Living in foreign country is new for me, and since only for a few days I have lived here (infact since I was in the aeroplane which took me here), I realized how much English is important, to communicate. When I was in the aeroplane, we sat close to an Indonesian guy who wasn’t able to speak English, not that I intend to underestimate him but I’m giving a simple example, when a stewardess asked him what he would like to drink, "coffee or tea?", he said "YES…". But, I admired his courage to fly to Germany and work there, without any English ability. When I got here in Ashgabat, and then my husband started to work offshore, far away from me, I should manage all things by my own self. Of course I need help from some people from the office, the translator, Batir, for example. First help from him was when my apartment electricty turned down because one of the lamps was suddenly "dead". I called him, spoke in english about the problem, and then he called the landlady to ask where was the place of the electricity circuit brake. It was a complicated problem because I didn’t understand any Russian at that time, but English was my savior. And then when I was looking for Russian teacher, Batir also helped me. I started to learn russian, and without English, I won’t learn Russian ever, now I can go to traditional market by my self (ask the prices, ask "can I look this", "is there a blue one" in Russian). My Russian teacher, Anya’s English grammar is not so good, but she understand English, so I have found a friend also. I wouldn’t know that I will travel and live in a foreign country before, but Thank God, my mother had a good thought, she took me to english course when I still on the 3rd grade of elementry school..(Thanks MOM..I love you). Nowdays English is a considered a crucial thing, everyone who can speak or at least understand English will have bigger opportunities, scholarship abroad, having a good job, etc. English is not so difficult to understand, not like any other european language, including Russian 
And then there are a lot of English courses, and English grammar books to study, in Indonesia. So I might suggest, learn English as soon as you could…who knows you will need it soon ^__^
