Jun 15, 2017
Voicesfrom Cuba 16 June And Empty
VOICES FROM CUBA 16 JUNE AND THE EMPTY BOTTLE THAT MAKES TOO MUCH NOISE Trump announced some noises to the gracious changes by Obama to the failed Cuba policy of…
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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.
May 15, 2017
CLEANSING OF YOUR MIND IN MALACCA, MALAYSIA
CLEANSING OF YOUR MIND IN MALACCA I had a delightful time in KL, a quiet one and with the staff at Hilton Double Tree spoiling me, and with a Facial…
May 15, 2017
ONE DAY IN KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, TRULY ASIA 10 MAY 2017
I chose the right place to come, to get away from the conflicts and confusions in Brussels and Miami. Here I can be myself, don't have to put up any…
May 15, 2017
I BELONG TO THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE AND THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE BELONG TO ME
I was driving down the coast from Salalah, towards the border with Yemen. On my left, empty beaches, on the right, typical omani houses, with their fort like appearance standing…
May 15, 2017
QATAR AIRWAYS FLIGHT FROM DOHA TO BRUSSELS 4 MAY 2017
Imagine it is nearly midnight, you are sitting in the Al Mourjan Business Class Lounge at the Doha Hamad International Airport; the body is beginning to feel tired and there…
May 15, 2017
QATAR AIRWAYS FLIGHTS : DOHA TO CAIRO TO DOHA
QATAR AIRWAYS FLIGHTS 2 AND 3 3 MAY 2017 The check in area for First and Business Class passengers are set aside, and as I was flying First Class to…
Apr 15, 2017
TEN DAYS OF LIFE WITH THE OMAHA INDIANS
On the foyer of the Omaha Indian Health Clinic, one can see photographs of their ancestors who went to Paris in 1898 and they were away for nearly two years…
Apr 15, 2017
THE HOMELESS MAN IN SEAT 1K
It as my good friend Jim Kerr who visiting me in Miami, pondered at my life and said" You are truly homeless but you are Upper Class. So this is…
Apr 15, 2017
PEOPLE I MISS MOST THIS TIME AROUND IN KUALA LUMPUR
One sentence from the brasilian movie, Central do Brasil, starring Fernanda Montenegro has stuck in my brain: Tenho saudades de tudo I have longings for every thing. It is quite…
Apr 15, 2017
A WONDERFUL WELCOME TO MALAYSIA
A WONDERFUL WELCOME TO MALAYSIA I had left Miami early in the morning and with connections arrived at the Singapore International (actually Singapore cannot have domestic flights since it is…
Mar 15, 2017
ADIOS Y BIENVENIDOS CUBA HELLOS AND GOODBYES
Adios y Bienvenidos CUBA Hellos and Goodbyes One of the principles of Yogic Philosophy is the Lack of Attachment: attachment to objects, places and people that binds a person. It…
Mar 15, 2017
TOURISTS AND THEIR TOUR GUIDE IN HAVANA MARCH 2017
Tourists and The Tour Guide in HAVANA For fifteen days in the month of March, I had friends visiting me, from three different cultural milieus in USA..A Native American couple…
Mar 15, 2017
A SUBDUED ARRIVAL IN THE UNITED STATES FROM CUBA
Normally I am very happy when my flight lands in Miami, and I recollect incidents associated with various spots I can recognize from the air. The main purpose of my…
Feb 15, 2017
ETERNAL LOVE FOR CHE GUEVARA
There is not a single child in Cuba who cannot recognize the face of Ernesto CHE Guevara de la Sarna Lynch, the only person, an Argentine, who had been granted…
Feb 15, 2017
HOW TO FIND HAPPINESS IN HAVANA
HOW TO FIND HAPPINESS IN HAVANA AVOID FOREIGNERS AND TOURISTS Unless you are a tourist or an expatriate, one does not ordinarily encounter them, if you are resident in Miami…
Feb 15, 2017
WARNING TO VISITORS TO HAVANA AND CUBA
WARNING TO VISITORS TO CUBA Recently there was an article in the American Media to avoid certain places in Cuba... and it included the tourist ghetto of Varadero, the false…
Feb 15, 2017
THE MAGNANIMOUS MALAYALEES OF COCHIN
THE MAGNANIMOUS MALAYALEES OF FORT COCHIN During my ongoing visits to Fort Cochin, I have met some wonderful friends, and I must say some of them have become good friends.…
Feb 15, 2017
A MAN WHO DOES NOT LIKE TO TAKE THE SHORTEST ROUTE TO THE DESTINATION: THE MINDFUL JOURNEY ITSELF IS IMPORTANT
It is a Friday evening at 8 30 pm, I am at the Executive Club 4 th floor at the Madrid Barajas Airport Hilton Hotel. It is 230 pm in…