What Is It Like Growing Up in Indonesia? | Michelle 

Correction: 5 major islands: 1. Kalimantan (aka Borneo, unlike Malaysians, Indonesians rarely use the term), 2. Sumatra, 3. Papua (Western New Guinea, obsolete: Irian), 4. Sulawesi, 5. Java. There are minor islands: 1. Maluku Islands (Moluccas) and 2. Southeast/Nusa Tenggara Islands (obsolete: Lesser Sunda Islands). Bali and Lombok are included in the Southeast islands. Thank you Michelle for introducing Indonesia ❤

She's pretty good despite the harsh criticism. Remember, she started with a HUGE caveat: Indonesia is so diverse... You can spend a lifetime reading books about Indonesia and travel the country, still you'll fall short of describing it well to a professor even more so to a layman. And you gotta love her passionate yet laidback attitude. You go girl! Edit: after watching more, she's actually really2 good and educated outside of the hard fact (you can just google this).

Everybody! Please appreciate her effort, I believe she has tried her best to represent our Nation. Please be kind and show your support. She absolutely can do better in the future...

despite a few lack of information, im surprise to see how much detail she actually put in her explaination.

Thank you Michelle, you've done quite well in your representation of Indonesia, especially toward the end, love from Indonesia

9:09 Something that is sometimes difficult for western people to understand is that Indonesia is multi ethnic group. It's like the European continent becoming one country. Each ethnic group has its own preferences.

It saddened me that my country is not well known in other parts of the world, indonesia is the biggest archipelago country in the world, we have more than 17.000 islands, we got over 1300 ethnic group, we also have over 700 native languanges, we got 3 different time zone here, rich in nature, culture, we have most lay back people here, most delicious food on earth. Westerner only knows Bali, Indonesia is whole lot more than that, please visit us, you'll receive the most warmest smile you ever had here...

Ngeliat komen malah ngehujat semua🤦 Yeah its always like this, Netizens are always hating, Ini adalah orang yang mendeskripsikan hidup di indonesia seperti apa, BUKAN Ahli indonesia! Disuruh pulang kampung juga.. begini loh kalau kita mau dikenal negara lain ya harus ada yang mengenalkan,tentu belum lengkap dan masih ada yang kurang infonya, Tetapi justru kita harus menghargai, Dia sudah berusaha semaksimal mungkin untuk mendeskripsikan negara kita, gitu aja sih salam dari bogor🙏

When she said Indonesia has 4 major islands I paused, wrote this comment, and stopped watching the video. :D

Indonesia has 5 major islands, i think. They are Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi and Papua. Rainy season is usually from September to February then from March to August is dry season. Drinking Tea and coffee are also belong to our culture but we enjoy them different in every etnich. Talking about food you will find more than a thousand items. For e.g "soto", you will find so many names of soto.

55:20 all parties in Indonesia have same ideology it is Pancasila centralists. So there are no different ideologies from each other. This is because in the past after independence there were many rebellions and murders just because of ideological differences. So during the New Order era and the military dictatorship came to power . All political parties must adhere to the 5 values of Pancasila. 1.Belief in the one and only God 2.Just and civilized humanity 3.The unity of Indonesia) 4 Democracy guided by the inner wisdom in the unanimity arising out of deliberations among representatives 5.Social justice for all the people of Indonesia Any party that does not have these 5 values or has opposing values must be disbanded. So don't be surprised if Indonesia chooses party figures (strong men) rather than the party itself.

Indonesian🇮🇩Is the largest archipelagic country in the world with 17.000 Islands. Stretching 5000 km From east to west. Located in a tropical area. With a population of 280 million people. 1300 ethnic groups and 700 regional languages. And one national language is bahasa Indonesian.

honestly major props to michelle, although from living in the US for a while she has missed some recent political nuances. but honestly yeah in a nutshell the way she describes indonesia as a neutral state is spot on, we've always been a non-axis nation. also to add to corruption, similar to how family run businesses tend to become a thing here. Nepotism in politics as well many other facets are very prevalent. you can see this clear as day by seeing our current president and who the next VP is lineage and family also carries a lot of weight in the society although slightly different betweem ethnic groups. say certain groups give emphasis to names of family, in other cases other ethnic groups might put more weight on what the family profesion is, or if anyone from your family tree is of importance, so on so forth. this might be one of the reasons nepotism is prevalent well in any case indonesia is a very complex nation, young in the global eyes but rich with history spanning centuries. even living here your whole life might not give you the full story. we have a stereotype of being "overproud" and well you can probably tell from other comments that that's true. she did a great job describing her experience living here and i hope the comments don't discourage michelle from sharing more about her home country

Martabak, "diabetes on a plate", made me really laugh out loud. :D But yes, sweet martabak is like carbs fiesta. My favorite is cheese martabak, nyum.

