Aug 15, 2012
Happy Birthday, FIDEL from the shores of the Mekong
Long Live Fidel, Shout my Malaysian and Indonesian Friends The night had just fallen and we could look at the Mekong River from where we were sitting. Our little group…
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Aug 15, 2012
The Miracle By Lake Motivator Ofsentul
THE MIRACLE BY THE LAKE: THE MOTIVATOR OF SENTUL CITY, INDONESIA Mind/Body Exercise Programme Initiated by the Humble Boss of Bogor (see a previous blog about him) One hears very…
Jul 15, 2012
TOLERANCE OF MINORITIES IN ISRAEL
Tolerance of Minorities in Israel The case of Circassians For some reason or other, I thought about the Circassians this morning while at the Blue House among the Indians I…
Jul 15, 2012
AN INDIAN JEW SAYS GOOD BYE TO HIS OLDER INDIAN BROTHER
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE AN INDIAN JEW SAYS GOODBYE TO HIS OLDER INDIAN BROTHER When I was adopted into an Indian family, C, a brother began…
Jul 15, 2012
CONTEXT, BREAST CANCER, ARROGANCE, MINA AND MALAYSIA
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Don't be arrogant, because arrogance kills curiosity and passion.” Recently I had been thinking about CONTEXT, in a phenomenological sense, but never…
Jul 15, 2012
THE FRENCH AND THE HAMBURGER
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE The French and the Hamburger The French are concerned that they have become the SECOND largest consumers of Hamburgers in the European…
Jul 15, 2012
PITY OR COMPASSION: WHICH CONTRIBUTES TO YOUR HAPPINESS
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE COMPASSION OR PITY: WHICH CONTRIBUTES TO YOUR HAPPINESS I overheard someone say: If only we gave the children of African Migrants an…
Jul 15, 2012
PHILOSOPHICAL ANTHROPOLOGY : MIKHAIL BAKHTIN ET MAURICE MERLEAU-PONTY
Normal 0 false false false false EN-US JA X-NONE PHILSOPHICAL ANTHROPOLOGY BAKHTIN MERLEAU-PONTY Like many of us, I can clearly recall a turning point in my life. Soon after graduation…
Jul 15, 2012
SOME GOOD NEWS FROM IRAN
Some Good News about Iran These days, one hardly hears anything good from Iran. Just yesterday USA tightened the sanctions against Iran, banning certain people and companies including some tanker…
Jul 15, 2012
CHILDHOOD OBESITY IN AUSTRALIA
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE It truly saddened my heart to read this news item from The Age in Melbourne, Australia VICTORIAN welfare authorities have begun using…
Jul 15, 2012
HOW DOES ONE BECOME INTERESTED IN GEOGRAPHY?
HOW DOES ONE BECOME INTERESTED IN GEOGRAPHY? I was a pre-schooler, when my grandfather, olav ha shalom, came into the room with a bagful of sweets and said: these are…
Jul 15, 2012
PHILOSOPHY TO IMPROVE ONES EVERYDAY LIFE
PHILOSOPHY IN EVERY DAY LIFE Following closely the real-life adventures in Thought Experiments of a good friend: A mixture of Self-Realization, Applied Psychology and Philosophy I wanted to delve into…