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Originally Posted by lost99
Why is it funny that a first timer to Jakarta couldn't find the location of a place, even if it was in an adjacent building?
I think it's funner when an expat who couldn't succeed in their own country, moves to a third world country to teach English, and instead of integrating with the local people and society he now lives, ridicules others on various international sex forums meant for tourists to the city he now lives in. That's funny  |
So you are an English teacher? Hopefully you aren't paid in rupiah. I can't say it's my profession, but I did teach English one day in Jakarta almost 20 years ago. One of my ex girlfriend's family owned one of the major secretarial schools in Jakarta. They asked me to come there for a day as a native English speaker. They had a local Indonesian as their English teacher. Unfortunately, he couldn't speak English very well and at the time my bahasa was crap. I think they liked having me since i was young and good looking at the time, but I don't think I helped them learn much English. Back in those days, the girls used to tell me "you handsome same same movie star". For some reason, they never tell me that anymore. Damn shame.
You do realize there is a large community of Expats in Jakarta don't you? Some of us are clever enough to stay around. Just because you can only think of being an English teacher to stay in Asia doesn't mean the rest of us are in that same category.
I do find it shocking that even a newbie could not find MTR2 when it's right behind King Cross. Must not have tried too hard.
On a side note: On the other forum, I'm the one who originally told you where MTR2 and King Cross were, Mr lost99. You are welcome. On here, you have more knowledge than most, but relative to the guys on the other forum, you are still a newbie relatively.
Cheong