how does an iPhone work outside the us?
i live in indonesia, far away from the us, and i want to ask my cousin who lives there to buy an iphone, then bring it here. then i'll use it in indonesia. my questions are : can i use the iphone in here normally like the other phone, or do i need to do the unlock things? what about the network and stuff? need i pay for any extra costs? will the iphone work with my sim card ? (i don't use AT&T) please answer my questions! other informations are welcomed.
Cell Phones & Plans - 2 Answers
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I live in France and many of my friends who bought iphones from the USA to bring back to use here have met problems activating it. First of all they couldn't unlock it and then the plan didn't suit as they had to match a special iphone plans. Am not sure if you would risk spending so much money for it. The iphone would work with a simple plan and you will still be able to go online for free if you catch hot spots but I doubt that you have lots of wifi even in Indonesian city center so maybe the iphone would be a waste to use in Indonesia when you can't use it to its maximum services
2 :
Since you dont have AT&T you'll need it to be unlocked and then when you receive it you'll need to enter the setttings for what ever service that you do have. Once its unlocked you'll be out of warranty so be sure you know what your doing. IT's a quad band world and will work everywhere but it will then be subject to your carriers services such as data and speed.
Friday, October 21, 2011
Friday, October 14, 2011
Where I work, 8/10 of the married men have Asian wives
Where I work, 8/10 of the married men have Asian wives?
I am in Australia and the men with who I work all have degrees or above. The "Asian women" are originally from countries like Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines etc. Is it the same in other countries, i.e. white men are now marrying Asian women over white women where available (for whatever reason)?
Gender Studies - 15 Answers
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1 :
That is because many white women just don't have their heads screwed-on straight. Look at the average 25 year old white woman. She wants to shop for clothes, buy the trendiest things, and spend most of the rest of her time gossiping on her cell phone with friends or listening to her iPod. All they can see is what is right in front of their noses. They do every little advance planning in their lives and simply want to "live for today". Hoping that somehow someone will take care of tomorrow for them. Now, look at the average 25 year old asian woman. She wants to find a good man that she can take care of. Wash and iron his clothes. Cook for him. Clean the house. Make his life comfortable. She also wants to manage the budget of the house so that they will have extra money each month to save and invest for the future. They have a goal of becoming financially secure and retiring comfortably.
2 :
Your a conceited white racist. What is wrong with asian women? or asian and white pairing?
3 :
Woah, weird.
4 :
Well the Asian women go after the men because they are so attractive and they agree so they act sexy in front of them.
5 :
Because women in the good ole USA think the run their men, they think for some reason that aggressiveness will get them where they need to go. They tell their men what to do and how to do it. If I was a man, I would marry an asian as well. They are sweet, smile all the time and seem to be a little more easy going.
6 :
We don't like girls anymore. We like women.....I'm with a Polynesian woman, and she's wonderful.
7 :
That's nice Steve, there are many reasons why Males have difficulty treating Women equally. Could it be that these men refuse to actually treat women as equals, or that they cannot have a relationship in which they do not control women. Could these men in this fabricated office of yours actually be real or a little fantasy constructed for gender and women's studies. Wait though, as soon as the Asian wives discover the divorce laws of australia, many will be on their way, out the door. It's best that they not hear about equality in the eyes of the law, then, because as soon as women learn about equal rights, they fight for them.
8 :
A few Asian friends told me that Asian men are just unbearable, extremely sexist, violent and unpredictable, that is why Asian girls want to marry White at any price, because in their cultures, marriage is still the only choice for a woman : sexism is rampant in Asia and it's just impossible for a woman to have a career there. A Japanese friend I have has a Ph.D. and the only job she could find in Japan was a secretarial job. Another experience in Japan: my mom has a professional female friend who went to Japan accompanied by two other female professionals, in order to negotiate some contract: the Japanese men refused to recognize these women's profession and competence and suggested they should work as strippers in Japan, they could make a lot of money ... In the minds of Asian women, marriage is the only viable solution, and they don't want to marry their own (they don't want a father like their own). They accept submission because they are more hardened than Westerner women, less sensitive to mistreatment and they believe they have no other choice. As to educated White women, they have the choice of marriage or a career: when you hear your friends experiences and you read statistics concerning marriage, divorce and violence, marriage just appears too risky for a woman who also has a career. I guess they only marry if they find a very adequate partner.
9 :
I'm in the US, and I only know one man who married an Asian woman. One is a guy who used to work with my husband. He married a Thai woman around a decade ago. She got her citizenship, divorced him, moved to the west coast and filed a restraining order against him. I do know a guy who used to date a Japanese woman. He couldn't keep up with her. He's a laid back, hippie kind of guy who volunteers at our local food co-op, and she is, as he put it, a piranha in high heels. She's a very shrewd and aggressive business woman who is focused on her career, while he's more interested in spending time with his kids. They had great chemistry, but were too incompatible to make it work. Perhaps the problem is with Australian men, not the women.
