Author: Lisa

I never thought I’d become salah satu orang itu (one of those people).  The people I am talking about are how my mum once referred to someone she knew “oh he’s one of those people that goes

One of my Indonesian teachers, Ibu TJ, is taking me on a journey of Indonesian history by introducing me to the pahlawan Indonesia (Indonesian heroes) pictured on Indonesian currency. It started because I asked to

I always say that I don’t mind going to Indonesia sendiri, by myself, every year because I get pretty busy with studying Indonesian at school in the mornings.  Not just that though, when I feel

There are guys who direct traffic in Indonesia but are not officially employed to do so.  One of my teachers told me that they are called Pak Ogah which literally means “Mr Unwilling”, or someone who

My first online Bahasa Indonesia teacher was Anna. She lives in Ubud in Bali and her proudest achievement is that she has never worked in Jakarta as is the norm for many Indonesian university graduates. The

Travel Travel time of 3 hours in a car wins me over every time. Going to Margs does not require getting to or from the airport, going through customs, immigration, quarantine and waiting for my suitcase

In Perth we don’t have many cheap and close holiday options. Sometimes it can feel a little bit like Gilead from The Hand Maid’s Tale, where we have only one way of doing things and

I love my online Indonesian Skype lessons with Ibu Roro, Ibu Fina and Ibu Rini and the other teachers at WB in Yogyakarta or Jogja as its more well known. Yogyakarta is the city’s official