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  1. HappyMan

    NIK (Nomor Induk Kependudukan) - Identity Number

    @JEC333 As a KITAP holder, you should either have or be applying for a KTP-OA (Kartu Tanda Penduduk - Orang Asing) from Catatn Sipil. It is an ID card, with your photo on it. The number is written on there, at the top. I think the NIK is also on the Kartu Keluarga (also from the Catatan...
  2. HappyMan

    Kitas

    If you do want to use an agent, you should still be reviewing all the paperwork before it is submitted. You should also know what papers you expect to receive on completion of the job. Due diligence.
  3. HappyMan

    Afghanistan situation.

    I take your general meaning, that America in particular (and the West in general) have a history of failure and hypocrisy when it comes to meddling with other nations. I agree that we should never have invaded Iraq or Afghanistan for the reasons that we did. I'll add that I don't think that the...
  4. HappyMan

    Afghanistan situation.

    I propose nothing, as I'm not knowledgeable/clever enough to even guess at a solution that doesn't involve killing a whole lot of people and essentially imprisoning the rest for a generation or two. My cure would probably be worse than the disease. On the other hand, there are plenty of...
  5. HappyMan

    death of a spouse

    I'm on my second KITAP (paid for the unlimited one last time), and after my divorce my ex-wife (married 10+ years) continues to be my sponsor. So, after going to KanIm for some "ahli status" type paperwork; I retain my KITAP (which has a date to report on it). Now, as to whether or not there...
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    Afghanistan situation.

    I think I probably asked you this before, but where do you think the line of "it's okay to interfere" should be drawn? Is it okay for Afghanistan's neighbors to try to change things? What about other, non-neighboring countries in the region who are/aren't affected by Afghanistan's behaviour? Is...
  7. HappyMan

    Today's menu:

    You aren't wrong about everyone getting to choose their own mixture level. I've served my kid white pasta sauces where the pasta was finished in the sauce and had him declare them "too cheesy". At that point, with all of the pasta coated in the sauce, there was nothing I could do but say...
  8. HappyMan

    Today's menu:

    Is putting the sauce on top (rather than adding it to the al dente pasta in the pot) something you do for cosmetics or flavor? I ask because it is interesting to me, the tolerance that people have for eating their staple foods relatively "plain" (I'm sure your sauce is very tasty, based on your...
  9. HappyMan

    Afghanistan situation.

    I don't have any experience with Afghanistan, I just listen to interviews and read the news... but I have always felt a lot of skepticism about the possibility of imposing democracy there. In Kenya, when people I knew talked politics the tribe of the politician was always in the subtext and...
  10. HappyMan

    Today's menu:

    It was a nice drink, very refreshing and more-ish. Given a pitcher of the stuff, I would probably get blotto without realizing what I had done. I want to try mulberries with white rum and ice cream when my little tree starts producing. When my tree gets big enough, mulberry wine!
  11. HappyMan

    Kitas

    Your KITAS will have an address on it. That is supposed to be your actual address. If Immigration comes by that place and discovers it is not your address, you will have more trouble than you want (you are required to inform them if you move). I have never moved my KITAS/KITAP between provinces...
  12. HappyMan

    Domestic violence, need advice/opinion

    I couldn't make it work, man. By the time the violence had mostly stopped (sometime after our child was born and after at least three years of furious, violent, tantrums) there wasn't much of love left in the marriage. We were still married, but I went around pretending I was some sort of...
  13. HappyMan

    Vaccine effectiveness and Herd Immunity

    I'm pretty sure that depends on how you define "new antibiotics". If you mean new versions of existing antibiotics, yeah. If you mean new classes of antibiotics that were recently discovered, then a resistance to previous classes of antibiotics should be irrelevant. One analogy is to a series...
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    Vaccine effectiveness and Herd Immunity

    The difficulty of discovering new antibiotics is both an excuse and cause for the high prices. If a new antibiotic were discovered tomorrow, there would be immediate calls from medical authorities to strictly control severely limit its use. The intention would be to slow the rate of adaptation...
  15. HappyMan

    dutch expat in kediri

    Hello. Kediri has delicious pecel! My mouth is watering thinking of it. And sayur jangan! Yum. Anyway, nice to have you here.
  16. HappyMan

    Online ITAP extension - any experience?

    Not getting out of the country much, I've just been renewing the MERP when forced to do so. I think I got two years last time on my permanent KITAP. Doubtless they'll hit me up for two more years when I do the "check-in" at the five year mark.
  17. HappyMan

    Online ITAP extension - any experience?

    I also missed the "stuck out of Indonesia" part. Was really looking forward to less trips to Kanim. There has to be a way to make this work. Perhaps I could photograph myself sticking out of the center of a paper map while filling in the forms...
  18. HappyMan

    Lots of wrongdoings get a pass because it's "nggak enak"

    Northern Bandung. Used to drive to Jakarta every week. Now, I mostly drive from town out into the sticks, but village people are just as crazy about standing in the middle of the street for extended periods of time. Shit used to to terrify me (worried I'd hit someone), but now I've gotten used...
  19. HappyMan

    Lots of wrongdoings get a pass because it's "nggak enak"

    I'm not sure how long I would last back there, either. Last time I went back, 8 years ago (?), I found myself driving on the wrong side of the road. Since than I've become quite used to passing on solid lines and forgotten the existence of speedometers. The worst one would probably be the...
  20. HappyMan

    First jab done

    PVJ and Ciealk are a 10-15 minute walk away from each other, as well, so you could always check them both out... if you really like malls... Nevermind. (Who would voluntarily go to two new malls in one day? 😂) I used to live more or less in between them and we would choose one based on what...

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