I came across this very interesting article which I repost as a blog for everyone to ponder their thoughts on.
Appearing in the San Francisco Chronicle opinion section, Nov. 22, 2005:
The right to buy, sell organs is a right to life
David Holcberg Tuesday, November 22, 2005
The organ-transplant troubles at UC Irvine Medical Center — where, citing data obtained from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Los Angeles Times reported that “more than 30 people died awaiting liver transplants … as the hospital turned down scores of organs that might have saved them” — illustrate the terrible situation faced by those awaiting transplants. These patients are at the mercy of others’ decisions, prohibited by law from purchasing the organs they so desperately need.
In some cities, there is a mandatory law that requires senior citizens to be given special priveleges. When one reaches the age of 60 years old, a state resident qualifies and can apply for a senior citizen card. This is nothing more but a courtesy card that gives buying discounts on food, medicines, services and unlimited free movie passes to the senior citizen cardholder.
My senior citizen friend is 67 years old and he told me about this very funny incident, which still makes me laugh every time I would tell it to other friends. At his age, you’d probably think that he isn’t so sexually active anymore. On the contrary, he keeps a regular weekly schedule of sexercises to ensure he doesn’t go impotent.
The irony of life is that the events that make our lives complicated is what makes it worthwhile. The harder we go through the complex trials of our life, the more meaningful our purpose become.
There are some events that happen in our life when we sometimes feel that we’ve gone through it before. This is what others call dejavu. The Oriental philosophers would wisely tell you, that you can’t change destiny, but you can do something to better your fate.
I’d like to think that destiny whatever and wherever it leads you is the road to perfection. Every experience in our lives whether good or bad contributes to this process of self-evolution. The goal of this self-evolution is to attain perfection. It is not where we’re going but how we’re getting to where we’re going.
Whenever I make a trip to the local supermart, it’s almost always difficult for me to maintain a budget. With so many things splurged around you screaming buy me buy me, you’d probably want to give in to all your buying binges.
So I usually let my wife do the budget shopping. If we’re together, I try to pretend that I didn’t see something I liked and pass through it as it it wasn’t there. She would just laugh at me telling me to loosen up and give in to my food cravings once in a while.
I never really thought about it, but if there was a virtual supermart on the net, I’d probably go for it. At least, you could avoid the unnecessary purchases by ordering directly those you only needed. And you don’t have to make an effort by driving out to get it. It just gets to your doorstep delivered.
Reality shows are the current flair in television entertainment. But some programs are absurdly weird, even extremely freaky. The one I refer to is titled The Fear Factor or more appropriately The Freak Factor. The object of this freak adventure show is to outdo all the other contestants in a three level game category to take home the top dollar prize of $50,000.00.
One must be some sort of a death thrill seeking freak to voluntarily sign your name on the liability free clause to join this kind of show. Level One usually requires some death defying stunts to be performed at unimaginable heights common only to a stuntman. The idea here is height being a basic human fear and that the contestants must be able to conquer their fear of heights.
The past decade has seen record influx numbers of “compassionate immigrants” to America of people mostly Asians, who come to the land of greener pastures seeking employment as they take on the care-sensitive jobs that the average American isn’t interested to pursue anymore.
Examples of such types of jobs are those that deal primarily with people care, such as nurses, caregivers, teachers, etc. The fact that other foreign cultures are willing and able to tackle these type of “unwanted professions” show the deteriorating moral fibre of American society.
Are we so selfishly jaded that we refuse and need to delegate these care sensitive jobs to them when we’re better off doing it ourselves? Don’t we have enough compassion in our hearts to look after our own elderly parents that we’d rather entrust them to a nursing and caregiver facility run by people from cultures entirely different from us?
Over the years, car manufacturers try to lure prospective car buyers with new car designs. In my opinion, car design just like watches and clothes seem to make a rehash of the old styles that came out decades ago.
While we all have design preferences, I can’t seem to understand the logic in making rounded cars. These seemed to be the design trend in autos three or four years ago. I don’t mind the rounded edges but the overall design somewhat makes the car seemed like it was copied from the likes of an insect such as a ladybug.
The bad part is not only are the exterior shape rounded worse even the inside interiors are rounded up in such a way that passenger space and comfort is already cramped and being sacrficed in exchange for sleekness in design.
So my 50 year old college friend finally told me, I’m getting married for the first time to someone I really love, a 25 year old lady. Nothing to be shocked about, but I just asked him with an age difference like that, do you honestly think your marriage will last?
You both have different sets of priorities and are at different stages in your life. As you head on into your mid life crisis and she’s just beginning to explore the brave new world, you’re both going into opposite directions. While you’re trying to make sense of your mid-life purpose, she’s having the grand time of her life enjoying her financial independence and freedom.
When buying a new cellular phone, there are certain particular features we look for. What is the most important feature that you expect to be integrated into a cellphone aside from the regular call and text function? Are you looking for a special feature that hasn’t yet been integrated into the newer models of today?
Preferably, I’d like to see an integrated security function, where the owner’s phone MIN (Mobile Identification Number) in conjunction with the user’s secret programmable code can be remotely controlled via text messaging to activate the automated process of data deletion that will automatically erase all entered and personal information of the original owner; in case it gets lost or stolen.
In the past, there have been many attempts to define God. This blog will not attempt to add on to the already many but still inadequate definitions. Man is but a creature trying to make human sense by defining his Creator. No amount of human reasoning or logic will never be enough since we the creation can and will never be greater than the Creator.
The creation is only but an image of the Creator. Thus the finite human mind isn’t capable enough to fathom and fully comprehend the infinite God. In his own finite and limited way, he can reason and justify but he will never be able to quantify the infinite God since it is beyond his natural understanding.
