On choosing a caleg
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!
Hi Tempo dulu,
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting my blog Tinkerbell's Momma Kat. Please visit often. I am honored to have someone visit from so far away and comment also.
Please be sure and visit a blogger friend's blog who is stationed in Guam with her husband right now. Sheila is a pediatrician and an incredible photographer also. She has many wonderful photographs from Bali and Guam on her blog at http://drcason.org
Please come visit often.
hehe nice post there! nice picture although the topic of rabid animals is in general, gruesome. Well talking about rabid hounds, I have a blog by that name!
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Anyways, rabies is pretty serious and dangerous and thanks heaps for the advice given! I'm sure it'll come in handy for me some day or another sooner or later :-)
blog walking :)
ReplyDeletei got bitten in bali 2 weeks ago.. i didnt get my first shot until 72 hours after i got bitten. I am from australia so we dont really know about rabies here so i wasnt worried. however i started googling rabies and i am getting really nervous.
ReplyDeletethis has put me at ease though, i got 1 shot 72 hours after i got bitten and by bite was very small and healed totally in 2 days. I have since had 2 shots home in australia and another 2 to go.
this is really scary stuff.
I'm sure you'll be alright Charley - the odds are stacked heavily in you favor. I can understand your concerns though, and that's why it's so important to avoid any contact with animals in Bali and be especially cautious of dogs.
ReplyDeleteHi Charley, hope you are doing ok since your bite experience in Bali.
ReplyDeleteI too was bitten just a week ago while visiting the Monkey forest.
I am now terrified that i may contract the herpes B virus.
I had the rabies vaccine at BIMC and the imunneglobulin here in australia. Its very mentally draining to think you could contract such a deadly disease from one of these unfortunate animals.
Hey Charley..that happened to me also.
ReplyDeleteI'm undergoing rabies vaccinations and having unpleasant side effects
Anon: don't worry about contracting herpes B virus. I'm pretty sure there has never been a case of someone contracting this disease from a monkey bite (google it).
ReplyDeletei was bitten by one at the monkey forest ubud 1 week ago. i havent got any vaccination yet. im now terrified after reading lots about rabies. i will only be back to united states next week. im really terrified now!!
ReplyDeletehi cathysmac,
ReplyDeletei was bitten by a monkey at monkey forest in ubud too 2weeks ago. and only got the vaccine and immuneglobulin 10days after the incident.
what are your side effects?
i am worried to death now, thinking about the possibility of me getting the rabies.
were you bitten at the monkeyforest in ubud too?
so are u ppl who got bit still alive and ok?????
ReplyDeleteNah, they're all dead.... kidding.
ReplyDeleteI've been bitten too, a week ago today. So think about it.... A macaque has to firstly have the Rabies virus, and have become rabid. Some time between contracting the virus and dying, it bites you.... this wouldn't be more than a few weeks. Once you have been bitten, it has to be a skin piercing, and then you have to be unlucky enough for the virus to have been transmitted.
So you see, the chances are pretty slim that a) the macaque is rabid in the first place, b) when it does bite, it actually transmits the disease and c) that you're unlucky enough to have your immunisation fail.
Enjoy the Macaques, it's much more fun than worrying about catching a disease.
My son was bitten 12 days ago in the Ubud forest. It was cleaned immediately by an on-site nurse who said rabies was not an issue in the forest. It is too late for my son to have anti-rabies shots now anyway, so we just have to hope he will be ok.
ReplyDeleteI was bitten 2 weeks ago in the Ubud forest again it was cleaned immediately. I though nothing of it I visited my doctor of an unrelated matter and mentioned that I was bitten by a monkey - all hell broke lose I am waiting for my first injection this afternoon.
ReplyDeleteFor the January 22, 2012 entry, it's not too late for the rabies vaccine as long as symptoms haven't appeared in your son. Rarely, the virus can have a really long incubation period and if your son is vaccinated fully (4-5 shots) against the disease before symptom onset, he'll be one happy camper.
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