Fun Facts - Scotland

1) The main dialect in Aberdeen is Doric. Where E becomes Ah, and the epiglottis works like mad doing all the pronunciations. Eg.:
Everybody = Aebody
After = Affa
How = Fit
Hello, how are you? = Fit like
What are you doing = Fitya dee'in

2) Scotland has about the same land area as the Czech Republic, the United Arab Emirates, Panama, the US state of Maine, or the Japanese island of Hokkaido. This latter (Hokkaido) has the most similar climate and population density. (don't have to fly to Hokkaido for holiday anymore)

3) Famous people (That i know): Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Edison, Sir Alexander Fleming, Tony Blair, Gerald Butler, Sean Connery, Ewan McGregor, Colin Mochrie

3b) Bertie Charles Forbes, founder of Forbes Magazine, was born in Aberdeen.

4) There are over 30 places in the world called Aberdeen. 8 of them in USA. (Just like how Perth also exist in Scotland)

5) Aberdeen is known as Granite City. But also named, the Silver City, because the minerals in the granites that cover the road and house glitter in the sun.

6) Temperature: Record high (29.8C), average high (11°C). Record low (-18°C), average low (5°C).

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Blogger is really a pain in the ass. But finally, i think i would be satisfied with this template. Plain, simple, easy to look at.

Commercialisation of Medicine

Early physicians utilised the knowledge in medicine to provide a diagnosis, a prognosis, and hopefully a cure. But at present times, we can observe the medical field inching towards commercialisation. Television programmes and advertisments constantly portray the eye-catching results of medical intervention. Media is shaping the definition of the "perfect body", and medicine, has simply ride along this trend for a profit.

Medicine can be privatised into a lucrative business. Some are willing to 'invest' into their physical appearance through cosmetic surgery, while parents may depend on pediatrics to ensure their children are in the pink of health. Medicine was intended to treat illnesses and alleviate suffering from diseases, but whether facial differences or mental conditions are considered as a 'disease' is personal definition. Still, even if we think of it as being superficial or simply exploitation, commercialisation is a necessary evil that will be sure to stay, and even grow in this age of fast paced development of medical science.

However, our understanding of these 'condemned' specialisations are tainted by the way media depicts them. Though the commercialisation of these delicate specialisations are very real, we need to remember that there are two sides of a fence. For example, a patient who suffered 3rd degree burns on her face would be deeply scarred emotionally. Our face is our identity, our pride, and this patient had lost her's. And in this case, surgical intervention enables a physician to restore her dignity, to help her regain the strength to move on.

Ultimately, it is how we as individuals want to perceive this issue. In a career that enables us to redefine a person, there would certainly be the ugly side of it. But i would choose to see it as a necessary evil, which shy in comparison to the beauty of helping people get back to their normal lives.

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It's been ages since i last blogged. All my past posts have been archived neatly into my hard-disk. It's so embarrassing to read them, but still worth the memories.

Many things have happened over 2 years. Then, i was 18. Ignorant, carefree, happy-go-lucky teenager who couldn't careless about the future. Now, I'm ORD-ing in 4mth. I can certainly say that my perception about many things have changed...

And i can't believe i'm grateful for National Service.