In Reply to: for charliebear posted by lnt on Monday, 5. September 2011 at 19:36 Bali Time:
about them liking Australian things, well that is up to the individual, many people believe they all do, I personally don't work with Balinese that live in or around Kuta or Legian so maybe those Balinese love Australian things.
In the village I work in they could not care less, even my Balinese children don't give a rats toss about where I come from.
I have in my office drawer Australian 50 cent pieces, small koalas, Australia flag key chains and in the cupboard an AFL football, all considered completely useless by the kids in our area.
A soccer ball will be the best present for a 9 year old boy you can possibly buy, whether he cares about the green and gold is not really an issue, he'll just love the ball.