In Reply to: it's a funny thing, ask an Indonesian posted by Fiona on Tuesday, 4. February 2014 at 22:38 Bali Time:
I was once on a bus to Java from Bali, when the Javanese lady sitting next to me asked my age in English.
I replied and she turned around and told the Balinese lady sitting on the other side in Indonesian that the foreigner's face was older than his age!
When I got off the bus, I said goodbye to the Javanese lady in my best Indonesian. The Javanese lady was suitably malu.