Not family BA, and my wife is the one who is comparing what she experiences to her own values. I observe the difference in my experiences in Java and Australia. Interesting the remarks about other cultures.
My javanese wife often rails against what she perceives as lack of manners from her compatriots. If she gives e.g. the envelope with cash for a new baby there is rarely any reaction. The same lack of acknowledgement occurs with any other gift.
Have others observed this? Is it more a javanese...
My issues with Jember go back a few years. I wrote at length in another place. Suffice to say arrogant head of section and Kepala kantor even when apprised of the current regulation residing on their own website. An agent I was chatting to challenged me to nominate a worse office to deal with...
Common also among expat Indonesian women in my home town in Australia. Catering from home, very tricky birthday and cup cakes, making tempe from scratch, some have opened restaurants. One in particular has gone industrial scale with bakso and sambal.
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