“Don’t Go to Indonesia” Say Foreigners, Coz When You Return to Your Country, You’ll Get Reverse Cultural Shock

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With joking, Anna, a German lady, explains why you should not go to Indonesia.

  1. You’ll get fat coz delicious foods are available everywhere.
  2. You’ll become lazy coz with an app called Gojek, you can get a taxi, (either scutter or car) order delivery food, pay bills, buy cellphone credit, get massage service, get house cleaning service etc.
  3. You’ll find serious people at your country after returning home, it’s contrast to the situation in Indonesia where you can meet friendly people everywhere. You’ll get ‘homesick’, wishing to return to Indonesia.
  4. You’ll get confused about where to go coz there are a lot of variety of tourist destinations as well as ethnic cultures.
  5. If you get an Indonesian spouse, you’ll have to pay more money for expensive flight tickets coz you travel with your spouse.
  6. You’ll buy a lot of batik cloths (it is expensive here but for $/€/¥/£ owners, it’s cheap) which means you’ll have pay more money for flight baggage, also your cupboard will be over packed.
  7. You’ll be regarded ‘strange’ coz you eat with hands, and sit with folded legs (jongkok)
  8. You’ll find breads not able anymore to make your stomach full coz you were used to eat rice.
  9. You’ll be disappointed coz there are no more variety of fruits in your home country.
  10. You’ll be ‘pride’ coz you get compliments in Indonesia for your tall body, white skin, even you’ll be like ‘celebrity’ when (even stranger) people ask you to take photo with them. When you return home, nobody cares about such things.
  11. You’ll be regarded as ‘crazy’ coz you are already used with smiling in public spaces.
  12. The weather in your country is not that friendly anymore (cold) coz you have been used with tropical weather.
  13. Everyday you hear kind of ‘percussion’ passing by your home in Indonesia. That’s the code from food men with various kind of food: Bakso, Siomay, Nasi Goreng etc. Just stop them, order the food, and you got it. The easiness to find good foods with cheap price will not be found when you return to your country.

Every country has their own specialities? Of course, including your country. 😎👌