May 15, 2013
FRIENDS, FOOD AND…MALAYSIA AND INDONESIA
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…
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.
May 15, 2013
REMARKABLE MEN AND WOMEN OF THIS UNIVERSE
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE REMARKABLE MEN and WOMEN WHO BLESS YOUR LIFE During the month of April, 2013 I was fortunate to travel to the Indian…
May 15, 2013
PEER TO PEER HEALTH PROMOTION AT WORK PLACE : ZHENG HE’S METHOD OF COLLABORATION
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Peer to peer health promotion at work place The humble boss of Bogor An old Indian story talks about a group of…
May 15, 2013
LEE KUAN YEW AND HIS QUESTION FOR BERNARD LEWIS : HAS MUCH CHANGED SINCE 1970
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…
May 15, 2013
SHORT INTENSE EXERCISE WITH REST AND ITS HEALTH BENEFITS: LESSONS FROM THE HUMBLE MAN OF BOGOR
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE We look at Doctors as guardians of our health, and expect them to follow what they preach: Eat Well and Exercise. A…
May 15, 2013
NESPRESSO IN BRUSSELS.. WHAT ELSE?
It is not often that I get excited about shops and boutiques, but I have to admire when someone takes something so quotidian such as Coffee and make it so…
May 15, 2013
RASTA AND DIABETES…AN EXTRATERRESTRIAL COMMUNICATION
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE RASTAFARIANS AND DIABETES CAN A TRUE RASTA GET DIABETES? The beautiful island of Jamaica in the West Indies is visited by millions…
May 15, 2013
STEVE AVERY THE LITERATE MAN OF SIOUX CITY, AMIDST THE ILLITERATE DESERT WITHOUT OASES
the literate man of sioux city surviving in a non literate city the weekend was upon us, the Americans were celebrating the Mexican equivalent of the Day of the Dead,…
May 15, 2013
Day of the Dead, Ancestors Day or in the USA, Memorial Day
DIA DE LOS MEURTOS DAY OF THE DAY TOMB SWEEPING DAY ANCESTORS DAY AND IN THE USA IT IS MEMORIAL DAY A message arrived from Irkutsk this morning from a…
May 15, 2013
THE LIST OF THE READER OF SIOUX CITY, IOWA IN THE UNITED STATES
Steve Avery tries to read about 900 pages per month,and as you can see, his literary taste does not fall into any particular genre He notices the substance of the…
May 15, 2013
HOW THE POET HAFEZ WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR MY GOOD HAIRCUT IN BRUSSELS
I had been a little dissatisfied by my hair becoming unmanageable. I was still lamenting the loss of The Hair Dresser of Bangsar, but this morning decided that I have…
Apr 15, 2013
FOOD FASCISM AGAINST AMERICAN INDIANS
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE FOOD FASCISM Is a fashionable term used, especially among the Middle Class Literati to denote imposing the unscientific but popular health/diet systems…
Apr 15, 2013
Among the American Indians, You are surrounded by wisdom
When you enter the Indian country, you are in a totally different world. Each time I feel I am entering a ring surrounded by wise men and women and if…
Apr 15, 2013
AN ENDOCRINOLOGIST IN SOUTH TEXAS: FROM INDIANS TO INDIANS
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE The alarm went off at 0600 AM, I had already packed my bags, so it was easy to be ready to leave…
Apr 15, 2013
A DAY IN THE INDIAN COUNTRY: A PHYSICIAN ANTHROPOLOGIST AMONG THE OMAHA
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE A DAY IN THE LIFE OF AN ENDOCRINOLOGIST Starting the day off with readings from Yoga Sutra, commentary by Yogendra from Yoga…
Apr 15, 2013
OZONE THERAPY IN NORTHERN MEXICO: PIEDRAS NEGRAS and memories of CUBA
The breakfast was being prepared as I came back from my brisk morning walk. Machacada, which is sliced meat; and specially prepared Refried Beans for me (without pork portion, but…
Apr 15, 2013
HUMILITY OF A LAKOTA MEDICINE MAN
AMONG THE LAKOTA OF CHEYENNE RIVER SIOUX TRIBE RESERVATION IN SOUTH DAKOTA I had just arrived at the home of my colleague, when he announced that a Medicine Man from…
Apr 15, 2013
REAL MALAYSIA: WELCOME BIENVENIDOS A KUALA TRENGGANU
Malaysia likes to pride itself as Truly Asia, but the influx of superficial western experiences, cities in Malaysia, such as KL and Malacca are beginning to look their counterparts elsewhere.…