How do you make friends when you don't even know how to start??

hello robotman,

welcome to jakarta... your introduction is great for me .... I believe you will find your friends soon.

I live in Kuningan area, near your office, but going to move to other area this week... Wish I can get some friends in my new area too....

Hello everybody here, Im not an expat, Im indonesian, I lived at Halim Perdana Kusuma east jakarta, pls contact me if u need friend, i would like to be friend to u.

May all of U always happy n well.

Awww..... this is nice..
Thanks for the warm welcome...

@Catur
Kuningan area tends to be a hell of traffic these days...

@ani devi
I'd love to have Indonesian friends...

Hi Robotman,

Pls free feel to contact me, I'd love too to meet U.


Best wishes,

that's a very unique question. I am in jakarta too, n i don't know how to introduce myself?

@Robotman - Hope you will make friends soon as it can be boring to be by yourself. I think you made a good introduction and as you can see, you have people replying and this is a good way to start.

The good thing about this site is that you can meet people from all over the world.

Welcome to Expat.com by the way.. 

Good luck.
Jaz

@susisari - just introduce yourself like how Robotman has done.
As i mentioned in this thread, you can meet people from all over the world. One way to do this is by joining in the discussions.

Hope you will make lots of friends in Jakarta and other parts of the world.

Good luck

Jaz

@jazzy851
you are absolutely right!! Thanks for the reply..

I'm brushing up my bahasa indonesia as well...
Though my mother tongue is malay, i found it difficult to converse with the locals as they tend to use slang n speak faster than what my brain could compile it..

@champagne_socialist
Well... my Japanese are enough to get me survive in my line of work..
Not that fluent if thats what u're asking.. n certainly not the one you can call a 'sensei'...

Well, I work with Japanese firm, so I do hear the language on daily basis.

Anyway, if you fancy some common conversational phrase, then we're good to go!

Way to go. Only 2 days ago Robotman was alone, now the circle of friends is getting bigger. I see there's a friendship community forming here.

All the best

Jaz

@jazzy851
Absolutely fantastic!!
Couldn't be happier...
This forum sure is something...

It's like 1.30am... yet i'm still typing... am i a bat or what??

@Robotman - well you can be a bat or you can be a night owl

hello robot, also new member here , hmm jakarta is very fun , u cant be that lonely :d

@susisari
It's nice to meet you..

@bronis
Hello Bronis.. Nice too meet you. Your nick reminds me of cookies name..

@ robot
haha indeed one of my fav broniskukus or steam brownies they got many flavour chocolate cheese, vanilla ,  before you eat just put on microwave around 3 mins or so, ohh beyond amazing so yummyy hahah
geez i cant believe im talking about food at 11.30 am

@bronis
I'm craving for brownies now... where i can get those at time like this?
I used to have kenny rogers muffins for supper.. they are by far.. the BEST.. (at least for me.. )

@ robot
i doubt u can find one around this time but  for me banana muffin + sprinkle almond on the top from coffebean also best

Hello,

are u japanese? are u playing Tennis? PM me we might can meet for Tennis (we were looking for match) perhaps I have some of japanese and others friend u might interested to meet.

talk soon

Ms.andarina

Why don't you give these places a look: benhil, the area behind wtc as well as slipi? They're not too far from your work place and aren't quite high traffic areas if you use alternative roads.

@msandarina
Hi.. No, i'm Malaysian working in Japanese firm. And.. No, I don't play tennis... And.. Yes, my colleague were Japanese.. But most of them are over 40yrs old.. 😓 i dont think they play anything except golf.
Nonetheless, i'll be happy to hang out....

@themel
If i'm not mistaken, there's an apartment called  Taman Sari Sudirman around there right? There's a construction of new flyover around that area. I'll check it. thanks for the heads up.

