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Sacha Stevenson on cost of living in Jkt for an expat

Post by PNGMK » Wed, 04 Mar 2015 9:48 am




Actually quite helpful. Although it doesn't translate 100% to Singapore, it's a good video for friends thinking of going to Indo.
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Re: Sacha Stevenson on cost of living in Jkt for an expat

Post by rajagainstthemachine » Wed, 04 Mar 2015 12:28 pm

I've seen this before, she is quite funny the way she imitates indonesians
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Post by zzm9980 » Wed, 04 Mar 2015 1:38 pm

Yeah, love her "How to act Indonesian" videos. And I've yet to find an Indonesian I've shown who was offended. Similar videos about Singapore would have the poor bule/ang moh forced into hiding.

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Post by the lynx » Thu, 05 Mar 2015 10:59 am

zzm9980 wrote:Yeah, love her "How to act Indonesian" videos. And I've yet to find an Indonesian I've shown who was offended. Similar videos about Singapore would have the poor bule/ang moh forced into hiding.
Yup, will never find a video from ang moh talking about life in Singapore. But you will always find a locally-made video featuring an ang moh talking about life in Singapore.

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Post by nakatago » Thu, 05 Mar 2015 11:16 am

zzm9980 wrote:Yeah, love her "How to act Indonesian" videos. And I've yet to find an Indonesian I've shown who was offended. Similar videos about Singapore would have the poor bule/ang moh forced into hiding.
Because Indonesians have a sense of humor.

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Post by Akimbo » Thu, 05 Mar 2015 11:56 am

nakatago wrote:
Because Indonesians have a sense of humor.

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Post by ecureilx » Thu, 05 Mar 2015 11:59 am

nakatago wrote:
zzm9980 wrote:Yeah, love her "How to act Indonesian" videos. And I've yet to find an Indonesian I've shown who was offended. Similar videos about Singapore would have the poor bule/ang moh forced into hiding.
Because Indonesians have a sense of humor.

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Post by the lynx » Thu, 05 Mar 2015 1:26 pm

Actually if you read the comments below, many Indonesians do not appreciate her sense of humour, saying stuff in Bahasa Indonesia like "Go back to the hole where you crawl from".

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Post by rajagainstthemachine » Thu, 05 Mar 2015 2:06 pm

the lynx wrote:Actually if you read the comments below, many Indonesians do not appreciate her sense of humour, saying stuff in Bahasa Indonesia like "Go back to the hole where you crawl from".
she is very unpopular because she uncovers all those things Indonesians don't want the outside world to see.
Kudos to her though, a lot of people who decide to move to Indonesia know exactly what to expect when they arrive there.
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Re: Sacha Stevenson on cost of living in Jkt for an expat

Post by zzm9980 » Thu, 05 Mar 2015 4:02 pm

the lynx wrote:Actually if you read the comments below, many Indonesians do not appreciate her sense of humour, saying stuff in Bahasa Indonesia like "Go back to the hole where you crawl from".
Well, of the dozen or so Indonesians I've shown them to they all laugh their asses off. The demographic is a bit skewed towards young and female though.

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