In Reply to: JBR Pt 2 posted by Chris on Tuesday, 27. March 2007 at 23:24 Bali Time:
Well I never thought buying a little pig would cause such a stir!! For your information BaliBellyBoy we have known Kelik for a few years and he is as honest as they come. We were the ones that asked him out to dinner and it was because we really like him that we choose to remain his friends. We actually asked him to take us to see his parents last year so it was not him making us "lose our minds" or us needing "to be stroking our own egos"!
As for his parents using the money on other stuff? It was going to be in my next JBR, but yes we went back and visited his parents again before coming home and YES they had bought the pig and had it in the freshly cleaned out pig stye along side the other 2 pigs. If there was any money left over and they spent if on what ever I really don't care. WE are not "dumb tourist sheep" and as for your comment "most tourists get intoxicated too much and amotional on bintang and beauty bali smiles yeah" well I don't drink!! Unlike some tourists who choose to spend their money on bintangs if I choose to spend mine on a pig or whatever else then that is my choice. If you feel great and get commfort from drinking a bintang and we get it from helping a Balinese who cares! As for them "wasting" the money, well we have given Kelik a bit of money each time we go and guess what??? After paying his bills and helping his parents he is using what is left over to buy building materials to build another room at his parents! We have been and actually seen the stuff he has bought so he has not wasted it to "use the money everyday for crap and most balines e do not know about saving"! As for you saying that "heaps of kids and families in oz need your help" We have been a volunteers for over 30 years helping children and other organisations in our community, we have done the Red Shield door knock, my husband was a Councillor for 18 years so please don't judge us as we have helped heaps of kids and families in oz!!
Oh one more thing Bali Belly is NOT salmonella it is caused by a parasite called Giardia duodenalis!
So that puts your name as a PARASITE! Couldn't think of better name myself!!!