My father was born and raised in Makassar, Celebes, now Sulawesi. Strange but even though I have never been there, it's somehow locked in my DNA. I actually dream of the hills in Toraja, where they used to spend the summers. I'm homesick for a place I've never been. But that's what Indonesia does, it's magic. Most of my musician friends in the Netherlands (not coincidently) happen to be of Indonesian origin and I'm proud to be called brother by them. It's so far from here, but I promised myself to go there and look up the birth place of my father, uncle and aunt. Definitely take my bird with me for sure.