Expat Life in INDONESIA 

Sascha your speaking english like indonesian...that's the ultimate bule achievement

I usually went to local market in the morning, once you get to know how much things cost for normal Indonesian people, you really don't see the point in giving money to those expensive fashion markets that sell fake organic food. Just go to the market food in Indonesia is wonderful

ini bule udah 100% jadi orang indonesia, ga nyangka mba sasha tau juga intisari wkkwkwkwkwkwk

"I think you bule have much money! You, bule kere!" 😂😂

My tips for the cheaper ones: 1. Find indonesian product for substitute My experince living oversea (kuala lumpur). Not everything more expensive here and vise versa. So i have to be smart to choose the product. 2. If you r not comfortable shoping in traditional market. Go shop to carefoour. Belive me.. Its much cheaper than other modern market (foodhall, ranchmarket etc) 3. I dont think 1 million/ month room that bad in jakarta.. Or maybe because its "bule" then the owner making the price? Hmm..my tips you (bule) to have local friends in jakarta. So they can help to bargain. 4. Wine and alcohol.. Well.. I agree. The priice is expensive. Have you ever try duty free shop? 5. Cigarette is cheap because its indonesian product rite? The conclusion is.. Everything imported is expensive. So find and be comfortable with substitute product. Changing wine to "intisari" or "anggur orang tua" is agood choice 😀 Change your vodka to "tuak" 😂 Change your lemon to "jeruk nipis" Change Blueberry to strawberry (soo cheap in bandung)😊😊😊

I went to Indonesia last year for vacation. Loved every single moment of it. Didn't want to leave. I'm hoping to move there eventually :)

when i'm in bazaar, i become the center of attention. being tall (1.93cm-6'3") n pretty pale/white helps as well. and people go like; bule.. bule?? bule!! bulebulebule :D and random hey Mr. :) never the less, i love indonesia and indonesians and i highly recommend anybody to visit there (^_^)

I like your english in indonesian accent though you get it perfectly, with a clear R

I don't think the term "Bule" also applies to Chinese, Japanese, Arabs, Africans and Latin-Americans. Only Caucasians (white people) are called "Bule" by Indonesians. Other non-SE-Asian looking people don't get called "Bule". Example: Orang Negro (blacks), Orang Arab (Middle-Eastern people), Orang India, Orang Jepang, Orang China, etc.

rokok jadi bahan pokok, maka nya kemiskinan makin bertambah coba kalau masyarakat kita di daerah manapun gak merokok setiap hari berbungkus bungkus rokok , mungkin mereka bisa makan dengan layak dan hidup cukup serta mengurangi biaya ke rumah sakit karena rokok dan asap rokok.

When a bule is more Indonesian than you... I didn't even know what intisari was and I was born in Jakarta 😂😂😂

In Indonesia people call me habib because I look like an Arab but I was born in the UK. Only some people call me bule.

I rent my room for 1 milion rupiah for a month with 24 hour security, ac and unlimited internet. Its not as bad as u shown here. I think some of the content are a little bit exaggerated

Hey Sacha! I'm also an expat in Indonesia and find your videos hilarious. My husband is also from Indonesia and is there to witness my reaction to all of the truths in this video. He was cracking up watching! By the way, your Indonesian is great. Thanks for posting.

I love how you promote Indonesia through your videos! Keep up the good work :D

Hey Sacha. Just wanted you to know that I'm really liking what you're doing with your videos. You introduce a new point of view towards Indonesian society (via a bule's eyes) and delivers various social commentaries and criticisms about the society that is Indonesia (im totally a big fan of your video 'warteg rasis', that one's my fav). FYI I too can be considered as a bule who had lived 10+ years in Indonesia (people called me 'bule lokal' because I'm Malaysian who went to SMP, SMA and kuliah in Indo). Some of the expat and bule living in Indo videos you made really hit the mark most of the time for me, and I can totally relate to most of them (ya walaupun gue bisa membaur aja karena tampang gue yang indo2 aja because of Malaysia sharing many common heritages with Indonesia hahaha) . Keep up making good stuff and nevermind the negative comments you occasionally got here n there, I too also get these comments frequently as a WNA. You go girl!

Thank you for the Indonesian subtitles, they helped me learn a lot!

