Oct 15, 2010
My Neighbourhood in the City of San Cristobal….Vedado
This is one trip that I am happy to pay for, to anticipate and go through the rigorous customs and immigration check and other hassles.. not to mention the paperwork…
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Oct 15, 2010
A Wonderful Day with Los Indios.. The Original Inhabitants of this Land
Today is 20th October 2010 My feelings are so tender, so warm and so effusive.. What is the source of tenderness? It is the time that i spend with these…
Oct 15, 2010
It is so easy to be a Medical Pawn…
Why Most Published Research Findings Are False John P. A. Ioannidis John P. A. Ioannidis is in the Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina,…
Oct 15, 2010
It is Nice to Dream about San Cristobal de la Habana
Reveries of a Born Traveler Three days after my birth, an astrologer was consulted who drew the map of the stars at the time of birth (a chart I still…
Oct 15, 2010
Yet another General Strike Looms…
I have a generational legacy to keep up, my Grand Father and Father were always on the side of the workers, even though they both held jobs in Education and…
Oct 15, 2010
I am Proud of Cuba and Cuban Doctors
Only yesterday I became aware of the fact that there are students from Solomon Island studying Medicine in Cuba. Just looking at the following citation from 2008, I was so…
Oct 15, 2010
What All Happens in the Course of One Week?
LH Miami to Frankfurt to Kuala Lumpur. Reunion with Friends over a Chinese Dinner. Brunch at Mandarin Oriental. Pedicure/Manicure by the greatest Pedicurist in the world, GS at A Cut…
Oct 15, 2010
The Deep Legacy of Khmer in Mekong Delta. Soc Trang Province
When I visited Cambodia regularly in the past, I was vaguely aware of a Khmer population in the delta region of South Vietnam. I had expected pockets of small communities…
Sep 15, 2010
One day of Dining at Soc Trang, Mekong Delta
It is raining heavily here, but that does not stop one from searching for good food which is so readily available here in Vietnam. someone in Europe asked me, is…
Sep 15, 2010
Thinking about a Quote by Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell: “there is far too much work done in the world...immense harm is caused by the belief that work is virtuous.” These are ruminations, pardon the pun, of a…
Sep 15, 2010
Continental Airlines and Me.. a perfect fit for a Frequent Flier
it never ceases to amaze me the luck I have with Continental Airlines! I am writing this in Miami having just arrived here on CO 190 a 737-500, safely transported…
Sep 15, 2010
Once again it is time to Leave the REZ
Each time I leave the Indian Country, I say to myself, this has been a good visit. I am fortunate that I have been saying this for many years. At…