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happy_me · Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 10:15 am Post subject:

wa! whats in the paper??? Inflation dips below16%! nice so YTD is down to 17.11%

YA

Has your salery keep up????????????????

Zorobabel · Joined: 13 Feb 2006 Posts: 82

It has still increased slightly month over month. I doubt many places will accomodate the essential salary increases.

Chancellor · Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 6:20 pm Post subject:

Chester · Joined: 15 May 2004 Posts: 383 Location: Australia

wish i had a cool name like that Wink

Chancellor · Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 5:28 pm Post subject:

Zorobabel · Joined: 13 Feb 2006 Posts: 82

Inflation is dipping year over year, but it still increased .05% month over month. Has anyone had pay increases?

Henry_Cowell · Joined: 27 May 2005 Posts: 3352 Location: Berkeley

When I first went to Indonesia, the exchange rate was about Rp400 = US$1. It remained there for several years before it started climbing a bit in the late 1970s. When I now pay several thousand rupiah to eat a meal, I still get a bit nostalgic for the good-old days of smaller banknotes and the 1-rupiah coin. Wink

gugelhupf · Joined: 24 Jan 2004 Posts: 575 Location: Jabotabek

guruengerish · Joined: 28 Mar 2004 Posts: 424 Location: Australia

Henery Cowell comments on the days when people used small notes.

I had some difficulties getting my students to understand that the rupiah is in fact based on the decimal system, onlynowadays the 'standard' is 1000 instead of 100.

To make my point, I told them that the rupiah was originally made up of 100sen to 1 rupiah. Not one of these kids had heard of this, so I went to a money changer, who had a wad of mint condition Sen notes, and he donated me a few which I photocopied and gave to the students; they were quite intrigued.

NB: as a mind-bending activity for older students, see how many can complete the cost of a simple shopping list in dollars and cents, and come up with an accurate total. They work in 1000s and 10 thousands with no problem, but 10s and 100s as in cents and dollars, can really floor them.

Good practice for counting numbers in English.

Zorobabel · Joined: 13 Feb 2006 Posts: 82

guruengerish · Joined: 28 Mar 2004 Posts: 424 Location: Australia

I've often wondered how bus and taxi operators worked out they need to increase their fares by say 20% when fuel goes up 20%.

My conclusion is that maybe fuel is the only expendable. Don't tell me that anything is spent on repairs or upgrades or better seating. or dare I say it, meters in taxis that don't become rusak the moment a white customer is sighted.

wannaBguru · Joined: 07 Dec 2005 Posts: 110

anybody notice that gas prices went up again this week? pertamax plus is now 6050, from 5400, more than 10%. heard pertamax is now 5800 from 5300 but dont know cause i dont buy it. premium is the same at 4500. guess that is why no demonstrations this week.......... or maybe everyone is still tired from the labor demostrations last week. guess the taxi companies will need another 150% increase. nasi and other products should follow suit........... never mind that exchange rate stuff. any excuse to raise prices will do.

TEAM_PAPUA · Joined: 24 May 2004 Posts: 1679 Location: HOLE

Reminds me of the time back in the UK when, for some reason I forget, the price of potatoes rocketed. The price of fish & chips went up around 50%: the rpice of potatoes came down to regular levels but the price of chips stayed the same. Now, that really annoys me.

Chancellor · Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 2:24 pm Post subject:

TEAM_PAPUA · Joined: 24 May 2004 Posts: 1679 Location: HOLE

Increase fuel prices to the point where these stupid clowns can't afford to put fuel in their bikes: maybe this will make the roads cleaner and safer.