Oct 15, 2020
OCTOBER 5 2019. TO OCTOBER 5 2020. GIVE ME THE EIGHTY DAYS OF LOVE
On the morning of October 5, 2019, I knew my. life was going to change, but did not expect so many changes. I am used to unexpected pleasures but this…
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.
Oct 15, 2020
THE HARVEST MOON. THE AUTUMN MOON. NATIONAL DAY CHINA AND PHOTOS OF THE MOON FROM DIFFERENT PLACES
We are in the middle of celebrations.. for various cultures, various sentiments and various symbolisms. Harvest Moon for the Indians Autumn Moon and memories of Cakes eaten at this time.…
Sep 15, 2020
DOUBLE TREE BY HILTON MEMORIES AND REMINISCENCES AND HOPES FOR A QUICK RETURN
Over the course of years, I have been a loyal visitor to Double Tree Hotel in Kuala Lumpur and had become friends with many of the workers: concierge desk, Front…
Sep 15, 2020
ALBERT MEMMI AND THE MOMENT I HEARD ABOUT THIS FRENCH INTELLECTUAL
Albert Memmi, a leading mid-20th century French intellectual and writer best known for nonfiction books and novels that unraveled his anomalous identity as an ardent anti-imperialist, an unapologetic Zionist and…
Sep 15, 2020
MY DREAM OF FLYING TO TEL AVIV VIA DOHA ON QATAR AIRWAYS MAY BE A REALITY IN THE JEWISH YEAR 5781
Today is the third day of the New Year 5781.. A bit of good news from Qatar, a country that I am fond of. Home of my favourite airlines, Qatar…
Sep 15, 2020
WHO REALLY ARE YOU ? FORGET WHAT YOU ARE, NOT IMPRESSED WITH THIS..
This prolonged social isolation has given time to ponder about social aspects of many of the cultures and also relativeness of our nationalities and religion and our identities. Some of…
Sep 15, 2020
DEMAGOGUES DICTATORS AND DEMOCRACY. CULTURE IN THE TIME OF COVID 19
Demagogues and Dictators Culture in the time of Covid 19 Currently in the race of Covid 19 prevalence, USA BRASIL INDIA take the top spots. The best controlled seem to…
Aug 15, 2020
JE SUIS UN JUIF MIZRAHI. IF YOU NEED SOMEONE TO TALK TO, I AM HERE …
Here we are in Miami where the worst thing is the vitriol of the local and national politicians. I think of the winds hitting the fragile houses and farms of…
Aug 15, 2020
I WILL NOT MISS YOU WHEN YOU LEAVE, SAID LA PETITE POETE DE COTE SAUVAGE
The book was given as a gift. I was about to go to Malaysia for a visit. I was a freshly minted graduate doctor in the halls of a hospital…
Aug 15, 2020
EVERY LITTLE TREE GIVES ITS LITTLE BIT OF SHADE ANCIENT WISDOM OF FULAE, THIS TIME FROM SENEGAL
Al Jazeera, the news channel based in Doha is unique among the news channels in the world( with the exception of the venerable BBC, that many of us grew up…
Aug 15, 2020
CRY FOR OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN LEBANON
whose heart is not touched by what happened at the Lebanese capital city's port? 150 has died , thousands injured and hundreds and thousands made homeless. Initially the politicians blamed…
Aug 15, 2020
The Full Moon a Lua Cheia La Luna Llena. La pleine lune
Imagine the wonder of our ancestors watching the phases of the moon.. Most ancient calendars, predating the Christian one, is Lunar in nature. The Muslims followed the Jews in setting…
Jul 15, 2020
Good bye Queen of the skies. She still calls Australia home
Even though I have not returned to Australia after my two trips in 2008, I keep abreast of what is happening in Australia. I am grateful for the enormous influence…
Jul 15, 2020
THE BIG TECH BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU ….
We are living through a strange ? period of time, a difficult ? period of time, or profitable? period of time? I suppose it depends who do you ask .…
Jul 15, 2020
LA BELLE DAME SANS REGRETS. NOTHING TO LOSE WHEN YOU CAN DANCE AND HAVE THE MUSIC TO DO SO
Tropics are like hammocks for lovers, was it Anais Nin (French-Cuban) who said that when she and Arthur Miller were lovers in Paris ? There is a word in English…
Jul 15, 2020
LOTS OF DISCOURSES ON HAPPINESS… HOW ABOUT LIVING IT ?
By an immense stroke of luck, I was able to spend an extended period of time in Southern Sweden. I had left Australia where I felt so secure about our…
Jul 15, 2020
THE NEGLECTED GLOBAL PANDEMIC: UNCONTROLLED,GALLOPING OBESITY ALL OVER THE WORLD
EMORY University School of Medicine is providing an educational session in SPANISH for the multitudes of Health Care Providers in Latin America about OBESITY. I listened to it today as…
Jun 15, 2020
AMALIA RODRIGUES, LISBOA; CARLOS GARDEL, BUENOS AIRES; P. RAMLEE, KUALA LUMPUR; UMM AL KHALTHOUM EL KAHIRA
After writing a blog about Dame Vera Lynn who passed away on 18/6/2020, I thought of other icons of music from other countries that I could think of and also…