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.The current inquiry follows one trail through the archive: food culture, metabolic health, Indigenous knowledge, and Suriname.
Rick Hansen in Buddha's Brain: p 98 Find Refuge in whatever is a sanctuary and refueling station for you. Potential refuges include people, activities, places, intangible things like reason, a…
Like most western educated Medical Doctors, I was not that interested in the Mind Body Connection in Health while I was a Medical Student, Resident in Internal Medicine and a…
Life should be without Longings and Regrets Once when I was a Junior Doctor at a hospital in Brisbane, Australia, I remember leaning on the wall to support myself, to…
WHO BROUGHT THE SCRIPT TO SOUTH EAST ASIA: HINDUS OR BUDDHISTS IN OTHER WORDS, WHO IS THE REAL BUMIPUTRA? I was merrily walking along the street in front of the…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE LEE KUAN YEW AND HIS QUESTION FOR BERNARD LEWIS I quote verbatim, from Notes on Century: Reflections of a Middle East Historians…
SINCE 2008, I have been very lucky to have been visiting Malaysia on a regular basis and since 2012, Indonesia was added to the regular jaunts over there. This year's…
There are always some Constant Stars in my skies: American Indians Cuba Family in Miami The new star for 2012 was certainly PJ and Indonesia. Malaysia, Myanmar, India and Iran…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE UNEXPECTED PLEASURES IN PARIS OF JAWA AND MEMORIES OF THE MAGIC OF BANDOENG On a good day, without the perennial traffic jams…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE GOOD YEAR FOR TRAVEL 2012 I had become aware of travel at an early age, after all I had to move countries…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE ASEAN…a friendly and welcoming environment Ever since I became aware of travel, I have always tried to cover regions. The Pacific was…
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…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Medical Anthropology in Paris- The Cuban Connection Soon after graduating from the Medical Anthropology programme in London, I was requested to give…
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…
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…
This afternoon I had a chance encounter with Dr J, a visiting academic from Australia.. who is doing research into the social context of the first Rajah of Sarawak.. After…
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…
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…
Despite my repeated visits to this sprawling country and the remoteness of some of my destinations, Eagle Pass, Texas Walthill, Nebraska Eagle Butte, South Dakota; I am amazed at the…
