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I Miss My Good Friend Pak Joe, the Humble Boss of Bogor
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Mar 15, 2023
43 HOURS FROM DOUBLE TREE HILTON KUALA LUMPUR TO MY FRIENDS HOME IN MIAMI FLORIDA USA. A STORY
It was bright and early when I appeared at the Executive Lounge and the Manager, Ms SS was waiting for me. Two promising things happened with breakfast. I have been…
Apr 15, 2022
THE TRANQUILITY OF FORT COCHI . DAY 3 AT TOWER HOUSE HOTEL …
It was the day of excellence during the heavy rain on the part of the dentist who drove through the sheets of rain to attend to my teeth. Tonight would…
Dec 15, 2021
A GOOD DAY TO BE GRATEFUL, BE AWARE THAT YOU ARE DOING WHAT YOU ARE DOING, DISTANCE FROM ATTACHMENT
I am at this large house by myself. Tranquil able to concentrate and to think. also realize who your friends are and who would be there for you Mr Carlos…
May 15, 2021
IS KINDNESS CONTAGIOUS: A WONDERFUL DAY IN THE LIFE OF AN ENDOCRINOLOGIST/ANTHROPOLOGIST TO THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
One of the pleasures of driving leisurely to the National Park to visit the Indigenous people, is to listen to BBC World Service.. It is truly, as it claims, the…
Nov 15, 2020
PLEASE DO NOT COME TO CAMBODIA AND TELL PEOPLE NOT TO EAT RICE… WITHOUT CONTEXT WORDS HAVE NO MEANING (MERLEAU-PONTY)
NUTRITIONAL EXPERTS AND LACK OF CONTEXT I am an Endocrinologist, educated in London, Melbourne and Miami and that doe not mean I would be very successful in Siem Reap, Cambodia…
Oct 15, 2020
LIFE HAS BECOME NORMAL TO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD AND THEY CAN THINK OF THEIR SPIRITUAL ADVANCEMENT
We in the West, whether USA or the countries in the Americas or Europe or the Middle East tend to forget that there are countries where the life has continued…
Sep 15, 2020
DEMAGOGUES DICTATORS AND DEMOCRACY. CULTURE IN THE TIME OF COVID 19
Demagogues and Dictators Culture in the time of Covid 19 Currently in the race of Covid 19 prevalence, USA BRASIL INDIA take the top spots. The best controlled seem to…
Aug 15, 2020
REMEMBERING WHAT MY INDIGENOUS TEACHERS TOLD ME ABOUT DIABETES CARE AMONG THE NATIVE PEOPLE
I will never forget the words of the elder, Adeline W. Here we were sitting at her modest home in the settlement of Indians out of the bling and business…
Jun 15, 2020
AMALIA RODRIGUES, LISBOA; CARLOS GARDEL, BUENOS AIRES; P. RAMLEE, KUALA LUMPUR; UMM AL KHALTHOUM EL KAHIRA
After writing a blog about Dame Vera Lynn who passed away on 18/6/2020, I thought of other icons of music from other countries that I could think of and also…
Jun 15, 2020
THE FIRST DAY OF THE END OF SOCIAL ISOLATION FOR ME , IN MIAMI
For me, today is the day, the social isolation in Miami which I had gleefully accepted, stopped. Lovely day to walk around the Botanic Gardens which had been part of…
Mar 15, 2020
DONT JUDGE THE PROFICIENCY OF A LANGUAGE SPEAKER BY HIS OR HER ACCENT
I have always been interested in languages. I am not sure what language was the one I first heard or understood but study of languages (more cultural anthropological rather than…