Culture shock is defined by Wikipedia as the “difficulty people have adjusting to a new culture that differs markedly from their
Going home
West coast and East coast of the U.S. are very different, people always told me. West coast was my home for 6 months - spring and summer. At the
Saying bye slowly makes parting easier
Last days of my INVEST fellowship Visiting research scholars make new friends quickly and parting is not always easy for them. I said bye in
Renting a guitar for Healdsburg Guitar Festival
The guitar festival in Healdsburg, just north of Santa Rosa, California (August 9-11), was busy with wonderful luthiers and some great players
26 weeks investing in Portland
Welcome to my INVESTing log. INVEST is the International Visiting Scientists & Technical Exchange Program for drug abuse research sponsored by
Doing research with busy doctors – an open space world
Family doctors are notoriously busy. Lack of their time is the number #1 barrier of doing anything outside their patient workload, including research.
Pedicabs, Cochrane & Drugs Conference in San Diego
I was in San Diego (CA) 9 years ago. We went there with my wife, then a girlfriend, on a J1 Student work & travel programme. We worked as pedicab
My itinerary for the Conference – College on Problems of Drug Dependence, San Diego, June 15-20
75th Annual Meeting - College on Problems of Drug Dependence - June 15-20, 2013Hilton Bayfront Hotel, San Diego, CAhttp://www.cpdd.vcu.edu/index.html