Michele Sastra Atmaja, I hope I spell it correctly. You are just amazingly describing all aspects of the beauty of Indonesia. It just sounds great. Smart pretty lady.

6:19 Indonesian have Two monsoon climate . (monsoon climate occur due to the influence of the monsoon winds, which blow in Indonesia and change direction every six months.) Rainy season October to March and dry season April to September

Penjelasan tentang kehidupan sehari hari oke kok karena berdasarkan pengalaman pribadi nya michelle, tapi untuk informasi yang lebih detail seperti geografi, politik, makanan, agama, budaya, kayaknya harus banyak riset lagi soalnya banyak informasi yang misleading dari michelle.

Actually, dry season may vary & the amount of rain is different when a place too close to equator they may have consistent rain/rain forest weather, but because indonesia position domination is in the southern hemisphere, Dry season PEAK typically from MAY to AUGUST, when the australia on the winter, and the most southern part of indonesia : Java, bali, Nusa tenggara the temperature will slightly change especially at the night will be so cold than the other month, also the cold dry air from australia kinda affect the temperature aswell, it can change from typically 25 C to 19 C at night in some part of Nusa tenggara, High land in java like malang or bandung can drop from typically 22 C to 15 C at night, even can drop -2 at morning in the mountain area of java (Dieng plateau)

Harus diakui Nara Sumber ini cukup general menjelaskan tentang all about Indonesia. Semua terulang ke MARTABAK!

Thats okay Michelle, you are trying to tell the world about Indonesia. In some points you know a lot about Indonesia, in some minor points you lack some information. we understand since you are still young and spent few years in Indonesia and probably have never visited kalimantan and sulawesi, now living abroad. Thank you Michelle.

Well for many people who too serious for information she said. Please be patient and look. How young she is. So if about historical. We can assume she not understand and only say what she knew. And for mostly for young people. She will understand about lifestyle where she live. If there are miss. I think we let it slide. Because not many people know about other region lifestyle. At least she knew what food is good. About information that was miss or wrong just let it be. At least she not say something that not good to other people. At least we can let other foreigners to know much more about Indonesia. Not just bali.

Terima kasih Michelle sudah membagikan perasaan Michelle tumbuh di negara kita. Semoga penjelasan singkat tersebut dapat memberi gambaran kepada bangsa lain yang belum mengenal negara kita. Sekiranya ada beberapa kesalahan yang diungkapkan oleh teman2 di sini, terimalah isi/pesan2nya dengan hati lapang, jangan dimasukkan ke hati. Imho, you've done a great job, I ❤ it!

my 2cent Kalimantan Kalimantan Borneo is a Muslim-majority island, but there are significant Christians, Catholics, Buddhists, Hindus, Confucians like other parts of Indonesia. The native ethnicities are Banjar, Dayak, Kutai, Paser. However, currently the population of Kalimantan consists of Banjar, Dayak, Javanese, Malay, Buginese, Madurese, Chinese, Kutai, Sundanese, Batak, and others. Coffee Origin Since Indonesia used to consist of various sultanates in the 15th-20th centuries, it is not surprising that coffee was brought by traders from Arabia and Ottomans. The coffee is usually drunk by Muslims so that they can perform the night prayer. Curry AFAIK, Turmeric and other spices that are native to Indonesia have been used for cooking or drinking as "Jamu". Indonesia has been known as a producer of spices since time immemorial. So traders come to Indonesia to look for spices. I just heard a new theory that curry was brought by Indians to Indonesia. What Chris means maybe Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). NAM is a forum that are not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. It was founded with the view to advancing interests of developing countries in the context of Cold War confrontation. On Sharia law in Aceh, what is surprising is that Acehnese prefer sharia law to secular, because in sharia law, after receiving punishment they can be immediately free while in secular law, they will be punished by imprisonment. So they prefer sharia law because they can immediately enjoy freedom.

