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SOME friends find my professional role as a Lifestyle Coach (Endocrinologist plus Medical Anthropologist amounts to that!) and the sumptuous eating that I am so very fond of, a little…
These are six days of culinary delights in Indonesia,all organized by my friend, PJ. I never ate alone and always there were more than four or five sharing lunch or…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE ENCOUNTERS WITH THE ENCHANTED IN INDONESIA Indonesia is an enchanting land, mainly because of the open mindedness of its people and welcome…
I had received a letter from my good friend, the humble man of Bogor, Pak Joe. He wanted me to come to Indonesia, and prepare and present with him a…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE A CUBAN ANTHROPOLOGIST AT MADRID BARAJAS AIRPORT I am catching a flight to MIA today via FRA. Arriving just one our before…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE An Evening Out Dining in Miami We are in the habit of lamenting the disappearing scene of restaurants, we get attached to…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE In Praise of Peer to Peer Education Network in Cambodia and its director Maurits van Pelt ( on the third month of…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE THE PREVENTION OF DIABETES, HYPERTENSION AND OBESITY IN INDONESIA: THE SENTUL HEALTHY HAPPY LIVING Indonesia shares two major characteristics with its neighbours…
During the course of a calendar year, I get to celebrate many NEW YEAR celebrations, either directly or indirectly: The most important for us at a personal level is the…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE UNEXPECTED PLEASURES IN PARIS OF JAWA AND MEMORIES OF THE MAGIC OF BANDOENG On a good day, without the perennial traffic jams…
"From Wakan Tanka, the Great Spirit, there came a great unifying life force that flowed in and through all things: the flowers of the plains, blowing winds, rocks, trees, birds,…
I am used to meeting visitors in various parts of the world, but today was an unique experience for me in that I was waiting for a group of Indonesians…