Indonesia is not bankrupt (yet). It might be getting close, maybe like the USA.
What do you do for a living, Lydia? (I bet you're not a typing teacher.)
I live here on a Social/Cultural visa, which means I'm not allowed to work even if I wanted to. I spend my time watching rivers flow, driving around Bali with some good CDs playing, talking all kinds of rubbish with other expats, eyeing girls with bad intent, fixing computers for friends, taking photographs, writing silly things on web-forums, drinking Irish coffees, trying to identify local birds, chasing snakes and spiders, trying to find really bad roads to drive on...stuff like that. Of course, I don't get paid for any of this. So - how can I possibly manage?
I'm a retired ASIO agent (the Australian equivalent of the CIA), and I still get paid. I used to know lots of expats here who worked illegally (most of them have left - perhaps fearing the looming collapse of this country's economy). And I know quite a few who have all their papers in order, get things made here and export them around the world.
What peeves me is seeing every second Balinese car-owner driving a better and newer car than me. It's embarrassing. But I pretend my real car is being serviced, or my wife's using it on a shopping expedition, or I'm installing a new sound system so I can use my iPod on the road.
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