I just wanna correcting that Indonesia's major islands are Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, and Papua

She clearly doesn't understand the history of how Aceh become one of the specials region in indonesia. Aceh is the only region in indonesia that the Dutch and any other European colonization cannot breach, they never able to hold Aceh. Aceh already has its own strong sultanate, wealth and military with the close relationship to the ottoman empire. and when indonesia gain its independency, Aceh sacriface for the sake of unity, rather than become independent, Aceh willingly join to unite and become one as indonesia, that's why Aceh is one of the specials region in indonesia that has its own rule of law in the region. Never ever view Aceh as a rebel and isolated here. There's a few misinformation here especially about history of the regional politics maybe because the lack of knowledge about history.

i gagged so hard when she describes martabak as "diabetes on a plate". the accuracy is 100%!

Also how come Bali is major island when its size very tiny and their population is very small . And economically they only depends on tourism

she's trying hard represents our country. more than that her attitude was lovely. thanks young lady. I'm so proud of you.

I think you forgot that the food from "Warung Tegsl" is actually the real risjtaffel, because it consist of mixed of so msny differentdisges, that the warung's owner always displays for the customers to choose. Therefore warung Tegal is the true ricetafle in Indonesia.

Actually she made a mistake in doing this conversation because she said that Indonesia consisting 4 major main islands the fact is Indonesia is consisting five major main Islands such as : 1). Sumatera 2). Boorneo (Borneo) 3). Papua Neugini (Irian Jaya) 4). Java 5). Sulawesi (Cellebes) Anda more than 17.500 minor and small Islands. Hidayat Simalungun, North Sumatera Indonesia.

*Five* major islands in Indonesia are Sumatera, Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi and Papua at 2:20.

I am proud of you, at a young age you can very straightforwardly convey your opinions and experiences for more than an hour interview, you are smart and honest, all your words are neatly arranged and don't hesitate to convey them sequentially according to your young experience. It is indeed not easy to understand Indonesia with its enormous diversity. And for the netizens here who corner you, I think they are small-minded people, who won't understand that "there are no kangaroos in Austria". 😅 Don't let negative things get in the way of your dreams, continue to be passionate about showing Indonesia in the world. and I ❤ the tittle it's "WE" not "I" Culture...

I stop when she said it's less rain in Indonesia when it's summer in Australia, I couldn't count back how many things she said wrong about Indonesia already and not interested for the rest 60 minutes

For people who are complaining about geography of indonesia etc, please start to exposing yourself to outside of indonesia, generally people outside also do not care about the number they just need to get the rough idea and to get or chek the detail we can google or wikipedia it, What she explains is more about the essence, the culture, the values, etc - and most people inside indonesia i bet they dont know about it, i didnt know about it, for exampe about that 'chinese connection' across the southeast asia (indonesia malaysia singapore) during colonianilsm to defend from British Dutch and all european, i wasnt aware of this too, until i stepped outside and see many things and i can confirm that what she said is true, many many things here in the story are about the perspective from outside - from different perspective, that most indonesians are not aware of. If you guys want to know more, but you also dont have to, please just listen and digest what she said, not correcting what is wrong on her words. For such a young person, she knows so much about history, politics, about what happens in the 1960s (hint - indonesia, cia) about china usa and how is that similar with what happens in chile, argentina, etc, you guys need to listen to that, but again - you dont have to and keep being like katak dalam tempurung.

51:00 Wrong-Wrong.Indonesia is a unitary country like China and France. Indonesia is a unitary country. All provinces are special Autonomy . But the central government can veto Regional regulations Any time. Congratulations, regional regulations do not violate central regulations, so regional regulations can be implemented.

