Jul 15, 2019
DE SASTRE DE SAN JOSE . MY FRIEND VALENTIN TAILOR FROM MAYABEQUE
Sastre is tailor in spanish and a play on the word, de sastre, sounds like disaster.. Was not there a book by John Le Carre The Tailor of Panama? made…
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Apr 15, 2019
APRIL 14, 2019 . HAPPY NEW YEAR TO SO MANY PEOPLE IN SO MANY LANDS
It is perhaps our eurocentric leanings that we tend to emphasize the european-christian new year (distinct even from the orthodox new year celebrated in certain slavic countries). Today is April…
Oct 15, 2018
BEST PLACES CITIES FOR FOODIES AND THE WORST AS WELL USA
Source: WalletHub I am not a great believer in LISTS of any types.. Lists of places to visit, Lists of restaurants.. to each his own. Today I went to eat…
Jul 15, 2018
QATAR AIRWAYS DOHA TO COLOMBO; EXCELLENCE IN THE AIR
0 0 1 66 380 Carl T. Curtis Health and Education 3 1 445 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE I barely made the connection to my…
Jul 15, 2018
SHABBAT SHALOM ON POYA DAY IN SRI LANKA
0 0 1 517 2949 Carl T. Curtis Health and Education 24 6 3460 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE --> Shabbat Shalom on POYA day in…
Jun 15, 2018
DR MAHATHIR AND THE NEW MALAYSIA BUT CUBAN-MALAYSIAN FRIENDSHIP REMAINS THE SAE
0 0 1 495 2825 Carl T. Curtis Health and Education 23 6 3314 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE --> DR MAHATHIR: WHAT HAS MALAYSIA TO…
Jul 15, 2017
THE LATEST QATAR AIRWAYS FLIGHT DOHA TO NEW YORK 16 JULY 2017
I look forward to my Qatar airways flights. In May, I flew 10 long haul flights back to back with them and in the first two weeks of this month…
May 15, 2017
QATAR AIRWAYS FLIGHT FROM DOHA TO BRUSSELS 4 MAY 2017
Imagine it is nearly midnight, you are sitting in the Al Mourjan Business Class Lounge at the Doha Hamad International Airport; the body is beginning to feel tired and there…
Mar 15, 2015
AN EXTRAORDINARY WEEK IN THE USA WITH INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA
ONE WEEK IN THE USA: A TRAVELOGUE This is a not an ordinary travelogue. I have just spent one week in the USA. I flew in from London on American…
Jul 15, 2014
148TH WINNEBAGO POW WOW
For most westerners, Tribes would mean exotic groups of people who live in the hills, wearing handmade jewelry and who would dance for them, put on a show for a…
Feb 15, 2014
PLEASANT THINGS IN LIFE, MY TRIPS TO INDONESIA AND SOUTH EAST ASIA
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…
Nov 15, 2013
VITAMIN D BINDING PROTEIN: CULTURE AND MODERN MEDICINE
CULTURE, GENETICS, MODERN MEDICINE AND NON COMPLIANT HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS Why is this Social Anthropologist writing an article about the scientific aspects of recently popularized Vitamin D? Epidemiologists, those troubadours…