Feb 15, 2012
Kuching! I will Miss You So..
In just three hours I have to wake up to go to the airport to catch a flight to KL and then Cambodia... there is a sweet feeling in my…
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Feb 15, 2012
ANTHROPOLOGICAL VISION OF SCIENCE : AN ANCIENT METHOD
NATURE DICTATES AND SCIENCE PROVES The role of the anthropologist is to act as a translator between cultures and thus make available concepts in a more appreciated and understandable form.…
Feb 15, 2012
BROTHER WHERE ARE YOU? YOUR GIFTS ARE ATTRACTING ATTENTION
This afternoon I had a chance encounter with Dr J, a visiting academic from Australia.. who is doing research into the social context of the first Rajah of Sarawak.. After…
Feb 15, 2012
Good Morning KUCHING
It is nice to wakeup and say good morning to the mountains in the distance as they ware waking up too..Good Morning, Sandubong, Good morning Mount Serepi...a short walk to…
Feb 15, 2012
THOSE REMARKABLE MEN AND ?WOMEN OF KUCHING
To call People of Kuching, Malaysians, is not doing them justice, since they are friendlier than the average Malaysian, more open minded than the Singaporean, less devious than the Vietnamese…
Feb 15, 2012
Round the World Endocrinogist Medical Anthropologist
It was France, USA, India and Oman in January and I have just finished my second trip for the year 2012 CDG-SIN-KCH-KUL-PNH-ICN-LAX-IAH-OMA-IAH-SAT-EAGLE PASS-SAT-IAH-CDG I can use Food as a Metaphor…
Feb 15, 2012
CURRY PUFFS, SAUVIGNON BLANC AND FERNANDO PESSOA
It is coming up to 11 Am in Paris, close to 5 Am in Havana but I am sitting looking at the fading lights of the day over Mount Sandibong,…
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…
Feb 15, 2012
WELCOME TO THE BLUE HOUSE AMONG THE OMAHA INDIANS
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Just imagine, tonight is Monday, and on Friday night past I was having a Khmer/French dinner at Le Rits’ Boutique Hotel in…
Feb 15, 2012
The Sweet Peasures of Travel: Rashid and Co at Hilton Kuching
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Coming to Kuching in Sarawak, Borneo is an anthropologist’s dream. Physical characteristics of the people betray their isolated and historical existence of…
Feb 15, 2012
welcome to Eagle Pass America.. 97% Spanish Speakers
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Welcome to Eagle Pass. Texas and the Hairstylist Olguita, from Mexico and the Pedi/Manicurist Heidi(Phuong) from Soc Trang, Vietnam. When you are…
Feb 15, 2012
AMERICAN INDIANS DO NOT LIVE IN TIPIS OR WEAR FEATHER BONNETS
My Kickapoo sister recently moved into her new home, provided by the tribe. Not a handout mind you, but reward for the good management by the tribal elders and the…