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    What's yours called?

    Most of the Indonesians where I am seem to think that bule men have a rather large...well...you know. So I play along with them most of the time, pointing at myself and saying things like "perempuan Indonesia takut ular". They all agree (that Indonesian women are afraid of snakes) and think...
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    Learning the basics - for those who are new to Indonesia

    Apart from Dimana WC (pronounced Way Say) ? - Where is the toilet ? which is normally the first phrase I try to learn in any language one phrase I've always thought is extremely useful is Apa lawanya ? - what is the opposite of ? especially when used with all of the words like black and...
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    Music

    I used to go to gigs regularly when I was younger. First two gigs I went to were The Vibrators and then Penetration so most of the old punk stuff for me but other stuff thrown in as well. In no particular order, Stranglers, Clash, Jam, Ruts, Damned, Killing Joke, saw The Cure in front of about...
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    Bali Cop Killed on Beach. 2 Tourist Wanted

    An English friend of mine told me a story and please bear in mind it is just a story, I don't think anyone would be brave ? / stupid enough to repeat what he supposedly said. When arriving in Australia he was asked by an immigration official if he had a criminal record. He replied "No, I...
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    Hazardous passengers in Emirates crash

    Yes, some worse than others. It must be nearly 10 years ago now but I took a flight from Banda Aceh to Sabang (Pulau Weh). It's only about 12 or 13 minute flight but about 10 minutes into the flight the captain announced that he had to turn back to Banda Aceh. Apparently, one of the passengers...
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    Playing with language

    Haha, nice one. Whenever anyone says "hati hati" to me I always reply "sebelum mati". It normally gets a bit of a laugh but it also helped me to work out the meanings for belum, sebelum, sudah and sesudah when I was first learning Indonesian so playing with words has quite often helped me to...
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    What should go in The Cage and what should stay out of it?

    Oh, ok, apologies if I've confused things.
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    Smoking...

    No problem BA. I just read what you had written and apart from obviously agreeing with you I had to check to see if I'd missed your post before I posted mine !
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    What should go in The Cage and what should stay out of it?

    The cage is a bigger problem for newbies or people that don't yet qualify to go into the cage (like me). Newbies and those who don't yet qualify to go into the cage have no option but to post outside the cage but if the thread then got moved into the cage then the person who started the thread...
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    Smoking...

    I'm pleased this has been let out of the cage because it will affect everyone that smokes at least and I don't think I qualify to be let in the cage yet, no problem, I respect that rules have to be put in place. From what I can gather the price of Rp50,000 seems to have come from a survey of...
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    Playing with language

    Yes, my wife had made an error typing the message to me which we both thought was funny although I'm sure quite often she wishes she'd bought me obat mati rather than obat mata and then just kept quiet about it !
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    Playing with language

    Yes, you should be nervous. Obat is medicine. Eye in Indonesian is mata. Luckily my wife bought me obat mata, medicine for my eye. Mati in English means dead. My wife wrote in her text message she'd bought me "obat mati" in other words, medicine for death !
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    Playing with language

    Thanks Banana, you've just reminded me of a time my wife went to the local ATM, 5 hours away by ferry. While she was away I got a really nasty eye infection so I sent a text message to her to explain the situation. Within half an hour, my very helpful wife sent me a text back saying she had...
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    Playing with language

    In other words, not gondrong as I know it, long hair, but something else that's long as far as I understand it. Yes, you have to listen very carefully. So, as I'm nearly bald I could joke to a friend "Saya botak tapi ada sesuatu gondrong" ?
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    Playing with language

    I quite often reply "dari Inggris" if I feel someone is being a bit nosey or "dari pasar" if I think they're trying to find out which country I'm from. If my son asks where his mum is I often answer "disana" so he'll ask "disana mana?". Then I reply "saya tidak tahu tapi dia tidak ada disini...
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    Playing with language

    Ah! Now I understand but I'm not surprised I didn't get any of them. I used mother instead of mum for the first one and people say kamu rather than kau where I am. 2nd one, I know the word mencret but didn't know encer 3rd one, didn't know hitut 4th one is the one I could have got but I used...
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    Playing with language

    Sorry, I don't understand what you mean. Childish humour possibly ? Ok, fair enough. Ibu dorong sapi = Mother push cow ? Dasi dan kursi - tie and chair ? Kamu tonjok gigi roti-roti-roti saya merah muda matahari = you punch tooth bread I am pink sun ? Pelaut tikar boleh anak domba = sailor mat...
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    Playing with language

    I realise that English can be a difficult language to precisely let a person know what you mean but Indonesian also has a lot of opportunities to play with the language. I've got a few examples but I'm sure there are a lot more out there. My wife used to have a kiosk selling Rice and Rinso...
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    Garuda Jakarta to London stopover in Singapore

    I've now checked on the Garuda website and even if I search for JKT to SIN or SIN to LHR it just says Boeing 777 200/300 so it seems like they're not sure which of the two types of aircraft will be used. Either way I'm more convinced now that passengers will go into the terminal. Thanks for the...
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    Garuda Jakarta to London stopover in Singapore

    "I suggest you look at your seat number on both flights....and see if it's different." Yes, thanks Davita, it's another good idea but my seats aren't allocated yet. I suppose I should add that I don't fly to Indo until November and my return flight isn't until May next year. "I believe they...

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