Life in Jakarta for an American living as I am is often more frustrating than you could possible imagine. Many things are not just different, but in many ways completely backwards from life as I normally know it…. Add to this, attempting to do this at the local salary level and not that of a normal American Ex Pat l, it makes for a very hard life at times…
It is really a pity...you like most other americans just can't see what is happening.... Read 1984....Orwell has a very good description.... Peace my friend.... an Ex Pat.
Step outside the trailer park my friend.... >> the complete errosion of personal [] freedoms we cherish so much Your glorious right has caused more loss of personal freedom than I could ever have imagined....
It finally dawned on me the other day just what Indonesia is.... In a word, it is basically a cheap copy! Let me explain. To understand, you'd really have to spend some time here, but I'll do the best I can to shed some light into why I have come to this conclusion. For awhile, when I first moved here, I spent a bit of time at a local Caf
A wonderful piece of film...
Many people ask me why I did it. Why I left the states to live in a third world country. At third word pay. As I watch the old man squat by the side of the street, washing the plate he will soon serve me my Kwea Tau Korging on, I have to pause and ask myself the same question, yet, strangely, while I know the sanitation may leave a lot to be desired, hi
>> So I would retract that statement and apologize to Jill and her spouse. ...forgive me, but I just can't seem to bring myself to apologies to a man that sees it as some badge of honor that his wife do ALL the work around the house even if he IS self employeed.....heck..I myself am self employeed...and *I* managed to somehow find the time to also help my wife around the house....after all...I live there also! See...fact i
Today's story I'll call "Violating Rule Number One for Living in a Foreign Country" When I moved to live in Italy, I created a set of rules for living that helped me to survive...the first of which went something like "When getting involved with a local girl that does not speak your language, make sure she does not have a boy friend as big as
ahhh...head cheese...now your making a souther boy feel homesick Squab...yes...but this my friend was....pidgeon! The word "Squab" raises pictures of farm raised pidgeon raised for the purposes of eatting..."pidgeon" in turn raises pictures of filthy birds stealing bread crubs off the side of the street
Wow! To lead such a life that *this* is a MAJOR concern to you? Dude...come out here and live a week where I do....your whole additude on life, litter, smoking will undergo a RADICAL change.... One, that from the sounds of it, could use some radical changing..... >> I would do anything to turn them in. Humm...life mission? >> But what police officer in the world, or in our metro area, would take this case?<
Food in Jakarta is one of the wonders of living here, and one of the things that allows me to keep my sanity! The other day, a friend from the office was helping m find a place to stay, and as the evening wore on, it was time to have dinner. The people at my office have taken it upon themselves to "introduce" me to the varied and strange food offerin
My husband and I agreed quite openly that if I am to stay home full time that I am to take care of pretty much everything around the house wow...now where I agree with you that a home-maker is as valued and important as spouses that work outside of the home, I find this comment very hard to take.....<br
Thanks for the comment...but please, until I have the chance to learn Indonesian respond in English! I had to get someone from the office to tell me what you wrote! Jac
Good Morning! I guess I need to start my blog with a bit of an explanation. See, I'm an American ExPat now living and working in Indonesia...but with a twist. I'm doing it on a local Indonesian salary! Let me clarify...most Americans working here come here because the local economy is SO low, that when making a normal ExPat salary they can live l
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