She need back to Indonesia to learn about Indonesia

Correction and additional info: There are 5 bigest islands (sorted by population): Java, Sumatra, Celebes (Sulawesi), Borneo (Kalimantan), and Papua. There are also smaller known islands and archipelagos like Madura, Bali, Bangka-Belitung, Molluca (Maluku), West and East Nusa Tenggara. The total number of islands approximately more than 16000 islands. The most known ethnic would be Javanese and Sundanese which originated from Java island, Madura from Madura island, Minang and Batak from Sumatra, Dayak from Borneo, Menado, Gorontalo, etc from Celebes, Ambonese from Molluca, and of couse Papuan from Papua. The culture of drinking coffee at night derived from revolutionary era, where the youngsters gather and talking about politics (back in the Dutch East Indies era). But generally, we drink coffee in both morning and evening. While drinking tea usually at noon. I think some of the reason where we think running a business is more prestigious even if resulting less income is that because of our tradition of helping each other (gotong royong). Because by running business, we open an opportunities for other to work for you, hence, opening new job vacancies. The term that employee is family in small business also related to that tradition. Initially, the Dutch (started with VOC) only want to occupy Banten (the western tip of Java) as their base port and Molluca as the spice producers. But then they realize that to keep their fleet save through out the sail from Molluca to Banten and to India, they need to occupy any area adjacent to their sailing route. So they started to occupy Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Nusa Tenggara, Celebes, and Papua. This is why they left the north of Borneo to British since they don't need the whole Borneo. This is also the reason they didn't occupy Malaka which was occupied by British, because the Dutch sails from Banten through the western part of Sumatra. Not though Malaka strait. About sharia law in Aceh, it's quite interesting. There are two laws applicable there. If moslem held accountable according to sharia law, they punished by sharia law, otherwise, they punished by national law. But if the accountable were not a moslem, they can chose whether they punished by sharia law or national law. CMIIW though. Since I could be wrong. About why the Javanese are all over the place, it's because they are mostly yes man people. Not really a hard worker thing, but at least they willing to do any job. And about the federal states, she is right. We are not as federal as the US but also not as centralized as China.

Wow...the most interesting part of this video is the comments. Most comments Really really really show the characteristics and state of most Indonesians. 😂😂😂

48:00 Indonesian called it The (political term is regional son/putra daerah or regional daughter/putri daerah ). So if a province has a majority ethnic group F. So the regional head must be of ethnic group F

I am sure there are many Indonesian girl who have broader knowledge about Indonesia

setelah membaca komen2, orang yg menyudutkan malah orang indonesia sendiri, come on guys, gimana kita mau dikenal orang kalo ada satu orang yg mengenalkan malah dihujat, michele bukan ahli indonesia, dia hanya orang yg tumbuh besar di indonesia, kalo ada kekeliruan dalam penyampaian sampaikan saja tanpa harus menghujat

18:39 😂When foreigners spend their holidays traveling around Indonesia They are confused about why Indonesians spend their holidays just gossiping with their neighbors.😂

It's amazing even as Indonesian, how our ancestors could have the decision to be one nation. To decide to have one language, Bahasa Indonesia, is damn genius idea to start with.

So many her 'infos' missed like for example majapahit big is around 14th century not 16th as she said and many other things. She said all that in her chinese descendant of indonesia point of view, and they're not so 'socialize' with other indonesian

keren mbak...terima kasih sudah berbagi informasi budaya dan perbedaan agama tapi tetep satu INDONESIA... - informasi tambahan dari saya 1. Bahasa Nasional Bahasa Indonesia, 700 bahasa daerah 2. lebih dari 5000 jenis makanan dari berbagai daerah 3. Anak dari kecil diajarkan sopan santun, membantu dan jujur pada orang tua dan orang lain. 4. Anak dari kecil sudah diajarkan taat beragama 5. Kekeluargaan, Gotong Royong dan Menghormati yg lebih tua di masyarakat...

great content, I appreciate Michelle's efforts to explain what she knows about Indonesia :)

Indonesia has so many cultures, and tasty foods, so it's hard to just mention one of the best food and culture that represent the country.

One sentence world have to know that Indonesia united by difference ... And that's our proud !

Bangga dengan Michelle, kemampuan menjelaskan dengan pengetahuannya tentang Indonesia, sudah luar biasa.

well actually it's okay if she had mistakes here and there, people would correct her and add additional things through comments tho ...👍

Apa aku salah dengar dia bilang di pulau sumatera ada suku dayak ?. Dayak di kalimantan sayang

Bali is a small island The Five main island are Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi and Papua

She actually knows a lot of important facts of history

16:47 She's talking about Indonesian snacks but mentioned stroopwafle?? Which part of Indonesia that eats stroopwafle? I'm 100% sure there are a lot of Indonesians who don't even know what stroopwafle is. There are a lot of snacks that are more "Indonesian" other than stroopwafle. We have pisang goreng, mendoan, bakwan, onde-onde, etc, which are more common to be eaten here especially like what she said, with coffee. But stroopwafle?!? Not to forget she also mentioned bitterballen before, which is also not a common snack to eat in Indonesia.

