Browse the field notes by date, topic, place, and memory.
Meeting with Remarkable People Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Yangon/Rangoon, Myanmar/Burma This was a short visit: A Friendship visit, with the possibility of meeting up with a professor of Diabetes in Yangon…
Facial at KLCC, KL, Malaisie.. One of the sheer pleasures of visiting KL (this is my fourth visit in one year, a lot considering I live 12 000 km away!)..is…
The Humble Man from Pahang The reason I came across this wonderful Malaysian Man was that he had been twice to Cuba on behalf of his government and this gave…
Is it Noodle Bar or Nudle Bar? Fusion Cuisine or is it blind mimicry? How do cuisines influence each other? Do the imperialists: whether georgraphic or cultural impose their cuisine…
Ah Minha Terra Cognita… If you can manage your sleep, you can enjoy your life even more.. Who sleeps more per day do you think? The French or the Japanese?…
Day 1 of a trip to Asia In fact it was more than 24 hours, on this first day of the trip, to get to KL from Paris. I left…
It is one of Life’s greatest pleasures, indeed, when out of the mist of time, where memories hide, one small glimmer of a light comes out, bringing with it fragrances…
Historian Bernard Lewis breathes a fresh perspective into the cultural conflict between the Arab and Islamic world and the west. Even as early as 1950, he had thought that the…
When people know that I am associated with native american indains, they usually ask me a slew of questions and i realize that the idea of an american indian is…
I think of the good friends I have made over the years, how did they enter your life, silently, and then become inevitably etched..some arrive and leave soon enough but…
Dear Friends: I was in India for six days, but in three states, three cities and three nights spent on trains! The Blind Astrologer had wanted me to do three…
Lonely Roads, Bright Sun and a Blue Sky UmonHon Indian Reservation 13th January 2009 A very sound sleep, after the trouble getting home through 50 km winds playing ballet with…