10 :
It is true in a lot of countries because Asian women are subservient. Until, of course, they because Americanized!
11 :
Or maybe, because of Australia's proximity to those countries, you get more immigrants from there. Do your co-workers even care that their wives are Asian, or do they care more about who the women really are?
12 :
Dude, I'm from Pensacola, FL and the population of Filipino people there is incredible. I grew up there, so it wasn't ever anything I really noticed. My neighborhood is half Filipino. There are 3 Navy bases in Pensacola, and during WWII the Philipines became an ally of the states, and many Filipino people gained citizenship and joined the Navy in the 60's. Anyway, there are a large majority of older white military retirees with asian wives in Pensacola. Many met them when they were stationed overseas, a lot may have met them here. It's impossible really to ever answer a question dealing with a large group of people and why they do something. I'm white, and I've dated one Asian girl in my whole life, and that was for 2 weeks. Actually none of my friends has an Asian wife or girlfriend, and some of my friends are Filipino. 2 of my best friends from back home are mixed because their dad met an Asian when he was in the Philippines in the 70's. Neither of those guys date Asian girls, just white girls. It all comes down mostly to what people want or what they're attracted to. Some white guys might really like an Asian girl for good reasons, some will like them for the wrong reasons, and vice versa. It don't make no sense wasting your time thinking about why some guy married some girl, unless you're in love with that girl, in which case that sucks bro.
13 :
Yeah they make the best wives. Inner strength, inner beauty, outer warmth, outer beauty, loving, easily lovable, feminine, etc...there's just no comparison.
14 :
Maybe because some white guys feels that white girls are like their sisters, mothers, and aunts? And dating them would feel like dating their own sisters, mothers, and aunts. So dating someone outside of their race would feels more appropriate?
15 :
To answer your question -- yes, on the West coast of the U.S., and some of the more cosmopolitan East and Southern cities, the Asian female/White male couple is pretty common. The ethnic mix includes what you mention (Southeast Asian) and also the Northern Asians like Chinese, Korean, and Japanese -- The West Coast has a lot of immigrants from those countries. It really isn't necessarily about race or feminism, much as this topic seems to be the big venting topic here. Yes, there are fetishists who marry eachother (white men who chase Asian women, and Asian women who chase white men), but it is also about social class and cultural assimilation. We have significant numbers of American-born Asians who grew up in predominantly White neighborhoods, went to school with White kids, watched American television programs, listened to American music, and for all intents and purposes are "bananas" (yellow on the outside, white on the inside). This is no different than any other immigration story in the U.S. -- Immigrants come here, their children assimilate, and 3 generations later, they are as American as apple pie. It happened to Italians, Irish, English, etc., and yes, Asians too. The other part is that people are going to try to marry within or above their social class. Asian cultures place a big emphasis on education, and the kind of white neighborhoods they move into in bigger cities in the U.S. also tend to mirror those values (as opposed to moving into a trailer park in West Virginia, where education is probably not top of the list). This means a lot of cultural compatibility even in the case where the woman or her parents are from Asia, and a higher likelihood that those two people can share a life together. They will have the same goals, the same respect for education, and the same high work ethic.
I am in Australia and the men with who I work all have degrees or above. The "Asian women" are originally from countries like Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines etc. Is it the same in other countries, i.e. white men are now marrying Asian women over white women where available (for whatever reason)?
Gender Studies - 15 Answers
Random Answers, Critics, Comments, Opinions :
1 :
That is because many white women just don't have their heads screwed-on straight. Look at the average 25 year old white woman. She wants to shop for clothes, buy the trendiest things, and spend most of the rest of her time gossiping on her cell phone with friends or listening to her iPod. All they can see is what is right in front of their noses. They do every little advance planning in their lives and simply want to "live for today". Hoping that somehow someone will take care of tomorrow for them. Now, look at the average 25 year old asian woman. She wants to find a good man that she can take care of. Wash and iron his clothes. Cook for him. Clean the house. Make his life comfortable. She also wants to manage the budget of the house so that they will have extra money each month to save and invest for the future. They have a goal of becoming financially secure and retiring comfortably.
2 :
Your a conceited white racist. What is wrong with asian women? or asian and white pairing?
3 :
Woah, weird.
4 :
Well the Asian women go after the men because they are so attractive and they agree so they act sexy in front of them.