5 major islands and thousands others. Good job michele for representing Indo. Small twick here and there but its totally okay, you are one of our indo avenger! Keep it up Nak, so proud!

Dayak bukan sumatra, lalu Bali gak termasuk 5 biggest major island 😂😂😂😂

It kinda true when she said 4 major islands 😂 because our current government usually only focus on those 4 islands. Java, Bali, Sumatra, and Papua. The rest are… welp, God helps us. I heard they're going to do something on Sulawesi (about the railways system iirc), but it's still a future project.

Respect the effort Michele! Don't mind any negative comments and keep spreading knowledge about Indonesia there.

Aside from a minor geography misinformation, she actually delivered awesomely on other parts. It's nice to see someone this young having such a wide range of knowledge on the country's history and cultures. And her information is new and fresh, quite different from what you can hear and find in other similar videos. Great job introducing our country 😊

In Yogyakarta where I grew up, each regency has different signature foods. Yogya kota has Gudeg, Bantul has Geplak, Kulon Progo has Growol, Gunung Kidul has Gaplek (usually made into Gathot or Thiwul), & Sleman's popular with Salak fruits. Fun fact, those are made into song and often sung by Yogyakarta's Pramuka (scout)

comparing to most indonesian youth nowadays, shes pretty good, well informed and knowledgeable.

Major Island in Indonesia : Kalimantan, Papua Barat, Sumatera, Sulawesi, Jawa 👍🏿👍🏿

9:47 Wait a minute, we're talking about Indonesia, right?Why are you even talking about the revolution in Europe? Teh has been popular in Indonesia since ancient times with trade with China. Then during the Dutch colonial period. After Dutch Spy succeeded in stealing coffee beans from the Ottomans.The Dutch government requires forced planting where each farmer in Indonesia must use 40% of his land for crop pro-export crops Such as coffee, rubber and tobacco to be sent to the European market without getting paid. Indonesia was the largest coffee producer in the world in 1860. Exporting 50% of the world's coffee. Due to the abundance and cheapness of Coffee drink . Coffee and tea, exist Equals In Indonesia's . Where the population consumes 2 drinks equally.

Makasih yaa ci udah explaind tentang negara ini, kita udah semakin baik gak ada lagi pemisahan antara ras / suku. Saya harap kita semua akan semakin maju kedepan nya...

48:39 Bugis from South Sulawesi. Meanwhile, Borneo is inhabited by Malays, Banjar, Dayak, etc. 49:33 Indonesian don't have savage culture like in western. Religion came because of trade, not invasion. You can find a city with sharia law. And take a 1 hour boat ride to the opposite island . And there are ethnic groups that still live by hunting and worshiping big trees. 😂.

Salut sama anak ini .. jarang2 anak muda zaman sekarang yang paham sejarah, walaupun ada beberapa informasi yg kurang tepat tentang daerah luar pulau jawa tapi masih bisa dimaklumi karena Indonesia luas, tidak semua orang paham kondisi di luar daerahnya

Bali on the map of Indonesia is like a pebble, while the mountainous rock is Borneo, Papua, Sumatra, Java, and Sulawesi

"Martabak is like diabetes on a plate" is a really fitting description for said food

Good content about Indonesia But many informations are missleads The very interesting point for me is when she said I'M PROUD TO BE INDONESIAN And I read most comments are Indonesian educated strong nationalism, bravo NKRI harga mati 🇮🇩

Tiba2 semua orang indo yg komen bisa bahasa enggress.. Btw, Very informative conversation and I thought she was very honest. translated by google :D

Major island consist of Java sumatera kalimantan sulawesi Papua, maluku islands, nusa tenggara islands and others small islands

she say interfaith marriage for most Indonesians are fine and people don't care? LoL, interfaith marriage is literally very taboos and people are expected to convert before marriage . This girl seems very has no idea what's like life in Indonesia and very out of touch from reality

Target Audience: Outdonesians Actual Audience: Indonesians

I appreciate her intentions, but alot of her informations itself are very wrong. It feels like she doesn't really know what's like the situations and life in Indonesia, politically, culturally, and also socio norm. She seems very out of touch from Indonesian social life lol . Maybe try find another Indonesian who are actually familiar with their own country

This girl did a lot of researches and readings. She did a gread job in describing Indonesia, approved ✅

Bali is a Major islands? Why I didn't know about that, how dumb I'm

Indonesia have 5 major islands , which is sumatra, java, borneo (shared with malaysia and brunei), sulawesi and papua (shared with papua new guinea) Overall, Indonesian teritory categorized into 7 regions, which is Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Sulawesi, Papua, Molluca islands and Lesser Sunda islands

Her knowledge about Indonesia is actually very limited and she gave out wrong informations. but it's understandable because Indonesia is really is THAT diverse. Especially those who are from java island, it's normal for them to know very little about outside of their island.

