According to a busy Chinese surgeon in ShangHai, people come to her, more and more, to change the shape of their eyes, get rid of wrinkles and other popular procedures. Plastic surgery seems so popular that there is even an artificial beauty pageant that’s held in one of the major cities in China.

I found that report interesting. I also find very interesting how identical people are all around the world. Here we have a 2000+ year old culture that given a chance is susceptible to the very same patterns of behavior western culture is often stereotyped for. Race doesn’t matter, economical structure doesn’t matter - at the core we are all the same and want the same basic things in life, good or bad.

I have a special connection to Dawson College - I used to live in Montreal and went to Dawson for four years.

What can I say - as these things keep happening around the world, it is just another reminder that we as society need to change. That’s why I firmly believe that self improvement is critically important. As the matter a fact I believe that improving our selves is the only viable solution to the problems that we face in the society today. The more we work on our selves, the more individuals there would be constantly striving to be better, the more world around us will improve. Only by improving our selves we can affect a deep change in the world around us.

I want to express my deepest sympathies to the victims and wish them a speedy recovery!

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