Dec 15, 2012
THE INCREDIBLE HOSPITALITY OF THE INDONESIANS
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE The incredible Hospitality of the Indonesians The Sentul Healthy Happy Living Group of Pak J. I am just finishing my third trip…
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.
Dec 15, 2012
SENTUL HAPPY HEALTHY LIVING, INDONESIA
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE SENTUL HEALTHY HAPPY LIVING AND PERSONAL HEALTH During each of my visits to Bogor, the focus of the conversations has been Personal…
Dec 15, 2012
GRATEFUL FOR A GOOD YEAR OF TRAVEL 2012: A PHOTO ESSAY
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…
Dec 15, 2012
GRATITUDE TOWARDS MY TEACHERS
GRATITUDE TOWARDS MY TEACHERS American Indians, as always Lately, MC in KL, PKJ in Bogor When the student is ready, a teacher would appear. Instead of roaming around the world…
Dec 15, 2012
THE GREATEST GIFT OF ALL TIME
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE THE GREATEST GIFT OF ALL TIME The greatest gift that I can give to my friends is TIME. That is why I…
Dec 15, 2012
INDONESIANS IN PARIS
I am used to meeting visitors in various parts of the world, but today was an unique experience for me in that I was waiting for a group of Indonesians…
Dec 15, 2012
HOLLOW BONE AND CREATION : THE AMERICAN INDIAN BELIEF
"From Wakan Tanka, the Great Spirit, there came a great unifying life force that flowed in and through all things: the flowers of the plains, blowing winds, rocks, trees, birds,…
Dec 15, 2012
UNEXPECTED PLEASURES IN PARIS OF JAWA: BANDOENG
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…
Dec 15, 2012
THE PREVENTION OF DIABETES, HYPERTENSION AND OBESITY IN INDONESIA
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE THE PREVENTION OF DIABETES, HYPERTENSION AND OBESITY IN INDONESIA: THE SENTUL HEALTHY HAPPY LIVING Indonesia shares two major characteristics with its neighbours…
Dec 15, 2012
PEER TO PEER EDUCATION IN DIABETES: MOPOTSYO OF CAMBODIA
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE In Praise of Peer to Peer Education Network in Cambodia and its director Maurits van Pelt ( on the third month of…
Dec 15, 2012
WHEREVER I AM, MY HEART IS ALWAYS IN CUBA FELIZ ANO 2013
During the course of a calendar year, I get to celebrate many NEW YEAR celebrations, either directly or indirectly: The most important for us at a personal level is the…
Nov 15, 2012
YOGIC PHILOSOPHY IN CECILIA MEIRELES POETRY
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE YOGIC PHILOSOPHY IN THE POETRY OF CECILIA MEIRELES The Young poet of Cote Sauvage, one day said to me: The waves are…
Nov 15, 2012
HAVANA TO MIAMI: IN 39 MINUTES YOU CAN BE IN ANOTHER PLANET
AA 9471 HAV-MIA 39 Minutes 15 minutes after leaving Havana, our aircraft was already over the Marathon Bridge, by 30 minutes we had entered the Everglades National park, descending into…
Nov 15, 2012
A Morning in La Habana, Cuba: My Walk around my Neighbourhood
I have Pak Joe to thank for.. For the past three months, starting on August 3rd, I have tried to walk most of the mornings, except the days I am…
Nov 15, 2012
MALAYSIA IN CUBA, THANK YOU AMBASSADOR JOJIE SAMUEL
MALAYSIA IN CUBA I have been very lucky to meet some excellent people in Malaysia, the best among them being MCY whom I had met serendipitously in 2008. She introduced…
Nov 15, 2012
TRADITIONAL SOUP OF THE KIKAPU
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE PUMPKIN SOUP WITH CHICKEN: A TRADITIONAL MEAL OF THE KIKAPU My Kikapu sister brings big sized squash from Mexico and with the…
Nov 15, 2012
JEWS AND OBAMA AND HIS RE ELECTION
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE PROUD OF BEING JEWISH AFTER THE AMERICAN ELECTIONS One of the contradictions in American Politics is the way the Jews vote. In…
Nov 15, 2012
INTEGRATIVE HEALTH: SPEND TIME WITH FRIENDS, IT IS GOOD FOR YOUR MIND, BODY AND SOUL
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE INVEST IN FRIENDSHIPS, IT IS GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH Looking at the habits of healthy and happy people, all over the world,…