September - Feb (mostly Rainy) March - August (Hot)

2:15 correction : it's 5 Major islands 1. Sumatra 2. Java 3. Kalimantan/ Borneo 4. Sulawesi / Celebes 5. Papua Bali is not a major island, however westerners only know Bali

I don't know how to write it, but rijstaffle (sorry) are not dutch invention. It is actualy a food serving tradition from minangese in west sumatra. The dutch were impressed by it and adopted it

Despite people mostly critic about, actually she is doing great since she is surprisingly can mentioned about Jakarta Method and some good points on geopolitic thing.

bali is not even a major island . iys java, sumtra, kalimantan/borneo, sulawesi/celebes and papua.

Martabak manis or terang bulan (originally called Hok Lo Pan) was not actually innovated by Indonesians. It was brought to Indonesia by Chinese descendants from the Hakka and Hokkien ethnic groups living on Bangka Island.

Coba baca deskripsi video tentang perbedaan kultur antara indonesia dan amerika dari sudut pandang narasumber alami, seperti yg dia bilang di indonesia kita diajarkan untuk menghormati orang tua dan beberapa hal lainnya, kalau kita bisa mengurangi fokus pada opini dan hal negatif di komen yg ada dan menonyon keseluruhan video ini maka kita bisa melihat hal positif yang dia coba sampaikan.

Short review of growing up as a Chindo in Medan - Racism is still there but minimal - People directly assuming that i'm a "Cina" (meaning Chinese Descent) that I'm rich. I'm well off financially but definitely not on the rich part tho - Food is the best & makes neighboring countries food taste so inferior. Toughest rival is Thai food - If you have trouble on the street, like accidentally bump into someone, people will be braver to argue with you because you're a "Cina" (again, racism is still there) - Police officers will likely ask more money out of you if you violate traffic rules (refer to point number 2) - If you happen to own a business, you'll be the first one to be targeted by local punks (again, refer to number 2)

there is a work "KITA" In Bahasa Indonesia that have no exact translation in English

I dunno, she may have the knowledge of advance contenporer indonesian history, but failed to mention 4 major island in Indonesia... And... Dayak in sumatra 😅😅😅

It's a "We culture" indeed, from all the good things to a bad thing like corruption...we do it together, unity in diversity 😂

Omg... Pls deh banyak baca lagi... Paraahh

tolong lah jangan budayakan komen menghujat.kalaupun ada kesalahan. ini anak muda.tinggal diluar tapi masih bisa menjawab banyak hal tentang negara asal nya. belum tentu kalo saya lho.

I’m proud being Indonesian people🇮🇩❤️

She had some misinformation about indonesia, but i'm appreciate how much detail she try to explain the culture of indoneisa ❤

@NazmiRifat She just forget said some big islands in indonesia like sulawesi it's normal because not everyone remember all, i proud appreciate for her presetation of indonesia good job

I’m sorry, but i don’t think she has sufficient and proper knowledge about Indonesia. So many inaccurate informations.

"We" culture, in other words, collectivist society. Pretty much true for many other countries in Southeast Asia & East Asia like Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore & China (in the past).

Bali is not part of main 5 islands! She needs to upgrade and update her knowledge about Indonesia. Incorrect information can spread wildly among teenagers! Someone who knows Indonesian better should be with Her when doing this kind of deep interview. Her explanation was good enough with here and there incorrect facts, but the first minutes made me rolling my eyes.

2:13 she definitely don't finished her elementary school in Indonesia or she going to that fuckingly stupid expensive internasional school 🤣

the dry season usually start from march to maybe september and not december-january but it depends

it is actually difficult to ask Indonesian to summarize Indonesia in just few words.. we are not homogenous society and each Indonesian would have their own perspective about Indonesia base on their biases from how each of their respected background influences them. I guess what I can tell outsiders is; that Indonesia is extremely diverse (in any aspects that you can think about) and in the nutshell, that extreme diversity is what Indonesia is all about.