Feb 15, 2012
PEER TO PEER CARE OF DIABETES : the excellence in Cambodia
A lot of credit must go to Maurits for his untiring work to show that Type 2 Diabetes can be taken care of at the point of contact between the…
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.
Feb 15, 2012
THOSE REMARKABLE MEN AND ?WOMEN OF KUCHING
To call People of Kuching, Malaysians, is not doing them justice, since they are friendlier than the average Malaysian, more open minded than the Singaporean, less devious than the Vietnamese…
Feb 15, 2012
CURRY PUFFS, SAUVIGNON BLANC AND FERNANDO PESSOA
It is coming up to 11 Am in Paris, close to 5 Am in Havana but I am sitting looking at the fading lights of the day over Mount Sandibong,…
Feb 15, 2012
The Sweet Peasures of Travel: Rashid and Co at Hilton Kuching
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Coming to Kuching in Sarawak, Borneo is an anthropologist’s dream. Physical characteristics of the people betray their isolated and historical existence of…
Feb 15, 2012
The Tale of Two Cities Kuching and Singapour
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE The Tale of Two Cities Singapour and Kuching Benny at the front desk was so helpful, and when I returned from meeting…
Feb 15, 2012
ZHENG HE AND SINGAPORE
THOSE REMARKABLE MEN OF SINGAPOUR What brought Drs T and C on to my humble path of Travel? Travel by a great Chinese Admiral, in fact the greatest ever.. beats…
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…
Feb 15, 2012
The Cuban Love of Paris
OTHER CUBANS IN PARIS, THE OTHER UNENDING FIESTA I know P who is Cuban, who after the many years still has not lost his habanero accent, but he adores the…
Feb 15, 2012
INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE, ITS TIME HAS COME : Yoga, Philosophical Counseling, Homeopathic Medications in addition to the Western Allopathic One
I am a Physician and most of my patients suffer from Chronic Diseases, most of them correctable if social situations permitted a greater autonomy for the patients. So I am…
Feb 15, 2012
FOOD INSECURITY AND POOR HEALTH. CAN DEPRESSION MAKE YOU CHOOSE BAD FOOD? ANXIETY ABOUT FOOD AND OBESITY
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE FOOD INSECURITY AND POOR HEALTH. CAN DEPRESSION MAKE YOU CHOOSE BAD FOOD? ANXIETY ABOUT FOOD AND OBESITY Two medical Journals in my…
Jan 15, 2012
The Drinking Disorder of the Americans of the USA
The Drinking Problems of the Americans of the USA Two normal size cans of Soft Drink, fizzy, full of chemicals, is the average intake of Yanks! Per Day! I don't…
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
VISA ON ARRIVAL INDIA
VISA ON ARRIVAL INDIA Those of us with an urge to visit this teeming land of Real Fakirs and Fake Yogis, Excellent Food and Mediocre Wannabees imitating the West, full…
Jan 15, 2012
Concert at L’OLYMPIA in Paris Poppys
In the 1970s, a venerable gentleman, founded a choir to rescue boys from lower income neighbourhood and it had considerable success with many recordings and various tours across the country…
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…
Dec 15, 2011
Shabbat Shalom and Happy Hanukkah: It is time to go HOME
On this Friday Night, I am in an Indian Reservation and having visited two tribes on this visit to North America, it is time to go HOME.. But the Lakotas…
Dec 15, 2011
The Parallel Spiritual World: Lessons from the Kickapoo
The Parallel Spiritual World of the Kickapoo When people say, " I am a spiritual person", the meaning of that pronouncement is lost on me. It is others who judge…