Central versus local, it is indeed diverse

I had a little run in with the people here, it's different perspectives I realize. I mean, their sense of crisis is a camera gona AWOL for a few hours (not even stolen), and attribute lower intelligence, laziness, etc etc to the people (partly) responsible for the incident. I find these name-calling bothersome, especially from otherwise obviously educated and travelled people. But that is a fact of life in Indonesia, where the diversity is rather extreme, and people judge others by their own standards instead of understanding the local social and cultural constructs. That is why we have a lot of problems out here, especially when fanatics impose their standards on others.

To be honest, I had (and still have) prejudice about other people but I'm getting a bit better at trying to understand and tolerate, and frame things according to its context. I think it's important when you're in a place of ultimate diversity. So, I will still be travelling to, and enjoying myself, in the land of coffee and the art of sipping it slowly, with one foot tucked up, at the shops, where time is what you make of it, and people are so laid back it is easy to mistake them for being lazy ;-)