Sep 15, 2012
SOUTH EAST ASIA FEELS NATURALLY HOME
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE ASEAN…a friendly and welcoming environment Ever since I became aware of travel, I have always tried to cover regions. The Pacific was…
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Sep 15, 2012
MINDFULNESS AND THE HUMBLE MAN OF BOGOR: PAK JOE
Today is September 28 th , 2012 I have just finished reading an interesting book by Murakami Haruki: What do I think when I am Running. It has very little…
Sep 15, 2012
If you are tired of the BRITISH MUSEUM, your curiosity has fallen dormant
The rain had been falling, as forecast and when it seemed to stop, i bought an umbrella and walked towards the British Museum. Many of the streets are familiar or…
Sep 15, 2012
AUGUST A MONTH OF GOOD NEWS FROM NORTH EAST WEST SOUTH
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE A Good Month of News that warms the heart.. I left IAH on 1 August 2012 on Qatar Airways to DOHA and…
Sep 15, 2012
EAT TO PLEASE YOUR MICROBES: THEY KNOW YOUR GENETIC ORIGINS
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE A good friend of mine from Kuala Lumpur sent me two articles from our mutual favourite magazine, The Economist. Both are on…
Aug 15, 2012
AHMAD SHAMLOU..SHAME OF IMPOTENCE ARISING OUT OF OPPRESSION
I had begun this journey from the Reservation of Omaha Indians of North America, which took me, either on airlines or countries which were mostly Moslem: Qatar, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei,…
Aug 15, 2012
ARROGANCE, A STRUCTURAL DEFECT OF THE MIND
Arrogance, a Structural Defect of the Mind KLEISHA Arrogance arises out of ignorance, and also from attachment, thus connected to other structural defects of our minds, and in addition to…
Aug 15, 2012
Happy Birthday, FIDEL from the shores of the Mekong
Long Live Fidel, Shout my Malaysian and Indonesian Friends The night had just fallen and we could look at the Mekong River from where we were sitting. Our little group…
Jul 15, 2012
CONTEXT, BREAST CANCER, ARROGANCE, MINA AND MALAYSIA
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Don't be arrogant, because arrogance kills curiosity and passion.” Recently I had been thinking about CONTEXT, in a phenomenological sense, but never…
Jul 15, 2012
SOME GOOD NEWS FROM IRAN
Some Good News about Iran These days, one hardly hears anything good from Iran. Just yesterday USA tightened the sanctions against Iran, banning certain people and companies including some tanker…
Jul 15, 2012
HOW DOES ONE BECOME INTERESTED IN GEOGRAPHY?
HOW DOES ONE BECOME INTERESTED IN GEOGRAPHY? I was a pre-schooler, when my grandfather, olav ha shalom, came into the room with a bagful of sweets and said: these are…
Jul 15, 2012
when one door is Closed, Dont you know the other is open? Bob Marley
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE WHEN ONE DOOR IS CLOSED, DON’T YOU KNOW THE OTHER IS OPEN? Those lyrics from Bob Marley, Philosopher from Jamaica, always held…