I'm so pleased I stumbled upon your videos! I'm going to be living in Indonesia for a year and a half serving a religious mission. Thank you for the videos!

I'm happy that most of the comments in this video is quite positive and see the message of the video for what it is =)

i really enjoy ur video, the way with subtitle really helps me not only learning bahasa indonesia but also know more about their life!!!

tips buat bule trtama kawan mbak sascha kalo pingin belanja dapat murah belanja dipasar minimal bawa orang indo yg tw pasar dan gmpang dipercaya biasanya pembabtu bisa dan kalo beli keju,blueberry mending belinya di toko kue aja itung2 pilihanya banyak,lebih murah dan bisa ngecer bgtu jga susu

Ahhhh keren! Ini video lama tapi recommend lagi. Kenyataannya memang begitu sih, banyak barang2 di Indonesia yg lebih malah jatuhnya drpd di negara barat. Btw kenapa kalo bule di indonesia di sebut expat tapi kita di sebut immigrant di negara barat? Giliran kita tinggal di negara Asia lain juga disebut expat. Apa sebenernya gak sama aja, sama2 foreigner?

Sascha that is so true.... we went to Indonesia last may and daughter wanted apple juice. We went to HERO supermarket and cant believe that 100% apple juice for $10??? Here is only $2.50 or $1 if its on sale. We are Indonesian live in America for 17 years. Loves your videos and your little cutie baby zee

Love all your videos Sacha Stevenson My husband American and he already planned to live in Indonesia for good when he's retired. He love Indonesia! He became center of attention too when he came there, the neighborhood kids taught him to say "Bule gila", then they all giggles. I miss my Indonesia...

I just come across your channel, i'm an Indonesian, your video is funny specially when you're telling the truth about the life there

You are unique! So fun to watch your channel, thank you for all your creative work, I love it!

Pemaparan Sascha ini harusnya bisa membuat kita berpikir..tentang fakta sosial sekitar kita. Ini hebatnya Sascha bisa observasi dan bisa mengemasnya jadi tontonan utube. Coba tanya...mengapa harga rokok dan pelacur lebih murah?

Amazing! That was so well-presented. I've been to Indo a few times and you summed it up really well. Loved the accents BTW.

Sacha..love your creativity.. So funny..always make me laugh. Can't wait to see your new video..4 thumbs up for you, neng geulis..

Loved it Sacha! Understood exactly what you are on about. Grew up in the first 16 years of my life in Jakarta before emigrated to Oz.

Kebenaran isi video ini bikin sedih... :/

this is, by far, my most favourite video :) keep on posting sacha!

When you're a bule you usually stick out of the crowd like an awkward giraffe O_O

Lol the video is hilarious :D It's rare to see foreigners who understand indonesian taste of humor. Consider yourself have a new subscribers. Cheers.

NGAKAK INTISARI WKWKWK kan ada amer botol si yang murah juga ngapa harus intisari dah buseeettt! wkwkwkwk kayak sedih banget sumpah dari wine ke intisari yawla wkwkwk

Your subtitle cracks me up everytime! Awesome videos Sacha!

Betul sekali,, hehe pertama my suami dateng ke indo, harus ngirit banget , gaji nya memang 3x dari gaji rata2 orang pribumi tapi, untuk memenuhi pola makan dia dan gaya hidup harus mikir, apalagi waktu itu baru nyicil mobil ,tiap dia liat wine kesukaan dia, dia cuma bisa membayangkan, bisa aja beli. Tapi ada yg lebih penting, dan jika dibandingkan di negara nya harga satu botol wine yg paling murah disini bisa dapet 6 botol di negara nya,tapi Alhamdulillah masa2 sulit itu telah berlalu,lepas dari kredit mobil , bisa bernafas lega ,,😌🙏🏻

Hi Sacha, you have the best channel on youtube about being a foreigner living in Indonesia by far! Thanks for sharing your experiences and thoughts! Greatly enjoy your videos! Great Job!

1 jt/bln ancur bgt kamarnya..itu mah 200-300rb/bln kali..hahha...

