How do I vote? Part 1

I have been a registered voter in Malaysia ever since I was eligible to vote. I have voted once, but missed voting at the last election because I was too late to register myself as an absentee voter. I strongly believe that having a vote is a privilege that should be exercised, even though the pickings are slim. So last week, I called up the high commission to get the necessary forms. Received them today. As I was filling the forms up, I noticed that they required a witness to attest that I am not some random foreigner seeking to vote in the Malaysian elections. No problem I thought. I would just get a neighbour. Wrong! It has to be a Malaysian citizen over 21 years of age. So does the Election Commission assume that all Malaysians travel in pairs? All Malaysians, the minute they land on foreign shores, seek out other Malaysians? Or that they live within a 100 mile radius of the high commission? I have been advised to look for a Malaysian to act as witness. The only Malaysians I know here, all 3 of them, my dry cleaners and an old school friend, gave up their citizenship ages ago (I am beginning to understand why). What do they expect me to do? Stake out the nearest Malaysian resto and accost someone? Even if I do find some random Malaysian strolling down Yonge and Eglinton, the Election Commission does not guarantee that I will be registered regardless of their receiving and approving the form (as stated on the form itself). I have to check the register itself and in the event I find that I am not registered, I am to refer to the Pejabat Pilihan Raya Negeri. Seriously, do they not understand the concept of ABSENTEE VOTER?? Why the hell make me do all this if I cant even be sure I will be registered?? So I have come to the conclusion..the only absentee voters that seem to be able to vote are the dead ones.