Archive for the ‘Indonesia’ Category

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 [...]

Being Expat, Indonesia, Life & Style May 8, 2008 7:15 am 13 Comments

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 [...]

Being Expat, Blog and Blogger, Indonesia, Tech & Web May 3, 2008 5:17 pm 6 Comments

Train Ramblings: How Well do You Actually Know About Your Own Country?

I‘m writing this in a moving train that is taking us back to Aberdeen. Yes, the train provides a free wi-fi service, which helps me to endure the 7 hours journey back from London. To think that most shopping malls in Jakarta still charge their customers for providing wi-fi service is ridiculous, especially when you [...]

Indonesia, Travel April 28, 2008 10:04 am 5 Comments

On Fitna, Bloggers vs. Hackers, and Computer Illiterate MPs

Fitna is a short film by Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders, which explores Qur’anic motivation for terrorism and Islam in the Netherlands (explanatory stolen from Wikipedia). On April 7, Indonesia has blocked access to YouTube and a couple of other websites such as MySpace and Multiply. The Minister of Information and Communications Muhammad Nuh has passed [...]

Indonesia April 12, 2008 7:17 am 11 Comments

Caucasian vs. Indonesian Men (modified)

Note: The original article was posted on Thursday, 20 March 2008. In regards to those who has requested me to remove the family reference, this article is rephrased, although I try not to go too far from where I stand and believe. After the article is published as of today, I will remove all comments [...]

Being Expat, Indonesia, Life & Style, Women March 24, 2008 11:53 am 17 Comments

Caucasian vs. Indonesian Men (2)

My previous post sparked lots of heavy comments. First came Oigal, who said I was nasty and too personal. He asked me to remove my reference regarding his family from my blog. I did reply to his comment, saying that I was in rush to go to funeral (and it was Good Friday for goodness [...]

Being Expat, Indonesia, Life & Style, Women March 22, 2008 4:35 pm 7 Comments

When Indonesian Goes Shopping

I have landed on a blog written by an Malaysian expat who now lives in Jakarta. Some of her articles tickled me and I just realized that is how people see us, Indonesians. One that makes me smile is to read her amazement to see the ladies who go to shopping malls with big hair [...]

Indonesia, Life & Style March 16, 2008 4:44 pm 13 Comments

What A Difference A Nationality Made? (3)

There are two occasions which urged me to think seriously about giving up my Indonesian passport and becoming a UK citizen. One of my friends asked if we’re interested in going somewhere on Easter break, and she quite fancied Switzerland and Austria. While another one immediately said yes, I had to tell her that it’s [...]

Being Expat, Indonesia, Travel February 29, 2008 7:48 am 11 Comments

Hang out with Fellow Indonesians

Why do we tend to hang out with other Indonesians, and in most of the cases, with only Indonesians, while we’re abroad? I didn’t spend a long time overseas. I was only in Sydney for 2 years doing my master’s degree and grabbing some work experience before heading back to Indonesia. But those 2 years, [...]

Being Expat, Indonesia, Life & Style February 7, 2008 8:29 pm 12 Comments

High Infidelity

I am sitting comfortably in the living room on this peaceful day, looking out the snow slowly melting, vanishing from the roofs, trees, and roads. I have had just finished a quick online chatting with a dear friend in Indonesia, which leads me to a simple summary: fidelity is almost nonexistent in Jakarta. I have [...]

Indonesia, Life & Style, Women February 2, 2008 3:16 pm 13 Comments
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