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mimpimanis · by **mimpimanis** on Sun May 04, 2008 11:51 am

In 11 years, I have always been able to find them, even in Lombok.

grastaman · by **grastaman** on Sun May 04, 2008 1:35 pm

i got one...

bulk vitamins and Ibuprophen

btw, most OTC and prescription drugs are available at Kimia Apotek (Pharmacy) which are sprinkled all over. they are consistently reliable for non-expired and non-counterfeit medicine... but in Asia it seems that big bottles of Vitamins and Ibuprophen are not so easy to get. even in Singapore, Ibu is sold only in small blister packs.

Roy · by **Roy** on Mon May 05, 2008 6:41 am

On that ilk and not to seem polyannish, we import a large quantity of pre-natal vitamins and calcium supplements for our village. We have been doing this for many years, and the average birth weight in our village is now up to over one half a kilo from ten years ago. That’s a full pound, and it is significant. Over the past three years in our village, there have been no invitro deaths, and no premies either.

The women curse my name during birth, but shortly after, they show up with coffee, sugar and beras to say “thanks” in their own special way. For the Balinese, “matur suksma” is best conveyed by the eyes and face. Eri and I neither look or listen for either.

mileage · by **mileage** on Mon May 05, 2008 1:09 pm

balijohn wrote:1) A willingness to accept that no matter how long you stay here this will always be Bali and you will have been accepted as it's visitor, then guest and then - if you are really lucky - it's resident.
2) Humbleness and humanity
3) Love and compassion
4) An open mind and an open heart
5) Tolerance and a desire to learn

Spot on Bali John!

If you don't bring these, you probably won't last long enough to need the rest....

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