Archive for the ‘Being Expat’ Category
Long-Distance Friendships
“Look at us,” said Ecky on one of her texts to me, “We’re miles away apart but here we are, talking about crushed chili!”. I laughed when reading her text but realised how bizarrely true it was, that despite being separated by oceans and 10-hour time difference, not to mention two totally opposite climates (she [...]
Bizarre Virtual Attack
I have encountered a bizarre moment this week. Suddenly someone I barely know cowardly sent a private message to friends of mine, saying how embarrassed she would be if she doesn’t work and yet keep spending her husband’s money. A friend alerted me and pointed the fact I posted a good news a mere minutes [...]
What A Difference A Nationality Made? (4)
I should have declared The Netherlands embassy my sworn enemy as I have never had any luck with them whatsoever. Last year I applied for a Schengen visa because mr.mck was going for a training and I decided to join him, and it took the consular here in Aberdeen 2 weeks to proceed the visa. [...]
Indonesian Expat is Finally Launched!
Click http://indonesianexpat.com to connect with other Indonesians around the world Finally, after several months delay, we proudly announce the launch of Indonesian Expat site, which mission is to inspire your success living in a foreign country by providing you this website to share stories, network globally, and find the best resources which hopefully will help [...]
I'm Not An Indonesian, Not Yet A Scottish Lady
I think the combination of being in a holiday mood, having too many things to do/people to meet/parties to attend, and having crap internet connection at home, makes me abandoning my blog. It has been over a week and I haven’t been bothered to update it. So I arranged to meet up with Therry at [...]
One More Beer, Please
Apparently the sentence above is really important and must be translated into 50 languages. Forget how to say please and thank you, don’t bother to learn to ask for a direction in a local lingo, as long as you can ask for one more beer in a strange place, you’d be fine, and you’d charm [...]
Spoiled Local-Expatriates
The Writer just wrote about spoiled expatriates, “those who come from developed country and get a job in developing country and live like a king/queen“. With salary which is unbelievably higher than a local standard – mostly due to ridiculous exchange rates and tax regulations – and lots of allowances, they soon embrace a lavish [...]
Indonesian Expatriates Forum: Progress Update (2)
Indonesian Expatriates Forum (IEF), created in January 2008, has been doing very good. Bugilsnews puts IEF’s widget which shows the list of articles we have published on their website (they also put a link to my personal blog there – big thanks to Bart and the team – perhaps because I constantly promote Bugil’s, Cazbar [...]
Without Prejudice
For the past two days I attended a settlement course in a very gorgeous hotel. It’s rather late, considering I have been here since last June and know most of the absolute essentials, but it’s still worth to attend, and I got to see new people and had free lunches, yay! The course is done [...]
Friends Abroad
Last night I found out that Bugilsnews displays Indonesian Expatriates Forum (IEF) link and its widget on their site. With a few thousands of subscribers (I was told they had 10,000 readers a couple of years a go and it was when Bugils Group hasn’t been crazily expanding – to how many bars now, five, [...]

















