Sam Yuill - Seeking advice, New friends, Work, learning Bahasa

[samyuill]

Greeting

My name is Sam from the UK.

I have been looking for awhile to come to Bali to study Bahasa and maybe work depending on offers up to when I leave and Visa etc.
I am a pro diver which works well in Bali from what I see but my main goal is learning the lingo after spending 18months working on Bunaken Manado and deciding Indonesia has a future for me over other Asian counties. I look to come mid December or start of January for around 3 months if its only studys and much longer if employed.

I would like to find a place to stay per month while I study with around a budget of 3.5 / 4 million per month in the Denpasar area as this is were the school is located,, see this address and feel free to comment regarding the school >>> ialf.edu.com
If any of you can offer a room or advice on the places to stay I would be grateful, much of my searching on Google comes up with Villas,, I don't need a holiday and could only wish to waste hard earned cash on these things.

Your thoughts on family homestays (helps my learning) and any recomendations/contacts would be a bonus if no such joy is found on per month rentals.

If any of you have a business or friends that cover my skill set in tourism : Customer service, guest relations, management and diving I would be thankful if you viewed or passed on my online CV which im afriad you have to copy and paste :( i cannot add links yet..
adventure-scuba-diving.com/SamYuill-CV.html


I am sure to need more advice as it is a large step for anyone,

Thank you for reading and I hope to see lots of replys

Sam

PS ,, for the love of me I cannot find how to add a photo to my profile. I'm am guessing I need to be a member not tourist?

[Markit]

Sam all your questions and those you should ask have been answered many, many times in the past. I you really want a wealth of info use the search to look for each of those things. It's really all there.

Welcome and forget working here, even as diver you will be taking work away from a local and they will turn you in, most likely, to the immagrazzi and then you will be on the next plane home, if you are lucky.

Study no problem but work, no, no.

[samyuill]

Sam all your questions and those you should ask have been answered many, many times in the past. I you really want a wealth of info use the search to look for each of those things. It's really all there.

Welcome and forget working here, even as diver you will be taking work away from a local and they will turn you in, most likely, to the immagrazzi and then you will be on the next plane home, if you are lucky.

Study no problem but work, no, no.

Thank you for your reply > I will be spending much time reading but have made my post as a intruduction to the site.

Markit you sound like you have spent much time in indonesia,, I did not ask about visas or if it was a good idea to work..
I am well aware of how things work with imagrastion, locals and the visas from experience myself,, hear is a joke for you,, in Manado I got deported with a full work visa.... funny how Imagration love to mess with you, but I still love indonesia.

My post is to meet people and share that I am coming to Bali and hope to get advice and meet new friends, and why not show Im looking for work you never know.
would be grate to hear about any monthly rentals/ contacts you may be aware of near the schools and nice things about Bali to look out for :)

[hermit]

I did learn indonesian at IALF,and was very satisfied with them.The fact that you are locked up in a classroom and the competition with your fellow-students certainly helps.IALF is very professional.Their only drawback for you might be their courses run for a certain number of weeks only,and after that there might be a hiatus until the next one starts.Just enquire there about dates.
As for accomodation,there are plenty of "Kos",places where you can rent a room with varying degrees of comfort in the south-Denpasar area,both near Sanur and IALF on jalan Sesetan.For 2million you should be able to find a rather luxurious,furnished room.When here,check the ads in the Bali Post and ask around.
Ignore posts by people like Markit,he has never had a working visa,you have,so you are more knowledgable than he is about the subject.

[samyuill]

Thank you ,,, yes I noticed the dates in January > 2nd to 13th but then I'm stuck, I would like to focus for at least 2 months and have it planned out before I get there.

Did you start as a very beginner? and take the intensive course or the general?

I have been looking at this for ages,, i need to get it booked and done,, driving me up the wall

"As for accomodation,there are plenty of "Kos",places where you can rent a room with varying degrees of comfort in the south-Denpasar area,both near Sanur and IALF on jalan Sesetan.For 2million you should be able to find a rather luxurious,furnished room.When here,check the ads in the Bali Post and ask around."

This sounds great,, what does KOS mean? I found Jalan sestan on the Map,, look like a nice location.

Could you point me in the direction of a temp place to stay when I land while I find a nice rental?

Safty and landlords? leaving my stuff at home etc,, all good in Bali?

Thank you very much I look forward to hearing more. I cannot send PM's yet but If you could send me a quick email, samyuill - at - googlemail.com so I have you as a contact, I would be very grateful,, maybe I can buy you a beer for some more help.

[gilbert de jong]

you got deported...and they let you back in?

[admin]

for the love of me I cannot find how to add a photo to my profile. I'm am guessing I need to be a member not tourist?

1. Click the Settings tab in the top right.

2. Scroll, down and on the left side you will see a menu option to "Edit Avatar" under "My Settings"

3. If you have a small image on your computer, you can then click browse and select the file you want to use. Your avatar should be 80 by 80 pixels.

Note that the avatar is displayed on the forum under your name. The profile picture is only displayed when some clicks on your profile.

Welcome to the forum!

[samyuill]

Thank you mr Admin,,, you can now see my beautiful face..

Gilbert yes ,, 2m got me a Blue stamp not a red stamp in my passport which means I can return,, which I did and went back to work,, total waste of time,, love imagrasi :)

Gilbert you have any advice or contacts on apartments and places to stay between kuta and denparsar?

[gilbert de jong]

yeah, funny thing the imigrasi

there's a facebook page wich just might help you finding what you need..
Bali Rooms for Rent - Wall | Facebook
if not through there, you could try sending calitobali a PM
he's very knowledgeable about places downsouth.

oo, and welcome to the forum :)

[hermit]

I started at the beginners course,even as i knew a lot of words,but could not make a simple sentence.
They will do a placement test to check if you think you have picked up enough to start at a higher level.
For the beginners course the intensive,four hours a day course is ok,after that the two hour a day course would be better if you like to keep time for other things,as you will have to do homework and repeat what you have learned so far.
If you would start the beginners-intensive course at january 2,you could go on with the semi intensive course running januari 24-februari 20,and eventually februari 29-march 30.Each course would be a step higher.The less intensive course would also give you more opportunity to try out the already learned,even if it would be on people at the beach.Most important to start practicing as soon as possible.

A kos or kost,is derived from the dutch in-de kost,wich litterally means a place where you live and get fed.Kos in bali are just a number of rooms,in a specially designed building or villa,that you can rent by the month,or sometimes even weeks.Cheap ones,starting at around 300.000rp per month,have shared bathrooms,but the more expensive ones have furniture,AC,sometimes basic kitchenfacilities and a private bathroom..A kos can be a good place to start practicing your indonesian as well.Most inhabitants will be indonesian.