DOs

In Campus Life

• Please queue patiently in order to be served by our campus staffs. The staffs have to serve a lot of people and you will be helped as soon as possible.
• Office hours are from 7.15 am to 4 pm. However, when students need some assistance, they should come between 9am to 1 pm. This gives the staffs time to handle other routine  tasks.
• Kindly dress semi formally to attend lectures or to visit offices.
• kindly dress formalli if you are invited for events held in campus.

Behavior

• Be sure to smile when you meet people you know. Javanese people appreciate a ‘polite smile’.
• Bending down a bit when passing a group of older people is considered polite.
• In Indonesia, when you address some one, it would considered more polite if you use these specific terms before mentioning the name : Bapak (Pak) for Mr, Ibu (Bu) for Mrs, Mas for young man, and Mbak for Miss/ young woman.

Bargaining

• Ask a taxi driver to use argo meter before getting in. Some drivers will give you a specific tariff for the ride without using argo meter. you can then bargaing
• Give some tips for any special services. Tipping is not a normal practice in Indonesia but is often expected for any special services. Someone who carries yor  bag  or guides you arround a tourist attraction will axpect  a tip. Taxi drivers expect you to round the fare up to the next thousand rupiahs. Hotel porters expect a few thousand rupiahs per bag.
• Many daily purchases normally require bargaining but considering the current economic turmoil it might be kind not to take this bargaining too far.
• Start to bargain at one third of offered price. you might then arrive at a reasonable/fair price.

Money

• Separate your rupiah into a few stacks instead of having to taking out the whole stock when paying your bill  in restaurants, discos, shops, etc.
• Always keep your spare and extra $ with the hotel reseption or safety box.
• Only use credit cards in hotels, restaurants and shops, but not for daily expenses.

DONTs

In Campus Life

• Don’t smoke in classrooms, offices, and public places.
• Don’t be involved in political activities
• Don’t work. Your purpose here is to study.
• Don’t wear non-sleeve shirts, T-shirts, short pants, and sandals in classrooms and offices.

General

• Don’t put your hands on your hips during conversation with Indonesians since this is considered impolite/insulting.
• Don’t demonstrate affection in public.
• Don’t do impolite things in sacred places.
• Don’t put your feet up on tables or chairs, or use them to point with.
• Don’t be angry when someone on the same sex holds your hands or walks arm to arm, it’s the Indonesian way  of showing a friendly relationship.
• Don’t hesitate to reject the merchants trying to sell things to you. You might refuse by saying “saya tidak perlu.” (I don’t need it) or just said “tidak” (No).
• Don’t be offended when people ask you personal questions. It’s just the way they show friendliness and you don’t have to answer the question if you don’t want to.