I am indo people.. originally indo.. i will strongly agree with you sasa.. all are facts here.. sadly but true.. reality sometimes painful lol but who cares.. as an indo i will say that we love to laughing on reality.. and the other fact of indo.. no matter how hard and bad life in indo but we still love it.. and always home sweet home.. lol all ur video about indo just proved that how much u love indo :) even the bad and ugly part of it :) just like me too.. im waiting ur next story :) fighting!!!

Nice place for a holiday, but where's the future? You earn a fortune in "local currency" and wake up broke five or ten years later, unable to go home because you have no dough and no job skills. Some future.

😂 that one about school kids having an assignment to talk with a bule was so relatable. Every bloody time lol😂

well, living cost in Indonesia maybe a bit "costy" for foreigners, but if you can adapt, with standard paycheck you can go to university, eat 3 times a day (rice + 2 kinds of vegetables), rent a "kos", and still have spares for fun. Anyway, nice video

Haha, your videos always makes me smile Sacha, most of the stuff you mention are true. Keep them all coming!

Yeah, alcohol is FREAKIN expensive in Indonesia because of the ridiculous tax regulations imposed by the Indonesian government. As an Indonesian who now lives in Germany, i am very happy to be here. Great beers, wines and alcohol are damn cheap!

Cool, sasha ! Haha really enjoying ur video :D

"Tai kucing, ga bakal masuk budget" wkwkwkwkwkwk........

Omg sacha u r the funniest of them all! Love ur videos!! All of them! Is killing me lol XD

the part when indonesian guy really want a bule girl, i thnik yes that is. of course like me XD LOL jngan kunjungin channel saya IHSANAGAZ ada video saya nge-Gombalin cewek bule dan dapetin nomornya, cara dapetin nomor /kenalan dengan cewek... dll thanks sacha , as always videonya menghibur ^_^

I like this video, because I ke'tonjok' banget waktu Sacha bahas ttg gaji Mba Yati sama harga Jack D...... Soal rumah sewa tahunan di Indonesia, bukan ekspat aja, itu juga saya org lokal dan msh 'kontraktor' alias org yg masih ngontrak, berasa banget sedihnya... Gaji suami bulanan, tapi buat nyari tempat tinggal keluarga, hrs bayar tahunan in the front like you said.. Mau yang bulanan murah, ada, bener, gambarannya macam yg sejutaan di video, adanya petakan... Nyicil beli rumah ya sama, kalo bukan karyawan tetap, PNS, atau pengusaha , susah banget bisa punya rumah sndiri... Thanks udh menyuarakan yg mewakili suara hati...... Buat Yang lain, jangan nelen mentah2 isii video ini dan yg lain2nyah... Pahami 'maksud' dari ucapan, bukan apa yg dikatakan.... Okey, peace....

I bought my food from the streets ... omg murah banget.... such as tahu, tempe, all my sayuran, telur.... even ayam, ikan, toge kentang. .... the supermarket is expensive. .... but food from the street is cheap and healthy.... if I lived in Indonesia on 15mil rp a month, I could make it stretch better than that and still live in a nice place.....

This was sooo funny haha loved it. Nice acting, can tell you put a lot of effort into it

OMG the food and cigarette part is SO true! I always wanna get cheese here but no, to EXPENSIVE. So when I go to Australia I always come back with a lot of cheese because it's half the price😂. They should make the prices opposite with cheese and cigarettes. Anyways... I think you maybe know me idk... Because my dad was in wanna of your videos (Stephen Barber) idk maybe u know him. Anyways another GREAT video!

I love your videos. My wife and I watch all of them. My wife is from Bandung, I am from America, we are living in America. We hope to visit her family soon.

Am I the only one who heard blink-182 playing in the background in the lemons part

Hi sacha, i love how you describe Indonesia in your video. Keep making this sh*t. Indonesian people need it.

