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…
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.
Jan 15, 2012
Who can you Trust for Your News? Use a Little Analaysis and Avoid Professor Peons
Normal 0 false false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Who can you trust regarding News and Information and thus Knowledge? We are overwhelmed with increased number of resources to get…
Jan 15, 2012
Zheng He and Salalah, Dhofar, Oman
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Whenever you are near the Ocean in many of the Asian Countries, if you are a History enthusiast, the name of that…
Jan 15, 2012
SHALOM FROM A JEW IN THE SULTANATE OF OMAN
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE A JEW IN OMAN There is a sensation of welcome when you arrive at SEEB international Airport at Muscat, the capital city…
Jan 15, 2012
LEARN THE MEANING OF HOLLOW BONES
"When we become hollow bones there is no limit to what the Higher Powers can do in and through us in spiritual things." -- Frank Fools Crow, LAKOTA If we…
Dec 15, 2011
2012 THE YEAR OF LIVING JOYOUSLY
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE 2012 The Year of Living Joyously Each year brings its special brand of happiness. 2012 would be no different and something entirely…
Jul 15, 2011
The Destruction of Languages and Cultures.. our role in it
My friend MunChing who looks through The Brunei Times daily and selects articles for me (and other friends of hers) and emails them. I truly appreciate this effort of hers.…
Jun 15, 2011
ALTERNATIVE OR COMPLIMENTARY MEDICINE.. ONE VIEW
COMPLIMENTARY OR ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE WHERE DOES YOGA/AYURVEDA/ACUPUNCTURE FIT INTO THIS PUZZLE The predominant discourse about Health in this world, in the developed and developing world is Western Medicine or called…
Jun 15, 2011
MINDLESS EATING EXPLAINED USING RAJA YOGA
MINDLESS EATING EXPLAINED USING RAJA YOGA PHILOSOPHY I do not claim to know a lot of the philosophy behind Raja Yoga, except to say that I am a serious student…
Apr 15, 2011
The Best Medical Anthropology Programme. BRUNEL UNIVERSITY LONDON
I was educated both in Medicine and Medical Anthropology and the education that keeps on giving me more and more is the education I received at Brunel University London in…
Mar 15, 2011
SOLITUDE IS NOT LONELINESS
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…
Feb 15, 2011
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY MALAYSIA 14 FEBRUARY 2011
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…
Feb 15, 2011
Loss of Dr Joel Glaser: Adios Mi Gran Amigo
Death of Dr. Joel Stephen Glaser Loss of a Book that educated you Dr. Glaser, with his late wife Irena, had been part of every step of my life in…
Dec 15, 2010
CUBA AND THE INDIANS may 3, 1903
In a New York Times Article published on May 3, 1903, the headlines read: No representative of the Race that greeted Columbus could be found in Cuba. Just think, how…
Dec 15, 2010
Symbolic Healing among the Kickapoo of Mexico
I have a sister, Menacuatucua. Eventhough I do not belong to her tribe (The Traditional Kickapoo who have homes in Eagle Pass, Texas and Nacimiento de los Negros at the…
Nov 15, 2010
To Live Longer, Eat Less: Less Quantity and More Quality
When asked to examine a Monk in the Upper Irrawady Region, I had to use all my prowess as an Anthropologist. What does a Monk Eat? When are his eating…
Oct 15, 2010
The Deep Legacy of Khmer in Mekong Delta. Soc Trang Province
When I visited Cambodia regularly in the past, I was vaguely aware of a Khmer population in the delta region of South Vietnam. I had expected pockets of small communities…
Sep 15, 2010
Plans for Travel for the rest of 2010
Now that the High Holydays are nearly Over.. time to come back to the pastime of planning trips.. So far in September: Miami to Paris Paris to Miami Miami to…