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

[samyuill]

Yes i have booked the first intense course and yes I will go for the general after...

Yes i will try and find a kos for a fews night when I arrive,, Im looking to grab a motorbike and zoom round to check out places to stay near Denparsar.
Again and contacts or friends that might be able to help out for a few nights would be cool.

Ekk coming smack bang in the middle of x-mass and new year,, maybe not the best timing

thank you for your reply.

[Gusti]

How's the improvement now? can you speak bahasa now?

[matsaleh]

How's the improvement now? can you speak bahasa now?

Sam said he's coming mid December to early January, so I'm sure he can't speak bhs Indonesia yet.

[samyuill]

Hey thanks for the replies

I arrived on the 27th, met some great people including my landlord who has helped out loads,, found the huge Carefor (supermarket) and got a bike to zoom around on from a trusted source. taken notes on how to deal with being stopped,, thanks for those posts :P

Room for 3.5m in Nakula area. its ok not as clean as I would like but very safe with many checkpoints to get in,, I like that

Joined a great Gym for 550k a month with all the trimmings.


Met a women who will be helping me with Bahasa and I will trade past tense English which is easy enough and my course starts on the 2nd of January with Ialf school

School told me to get a vsa on arrival but I followed the rules and got the correct visa before leaving to save hassle like pre visits. (Social / Culture)

Now for new year,, no idea what to do yet but should be a blast.

[samyuill]

Oh a quick note,, from January to March 2012 for sure If anyone see's any posts here for new visitors like me then forward them to me I would be happy to help out

Samyuill /at/ googlemail com

[Gusti]

Nice to have you in Bali sam, I am balinese and I would be happy if there's any question you would ask about while you are in Bali, have fun sir

[Rangi]

How much to those indo language coarses cost ?

[samyuill]

Hi :P the courses range from 50.000 per hour for a local and cheaper for a package.
The school general course for 1 month 40 hours is 3-4 million rp depending on the number of students,, there is 4 of us now so 3m for me.
The intense course for 2 weeks was much more 40 hours only with no extra cultural tours was 6m
I hope that helps,, sorry for late reply. if you have any other questions feel free to ask.

I have 2 question also for the locals/foreigner people here,,,

1,I have been here 1 month so that leaves me 1 month left on my visa,,
where is the best place to extend,,, i understand it will be per month now for
a maximum of 6 months with the cutural/socail visa i have but where in kuta,denparsar is the best place to go.

2, I really like it here and the school is going great,,, I still have much time free so I am thinking of trying to find work and looking to change my visa,, So can anyone point me to the right places to start looking for jobs as a foreigner,, (tourism, management, diving, service industry etc)


Many thanks

I love Bali

Sam

[Barekarma]

Hi Sam
When comparing Immigation Offices I was advised to use Denpasar, rather than Kuta.

A Camalite Nun told me the Kuta Immigation Office gave her a difficult time when her was re-newing a SosBed Visa, but the Denpasar Office was friendly and took time to explain the processes to her.

I can confirm that the Denpasar Immigration Office appears less manic than Kuta, and I have had friendly service at the Denpasar Office... I used my limited Bahasa Indonesia, and the officers smile and reply in English, but they do apprecate someone to at least tries to speak Indonesian. Take SMALL change, because there will be red file covers to buy and photocoping to pay for. It appears to me that it doesn't matter how prepared you are, there seems to be something new to photocopy each time! Ah well.

My advice is to go to Denpasar Office. Accept that the process will take time to be process. Go early in the morning (8.30am). Be patient. Smile. Admire the green plants outside while you are sitting. Relax.
Good luck

[gilbert de jong]

I would go to the one closest to the adress on your sponsors KTP