Interesting Sacha......... I'd share on fb but for the sexual remarks which are true but rather "R" rated. Having lived here for a year less than 30 years, I honestly still dislike being called "BULE". I once wrote a poem about it... I also don't like being called "Londo" but now my son uses that in his videos, 'Londokampung". We have lived in the same house since 1989 - before that we were in Bandung. Here in Surabaya we live in a kampung (which is why Dave calls himself "londokampung") so I see into the poverty plus my husband works for Yayasan Pondok Kasih, an NGO that works among the poor. It really is a dilemma for a foreigner living here to work out what standard they can/should/would be good to live at. I think we just fell into, or were led into, how we live BUT to live long term here one must try to eat as healthy as possible. We live with two Mushollas very, very close - one across our rather narrow road in front and the other, just near the back fence. We cannot even hear anything at home when they are going and it is not only me and my husband who are disturbed by the noise but also some of my very Islamic neighbours - and then, all the wedding parties and circumcision parties (one tonight, another tomorrow night that we are invited to in our neighbourhood) that most often block the road and drown the area in noisy dangdut...as do the bazaars that run every other month for a couple of nights... all opportunities to mix with the locals even more. Not sure where I'm headed in all I'm saying to you as I could write a book on what has happened over the last almost 30 years here...and what it is like living as a "bule" here. By the way, I saw you, heard you, may have even spoken to you at the UBUD Writer's and Reader's Festival a couple of years ago - you were such a bright spark there. Definitely, being fluent in Indonesian helps and it would be a lot easier too if I was fluent in Javanese (like my sons are) and Madurese but we can't do everything.

Love your videos, Sacha! You're so cool!

I prefer you use the word "immigrant".

I used to have that kind of perspective. I always love your video. Can't wait for the next upload! :D

I feel the weirdness of being called "bule" in Indonesia... was born there...

hahahahaha "INTISARI WINE"..... you are really something Sacha..... i love all the jokes you add in all your video...... love it...

Indonesia just reformed about property ownership so bule/expat could have property here from now on...

Yey kak sacha muncul lagi :)

Cigarette = Basic Life? Welcome to Indonesia, when everything always "terbalik"..

LOL I'm Indonesian that live in the US for 2 decades and going back home for the first time and stumble upon your video, Thank you cos this is funny af

Lost it at: "Bingo!" Translation: "Alhamdulillah!"

I am Indonesian, and I think the info is 90% accurate. I never thought that there are some bule(s) that live in low lifestyle here, just like a student who live in a hostel. Good explanation!

JANCUK!Sacha, kamu bule yang jancuk sekali!lucu dan kreatif!Menginspirasi saya untuk sukses sepertimu!Kapan2 kita collab ya! Saya orang gila di youtube :D :D Jangan mampir channel saya Jancuk TV karena saya bikin video gendeng ngerjain orang gak kenal :D

I loooove Your videos!! Understand everything more then 100%! I live in Jakarta for more then 2 years. It happens non stop... Hahah sometimes I want to send the videos to my friends from Polandia but they won't understand...

You should go to pasar instead of supermarket. Its cheaper.

this is so funny Sacha! Love all your videos

Tapi maklumin aja keju mahal Karena bukan makanan pokok... Hehehhe ga semua orang indonesia suka keju... 👍

This is so good, I wish you would do it for more countries.

And don’t forget when you have bule bf/gf everyone around you will look at you , and that what you proud of 😂

I learn english with you, please continue maam. Appreciate so much

well, i'm not against the video or Sacha as the video maker, but i think the title is not the right one. it is so true that many people or specially foreigners misunderstand between INDONESIA and JAKARTA or JAVA ISLAND or BALI. if the title called expat life in JAKARTA or other cities in java island or bali, then it fits the video. but in my city, you'll get spacious-with-all-complete-facilities-room for 1 million rupiah a month. even you can get that cluster house too for 1 million rupiah/month (yes, you can pay per month, not per year). i don't really know about Jack D's price, but fruits and any other organics veggies are not that expensive either here, many of them not even reach US$1/bag. like i said, this may be true in Jakarta or any other metropolis cities in Java island or Bali, yet Indonesia IS NOT ONLY Java island or Bali, it is not true in as many other cities in Indonesia, and Jakarta is not an example for the whole Indonesia, so you can't generalize. and many your bule friends who live overseas cant be misunderstood of living cost in Indonesia.. :) but thanks anyway for the video, it's very amusing :))

The shopping part is my favorite part. "Oooh, Cheese! Thank God, I looove cheese." LOL

hahaha... you are so funny sasha... but most of them are true i really like lemon but you know its so expensive here.. about the wine also true haha.. the cheese also super price here hehe... but dont worry there are many options also to choose to make cheap n easy.. enjoy JAKARTA.

its true if you live in jakarta, in my city you can get a luxury room with full facilities (tv,ac,own bathroom,free electricity,free laundry and many more) at 100 to 150 dollar a month. food is quite cheap too,if you can speak bahasa just go to traditional market and you can get a healthy food with a good price(with 20-30 dollar you can get meat,veg,fruit,and many more)

did I read "Tai Kucing?" wkwkwk

hahha this is the first time i watch your video. you are so funny .. love it !!!

