像——每一个人都重要。
Coming soon next: Portraits of the participants of Bersih 3.0 Brisbane - Everyone Counts.
