Jul 15, 2012
HOW DOES ONE BECOME INTERESTED IN GEOGRAPHY?
HOW DOES ONE BECOME INTERESTED IN GEOGRAPHY? I was a pre-schooler, when my grandfather, olav ha shalom, came into the room with a bagful of sweets and said: these are…
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.
Jul 15, 2012
when one door is Closed, Dont you know the other is open? Bob Marley
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE WHEN ONE DOOR IS CLOSED, DON’T YOU KNOW THE OTHER IS OPEN? Those lyrics from Bob Marley, Philosopher from Jamaica, always held…
Jul 15, 2012
IT IS EASY TO LEARN TO SPEAK ENGLISH POORLY
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE A French academician once put it: English is a language that is relatively EASY to speak POORLY. A language so rich as…
Jul 15, 2012
languorous lunch of the Australians in Paris
A LANGUOROUS LUNCH OF AUSTRALIANS IN PARIS Good Friends of mine had arrived from Melbourne a couple of days earlier, I arrived from Miami via Bruxelles just yesterday A warm…
Jul 15, 2012
THE FRENCH AND THE HAMBURGER
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE The French and the Hamburger The French are concerned that they have become the SECOND largest consumers of Hamburgers in the European…
Jul 15, 2012
SOME GOOD NEWS FROM IRAN
Some Good News about Iran These days, one hardly hears anything good from Iran. Just yesterday USA tightened the sanctions against Iran, banning certain people and companies including some tanker…
Jun 15, 2012
The Friendliest HILTON hotel so far…
LOYALTY OF A TRAVELLER When I began traveling to the USA, I noticed that Loyalty to a brand: airline company, Hotel Chain, Book Store, Coffee Store, Restaurant was to be…
Jun 15, 2012
HIGHER GROUND, COFFEE SHOP IN PINE RIDGE: THE BEST COFFEE FOR MILES AROUND
A friend of mine had informed that there is a Coffee Shop in Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.. I wanted to check it out soon as I reached the Reservation. As…
May 15, 2012
THE BOSS OF BOGOR: PHILOSOPHY OF A HUMBLE INDONESIAN
PHILOSOPHY OF THE HUMBLE MAN OF BOGOR He runs a company, which employs 150 people. He has to travel a lot to USA, Europe, SE Asia, which keeps him away…
May 15, 2012
OPTIMISM IS A KEY FACTOR IN HEALTH
Next week, I hope to be present at the International Centre for Neurological Restoration in La Habana, Cuba when three American Indian patients suffering from various degrees of Neurological damage…
May 15, 2012
Breakfast in Indonesia; Lunch in Malaysia and Dinner in Cambodia: Thank you Tony Fernandes, an Indian from Kuala Lumpur
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE BREAKFAST AT YOGYA LUNCH AT KUALA LUMPUR DINNER AT PHNOM PENH YOU CAN, THANKS TO TONY FERNANDES AND AIR ASIA The breakfast…
May 15, 2012
GIFTS OF INDONESIA..THANKS TO MY FRIENDS IN BOGOR
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE GIFTS OF INDONESIA ORGANIZED BY MY FRIENDS IN BOGOR Indonesia gave me a variety of gifts most of which were organized by…
May 15, 2012
THE HUMBLE MAN OF BOGOR
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE UNEXPECTED PLEASURES OF TRAVEL THE HUMBLE MAN OF BOGOR 2 May 2012 the flight from Singapore touched down at Spoekarno-Hatta International Airport…
Apr 15, 2012
Noite de Saudade
A NIGHT FULL OF SAUDADE When did that word enter my vocabulary? Saudade.. Long before Cesaria Evora sang Sodade in 1994. An unbridled sensation of nostalgia, mixed with a tenderness…
Apr 15, 2012
WELCOME TO OMAHA AND SOME DEAR FRIENDS
I left home, in Paris at 0610 on a Monday and arrived at the hotel near the airport in Omaha at 12 10 am, ie 25 hours later.. Most people…
Apr 15, 2012
DIABETES CARE WITHOUT BORDERS: MOPOTSYO.ORG OF CAMBODIA
I have been very lucky to have become involved in International Health at an early stage of my Medial Career. It was not something that was encouraged or looked upon…
Apr 15, 2012
THE SLUMS OF PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA AND WHAT IS A JEWISH ENDOCRINOLOGIST DOING THERE?
I am very lucky to be associated with Maurits and his tireless efforts through Mo Po Tsyo (mopotsyo.org) to control diabetes among the less served and very poor in the…
Feb 15, 2012
Round the World Endocrinogist Medical Anthropologist
It was France, USA, India and Oman in January and I have just finished my second trip for the year 2012 CDG-SIN-KCH-KUL-PNH-ICN-LAX-IAH-OMA-IAH-SAT-EAGLE PASS-SAT-IAH-CDG I can use Food as a Metaphor…