Aug 15, 2012
The Miracle By Lake Motivator Ofsentul
THE MIRACLE BY THE LAKE: THE MOTIVATOR OF SENTUL CITY, INDONESIA Mind/Body Exercise Programme Initiated by the Humble Boss of Bogor (see a previous blog about him) One hears very…
Stories
Field notes from the road
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.Archive into inquiry
These field notes are not only memory. They are the ground from which my new field inquiries begin.
The current inquiry follows one trail through the archive: food culture, metabolic health, Indigenous knowledge, and Suriname.
Jul 15, 2012
TOLERANCE OF MINORITIES IN ISRAEL
Tolerance of Minorities in Israel The case of Circassians For some reason or other, I thought about the Circassians this morning while at the Blue House among the Indians I…
Jul 15, 2012
PHILOSOPHICAL ANTHROPOLOGY : MIKHAIL BAKHTIN ET MAURICE MERLEAU-PONTY
Normal 0 false false false false EN-US JA X-NONE PHILSOPHICAL ANTHROPOLOGY BAKHTIN MERLEAU-PONTY Like many of us, I can clearly recall a turning point in my life. Soon after graduation…
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…
Jun 15, 2012
The Friendliest HILTON hotel so far…
LOYALTY OF A TRAVELLER When I began traveling to the USA, I noticed that Loyalty to a brand: airline company, Hotel Chain, Book Store, Coffee Store, Restaurant was to be…
May 15, 2012
DO JOGGERS LIVE A LONGER HAPPIER LIFE?
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE IS JOGGING GOOD FOR YOU? I remember visiting a group of Indians who lived along the Canon del Cobre or Copper Canyon…
Feb 15, 2012
Round the World Endocrinogist Medical Anthropologist
It was France, USA, India and Oman in January and I have just finished my second trip for the year 2012 CDG-SIN-KCH-KUL-PNH-ICN-LAX-IAH-OMA-IAH-SAT-EAGLE PASS-SAT-IAH-CDG I can use Food as a Metaphor…
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…
Dec 15, 2011
LEMBRANCAS DA CESARIA EVORA
Delta Lounge at EWR. I am there because of my FB status and I am flying AF that day to Paris. The Filipino attendant was organizing the newspapers that had…
Nov 15, 2011
Experimental Philosophy of Everyday Life
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Experimental Philosophy of Everyday Life Following closely the real life adventures in Thought Experiments of my dear friend MC-a mixture of self-realization,…
Oct 15, 2011
SHANA TOVAH 5772 TO JEWS INSIDE IRAN: SHAMLOO AND NAFISI
POEM BY SHAMLOO. SUNG BY NAFISI. THE THIRD PHOTOGRAPH IS THE CHABAD HOUSE IN CAMBODIA.. SHANA TOVA TO THE JEWS OF IRAN WHERE THEY HAVE LIVED FOR 3000 YEARS. The…
Oct 15, 2011
Learn to Love your Brothers and Sisters.. they are everywhere
One of the images burnt in my memory is that of an Israeli soldier carrying an elderly Ethiopian Jewish woman, during the clandestine airlifting of 10 000 Ethiopian Jews to…
Sep 15, 2011
NAURU AND DIABETES WISH YOU WERE NOT HERE
WISH THEY WERE NOT HERE.. At the recent meeting of the European Association of the Study of Diabetes (September 12-16, 2011) at Lisboa, Portugal, alarm was sounded by the troubadours…
Sep 15, 2011
FAKE YOGIS OF THE WEST
Fake Yogis from the West Having recently come across some Yoga students and Practitioners from the West who had been wandering around India, I have decided to follow an American…
Jul 15, 2011
PLASTICS AND THYROID FUNCTION
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…
Jun 15, 2011
AMERICA BY THE NUMBERS: SOMEONE IS LYING
AMERICA BY THE NUMBERS SOMEONE IS NOT TELLING THE TRUTH THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITH PRE DIABETES 79 million adult January 2011 57 million October 2010 25.6 million over the…
Jun 15, 2011
SYMBOLISM AND SPIRITUALITY
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…
Jun 15, 2011
ALAIN DE BOTTON ON SUCCESS:SENSATION OF SUCCESS. ARE YOU A FAILURE?
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…