On choosing a caleg

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One of the great things about democracy is that citizens get the opportunity to vote for the legislators who will represent them in parliament.  But with so many political parties in Indonesia, there are a huge number of candidates (caleg) to choose from.  So how can a political party select a caleg who stands out from the crowd and who resonates with voters?  By selecting a celebrity as a caleg of course!  To some this may be seen as a rather desperate move but some voters (particularly men) may be more likely to vote for an attractive actress rather than some boring old man they have never heard of. Celebrity caleg in the coming election include Krisdayanti , Diana Sastra, Tamara Geraldine, Kalina Oktarani, Desy Ratnasari, Rachel Maryam, Annisa Bahar, Nafa Urbach, Mulan Jameela and Lula Kamal.  Quite simply, take your pick!  

Harley Davidson Motorcycles in Jakarta

A lot of people I know say Harleys are for tossers. The reason being that nowadays they are mostly bought by rich executive types who know nothing about bikes but a lot about showing off their excessive wealth (even if they only drive ‘em every second Sunday of the month). 

 Nonetheless, I’ve always loved these bikes myself. There’s something about the deep guttural roar of a Harley Davidson engine that you don’t get with high performance Japanese bikes – however fast they might be. And all that heavy chrome’s a bonus as well of course! 

 I’ve never owned a Harley myself – nor am I likely to - but have managed to borrow one on a number of occasions. 

Nothing quite like tearing along Jalan Gatot Subroto late at night – about the only time when it’s fun to ride one of these things in Jakarta – and then being pulled over by a curious traffic cop and showing him the ID of the big shot who actually owns the bloody thing! 

In the States you can get a decent secondhand 833 Sportster for five thousand bucks. But in Jakarta it will set you back at least twice that. The other models are much more expensive of course. And to get these machines into Indonesia in the first place isn’t exactly easy (they are classified as CBU or completely built up). 

So the bikes are fully assembled at the factory in the States and then taken to pieces before the parts are shipped across to Indonesia where the bike is reassembled again! 

They are also ****** magnets of course. I mean ride too slowly when you go past Sarinah dept store or through Blok M and the lovely things will virtually be throwing themselves onto the back of the bloody thing! 

No wonder some people consider the investment worthwhile! But then again they could be wrong of course...

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