Feb 15, 2012
The Greenery Surprise of Singapore
I was remarking to Dr C, who was giving me a mini tour of Singapour, how green Singapour looked! yes, there has been a concerted effort by the government to…
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, 2012
The Tale of Two Cities Kuching and Singapour
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE The Tale of Two Cities Singapour and Kuching Benny at the front desk was so helpful, and when I returned from meeting…
Feb 15, 2012
The Sweet Peasures of Travel: Rashid and Co at Hilton Kuching
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Coming to Kuching in Sarawak, Borneo is an anthropologist’s dream. Physical characteristics of the people betray their isolated and historical existence of…
Feb 15, 2012
CURRY PUFFS, SAUVIGNON BLANC AND FERNANDO PESSOA
It is coming up to 11 Am in Paris, close to 5 Am in Havana but I am sitting looking at the fading lights of the day over Mount Sandibong,…
Feb 15, 2012
THOSE REMARKABLE MEN AND ?WOMEN OF KUCHING
To call People of Kuching, Malaysians, is not doing them justice, since they are friendlier than the average Malaysian, more open minded than the Singaporean, less devious than the Vietnamese…
Feb 15, 2012
Good Morning KUCHING
It is nice to wakeup and say good morning to the mountains in the distance as they ware waking up too..Good Morning, Sandubong, Good morning Mount Serepi...a short walk to…
Feb 15, 2012
BROTHER WHERE ARE YOU? YOUR GIFTS ARE ATTRACTING ATTENTION
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…
Feb 15, 2012
Kuching! I will Miss You So..
In just three hours I have to wake up to go to the airport to catch a flight to KL and then Cambodia... there is a sweet feeling in my…
Feb 15, 2012
Meet the Bidayuh Artist NARONG DAUN
What strikes you when you meet Narong is her enthusiasm of the context of her life. She is an artist. She is resident on her own space under the benevolent…
Feb 15, 2012
PEER TO PEER CARE OF DIABETES : the excellence in Cambodia
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…
Feb 15, 2012
LESSONS FROM MAURITS, THE PERSPICACIOUS PURVEYOR OF DIABETES IN LOW INCOME COUNTRIES
There are things which are bigger and more important than yourself, dedicate yourself to that cause , you need family, friends, society to support you. Then untold pleasures would arrive…
Feb 15, 2012
MINGALARBAR IN PHNOM PENH.. CAMBODIA
The Night falls very quickly here in Phnom Penh, the din and rush of the day disappear. Street 240 lay quiet, at No 71 is Le Rit's Boutique Hotel, an…
Feb 15, 2012
Adieu Royaume udu Cambodge
what a lovely day this has been.. the thunder has arrived, they probably want to say good bye.. I called Kuching to say good bye to some friends there ...…
Feb 15, 2012
SPEND TIME WITH THOSE WHO NEED YOU..SAID the Lady
This afternoon I spent a delightful time with the representative of The Island and his wife..There is no other country in the world where friendships can be cemented so quickly..we…
Feb 15, 2012
MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND YOGA
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY: QUALITATIVE VS QUANTITATIVE Being Both a Physician and an Anthropologist, I can see the mechanism of problem solving among Physicians:…
Feb 15, 2012
SAME CURRY, DIFFERENT PLACES AND COMPANIONS AND AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY
LE RITS boutique Hotel and Resto, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thai Curry Dining Companion Friday Last, Maurice VP, who conducts an NGO on how to take care of Diabetics at a…
Feb 15, 2012
I AM HAPPY TO BE A PHYSICIAN ANTHROPOLOGIST TO NATIVE AMERICANS
CHOOSE A CAREER TO SUIT YOUR PERSONALITY, NOT YOUR INCOME Thank God for the Indians (Los Indios de America) I had done particularly well in the latter years of my…
Feb 15, 2012
AMERICAN INDIANS DO NOT LIVE IN TIPIS OR WEAR FEATHER BONNETS
My Kickapoo sister recently moved into her new home, provided by the tribe. Not a handout mind you, but reward for the good management by the tribal elders and the…