Medicine, culture, travel, food, healing, and human stories from my archive. Start with a trail, search for a memory, or move by year.
Roads, meals, clinics, and human encounters.The current inquiry follows one trail through the archive: food culture, metabolic health, Indigenous knowledge, and Suriname.
Tonight is 21 december .. it is the night of Yalda .. It is the longest night, full of darkness and this morning when young women went to their universities…
DEAR FRIENDS I send these greetings to you because I consider my relationship with you to be important. This long winded thoughts put down on paper is my way of…
WELCOME PRESIDENT JOKOWI OF INDONESIA I am sure there are thousands of politicians and businessmen in Indoneisa, shivering in their boots at this welcome news of a simple son of…
INDONESIA IN MIAMI if you are a resident of a vacation spot, you tend to get a lot of visitors, which was the case when I was a resident of…
MACHINES WITHOUT DOCTORS DON'T PROVIDE GOOD HEALTH CARE COST OF USELESS MEDICAL CARE IN THE EMERGING NATIONS: THE CASE OF INDONESIA This was the story told to me by a…
Pleasant things in Life QR 857 CGK to DOH After a farewell lunch at the office of my friend HP in Bogor, we took the precaution to leave early for…
GIFTS OF INDONESIA: THIS TIME FROM BALI I had to divert my trip to the USA from Europe, so that I could once again be with my Indonesian friends. My…
SINCE 2008, I have been very lucky to have been visiting Malaysia on a regular basis and since 2012, Indonesia was added to the regular jaunts over there. This year's…
Whereas Emirati or Pakistani general population have less knowledge about what constitutes Health and how to avoid being Sick, Americans are inundated with information about health and are cognizant of…
Lunch Gado Gado, Indonesian Salad Chicken, South Sumatra Style Dried Fish with cucumber and carrots Always eat with Good People, surrounded by nice scenery Dinner at De Leuit Restaurant, Bogor,…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE The Incredible Indonesian Hospitality of the Humble Man of Bogor I have been lucky to experience hospitality to a degree that one…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE THE PREVENTION OF DIABETES, HYPERTENSION AND OBESITY IN INDONESIA: THE SENTUL HEALTHY HAPPY LIVING Indonesia shares two major characteristics with its neighbours…
I am used to meeting visitors in various parts of the world, but today was an unique experience for me in that I was waiting for a group of Indonesians…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE SENTUL HEALTHY HAPPY LIVING AND PERSONAL HEALTH During each of my visits to Bogor, the focus of the conversations has been Personal…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE The incredible Hospitality of the Indonesians The Sentul Healthy Happy Living Group of Pak J. I am just finishing my third trip…
These are six days of culinary delights in Indonesia,all organized by my friend, PJ. I never ate alone and always there were more than four or five sharing lunch or…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE ENCOUNTERS WITH THE ENCHANTED IN INDONESIA Indonesia is an enchanting land, mainly because of the open mindedness of its people and welcome…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE SHANA TOVA FROM MIAMI HA OLAM, LAND OF THE FREE, HOME OF THE SLAVES ADON OLAM, HELP US SAVE OUR FRIENDS FROM…
