Apr 15, 2020
MALAYA MONGOLIA AND THE MASK. THE STORY OF DR WU LIEN TEH OF PENANG,
MALAYSIA, MONGOLIA AND THE MASK HISTORY OF THE FACE MASK Tell me who your friends are, and I will tell you who you are. Its title is an Armenian proverb;…
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.
Mar 15, 2020
THE ORIGIN OF THE SPANISH FLU OF 1918
WHERE DID THE “SPANISH” FLU BEGIN ? SPAIN FRANCE USA OR CHINA ? This article is collected from multiple sources. Just before breakfast on the morning of March 4, Private…
Mar 15, 2020
BEAUTY IS IN THE EYES OF THE BEHOLDER…. THE ORIGINS OF RACISM IN MODERN TIMES?
BEAUTY IS IN THE EYES OF THE BEHOLDER…. THE ORIGINS OF RACISM IN MODERN TIMES? I was sitting on the stretch of grass behind my sister’s house in Miami. I…
Mar 15, 2020
A HAPPY SONG FROM ISRAEL ..A COMBINATION OF MIDDLE EASTERN MELODIES. SHLOMI SHABAT. YUVAL DAYAN. IDAN AMEDI
We are living through a little difficult times that requires understanding of one another and also tolerant and compassionate behaviours to the others and be considerate of the feeble persons…
Mar 15, 2020
WHY DO WE LISTEN TO MUSIC AND LOVE IT EVEN IF YOU DONT UNDERSTAND THE LYRICS
I have always wondered why we listen to the music that we listen to. Cesaria Evora from Cabo Verde sang in Portuguese Creole that no one, not even Portuguese speakers…
Mar 15, 2020
LOVE OF THE LANGUAGE. ENGLISH AND LOVE OF THE LANGUAGES. SPANISH FRENCH AND PORTUGUESE
I am a traveller, so it is only natural that I hear various languages in my travels, some common, some uncommon and some rare. The most common languages for me…
Mar 15, 2020
WHERE DOES WORK END AND LIFE BEGIN ? REFLECTIONS ON UNCERTAIN TIMES
I was a young boy when I across this saying in one of the journals that arrived once a month: Life is a long holiday with Intervals of work. I…
Mar 15, 2020
BEDLAM IN USA BUT CALM MINDFUL NIGHT IN MIAMI
People worry that they would be bored if they have to stay home for more than a few days, as most people in this world are forced to do now…
Mar 15, 2020
DONT JUDGE THE PROFICIENCY OF A LANGUAGE SPEAKER BY HIS OR HER ACCENT
I have always been interested in languages. I am not sure what language was the one I first heard or understood but study of languages (more cultural anthropological rather than…
Feb 15, 2020
THERE ARE MANY FORMS OF SPIRITUAL HEALING AND IN JAPAN FOREST HEALING IS POPULAR
The first ever indigenous group that I worked with was a traditional group of American Indians who lived in their own little territory deep inside the USA. I was completely…
Feb 15, 2020
HEALTH CARE USING CERTAIN BUDDHIST PRINCIPLES
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE HOW TO IMPROVE HEALTH CARE IN THE USA USING BUDDHIST PRINCIPLES. A NOTE TO THE DOCTORS The Four Noble Truths Buddha was…
Feb 15, 2020
CONTENT IN HAVANA . FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY 2020
I had a trip planned to South East Asia, and anyone who has read the News would admit that this is not the time for frivolous travel to the East.…
Jan 15, 2020
EXCITING TIMES FOR AN ENDOCRINE PHYSICIAN ANTHROPOLOGIST
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE I am a Physician specializing in Endocrinology, which is a specialty which has always been micro-molecular in its outlook and depth. As…
Jan 15, 2020
CUBAN STYLE WHOLISTIC MEDICINE: PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL
In this past week, I have witnessed at close quarters, the wonderful wholistic approach to HEALTH in CUBA. Health is not the absence of disease, it is obvious from the…
Jan 15, 2020
WHAT ALL HAS HAPPENED IN ONE WEEK . 4TH JAN IN MALA KERALA TO 11TH JANUARY IN MIAMI USA
Today is a Saturday, 11.1.2020 and the morning is lovely and tender here in Miami. I arrived here yesterday evening after a long and tedious flight on American Airlines (on…
Jan 15, 2020
A NEW FAVOURITE HOTEL TO COME BACK TO : HILTON GARDEN INN IN MUSCAT, OMAN
The sultanate of Oman is without doubt my favourite Muslim country, the friendliest Arab country that I have visited. The Omani people are just friendly open humble and very hospitable.…
Jan 15, 2020
OMAN AIR LOUNGE AT MUSCAT AND YET ANOTHER SURPRISE
Lots of nice things have happened to me in Oman during my various visits and this visit (today I leave for Paris on my way to Miami and then Havana)…
Jan 15, 2020
OMAN THE NICEST FRIENDLIEST COUNTRY IN WEST ASIA
I wanted to say that OMAN is the friendliest Muslim country that I have ever visited, but then I realized that the friendly nature of the Omanis have very little…