Aug 15, 2012
IN PRAISE OF QATAR AIRWAYS
This was my first journey with Qatar Airways and I can assure you that it wont be the last. I am so very impressed with the service, the quality of…
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
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…
Jun 15, 2012
WHY I LIKE TRAVELLING TO/FROM/IN THE USA
Going Home, A good day to Fly.. Websites, newspapers and radio are full of horror stories of air travel within the USA, but they are just talking about the structural…
Jun 15, 2012
A REMARKABLE AUSTRALIAN .. DR ASHIM SINHA
I am at the Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society which is like a pilgrimage to practising Endocrinologists around the world.. As I entered the hotel where the meeting was…
Jun 15, 2012
THE AMULET EFFECT: SOCIAL ASPECTS OF DIABETES CARE
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE WHAT IS AMULET EFFECT IN THE CONTEXT OF MEDICAL/HEALTHCARE (dedicated to Dr SB at Pine Ridge Indian Health Services) Health is not…
Jun 15, 2012
Normally I Do Not Participate In
Normally I do not participate in internet Forums or discussions unless something is that close to my heart. When someone had posted in a scientific forum that Sugar is the…
Jun 15, 2012
INCONGRUITIES OF LIFE IN LA HABANA, CUBA
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE MY LIFE IN HAVANA, CUBA The Incongruities of Living and Experiencing Havana : At terminal 2 of the Jose Marti International Airports…
Jun 15, 2012
HAVANA NAGILA Falafel in Cuba
I had stopped at my sister's house on my way to La Habana. Affectionate as she is, didnt want me to go without some middle eastern food, so thrusted a…
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
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
DO JOGGERS LIVE A LONGER HAPPIER LIFE?
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE IS JOGGING GOOD FOR YOU? I remember visiting a group of Indians who lived along the Canon del Cobre or Copper Canyon…
May 15, 2012
WHEN IS SUGAR NOT SUGAR…IN INDONESIA
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE CORN SUGAR, I was told, when presented with an attractive little package, in Bogor, Indonesia. Sugar brings to our mind the waving…
May 15, 2012
OBESITY AS A SOCIAL ILLNESS
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE OBESITY AND DIABETES AS SOCIAL ILLNESSES In 2004, at a conference, I chose to call my presentation: Obesity as a Social Illness.…
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
Poverty is the Obstacle for Prevention of Obesity in the USA and other richer countries
POVERTY IS THE OBSTACLE FOR REDUCTION OF CHILDHOOD OBESITY. IN USA AND OTHER RICHER COUNTRIES I am closely involved with several Indigenous groups in their effort to combat Obesity in…
Apr 15, 2012
ET TU, BRUT US
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE ET TU, BRUT US (A) Endocrine Society says FDA excludes critical research in decision-making on BPA use in food packaging Chevy Chase,…