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Rhoda Grauer's birthday party at Purnati on December 31, 2008.

from www.balispirit.com comes BALI LOVES OBAMA!

Jik Rai, Ibu Geg, Beli Gung, Bu Rai, Tinik, Rucina, Gung and Non in Malang after Jik Oka's cremation, December 2007.

Rucina clowning around with Seri and LUH LUWIH's TOPENG SAKTI all women's gamelan and mask dance troupe. 2006.

The mad Bajaj driver....

YKIP team

Here is the YKIP team and one of the donated stuffed animals that we gave away to the scholarship students.

Gung's 50th

ON Gung's 50th birthday and Rangki (the palace of plants)'s 10th anniversary, we held a huge party to celebrate. L-R: Anom, Arie, Gung and Rucina.

Ratu Dadong Gill Marais and Rucina 2007 in Bali.

At the Mitrais party in 2008, the YKIP staff sang the Project Pop song METAL VS DUGEM (Metal Vs Glamour World). What a riot!

Horst of the Walter Spies Foundation, Rucina and Pino Confessa (Italian Honorary Consul, Bali) at Dr Jelantik's exhibition at ARMA in 2007.

Bakso Krama Bule or Chicken Ball Soup White Girl style is presented at the Mitrais Annual Party in 2008 by Grup Gedebong Goyang. 3G consists of four caucasian women over 40 years old who sing in Balinese and Indonesian and do silly skits to entertain the Balinese. The Swaying Banana Tree Trunks (translation) began in 2003.

Rucina got the Paul Harris Fellowship Prize (a Rotary Award) for the humanitarian work she does with YKIP (www.ykip.org) in 2008.

My sons the models

Both my sons, Anom (21) and Arie (18) are looking to supplement their incomes by modeling. The proud mama presents....

Elephant kiss

On my birthday in 2008, I celebrated with over 60 of our KEMBALI sponsored children (www.ykip.org). With Heidi Hornberger and friends (and kids!) we went to the Bali Safari Park and at the elephant show I got a big sloppy kiss from one of the elephants. YUCKY but what a joy to have 500 people singing happy birthday!