Feb 15, 2012
AMERICAN INDIANS DO NOT LIVE IN TIPIS OR WEAR FEATHER BONNETS
My Kickapoo sister recently moved into her new home, provided by the tribe. Not a handout mind you, but reward for the good management by the tribal elders and the…
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Feb 15, 2012
The Tale of Two Cities Kuching and Singapour
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE The Tale of Two Cities Singapour and Kuching Benny at the front desk was so helpful, and when I returned from meeting…
Feb 15, 2012
I AM HAPPY TO BE A PHYSICIAN ANTHROPOLOGIST TO NATIVE AMERICANS
CHOOSE A CAREER TO SUIT YOUR PERSONALITY, NOT YOUR INCOME Thank God for the Indians (Los Indios de America) I had done particularly well in the latter years of my…
Feb 15, 2012
The Greenery Surprise of Singapore
I was remarking to Dr C, who was giving me a mini tour of Singapour, how green Singapour looked! yes, there has been a concerted effort by the government to…
Feb 15, 2012
SAME CURRY, DIFFERENT PLACES AND COMPANIONS AND AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY
LE RITS boutique Hotel and Resto, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thai Curry Dining Companion Friday Last, Maurice VP, who conducts an NGO on how to take care of Diabetics at a…
Feb 15, 2012
ZHENG HE AND SINGAPORE
THOSE REMARKABLE MEN OF SINGAPOUR What brought Drs T and C on to my humble path of Travel? Travel by a great Chinese Admiral, in fact the greatest ever.. beats…
Feb 15, 2012
MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND YOGA
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY: QUALITATIVE VS QUANTITATIVE Being Both a Physician and an Anthropologist, I can see the mechanism of problem solving among Physicians:…
Feb 15, 2012
PARIS TO SINGAPOUR : HOW IS A MIND TO ADJUST
LET ALONE ONE'S STOMACH? Let alone the Stomach? The distances covered over three previous generations were done in one flight, Air France Being 777-300, a long and boring flight.. a…
Feb 15, 2012
SPEND TIME WITH THOSE WHO NEED YOU..SAID the Lady
This afternoon I spent a delightful time with the representative of The Island and his wife..There is no other country in the world where friendships can be cemented so quickly..we…
Feb 15, 2012
TRAVEL IS THE SADDEST OF ALL PLEASURES
I am looking out through the large glass window/door to the last vestiges of the last snow flakes,as it very rarely snows in Paris. But the past few days have…
Feb 15, 2012
Adieu Royaume udu Cambodge
what a lovely day this has been.. the thunder has arrived, they probably want to say good bye.. I called Kuching to say good bye to some friends there ...…
Feb 15, 2012
The Cuban Love of Paris
OTHER CUBANS IN PARIS, THE OTHER UNENDING FIESTA I know P who is Cuban, who after the many years still has not lost his habanero accent, but he adores the…