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Originally Posted by nitecrawllerr
FD rate went south. Only 4.25%. As for cewek bargaining, hard to say. OKT may wish to recoup their losses. So prices may not be cheap. I still remember during late suharto downfall. Everything was cheap. Rupiah drop more than 10000 against S$. Harmony hotel only costs me $25 a nite. Cewek u can easily bok several for S$100. But after several mths, OKT, hotel boss, all raise their prices. Tats why i never like to see rupiah weaken. Prefer it to constant/stable. Those days where got cewek cost s$100??  |
Hehehe...a long long time ago, semi-detach landed homes in Jakarta cost only 2 to 3 juta. Thats what my parents told me (they used to worked there for decades) and i was just a kid back then. Same theory applies when Singapore massage cost S$20 per hour about 25 years ago? HDB flat cost around S$8k during my grandparents time.
No one can stop inflation...let's say there is a never-before catastrophe disaster today happens to Indonesia, the price may come down for a while, but it will STILL goes up on a later time after those disaster/s clears up.
Since i cant change anything (or much) except to move ahead time and earn more. i can mainly make full use of whatever current situation i see, to try to take some advantage/s out of it. Some of them were better exchange rate, lower home prices and when FD drops, interest in loan were also lowered,not forgetting property prices too. Per pop drops to as low as 150k to 200k rupiah in my last trip to Batam (March 2020),hehehe...thats according to some of my friends.
Can always bypass OKT in Batam too, to get lower price if one knew of a certain few girls who could offer better and good services. Can earn more who wish to earn less while serving the same customer? Its all about trial and error, hence i am always learning while in Batam.