October 24, 2019 Inequitable Investments in Health: Infrastructures vs Environment If history is to be correctly observed, a solution for one poses problems for another. The establishment of the Insular Cold Storage and Ice…
October 10, 2019 Four Days in February 22 February 1986, Saturday, 9:30 pm. It was mom’s birthday. I was two years old. We had a quiet meal at home where she…
September 20, 2019 Disciplining Love I am sure when St. Paul wrote these instructions to the children of Ephesus, he did not know what it was like to be one.
November 13, 2018 Some Thoughts on Going Green and the Challenges of Global Food Sustainability First published at Shun Hing College Medium on 24 October 2018. I wrote this as a speaker’s response on food sustainability and going green…
October 17, 2017 Listless I think the PhD honeymoon is over. A month ago, as I settled in here in my nook in HK, I was still giddy…
September 22, 2017 On Mapping and Nation-Building I attended a talk on the history of the Amoy marine biological laboratory yesterday. The discussion, which was part of a bigger book project,…
September 16, 2017 Ancient Bovines “Egyptian medicine, it has been argued, emerged from attempts to preserve the health of large animals due to their religious and economic value within…
September 15, 2017 Pavlov’s Dog and the Active Role of Animals in the History of Medicine One of the challenges of writing animal histories and its role in public health lay in the anthropocentric nature of history. It is a…
September 12, 2017 Swimming in the Garden There are good afternoons. Whenever I am stressed or feel like going out of the office, I proceed to the third floor bridge. It…
September 9, 2017 Returning A good friend asked me this question: in the event that you have finished your PhD, will you still come back to the Philippines?…