Things that make you go hmm ...

How is it possible that you show up at a Japanese restaurant and they are out of sushi but yet serve you cooked fish? Why is it when you ask for no sugar in your drink, it comes instead with a sugary syrup? When have you ever gone to a bank that rejected to buy your American bill because it has a fold in it? What would you do if people constantly tried to touch your child and take pictures of her? Who would you complain to when no one understands what you're saying? Where does one start to help the countless mouths begging for food and money? These are some of the frustrating elements about living in Indonesia. Some we have come to grin and bear, trying to stay composed in times of frustration. Yet others, the ones that really matter, are so difficult to see and understand. The key to living happily here, is to acknowledge to ourselves each and every day how extremely lucky and blessed we are to have all that we have. If there is one thing I will take away from this experience, it is that.