May 15, 2009
Ah Minha Terra Cognita.. First Full Day in Malaisie..
Ah Minha Terra Cognita… If you can manage your sleep, you can enjoy your life even more.. Who sleeps more per day do you think? The French or the Japanese?…
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May 15, 2009
A Mi Tierra Natal: Dia 1 Malasia.
Day 1 of a trip to Asia In fact it was more than 24 hours, on this first day of the trip, to get to KL from Paris. I left…
May 15, 2009
MAY 2009 A WONDERFUL MONTH OF TRAVELS
It began with the Continental Airlines upgrading me to B/F on their flight from Houston to Paris, as I had missed their connection to New York. I didn’t mind staying…
May 15, 2009
You Listen Carefully, You will learn..say the Indians
I asked an Indian lady, whom I respect as an Educator among her people. Do you at times feel you are living in two different worlds? I was thinking of…
May 15, 2009
A nice morning at the Native American Indian Clinic
One of the great pleasures of working with Indians is the pleasant encounter one can expect from the patients. Two things was taught me from the beginning: Always make sure…
May 15, 2009
Life is a long vacation with intervals of work
The Pleasant Long Commute to work among the Los Indios.. How often do you begin your journey to work with a glass of French Champagne? I was inside the Air…
May 15, 2009
Your Country, Leave it for a While.. You might Gain from It
LIVING ABROAD GIVES YOU A CREATIVE EDGE To check that they had not merely discovered that creative people are more likely to choose to live abroad, Dr Maddux and Dr…
Apr 15, 2009
Les Enfants Bretons
There is an increased interest in the suppressed indigenous languages of France. the photo above show two children from the village of Kervallon in Brittany, where their parents farm their…
Apr 15, 2009
Overweight Atheletes of America
This evening I witnessed a group of young Indians joyously playing a sport they adore.. Basketball. there was much happiness in the air and the efforts were strenuous. One can…
Apr 15, 2009
To Myanmar With Love
To Myanmar with Love: A Travel Guide for the Connoisseur from Things Asian Press in Bangkok will be published this month.. I have two stories in it The Hat Sellers…
Apr 15, 2009
A Medical Anthropologist at large
Medical Anthropology is not about medicine, but about Society. It is a tool in which we can divert the gaze of the academics who focus on rituals and symbolism to…
Apr 15, 2009
From UmonHon Country to the Big Brown Land
what is that one is supposed to feel when your good friend, who made your life comfortable while visiting her country is leaving to that huge brown and red continent…