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Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE LIFESTYLE CHANGES: LESSONS FROM FRANCE AND INDONESIA Currently Lifestyle changes as a remedy is being touted all over the world, in print…
I had begun this journey from the Reservation of Omaha Indians of North America, which took me, either on airlines or countries which were mostly Moslem: Qatar, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei,…
Arrogance, a Structural Defect of the Mind KLEISHA Arrogance arises out of ignorance, and also from attachment, thus connected to other structural defects of our minds, and in addition to…
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…
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…
BUKA BERSAMAN.. Exactly 44 hours after leaving the Blue House among the Indians, I walked out of the customs hall at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport at CGK in Jakarta..Visa on…
This was my first journey with Qatar Airways and I can assure you that it wont be the last. I am so very impressed with the service, the quality of…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…