The awesome Indonesian people
It was so common in my class that my students would ask me random questions especially about Indonesian culture. “ Lina, I don ’ t understand your people ” “ Why? ” “ Look, they like to sitting and talking for hours. ” “ O … we call it ‘ nongkrong ’ … . ” “ What the meaning of nongkrong? ” “ Sitting, talking and actually doing nothing ” “ O my goodness. And look at them. They are so happy and do you know they probably don ’ t make enough money. Do you think they have a life insurance or a lot of saving in their bank account? But my maid at home she doesn ’ t have a bank account. The money I gave to her … easily gone ” My other student always asked me “ When some of your people really want to live in United States, why do you still like to live in this country? Your country has no future because of the corruption and they hate each other because of religion or ethnic ” It was so hard for me to explain about those issues. I found the way to explain to th