5 :
Because women in the good ole USA think the run their men, they think for some reason that aggressiveness will get them where they need to go. They tell their men what to do and how to do it. If I was a man, I would marry an asian as well. They are sweet, smile all the time and seem to be a little more easy going.
6 :
We don't like girls anymore. We like women.....I'm with a Polynesian woman, and she's wonderful.
7 :
That's nice Steve, there are many reasons why Males have difficulty treating Women equally. Could it be that these men refuse to actually treat women as equals, or that they cannot have a relationship in which they do not control women. Could these men in this fabricated office of yours actually be real or a little fantasy constructed for gender and women's studies. Wait though, as soon as the Asian wives discover the divorce laws of australia, many will be on their way, out the door. It's best that they not hear about equality in the eyes of the law, then, because as soon as women learn about equal rights, they fight for them.
8 :
A few Asian friends told me that Asian men are just unbearable, extremely sexist, violent and unpredictable, that is why Asian girls want to marry White at any price, because in their cultures, marriage is still the only choice for a woman : sexism is rampant in Asia and it's just impossible for a woman to have a career there. A Japanese friend I have has a Ph.D. and the only job she could find in Japan was a secretarial job. Another experience in Japan: my mom has a professional female friend who went to Japan accompanied by two other female professionals, in order to negotiate some contract: the Japanese men refused to recognize these women's profession and competence and suggested they should work as strippers in Japan, they could make a lot of money ... In the minds of Asian women, marriage is the only viable solution, and they don't want to marry their own (they don't want a father like their own). They accept submission because they are more hardened than Westerner women, less sensitive to mistreatment and they believe they have no other choice. As to educated White women, they have the choice of marriage or a career: when you hear your friends experiences and you read statistics concerning marriage, divorce and violence, marriage just appears too risky for a woman who also has a career. I guess they only marry if they find a very adequate partner.
9 :
I'm in the US, and I only know one man who married an Asian woman. One is a guy who used to work with my husband. He married a Thai woman around a decade ago. She got her citizenship, divorced him, moved to the west coast and filed a restraining order against him. I do know a guy who used to date a Japanese woman. He couldn't keep up with her. He's a laid back, hippie kind of guy who volunteers at our local food co-op, and she is, as he put it, a piranha in high heels. She's a very shrewd and aggressive business woman who is focused on her career, while he's more interested in spending time with his kids. They had great chemistry, but were too incompatible to make it work. Perhaps the problem is with Australian men, not the women.
10 :
It is true in a lot of countries because Asian women are subservient. Until, of course, they because Americanized!
11 :
Or maybe, because of Australia's proximity to those countries, you get more immigrants from there. Do your co-workers even care that their wives are Asian, or do they care more about who the women really are?
12 :
Dude, I'm from Pensacola, FL and the population of Filipino people there is incredible. I grew up there, so it wasn't ever anything I really noticed. My neighborhood is half Filipino. There are 3 Navy bases in Pensacola, and during WWII the Philipines became an ally of the states, and many Filipino people gained citizenship and joined the Navy in the 60's. Anyway, there are a large majority of older white military retirees with asian wives in Pensacola. Many met them when they were stationed overseas, a lot may have met them here. It's impossible really to ever answer a question dealing with a large group of people and why they do something. I'm white, and I've dated one Asian girl in my whole life, and that was for 2 weeks. Actually none of my friends has an Asian wife or girlfriend, and some of my friends are Filipino. 2 of my best friends from back home are mixed because their dad met an Asian when he was in the Philippines in the 70's. Neither of those guys date Asian girls, just white girls. It all comes down mostly to what people want or what they're attracted to. Some white guys might really like an Asian girl for good reasons, some will like them for the wrong reasons, and vice versa. It don't make no sense wasting your time thinking about why some guy married some girl, unless you're in love with that girl, in which case that sucks bro.
13 :
Yeah they make the best wives. Inner strength, inner beauty, outer warmth, outer beauty, loving, easily lovable, feminine, etc...there's just no comparison.
14 :
Maybe because some white guys feels that white girls are like their sisters, mothers, and aunts? And dating them would feel like dating their own sisters, mothers, and aunts. So dating someone outside of their race would feels more appropriate?
