Oct 15, 2009
Welcome to Tijuana.. thus sang ManuChao
WELCOME TO THE USA Global Entry Programme As I have to visit USA on a fairly regular basis,( 13 visits this year to Miami, our Other Cuba) I applied for…
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Countries: <span>France</span>
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Sep 15, 2009
Thinking about Mahler on a Bright Sunny Day in Paris
Sitting on the steps of Opera Garnier, this afternoon, reading the excellent Biography of Gabo, and feeling elated and hopeful, I thought of Gustav Mahler, the austro hungarian jew who…
Sep 15, 2009
Journey to Friends Food and Other Loves Day 4 Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur
The wait at the Amsterdam Schipol Airport seemed interminable. There were lots of japanese boarding their flights to Tokyo. The KLM club is spacious and full of amenities. I tried…
Sep 15, 2009
Journey to Friends Food and Other Loves Day 3 Miami to Paris to Amsterdam
I was the last one to board the Air France Flight 095 to Paris, as I had lingered longer at the new Delta Airlines Club at Miami Airport. The French…
Sep 15, 2009
An Anthropologist on MH 020 from KLIA to Paris
I arrived early this morning at CDG Charles de Gaulle International Airport in Paris after a 12 hour 20 minute flight from Kuala Lumpur, Malaisie. The flight was comfortable and…
Sep 15, 2009
Australian Sense of Humour
Those of us who grew up in Australia, and many others who have made this great brown continent their home, an australian sense of humour is essential for an integrated…
Sep 15, 2009
I am going to work 12 september 2009
I thought to myself, I am going to work… On this day, 12 th September 2009 As the Continental Airlines 767-400 took off from CDG, I had a curious sensation:…
Sep 15, 2009
What am I doing here?
WHY MunChing with two Hocank youngsters Today is 10th September 2009. In exactly 11 days, I will leave MIAMI for a long flight to KLIA.. leaving at 5 45 pm…
Sep 15, 2009
Sorry, I want to say to the Japanese Lady, in Marais, Paris
Corruption of Morality to other Human Beings Last night, around Midnight, was walking along Marais, a Hip neighbourhood of France, after a very satisfying dinner at Breizh Café, a Breton…
Aug 15, 2009
Alain de Boton A philosopher of Everyday Life
Philosopher of Everyday Life Alain de Boton is being paid 30 000 pounds to stay at the London Healthrow terminal 5 to observe and write about the life among the…
Aug 15, 2009
Dr SYKS and Alain de Boton on Work and Happiness
I was extraordinarily lucky to have had my medical education divided between three countries: London in England, a medical model still paying attention to the great masters of the past…
Aug 15, 2009
An afternoon in Paris
Musee de la Vie Romantique The city of Paris maintains a slew of museums, which are free for visitors, a fact that I learned only this afternoon when I went…