I'm not sure of that one but if there's construction going on, I suggest you do not take it. It could be madness when they suka suka close the road or get more of their share

hey, im a filipino in kelapa gading. new here in jakarta. 3 weeks old. haha. also new here in expat-blog.

welcome to Jakarta, my 3 weeks old friend @ PhilCoulson

thanks catur. hope we can organize a meet and greet here.

assalam o allikom indonesia,

a am ali sajid khan and i want to make frnds from indonesia whether they live in pakistan,indonesia or saudi arabia because ryt now m working in saudi arabia and my best frnd also belong frm indonesia and i love indo people because they are very nice,humble,honest and well wisher so plz help me and come to me as a good frnd.

thanks allot,

ali sajid khan

wa alaikum salam alsajid..

sure we can be friends

that would be very nice to have a greet and meet in jakarta Phil.... with other members who live in Jakarta... i like the idea!!!

That'll be great!!
But Phil.. I thought u were killed by loki no??

haha. avengers was a great movie! anyway. hen is our meet and greet?

Hey, everyon! Ah, I just read this topic. I'm interested in joining any gathering. Just send me the detail, if it will be held. Cheers..

well... come to think 'bout it.. I wonder.. How am i going to react  with this...err..gathering thingy? I mean... a bunch of people, strangers in a way, not knowing each other sitting together and trying to match whose nickname belong to which person.. n so on..
Kinda weird... but in a fun way.. at least i like to think it that way...

anyway... am crawling back to my cave now...

Hi..robotman, why don't you try hanging out around Thamrin area and Hard Rock Cafe/Sarinah on Friday Night and Saturday night or if you like to listen to nice music you can go to Pitstop at Saripan Pacific Hotel.

Have Fun

Robotman wrote:

@msandarina
Hi.. No, i'm Malaysian working in Japanese firm. And.. No, I don't play tennis... And.. Yes, my colleague were Japanese.. But most of them are over 40yrs old.. 😓 i dont think they play anything except golf.
Nonetheless, i'll be happy to hang out....

@themel
If i'm not mistaken, there's an apartment called  Taman Sari Sudirman around there right? There's a construction of new flyover around that area. I'll check it. thanks for the heads up.

let me guess...r u working at Sumitomo?...

funky wrote:

Hi..robotman, why don't you try hanging out around Thamrin area and Hard Rock Cafe/Sarinah on Friday Night and Saturday night or if you like to listen to nice music you can go to Pitstop at Saripan Pacific Hotel.

Have Fun

Robotman wrote:

@msandarina
Hi.. No, i'm Malaysian working in Japanese firm. And.. No, I don't play tennis... And.. Yes, my colleague were Japanese.. But most of them are over 40yrs old.. 😓 i dont think they play anything except golf.
Nonetheless, i'll be happy to hang out....

@themel
If i'm not mistaken, there's an apartment called  Taman Sari Sudirman around there right? There's a construction of new flyover around that area. I'll check it. thanks for the heads up.

Hi Ali "my name is khan" (shahruh khan movie)
Namaste namaska...

I believe there are so many indonesian would be glad to be your friend, and I think there are a lot of indonesian working in Saudi Arabia. Gee... I would like to go there someday. I've never been to middle east but I do understand the arab language a little bit.

nice to know you

alisajid wrote:

assalam o allikom indonesia,

a am ali sajid khan and i want to make frnds from indonesia whether they live in pakistan,indonesia or saudi arabia because ryt now m working in saudi arabia and my best frnd also belong frm indonesia and i love indo people because they are very nice,humble,honest and well wisher so plz help me and come to me as a good frnd.

thanks allot,

ali sajid khan

hey.

i've been to several meet and greet in my country. we dont know each other but we we're all interested or owning one gadget. in our case, we are all expat or on this forum.

it is really nice, get to meet new friends. hope this meet and greet come reality.

Hi,

Feeding the topic... hehe...
I am Brazilian and lived in the USA for 12 years... I have a friend from England who is a private teacher like me... and that was one of the ways we ended up starting to know people... But my friend was searching for a place to leave on blogs, and there was where he founded most of his students... some even traveled with him... By the way, I read up here that somebody is in Kelapa Gading as well?