15 :
To answer your question -- yes, on the West coast of the U.S., and some of the more cosmopolitan East and Southern cities, the Asian female/White male couple is pretty common. The ethnic mix includes what you mention (Southeast Asian) and also the Northern Asians like Chinese, Korean, and Japanese -- The West Coast has a lot of immigrants from those countries. It really isn't necessarily about race or feminism, much as this topic seems to be the big venting topic here. Yes, there are fetishists who marry eachother (white men who chase Asian women, and Asian women who chase white men), but it is also about social class and cultural assimilation. We have significant numbers of American-born Asians who grew up in predominantly White neighborhoods, went to school with White kids, watched American television programs, listened to American music, and for all intents and purposes are "bananas" (yellow on the outside, white on the inside). This is no different than any other immigration story in the U.S. -- Immigrants come here, their children assimilate, and 3 generations later, they are as American as apple pie. It happened to Italians, Irish, English, etc., and yes, Asians too. The other part is that people are going to try to marry within or above their social class. Asian cultures place a big emphasis on education, and the kind of white neighborhoods they move into in bigger cities in the U.S. also tend to mirror those values (as opposed to moving into a trailer park in West Virginia, where education is probably not top of the list). This means a lot of cultural compatibility even in the case where the woman or her parents are from Asia, and a higher likelihood that those two people can share a life together. They will have the same goals, the same respect for education, and the same high work ethic.
Friday, October 7, 2011
Does anyone know of any pocket pc GPS software that will help me navigate while in Pekanbaru, Indonesia
Does anyone know of any pocket pc GPS software that will help me navigate while in Pekanbaru, Indonesia?
Nusa is about the closest, however, they do not have any maps available for my area. Do you think GPS tuner will work?
PDAs & Handhelds - 2 Answers
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Please check this website http://www.mobtravel.net. Lots of nice mobile travel applications listed here. May be you can find the right GPS software for your device.
2 :
If your pocket PC has build in GPS, so you don't need GPS tuner, just software and maps. Based on my experiences, the maps itself is separated with the software. it doesn't matter if you are using pocket PC+GPS tuner or you are using GPS hand held (such as Garmin V or ex-Trex Vista CX) , the important thing is you have the map. Maybe you can try to contact PT. Kesuma and PT. Freeindo. Both of the company listed in yellow pages of business Jakarta. Event they have websites. You can ask them to find better solution. Those 2 companies is register as Garmin-GPS distributor. You should ensure first its compatibility if you are using pocket PC with the map and the software. It is quite expensive for the map
Nusa is about the closest, however, they do not have any maps available for my area. Do you think GPS tuner will work?
PDAs & Handhelds - 2 Answers
Random Answers, Critics, Comments, Opinions :
1 :
Please check this website http://www.mobtravel.net. Lots of nice mobile travel applications listed here. May be you can find the right GPS software for your device.
2 :
If your pocket PC has build in GPS, so you don't need GPS tuner, just software and maps. Based on my experiences, the maps itself is separated with the software. it doesn't matter if you are using pocket PC+GPS tuner or you are using GPS hand held (such as Garmin V or ex-Trex Vista CX) , the important thing is you have the map. Maybe you can try to contact PT. Kesuma and PT. Freeindo. Both of the company listed in yellow pages of business Jakarta. Event they have websites. You can ask them to find better solution. Those 2 companies is register as Garmin-GPS distributor. You should ensure first its compatibility if you are using pocket PC with the map and the software. It is quite expensive for the map
Saturday, October 1, 2011
How to make friend in Los Angeles but my english language is not good. I come from Indonesia.
How to make friend in Los Angeles but my english language is not good. I come from Indonesia.?
My name is Putri. Female. 21 years old. I have a problem with my english language. I learn english now. But it's not work if I still don't have friend for practice my english language. Help me....
Languages - 2 Answers
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I'm sure you are not the only person in LA in this situation! Why not post an ad on Craigslist.org for other people from Indonesia who could help you practice.
2 :
Find a college and ask if they have any programs for foreign exchange students there. You may be able to find someone from Indonesia. Or someone from a local church may help you. I wish I could. My uncle lived much of his life in Indonesia and has now settled in Northern California (around 8 hrs away from you). But I could give you his email address and I'm sure he would be happy to write you. He speaks both your language and English. If you want to do that email me at bdexter@cwnet.com. And good luck! You are a very strong person to come here all alone, and you will be fine.
My name is Putri. Female. 21 years old. I have a problem with my english language. I learn english now. But it's not work if I still don't have friend for practice my english language. Help me....
Languages - 2 Answers
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1 :
I'm sure you are not the only person in LA in this situation! Why not post an ad on Craigslist.org for other people from Indonesia who could help you practice.
2 :
Find a college and ask if they have any programs for foreign exchange students there. You may be able to find someone from Indonesia. Or someone from a local church may help you. I wish I could. My uncle lived much of his life in Indonesia and has now settled in Northern California (around 8 hrs away from you). But I could give you his email address and I'm sure he would be happy to write you. He speaks both your language and English. If you want to do that email me at bdexter@cwnet.com. And good luck! You are a very strong person to come here all alone, and you will be fine.
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