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…
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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
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
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…
Feb 15, 2012
The Tale of Two Cities Kuching and Singapour
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE The Tale of Two Cities Singapour and Kuching Benny at the front desk was so helpful, and when I returned from meeting…
Feb 15, 2012
I AM HAPPY TO BE A PHYSICIAN ANTHROPOLOGIST TO NATIVE AMERICANS
CHOOSE A CAREER TO SUIT YOUR PERSONALITY, NOT YOUR INCOME Thank God for the Indians (Los Indios de America) I had done particularly well in the latter years of my…
Feb 15, 2012
The Greenery Surprise of Singapore
I was remarking to Dr C, who was giving me a mini tour of Singapour, how green Singapour looked! yes, there has been a concerted effort by the government to…
Feb 15, 2012
SAME CURRY, DIFFERENT PLACES AND COMPANIONS AND AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY
LE RITS boutique Hotel and Resto, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thai Curry Dining Companion Friday Last, Maurice VP, who conducts an NGO on how to take care of Diabetics at a…
Feb 15, 2012
ZHENG HE AND SINGAPORE
THOSE REMARKABLE MEN OF SINGAPOUR What brought Drs T and C on to my humble path of Travel? Travel by a great Chinese Admiral, in fact the greatest ever.. beats…