Medicine, culture, travel, food, healing, and human stories from my archive. Start with a trail, search for a memory, or move by year.
Roads, meals, clinics, and human encounters.The current inquiry follows one trail through the archive: food culture, metabolic health, Indigenous knowledge, and Suriname.
Frequent Fliers, Obesity and Heart Disease Gone are the days when flying around the world was a glamorous affair, when flying to distant locale itself had an exciting connotation. Nowadays…
Exposure To BPA, Phthalates May Affect Thyroid Function. HealthDay (7/14, Dallas) reported, "Chemicals called phthalates and bisphenol-A (BPA) that are found in solvents, plastics and numerous household products may alter…
MALAYSIA TO MALAYSIA MY LIFE IN BETWEEN VISITS TO MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur to Singapore. Singapore to Tokyo. Tokyo to London. London to Paris. Paris to Miami. Miami to The Indians,…
SYMBOLISM AND SPIRITUALITY Today my sister wanted me to go with her, to witness the end of the year ceremonies for her granddaughter who is graduating from Grade III. As…
ALAIN DE BOTTON ON SUCCESS SENSATION OF SUCCESS. ARE YOU A FAILURE? Alain de Botton, the modern day philosopher who writes and talks about Happiness, Work, Love and Philosophy has…
It has been a long time since I have had such a sense of balance in my heart and in my life. As my Hocank Sister would say, “without sacrifice,…
A Cut Above at Bangsar Village, Kuala Lumpur. Luxury with Friendship For a person who lives on the other side of the world to KL, I am lucky to have…
Today at the Paris CDG airport, I looked at the Asian Travelers, young men and women disembarking after long flights from Far East.. I tried to analyze my feelings..I was…
HOW SOLITUDE SHAPES YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS This is a continuation of my previous post: Network in Social Network Occasionally, an email arrives inviting to join Face Book or some of the…
Social Networking on the NET In the olden days, let us say before the year 2000, there was Qualitative Networking: person to person; consideration for the other; relationships, visiting each…
Wandering Medical Anthropologist and Endocrinologist: A prescription for a Stress Free Life Day 1 March 4 th , 2011 EuroStar. Paris Gare du Nord to St Pancras, London. 2h 32…
thai golden café, museum street, central London visit to the british museum the same imposing columns, that greeted a young medical student from the antipodes you enter, the first turn…
HOW MUCH HAPPENS IN A DAY Cuanto pasa en un dia. title of a poem by Pablo Neruda from his collection Extravagaria, translated by Alastair Reid… “But, in one day,…
Malaysia warns Muslims of Valentine's Day 'trap' Muslims make up nearly two-thirds of Malaysia's 28 million population Malaysia stepped up a campaign to stop Muslims celebrating Valentine's Day - labelling…
Fleas can jump two hundred times the length of their own bodies, which is roughly about thirteen inches. If a grown man could jump 200 times the length of their…
Paris Suburbs: Shopping for Everyday Goods Globalization at Work This morning I went shopping in one of the western suburbs of Paris and it was truly a lesson in Globalization…
Air France 0636 Boeing 777-300 Paris Charles de Gaulle international airport to Houston International Airport 10 th January 2011 0701 train from Becon les Bruyers in Paris to Gare San…
It is often like this One day you are brimmed with hope and desires And then the next, you realize, how alone in the world you could be, especially you…
