Sunday, September 13, 2009

Living In Jakarta Is Like Heaven

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The total land area of Indonesia is around 1,919,440 sq km from Sabang to Merauke, with Jakarta is a capital city. Population of Indonesia is around 234,893,453. Javanese comprise 45% of the population; Sudanese, 14%; Madurese, 7.5%; others, 26%.
Jakarta as a capital city of Indonesia had population around 9.3 million inhabitants.
Religion around the Indonesia, 88% Muslims, 8% Christians, and 2% Hindus and Buddhists.

Indonesia has a republic government with official language is Indonesian. Indonesia has a tropical climate. Summers are hot and dry with heavy rains during the monsoons.
Units of measure and electricity: Indonesia follows the metric system of measurement and the official electricity unit is 220V, 50 Hz.
Time Zone: Indonesian has three time zones: GMT + 7, GMT + 8 and GMT + 9

Travel documents required: Nationals of specified countries do not require a visa for a stated number of days.
The Indonesian economy was the hardest hit by the Asian Financial Crisis, and recovery has been slow. Indonesia’s major industries include petroleum and natural gas, textiles, timber, mining, coffee, rubber, tin, copper, rice and palm oil.

Living in Jakarta is 80% Heaven and 20% Hell. For expatriate who working in Jakarta leaving in Jakarta 100% like leaving in Heaven. Why?
Don't ask why now. But after sometimes, you probably will say "that's true leaving in Jakarta is like leaving in Heaven for us as an expatriate"
Working in Jakarta you can have maid, driver, baby sitter, cook, guard, gardener, etc. At home or back to your country you never have such of thing you have while you working in Jakarta.
Before you start to say how lovely leaving in Jakarta, Indonesia, for the first time you probably need to know there is stage different experience for the a few months after you arrived in Jakarta

STAGES OF JAKARTA LIFE:
There are four different stages of variable length experienced by everybody living in Jakarta for twelve months or more.

(a) The Excitement Stage
(b) The Let-Down Stage
(c) The Consolidation Stage
(d) The Departure Stage

Each stage has its own problems and benefits. An understanding of these stages will help you to anticipate problems, to understand why these problems arise and to cope better with any difficulties that do occur.

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