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  1. Nimbus

    Back for a bit

    Montreal didn’t check me, so I was hoping that Narita skipped it too.
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    GoCar / Grab from Bali Airport to a hotel in Legian?

    Traveloka also has airport pickups for a set fare. I didn’t try it, but my airline bookings with them was not problematic.
  3. Nimbus

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    Flew out to Tokyo Haneda then connected to JFK on ANA. The flight attendant didn’t give me any paper form when I said I was connecting to USA. They clearly marked the direction to the connecting gates at the airport, and I had to go through security again as usual. Japan always insists on...
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    I didn’t get specific, but I feel that he was against all non-balinese living in Bali. A Balinese telling a Javanese living in America that he doesn’t like immigrants in Bali is cringey, and I will forever wonder why he did that. I wasn’t being offensive at all, in fact I just gave him a hefty...
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    Spent a couple of nights in Bali. Two people I talked to mentioned separately that Balinese people dislike immigrants. The Balinese guy proclaimed (upon learning that I visited from USA) that he wished for a president like Trump, because the guy wanted to keep immigrants out. Now you understand...
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    Bring back masculinity

    I have no problem being abnormally good. In fact, I’m working on getting abnormally fit. The average BMI for men my age is 29.4, and I’m at 26. I want to get it well below 25, which will put me in the minority (27%) of men with healthy BMI.
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    Married abroad, mixed religion, with one party being Muslim must now be registered at KUA, and the other party must convert.

    The legal precedent is very clear, all the way to the supreme court. It appears that certain catatan sipil officers against interfaith marriage are fighting it by requiring court order for every single couple. “We don’t want to do it. If you don’t like it, make us do it by court order.”
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    Bring back masculinity

    Normal to me means things that fit within a certain percentage of the average. It’s just statistics. You can fudge around the limit, but it’s hard to argue against 40-49 y.o. adult men in USA shorter than 5’3” and taller than 6’3” classified outside ‘normal’, they are less than 1% of the...
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    Bring back masculinity

    I’m all about inclusion, but sometimes I feel that some folks want to have the cake and eat it too. In order to provide additional help or preferential treatment to disadvantaged classes, you first need to define the characteristics of the class. Like when you reserve seats in a bus or a train...
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    I follow the “The TRY Channel” on Youtube, which is basically a whole bunch of Irish people trying all sorts of food. Their accent is not very distinctive, I won’t be able to ID it on the street. Maybe they’re more urban. On the other hand there’s this:
  11. Nimbus

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    Yeah, but do you have the accent down pat? On second thought, the average Indonesian can’t tell the difference. Hell, the average American can’t tell the difference between Scottish and Irish accents.
  12. Nimbus

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    Yes, they are typically interested in it, but the line between a friendly conversation and a boast can be rather thin in Indonesian culture. On one hand being an American resident is cool, on the other hand mentioning it can be seen as showing off. I know how vicious they can be toward...
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    Back for a bit

    I’m walking around Supermal Karawaci, and after a while I noticed that my manner of dress resembles Chinese guys! T-shirt, shorts, and shoes / sandal hybrid. This is completely unplanned, I just wear my typical summer clothes. The other day I took a cab with my parents, and my mom instantly...
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    Obtaining Multiple Western Rx Meds (Outside of Jakarta) Vs. Jamu / TCM ?

    My extended Indonesian family has several decades’ worth of experience with “alternative medicine”. With all due respect, the vast majority of them are inneffective at best, and lethal at worst. The small minority that actually works is lost among thousands of money-grabbing blowhards, and...
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    Married abroad, mixed religion, with one party being Muslim must now be registered at KUA, and the other party must convert.

    Ok, here’s the deal. The current Director General of Population and Civil Registry applies his own interpretation to the Supreme Court ruling, which is wrong. https://www.beritasatu.com/news/900627/nikah-beda-agama-tidak-boleh-dicatat-di-dukcapil-simak-penjelasan-dirjen If you’re lucky, you...
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    Married abroad, mixed religion, with one party being Muslim must now be registered at KUA, and the other party must convert.

    In March there was a widely covered interfaith marriage —taking place in Indonesia— by one of the President’s “special staff”. The marriage was solemnized in both religions, with two separate ceremonies. I don’t know if it’s yet another loophole...
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    Married abroad, mixed religion, with one party being Muslim must now be registered at KUA, and the other party must convert.

    I’m not aware of any recent action by the Supreme Court or Constitutional Court that overturned the Supreme Court ruling 1400k/Pdt/1986 about marriage between couples of different religions. In short, the Supreme Court holds that such marriage is legal...
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    I’m in Jakarta for 3 weeks, and I’m already running into some trivial but annoying issues. Yes, I (of all people) should know, but complaining is (still) free. My US credit cards don’t work for Gojek nor Grab, because they require additional security mechanisms not available from any American...
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    BPJS FACADE

    BPJS is not perfect, but my dad received surgery that would be downright impossible to afford in USA without solid insurance, even the copay would still be in the thousands of dollars range. It says a lot when a developing country still plagued by corruption like Indonesia has a better health...
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    War

    Another bullshit. Ukraine didn’t start this, nor did US, UK, or NATO. In 2014 Ukrainians wanted to be part of the European Union (Not NATO), but Putin’s lackey Yanukovych pushed for closer ties to Russia instead. Yanukovych’s government fell, and in response Russia invaded Crimea then...

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