Jakarta (smile)

Friends

A city really is a collective of individuals. Some, a few here, have it better than others. Some, most, are just trying to make a life for themselves getting by the best they can in the circumstances they find themselves in. This city can break your heart a thousand times a day. It can madden you with its indifference, frustrate you with its poor planning and ramshackle condition, drive you crazy with talking, talking, talking, with out anything being done. Its poverty is stunning. Its wealth sickening.

How do you know Jakarta? I have written about some of those ways here in Jakarta Urban Blog. 

Right now, in this moment, someone is singing a beautiful song just outside the room in which I am writing this post. Roosters are crowing.  The kampung cats are looking for breakfast.

It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words.  I think a smile is worth ten thousand.