not quite 20 questions

If you've read "Eat, Love, Pray", you know that in Bali, a visitor is triangulated with questions - where are you from? are you married? etc.

I've noticed this phenomena is not restricted to Bali, and I've tried over the last two weeks to document the most frequently asked questions. These queries give me great insight into what Indonesians think about me at first glance, and also make me appreciate the diversity/anonymity of the US!

0) Where are you? (I don't answer this one, because it is nonsense, they've just forgotten the "going" bit, as they are trying to speak English)

0.5) Do you speak Indonesian (my new, silly answer, in Indonesian: no, I don't)

1) Are you married? (generally, the answer is "no" unless I am being bothered by a male, in which case I am married to a tall American who is coming to Indonesia next week)

2) How old are you? (to which I say - how old do you think I am? usually they think 18, though I've heard as old as 26 and as young as 14)

3) Where are you from? (Obama's country)

4) What religion are you? (and I choose from the easy answer - Christan - or the harder one - agnostic, which requires some explanation)

5) What are you doing here in Indonesia? (which really should be the first question!)

To put things in perspective, imagine asking these things of a stranger - just because she looked Asian - sitting next to you on the bus in the US. I guess you'd have to pick a language for your first communication attempt - does she look Korean? Thai? Maybe Chinese? I guess I look decidedly English-speaking, because no one has attempted to talk with me in Japanese, yet.