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  1. HappyMan

    Discussion about expat salaries and perks as English teacher in Indonesia

    That's interesting. Not saying that I necessarily know what you are referencing, but I get the idea. You are paying an accounting firm based off of the name above the door and all of the work gets done by an intern. The name above the door gets the cake and she gets the crumbs. I do see some...
  2. HappyMan

    Discussion about expat salaries and perks as English teacher in Indonesia

    $1,000 or 15jt a month is about what you can expect to make in one of the language schools these days, at least in Bandung. I think that when it comes down to it, people are not willing to leave the country that they live in to go and work for less than half of what they could make in a fast...
  3. HappyMan

    Press release Immigration 🎫 🛂

    This isn't America. You'd probably have to argue loudly. I'm a pretty argumentative sort and they have generally been patient with me. They insist on things contrary to the regulations, but they do it patiently. By contrast, my terror at the bad things that might happen to me if they make a...
  4. HappyMan

    Press release Immigration 🎫 🛂

    Those snazzy new uniforms really do look like they should have a gat attached, don't they? Maybe a nice Colt on a thigh holster (over the trousers, of course) or a double rig under the arms (peeking out of an open jacket) would take it to the next level. Seems like I squeaked under the wire on...
  5. HappyMan

    Electric Motor Scooters - Are they the future trend?

    Recently, I've been looking at buying a "motor bebek" for something like 7 million. My company currently pays for all of my work-related travel, and has said that they would reimburse me the same amount if I had my own vehicle. I figure the motorbike will be paid for in less than a year just off...
  6. HappyMan

    Tobacco use in Indonesia

    I'm not sure we all know that "natural, herbal, remedies work". I know that a couple of them work because there has been extensive clinical testing on them. Others... not so much. Just saying something is natural doesn't mean much to me. Cyanide is natural. Antibiotics are natural. Plutonium can...
  7. HappyMan

    Building for extreme weather.

    The government built a bunch of those houses in Yogyakarta after the large earthquake there. I've been to visit the neighborhood which has some houses you can tour. You can find them by searching for rumah teletubbies. It seems to me that the main problem is space efficiency. Most things that...
  8. HappyMan

    Visit Visa convert into a business visa?Need honest advice.

    Hi. As stated above, the legal route that they have for becoming long-term residents of Indonesia is going to involve either: marrying an Indonesian, getting a work visa because they have skills that the country wants to import and have found someone willing to employ them, or having enough...
  9. HappyMan

    BPJS: new policy

    There are sponsored prenatal classes at one of the nearby hospitals. My ex-wife and I attended them before the birth of our first child. They were sponsored by one of the big baby junk manufacturers. I can't remember if it was J&J or C. Anyway, they gave us a basket of samples of various baby...
  10. HappyMan

    Indonesia & Corruption: a few articles in the past few weeks

    https://images.app.goo.gl/AV1UTPXvDDGeX9yk6 Those are the cofffee cherries that caged civets are eating.
  11. HappyMan

    Population control and the future.

    Sometimes I teach at this company where they teach university students to design apps and use/develope AI. It's interesting to think that a significant portion of them are working in a field where their success will eventually mean their obsolescence. The classes are online, and when I ask them...
  12. HappyMan

    Population control and the future.

    I use it much like BA does, to make roles for students' role plays, make lists of things like "20 practical jokes that it may or may not be appropriate play on a friend" for my students to discuss, to "create sets of instructions for 5 simple tasks but obscure the task by using imprecise or...
  13. HappyMan

    Indonesia & Corruption: a few articles in the past few weeks

    I'm not so sure about that. I visited one of those places one one time and saw plenty of unripe berries mixed in with the ripe ones. I assume the ripe ones are the best ones... I further assume that you wouldn't bother giving an animal food you know it won't eat. But then, I know nothing about...
  14. HappyMan

    BPJS: new policy

    After birth, my child spent 2 months in the hospital waiting to get treatment for her congenital heart defect (not a BPJS problem, she was just too small for treatment with the methods available). Then, she spent another month or so total in the hospital before she died at the age of 10 months...
  15. HappyMan

    Thousands of Indonesian Students become Singaporean Citizen. Is it a brain drain ??

    Maybe it's a matter of place, but I don't believe the older generation in Bandung are necessarily more tolerant. I teach those kids and I meet those adults. The adults don't take kindly to people saying bad things about or being unfair to people they consider to be "like them" and the kids don't...
  16. HappyMan

    BPJS: new policy

    Am I missing something here? From what I can make out, they're going to remove the current system that has classes 1 through 3 and replace it with... an unknown other. Is that right? The bottom half of the article just seemed to explain the current system... That seems like it might be...
  17. HappyMan

    E21A chaos

    I also don't know if they actually check to see whether or not you left on the day of your flight out. But, you have always been able to do visa extensions. And, while l was once forced to purchase an onward ticket when entering Indonesia, they never asked to see an onward ticket when extending...
  18. HappyMan

    KITAP change of sponsor....

    Well... I've decided to go with a change of sponsor for reasons other being shown any evidence that it is required. Actually happened to stumble across this little bit at HukumOnline: Penyelesaian alih sponsor dilaksanakan oleh Kepala Kantor Imigrasi setelah mendapat persetujuan atau keputusan...
  19. HappyMan

    I am a Canadian retired 65 year old man thinking of moving to Indonesia. I would be interested in communicating with expats.

    Hi. Where in particular are you thinking of moving to? Maybe someone in that area could give you their two cents on what it's like.
  20. HappyMan

    Discussion about expat salaries and perks as English teacher in Indonesia

    I guess there are different definitions of luxury. I'm not the sort to particularly want to go out very often. Probably not even once a week, even if I didn't have to think about paying for it. I don't enjoy shopping. When I see something that I want and that is worth the cost, I want to be...

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