Sep 15, 2012
ATTIRE FOR WORK.. NOTES FROM THE INDIAN COUNTRY
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Attire for Work, notes from the Indian Country I am at work. I am a Consultant Physician, specializing in Endocrinology, and work…
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Jun 15, 2012
PREVENTION OF TYPE 2 DIABETES BY LIFESTYLE
PREVENTION OF TYPE 2 DIABETES BY LIFESTYLE NOTHING BEATS LIFESTYLE CHANGES TO PREVENT AND TREAT TYPE 2 DIABETES IN USA/EUROPE/AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND…etc. I have just attended a fabulous professional meeting of…
Jun 15, 2012
Ashamed of Who you are.. A Texas Tragedy
ASHAMED OF WHO YOU ARE.A Texas Tragedy Maria, a waitress at an elegant function for Doctors at the Hilton Hotel in Houston said: I don't like speaking Spanish. Her English…
Apr 15, 2012
Omar Khayyam, The Sky and South Dakota
That inverted Bowl we call The Sky; Whereunder crawling coop’d we live and die. The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam In less than 24 hours, I have gone from one part…
Mar 15, 2012
Malacca to Phnom Penh: A Wandering Jewish Endocrinologist
The Wandering Jewish Endocrinologist, in anthropological parlance, The Other who has a Name.. in just a couple of days, so much happens, so much does happen in the course of…
Feb 15, 2012
welcome to Eagle Pass America.. 97% Spanish Speakers
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Welcome to Eagle Pass. Texas and the Hairstylist Olguita, from Mexico and the Pedi/Manicurist Heidi(Phuong) from Soc Trang, Vietnam. When you are…
Feb 15, 2012
THOSE REMARKABLE MEN AND ?WOMEN OF KUCHING
To call People of Kuching, Malaysians, is not doing them justice, since they are friendlier than the average Malaysian, more open minded than the Singaporean, less devious than the Vietnamese…
Oct 15, 2011
OFF THE BEATEN TRACK… Cherry Creek, South Dakota
in travel forums like The VirtualTourist, i see people wanting to go to Off the beaten track, for me , they exist everywhere, not only in cheap countries which are…
Sep 15, 2011
Generosity and Gratitude: Says the Philosopher of Sioux City
GENEROSITY AND GRATITUDE, SAYS THE PHILOSOPHER OF SIOUX CITY Where else in USA would the owner of the coffee shop would give his keys and say: you guys are deep…
Feb 15, 2011
Happy New Year 3.2.2011 to Mexican Kickapoo.. also to Chinese and Vietnamese
Today in 2 February 2011 and I am far removed from the Asian Continent but it was good to receive emails from countries with sizeable Chinese populations and also from…
Jan 15, 2011
Toi La Bacsi: Vietnam Cross Cultural Medicine at 38 000 feet AF 7770-300
TOI LA BACSI: Cross Cultural Medicine at 38 000 feet I kept on saying to the very old lady, now slumped on her seat. She was flailing her arms and…
Nov 15, 2010
Yoga in Cuba
Meeting with a Remakable Yogi in Havana, Cuba A line from Pablo Neruda’s poem always sticks in my mind when I am in La Habana, Cuba. In it the poet…