Mar 15, 2012
19 March 2012 Toulouse, France and I am suddenly so alone
During this day of immense sadness, what comes to my mind is a poem by Pablo Neruda Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE “It was half past eleven…
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Mar 15, 2012
RELATIONSHIP MORE IMPORTANT THAN TECHNOLOGY
RELATIONSHIP MORE IMPORTANT THAN TECHNOLOGY WHEN IT COMES TO CARING FOR PATIENTS: A GOOD LESSON FOR THE DEVELOPING WORLD When I try to talk to colleagues in the developing world…
Mar 15, 2012
A country eats well and traditionally and is not Fat: the case of Morocco
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE GASTRONOMIC PLEASURES OF SOUTHERN MOROCCO I distinctly remember, handwritten over a small Taco Bar/Resto in Merida, Mexico: To eat well, is not…
Mar 15, 2012
Homage to an Indian Patient of Ours: Patience does produce results
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE NEVER GIVE UP ON A PATIENT OF YOURS AND IN FACT ON ANOTHER HUMAN BEING FOR THAT MATTER. About ten years ago,…
Mar 15, 2012
THE BOOKSELLER OF MOGADOR
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE THE BOOKSELLER OF MOGADOR Until 1956, when Morocco became independent of France, the popular seaside town of Essaouira (very popular with Americans…
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
TRAVEL IS THE SADDEST OF ALL PLEASURES
I am looking out through the large glass window/door to the last vestiges of the last snow flakes,as it very rarely snows in Paris. But the past few days have…
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
The Cuban Love of Paris
OTHER CUBANS IN PARIS, THE OTHER UNENDING FIESTA I know P who is Cuban, who after the many years still has not lost his habanero accent, but he adores the…
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
INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE, ITS TIME HAS COME : Yoga, Philosophical Counseling, Homeopathic Medications in addition to the Western Allopathic One
I am a Physician and most of my patients suffer from Chronic Diseases, most of them correctable if social situations permitted a greater autonomy for the patients. So I am…
Feb 15, 2012
HEROES OF OUR TIMES
I left Phnom Penh, Cambodia at around midnight last Friday and I am writing this at around midnight on this Friday, seven days later, in Eagle Pass, Texas, from the…