Mar 15, 2011
What all Happens in the course of One day?
HOW MUCH HAPPENS IN A DAY Cuanto pasa en un dia. title of a poem by Pablo Neruda from his collection Extravagaria, translated by Alastair Reid… “But, in one day,…
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, 2011
It is a WONDERFUL WORLD if you care to search for it…
Man Asian Literary Prize to be announced on March 17 Contenders Kenzaburo Oe The Changeling Japan Manu Joseph Serious Man Inde Bie Feiyu 3 sisters chine Tabish Khair The thing…
Feb 15, 2011
What does LIFESTYLE CHANGES mean?
LIFE STYLE CHANGES VERSUS QUALITY OF LIFE CHANGES The recently released information on Obesity rates in America and also the rest of the world, serve the troubadours of the tragedy,…
Feb 15, 2011
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY MALAYSIA 14 FEBRUARY 2011
Malaysia warns Muslims of Valentine's Day 'trap' Muslims make up nearly two-thirds of Malaysia's 28 million population Malaysia stepped up a campaign to stop Muslims celebrating Valentine's Day - labelling…
Feb 15, 2011
Loss of Dr Joel Glaser: Adios Mi Gran Amigo
Death of Dr. Joel Stephen Glaser Loss of a Book that educated you Dr. Glaser, with his late wife Irena, had been part of every step of my life in…
Jan 15, 2011
THE FRENCH PARADOX AND THE SLOW DIGESTED CARBOHYDRATES
French Paradox: an additional piece: Slowly digested or Undigested Carbohydrates. Another Piece of the French Paradox: Why French are not fat or have higher Cardiovascular Diseases. Most people working in…
Jan 15, 2011
Shekhinah or Love of the Universe: Trip from Paris to the Blue House among the Indians
Air France 0636 Boeing 777-300 Paris Charles de Gaulle international airport to Houston International Airport 10 th January 2011 0701 train from Becon les Bruyers in Paris to Gare San…
Jan 15, 2011
London Sunday; Paris Monday;Tuesday in Walthill TOLTEC HEAD
This travel blog photo's source is TravelPod page: Mexico City Part 2 But where is Walthill? 12 January 11 the outside temperature is Minus 18 degrees Centigrade. It is going…
Jan 15, 2011
Toi La Bacsi: Vietnam Cross Cultural Medicine at 38 000 feet AF 7770-300
TOI LA BACSI: Cross Cultural Medicine at 38 000 feet I kept on saying to the very old lady, now slumped on her seat. She was flailing her arms and…
Jan 15, 2011
Express your Gratitude, says the American Indian Wisdom
Gratitude List for 2010 As the year 2010 ends, it is good to recollect those people on whose shoulders the great fortune of 2010 came riding to us. Without them,…
Dec 15, 2010
Symbolic Healing among the Kickapoo of Mexico
I have a sister, Menacuatucua. Eventhough I do not belong to her tribe (The Traditional Kickapoo who have homes in Eagle Pass, Texas and Nacimiento de los Negros at the…
Dec 15, 2010
Pablo Neruda, Hafez and an Excellent Crepe Ble Noir in Quiberon
I was quite satisfied with the excellent Ble Noir Bretagne crepe I had for dinner and then followed by thoughts on the outlying regions of my heart, I sat down…
Nov 15, 2010
Affection to Affection, carrying a Net of Friendships.. Paris to KL Fourth time this year
I was made aware of the value of friendships very early in life, when for various reasons, my own family couldnt be with me (then or later in my life)…
Nov 15, 2010
First Snowflakes of the Season in Paris…Cambodian Food at the Japanese Quartier of Paris
While the Americans were celebrating Thanksgiving Day, an important holiday for them, there was nothing in Paris to remind one that such an important holiday of eating and celebrating and…
Nov 15, 2010
Malaysia in Cuba.. Malaysians need to polish their Image abroad
Malaysia in Cuba I have had no desire to get in touch with Malaysian Embassy in the past but with my increasing connection to Malaysia, on a whim, I decided…
Nov 15, 2010
MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL OBSERVATION OF WESTERN MEDICINE PRACTICED IN FIVE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES
Western Medicine is practiced without empathy and understanding of the person, in a totally un-holistic way in all the five countries mentioned. The Cardiologist in Miami was friendly, the Cardiologist…
Nov 15, 2010
The Sage of Sioux City, Iowa in the United States
Was it fifteen years ago? That I walked into a Coffee shop in the Midwestern town of Sioux City, a nondescript place with no great intellectual fountains to speak of……
Nov 15, 2010
Yoga in Cuba
Meeting with a Remakable Yogi in Havana, Cuba A line from Pablo Neruda’s poem always sticks in my mind when I am in La Habana, Cuba. In it the poet…