Wednesday, September 24, 2008

40 and 4 kids



There must be something about turning 40 and having 4 kids. Two politician, Ruth Kelly in the UK and our very own Katherine Rich decided to "put family first" after 4 and 9 years in frontline politics, respectively.

It must be a hard decision. To go against the contemporary view of able to "do it all".

IR655



I was far too little to remember what happened in 1988.

With a retrospectoscope, it seems like fear, is why the commander of the US warship decided to shoot the airbus down.

Dare I suggest that it is fear that is behind most people's irrational behaviour/arguement.

Sunday, September 07, 2008

72 hours

As I continue to reflect and wonder, I now realize that as
a physician I am merely a shepherd guiding others through
this convoluted, confusing, and forever-changing thing we
call life. And in time, with time, things will be okay—they
will be as they must.


72 hours

The measure of a Man

Listening to Skulls

A great show

There is no doubt that the upcoming US election is much more fascinating then our kiwi election later this year. To compare the two, as some commentator had, is nonsense. It´s not even comparing apple to orange but more like apple to banana.



Cognition vs emotion. Which domain really direct human behaviour? We shall see.



These two speeches of course, are quite different from the timeless-ness of this following one.

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm