Pajak Indonesia 101

Aturan - Aturan unutuk pejabat pajak.

1) Cari orang yang sudah bayar pajaknya
2) Memaksa mereka bayar lebihhhhhhhhhhh

pj

Is He Real?

And the answer is Of Course. Far be it for me to contradict NORAD. Athough I have to admit that their explanation is a bit lame. I mean anybody who operates in a different time/space continum has probably designed a sophisticated cloaking device which would outfox anything NORAD could rig up.

Merry Xmas to all those who celebrate it.

PJ

photo from NORAD

I just don't understand...

The name of a man is a numbing blow from which he never recovers.
Marshal Mcluhan

Why would people ascribe stupid names for their kids? I knew a kid once by the name of Harry Hole. Boy did he take it at high school. But naming your kid after Adolf Hitler? Better start buying the whoop-ass now because little Adolf will be eating nothing but for the next 16 years or so.

If there was ever a case for forced sterilization then this would be it.

A (pseudo) message from the ministry of tourism

Dear Potential Visitor

Please come to Indonesia. Didn't you notice that we are having a special visit "Indonesia Year 2008"? You must have missed the 2 day advertising blitz. Whats so special you ask? For starters we will be hitting you up for an extra 25 bucks coming in and 15 bucks leaving. We really really really need the money and we figure that anyone coming here can certainly afford to be nickle and dimed. Besides, just because no other tourists spots in Asia have a VOA is no reason why we shouldn't. We're mavericks you know - who wants to run with the crowd? Moreover, as any accountant will tell you, its always best to get your money up front.

Hope you like our beer. Sorry about the lack of hard stuff. On the bright side even if we had it you probably couldn't afford it. Actually our lack of booze its your fault. Wasn't it you guys who told us to clean up corruption? Drinking is bad for you anyways.

By the way we have a new porn bill but don't worry - our panel of experts have determined that you will not in inconvenienced in any way - maybe - we don't plan to trot it out except for special cases.

See you soon!

Your buddy

Jero

PS
Helpful tip...come in an airplane. Don't sail your own boat or we just might confiscate it. You could be smuggling alcohol for all we know.

Somebody really should have told the rest of Indonesia about the Tourism Ministry's little promotion plan. Didn't they get the memo?

The Big Bad Porn Bill

"we must refrain from the male altogether." Every wife and mistress is to refuse all sexual favours whatsoever, till the men have come to terms of peace." Aristophanes

There has certainly been a lot of buzz about the RUU Pornografi. The bill has even been translated to English for benefit of the expat community. There has also been lots of moaning and hand wringing about how this bill will single-handedly protect the morality of youth (highly unlikely) or destroy the plurality of the nation (also highly unlikely). But what no one has thought of yet is how to get this bill overturned...till now that is.

All that's required is a Lysistratian approach to the honored members of the DPR by their, ahem spouses... and/or girlfriends. Lysistrata as you will recall is the greek play in which the women of Athens stop a war by denying their husbands while simultaneously sexually provoking them. Just imagine all the old DPR boys coming home to their nasi ayam with nothing else to look forward to. For added excitement a series of Dewi Persik concerts could be scheduled across the country. I'd think you find that that bill getting back on the table in no time.

So ladies its really up to you. I'm recommending a 1 month vacation from the male member - that should get their attention.

You can thank me later.

PJ