Hmmmm ... someone watched way too much TV last night! Can I justify it by saying it was all eductaional; ie. I learnt something and wasn't merely entertained? Well ... save for Dancing With the Stars. I suppose that has throughly inspired me to take up ballroom/latin dance again! Just gotta get TESOL outta the way first!

The other program was about amazing medical conditions. It showed a girl suffering from a very rare genetic disease abbreviated to FOP (I cannot remember the full name and if I did I wouldn't know how to spell it!) where her muscles are gradually being calsified over time and so her muscles are turning into bone! How bizarre ... Eventually they will all turn to bone and she will be locked into position and in effect become a human statue. It's such a heart wrenching state to be in. Another story compared 2 girls with opposite conditions - one does not have sweat glands and so cannot sweat and cool down her body automatically when it needs to. The other over-sweats and has dripping wet palms all the time which can be quite an embarrassing condition to live with socially. The last story was about a woman who had been given a common antibiotic by her doctor to treat a sinus problem. Unfortnately she had an adverse reaction to it where her entire body's skin got burnt/peeled off and even the skin in her eyes were peeling off! The photos of her were horrific! Blisters everywhere and her eyes were mucousy green! By a miracle (and prompt and clever medical attention), she was saved and soft new baby skin has grown.

Have just been reminded of how blessed I am to have been born normal with all my faculties intact. Thank you, thank you so much God. I pray that I wouldn't be so ready to take my health for granted. And I pray I wouldn't be so worried about the monor blemishes or imperfections. I should be doing all the things I was born for having been given the ability to climb every mountain!