Jun 15, 2019
SOME IMPORTANT STREET CORNERS IN YANGON/RANGOON FOR ME
In the 1920s, my favourite poet, the Chilean Nobel Prize winner, Pablo Neruda was posted as his country's counsel in Rangoon.. There are lots of poems from this period and…
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Jun 15, 2019
LIVE JAZZ IN BARCELONA
Last night, my friend Luis, whom I had met in Baracoa, Cuba, invited me to a Jazz Club to listen to a trio and a singer .. Luis is a…
Jun 15, 2019
CHAUK HTAT GYI RECLINING BUDDHA TO PRAY FOR BQ MY SISTER IN HAVANA
My little island of Cuba is blessed with wonderful people and I can count many good friends there. BQ is so unselfish and goes out of the way to help…
Jun 15, 2019
A LONG WONDERFUL STAY IN SIEM REAP AND NOW TO SAY GOOD BYE
It is always the same, the day before departure, I feel a tinge of sadness, cannot explain why, it is the sadness of a good bye, a temporary permanence now…
Jun 15, 2019
NOW TO BOTATAUNG PAGODA TO PRAY FOR LBGS AUSTRALIA FRANCE CUBA
The next person to pray for at various corners and shrines of Botataung Pagoda was LBGS Nats are pre buddhist spirits which are revered in Burma. BO BO GYI is…
Jun 15, 2019
BE YOUR OWN SCRIPTWRITER . DONT REPEAT WHAT OTHERS WANT YOU TO SAY OR DO TO AVOID CONFLICTS AND ILL HEALTH
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Jun 15, 2019
A DAY OF CAREFUL THINKING OF OTHER PEOPLE .. IN THE LAND OF THE PAGODAS
I had decided to dedicate this day completely praying and thinking of various people in my life. Like Yogic philosophers say, their names would come up to your mind, just…
Jun 15, 2019
SADHGURU AND AMERICAN INDIAN WISDOM
I have been very lucky to have some very good friends in KL, of course not to mention my best friend in all of Asia, YMC, whom I met while…
May 15, 2019
GLOBAL HEALTH PHYSICIAN ANTHROPOLOGIST . DOES THAT EXIST ?
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May 15, 2019
THE BEGINNINGS OF A WONDERFUL DAY IN RANGOON BURMA YANGON/MYANMAR . BIRMANIE BIRMANIA
Eithwe and I have been friends for more than a decade and I am glad to have played a small role in advancing the career of this young woman in…
May 15, 2019
REMEMBERING ERIC HOBSWAM…. HOW TO BE LOYAL TO AN IDEA ..IN MY CASE TO CUBA
I became aware of Eric Hobsbawm, while preparing to give a series of lectures at the University of Havana. I had just his book: The Age of Extremes. I love…
May 15, 2019
WALKING ALONG WITH MEMORIES IN THE LANES OF DOWNTOWN RANGOON/YANGON
BURMA or as it is called now MYANMAR and/or Rangoon/Yangon always had a special tender attraction in my heart. I heard about them from my biological father during one of…