I feel confused with this, I think in Indonesia if are you is Japanese they saying Japanese, if are you is chinese they saying chinese , if are you is arab they saying arabian .NAH ,,if you are germans they saying are bule, dutch is bule,spaniards are bule ,white american are bule etc. , and you latin amarican come up with european appearance you will in saying as bule,,Bule only for those whites people and blond hair..

Sha, di tahun 2018 gue masih bisa dapatin kontrakan seharga 700 ribu, dengan kondisi yang sangat baik dibanding kontrakan lainnya. Ga full furnished sih tapi ga sekumuh video itu jg. Kontrakan dengan dapur dan wc dalam masih banyak yang murah kok. Tapi mungkin emang beberapa barang suka dimahalin kalau bule. Tapi itu ga berlaku buat bule aja. Kalau lu orang Jakarta terus pindah ke daerah jg pasti barang2 dan biaya kosan bakal lebih dimahalin dibanding warga lokal. So the first rules, terus nawar sampe ngotot biar mereka iba dan berpikir lu bule kere yang perlu dikasihanin. Yang kedua, belanja di pasar, dan di Indonesia lebih murah sayur, buah lokal dibanding dairy product atau daging. Kalau mau beli sayur murah giant lebih murah dibanding kompetitornya. Seribu seikat. Tapi lebih baik makan masakan yang udah jadi dari pada belanja bahan makanan. Kayak beli makan di warteg, gado-gado, mie goreng. Masak buat 1 orang costnya lebih mahal pertimbangin juga biaya gas, bumbu, minyak goreng dsbnya.

emang harga minuman ber-alkohol di luar negri brp ya?

i love your video Sacha i think it is very funny and i could see so many indonesian haters will charge on you. I know i'm not a bule in indonesian but i lived in europe for a while and i feel the same after coming back to indonesia. The reverse culture shock but i would like to say my oppinions with some parts of the videos. maybe people think about it as all bad but if you think about it jsut abit more it's just different cultures thats all. with the cheese wine lemons and blueberries these things are not local to us so therefore it is much more expensive but if you are in europe you will find tropical fruits like rambutan for example is ridiculously pricey or spices that are natives to us are sky high price in there

ha ha jadi sadar deh gw..

I am a filipina and i would loved to visit Indonesia in the future because I heard they have nice places and people are loving

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Haha, great video xD Your Indonesian-English accent is extremely, extremely spot on! My parents were born in Indonesia, and I speak Indonesian..but apparently with a very thick Western accent. So whenever I visit, I'm "si bule" to all my cousins xD

LOL.....what a great series of videos.

well here in salatiga, the suburban place you might never know. many foreigner lives here with high salary and very low living price (10rb kenyang es teh ayam nasi sayur pake gorengan, kos kosan 300rb layak), but easy access to imported stuff because of the number of foreigner here. with high mobility to nearest town (semarang solo jogja), cool enviromental, no traffic jam basically, no such criminal (lagi rame begal tapi) yeah, cobalah kesini...

Dear Sacha, I have no more words to express my appreciation upon your video but "this is so damn right" XD.

In Padang... Especially around university, 1 million is probably the highest price for kosan. The room is very clean (comfy bed and nice wall painting 😁), air conditioned, 24hr security, has kitchen, even a small garden.

Can't wait for your next Video, Sacha.. :)

Your impersonation of Indonesian's way of speaking English is spot on, Sacha! XD

love it , honest truth helps, with a touch of sarcasm.

I used to practice my listening skill with your videos... Thank you so much. ☺

Very talented, for sure. Like the multiple roles and humor. Never been, but check out videos to escape once in a while.

i iike you very much.. all of your videos.. i'm one of your fans..