Baduy people are the strongest people I've encountered by far. This is Haswan, the child of our guide/porter, Mr. Erwin, on our trip to Baduy Luar and Baduy Dalam villages last weekend. He voluntarily hiked (yes, hiked!) with us as a porter and carrying this 10ish kg bags in total. With no shoes nor sandals. Gulping only a little water. No complaining, walking up and down the hill for 6 straight hours, only stopping to give us time to breathe. He's a champion...

I almost shouted my head off when I saw the square plastic canister filled with moving faces on them. I wanted to scream because:

1) I’ve never seen such things,

2) it’s entertaining,

3) it’s neat art, and

4) Man, humans are cruel!

Of the 9 years I've been living in the city, only a few months ago I found out about one of Jakarta's special delicacies from a friend of mine who contributed this picture, a Betawi descendant (the original Jakartans). It's called 'babanci', which means something like 'bisexual', referring to the taste that resembles several other foods (like curry, soto, or gulai), as a result of combining so many kinds of spice and ingredients like beef, coconut milk,...