Indonesia

they use rupiah for the currency

Sumatra

Indo in Indonesia means in

men go out and do the hard jobs and the wimen stay home

month salary

First of all, Indonesia was colonized by the Dutch ,or the Netherlands, as the Dutch East Indies. (Germany held the Northern Section of the Island know as New Guinea)The Portugese were the original European Discoverers of Indonesia (around 1512) not the Dutch. But, the Dutch colonized Indonesia in 1603 and held it until 1942.

Edward Douwes Dekker a.k.a Multatuli

The word 'lengkuas' in English is galanga or galangal.

Indonesia is the nation of Bali.

There are actually 5 other nicknames for Indonesia, which is : Hindia, Nederlandsch Oost-Indie, Insulinde, Nusantara, and The Malay Archipelago

I don't think so. There are a few Neutrogena products in Guardian, Watsons, and Grand Lucky supermarkets, but to get a complete product you need to order online. But then they're not shipping to Indonesia, so.. darn!

I can't write your speech for you -- that would be cheating and if you copied it, it would be plagiarism. Here are some tips on how to write a good speech, though:

1. Do your research and find out as much as you can about your topic:

2. Make a list of the most important points that you learned

3. Write down facts to support those points and convince your audience that your

viewpoint is correct

4. Pretend you are just talking to some friends and write down how you would tell

them this information.

5. Practice your speech by saying it out loud until you know it and are

comfortable saying it

bali and bali

According to Forbes Asia, at year 2007 Aburizal Bakrie and family is the richest man in Indonesia. They worth USD 5,4 Billion.

Here's how you do it. Say the 'ga' just like when you say the 'ga' in Lady Gaga. Add 'n' and say the 'teng' with a down tone.

You can say, "Selamat jalan!"

Chedia is all I know...

There are 229,000,000 people in Indonesia (World Bank 2009) with around 21 cars per 100 people (Nationmaster.com); meaning Indonesia would have 46 million cars

There are some people who have been told by conservative talk show hosts and political pundits that Barack Obama is a secret Muslim or that he went to a Muslim country to study in a madrassa. These stories are demonstrably false, and have been debunked repeatedly (not that there is anything wrong with being a Muslim, but Mr. Obama was not born into Islam, never practiced Islam, and never studied at a madrassa); but for some people, no matter how many times the facts are provided, they continue to believe the myth that somehow, having a foreign-sounding name and spending four years living in a Muslim country makes one suspicious. Fortunately, most Americans don't accept such biased views, and for them, the fact that the president lived in Indonesia for four years is not especially noteworthy, although it certainly is something unique for an American president.

Muhammad Chatib Basri is the Minister of Finance for Indonesia.

Yua Q udh nkah.

The staple food of Indonesia rice. Cassava, sweet potato and sagoo are also widely available in several parts of Indonesia.

Libraries and bookstores are good places to check for an English-Indonesian dictionary. There are also electronic translators that you can purchase for your PC.