Oct 15, 2009
Eats and Flies Part III October 10, 2009 New York to Paris
EATS AND FLIES PART III 10 OCT 2009 EWR TO CDG CONTINENTAL 757-200 A SHORT FLIGHT FOR AN INTERCONTINENTAL ONE, SIX HOURS AND TWENTY MINUTES Seat 7C. With plenty of…
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Oct 15, 2009
Barack Obama and Nobel Peace Prize
It was a good news to wake up to.. Barack Obama who in his short tenure has brought so much hope to millions of people around the world and of…
Oct 15, 2009
Welcome to Tijuana.. thus sang ManuChao
WELCOME TO THE USA Global Entry Programme As I have to visit USA on a fairly regular basis,( 13 visits this year to Miami, our Other Cuba) I applied for…
Oct 15, 2009
Hurrah for USA and of course, Hurrah for Australia!
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6pbt5_portrait-delizabeth-blackburn-biolo_creation Elizabeth Blackburn was raised in Tasmania and educated in Melbourne before going to Cambridge to get her PhD. She has been in the uSA since 1988. And she is…
Sep 15, 2009
Death of a Philosopher Gerard Cohen
Gerard “Jerry” Cohen, Jewish, Montreal-born, was till his recent death Professor of Philosophy, Fellow of All Soul’s College. He was a fervent egalitarianist-the kind we do not come across very…
Sep 15, 2009
What am I doing here?
WHY MunChing with two Hocank youngsters Today is 10th September 2009. In exactly 11 days, I will leave MIAMI for a long flight to KLIA.. leaving at 5 45 pm…
Sep 15, 2009
Food that does not Harm you.. in Paris
If you are interested in my musings about Nutrition and Health, some with a heavy cultural overlay, you can consult www.crossculturalendocrinology.blogspot.com When coming home this evening, I thought, what is…
Sep 15, 2009
Thinking about Mahler on a Bright Sunny Day in Paris
Sitting on the steps of Opera Garnier, this afternoon, reading the excellent Biography of Gabo, and feeling elated and hopeful, I thought of Gustav Mahler, the austro hungarian jew who…
Sep 15, 2009
Sorry, I want to say to the Japanese Lady, in Marais, Paris
Corruption of Morality to other Human Beings Last night, around Midnight, was walking along Marais, a Hip neighbourhood of France, after a very satisfying dinner at Breizh Café, a Breton…
Sep 15, 2009
Makan in Malaysia.. so Delicious..
Even as a child, I thought of Malaysia as a destination for Food! so in the 72 hours that I spent in KL on this trip to see Friends, I…
Sep 15, 2009
More than Proud of Paris
Walking around the Place de la Republique, I was pleased to see a large poster of Aung San Suu Kyi, The Lady of Rangoon, The leader of Burma, exalted as…
Sep 15, 2009
Pampering yourself in KL Part 1
A Cut Above at Bangsar shopping complex is truly an experience for a tired traveller! under the artistic direction of Fei Wen, the place gives the client a luxury treatment:…