Comments on: Jakarta http://www.quarteryear.com/jakarta/ Travel Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:34:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mike http://www.quarteryear.com/jakarta/comment-page-1/#comment-765 Mike Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:47:42 +0000 http://www.quarteryear.com/?p=1462#comment-765 One of my clients also wrote, saying it hit close to home as her husband's family is from the same world, though they actually try to NOT show off their wealth. It sounds like a difficult situation to raise a family there when wealthy - you either send your kids to under-performing public schools, or to expensive private schools filled with entitled rich kids whose families throw money around. I can see why a family would move to the US from there if they didn't want to be a part of it. Thanks for the thoughtful contribution. One of my clients also wrote, saying it hit close to home as her husband’s family is from the same world, though they actually try to NOT show off their wealth.

It sounds like a difficult situation to raise a family there when wealthy – you either send your kids to under-performing public schools, or to expensive private schools filled with entitled rich kids whose families throw money around.

I can see why a family would move to the US from there if they didn’t want to be a part of it.

Thanks for the thoughtful contribution.

]]> By: venessa http://www.quarteryear.com/jakarta/comment-page-1/#comment-737 venessa Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:18:04 +0000 http://www.quarteryear.com/?p=1462#comment-737 I have a cousin who married into a very wealthy Chinese-Indonesian family. I have never figured out quite what they do, but I know that they live about this same lifestyle. They live most of the time in Indo (I can't recall what city, though it isn't Jakarta) and some of the time in the US so that Tanty (the wife) can keep her green card current I think. They had both of their daughters here in the states, and when they travel here they travel with at least one nanny and a good chunk of their extended family. The mother and some assortment of brothers/sisters/cousins. It was weird to read this post because of my observance of this part of my family here in Seattle. I have a cousin who married into a very wealthy Chinese-Indonesian family. I have never figured out quite what they do, but I know that they live about this same lifestyle. They live most of the time in Indo (I can’t recall what city, though it isn’t Jakarta) and some of the time in the US so that Tanty (the wife) can keep her green card current I think. They had both of their daughters here in the states, and when they travel here they travel with at least one nanny and a good chunk of their extended family. The mother and some assortment of brothers/sisters/cousins. It was weird to read this post because of my observance of this part of my family here in Seattle.

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