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    Where’s the water

    The more water you extract the deeper Jakarta will sink.
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    Ministry of Agriculture Announces Intention To Ban Dog Meat Trade

    "Orang a la orange". Shades of "The Cook, the Thief .."
  3. J

    PInG ... POnG ... PInG

    There's some lovely muck over 'ere!
  4. J

    PInG ... POnG ... PInG

    I told him we already got one and it's vairy naace.
  5. J

    coffee lovers unite

    Anyone tried the wacaco thingy?
  6. J

    Do Indonesians say thank you less than others?

    Felicity we understand ikhlas. Is there a reciprocal behaviour/attitude?
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    Do Indonesians say thank you less than others?

    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.
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    Do Indonesians say thank you less than others?

    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...
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    Member 1,000

    You're still very welcome! Welcome!
  10. J

    Member 1,000

    A big cheery welcome! Welcome!
  11. J

    Why Men Leave Women...

    I keep getting washing machines.
  12. J

    EPO and how to get it

    Jember .... say no more.
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    kitas to kitap

    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...
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    kitas to kitap

    If the trip to Jember doesn't drive you crazy then the service there will!
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    Kue, entrepreneurial spirit, and Indonesian women

    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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    We are Cheats

    At first I thought they were cockroaches but then realised they weren't wearing blue jerseys.
  17. J

    We are Cheats

    You are all Philistines, and so are the current Australian "leadership group" it turns out.
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    We are Cheats

    Trouble is if you fess up you get done, but if you duck, bob and weave you get away with it. Plenty of pissweak examples of that over the years.

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