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    Indonesia of Old

    I am an avid follower of a facebook group called "Indonesiё Verleden Tijd". It has hundreds of "Old and New" photos of places in Indonesia. I love the ones that compare Batavia and Jakarta
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    Birds

    Kuda Nil = Kuda or Horse + Nil or the river Nile in Egypt. The Nile was thought to be where hippo came from hence the name.
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    Indonesian law at its finest.

  4. wombat

    Air Asia flight flew to the wrong airport!

    ahh yes you are right. I did not read the news carefully.
  5. wombat

    Air Asia flight flew to the wrong airport!

    http://kl.coconuts.co/2016/09/08/kuala-lumpur-bound-airasia-flight-ends-melbourne-umm-what
  6. wombat

    Birds

    There is no BI equivalent of wombat that I know. The animal never existed here in Indonesia.
  7. wombat

    Birds

    I thought that: Swan is Soang. Geese is Angsa But No! Google translate says both Swan and Geese are Angsa!
  8. wombat

    Indonesian law at its finest.

    And those fakes are colloquially known as "KW" - pronounced "ka-we". I believe it originated from the word "Kwalitet" which is Indonesian word for "Quality". Fakes are high quality imitation of the original, hence the word "KW" or "Kwalitet".
  9. wombat

    Useful Apps to Make Life Easier in Indonesia

    I found waze harder to use and seemed to be hungry on resources and slower than google map, particularly in fixing current location.
  10. wombat

    Useful Apps to Make Life Easier in Indonesia

    Google Map - saved me hours on the road. Avoiding macet
  11. wombat

    The Cage is now open! Please, register here for access.

    I would like to join the cage.
  12. wombat

    Will Indonesia Ever Learn???

    Love Julia's article
  13. wombat

    Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS)

    Generators, from cold start, cannot provide power fast enough to qualify them as *uninterruptable* power supplier (unless one special kind of generator that uses inertia flywheel and sophisticated electronics but it is way too expensive). Computers would not tolerate power outage or voltage dips...
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    Indosyncrasies

    Property developers advertising their properties crossed out the old price and replace it with an even higher price in the hope of hurrying potential buyers to jump in. Now I would have thought to sell quickly at a given supply one need to reduce prices to increase demand, not increase them. A...
  15. wombat

    Golfers in this forum

    looks like there are few sober golfers in this forum...he he he
  16. wombat

    password keeper in Blackberry

    If it aint broken,...dont replace it. Thanks for your feedback anyway. Cheers,
  17. wombat

    So, the new Energy and Minerals Minister may be a US Citizen

    Dino Patti Djallal started a push to put the dual-citizenship issue on the agenda for diasporas. I even attended one of the seminars in Jakarta's convention center a while back. Anyone know where this issue is in the govenrnment's scheme of things?
  18. wombat

    KTP Orang Asing compulsory?

    And my agent told me that it was part of the deal and he is processing the application. Sweet.
  19. wombat

    Indosyncrasies

    wearing thick leather jackets when riding motorcyle in the heat of the day. Prevents "masuk angin" is the explanation. What the...?
  20. wombat

    Golfers in this forum

    Rancamaya has very lovely views of the mountains.

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