Face

In one of the many YouTube videos I had downloaded in backlog, I came across a Nat Geo segment on the youngest recipient of a facial transplant.

What was a quick 2-minute tease showed the important bits of context. A young lady needed a facial transplant after a traumatic injury. After three years, she finally found a suitable donor.

Upon being (thankfully) baited into reading the entire segment on Nat Geo, I was shown a very delicate and fascinating story of a family recovering from a tradegy and persevering through many difficulties and placing their faith in both God, and modern medicine.

It was very touching, to see the empathy of human beings at their very best. Without spoiling too much, I emplore you to check out National Geographic's segment called "Katie's Face". And big warning, many images are graphic as it involves loads of surgery.

Sidenote, I'm trying to push for a double date next week as Shufs's boyfriend is coming down to Malaysia and I've never met the guy before. Seeing as Shufs has never met my date, it seemed like a good, terrible, cute idea to have.

Here's to hoping she's free.

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Mission

Sorry. There's not been much to talk about, really. And most of my thoughts have either been expressed to my friends or have been resolved in my head already.

Took part in my first Standard event for Magic, some two weeks back. Mainly because I wanted to support the LGS and built a deck with all the spare parts I've cracked from packs.

I've promised not to spend money on standard as it's a huge cash sink, but I'm unopposed to taking part in some events, if the prize structure is fair. I'm mainly in it for cheaper booster packs.

I guess that's the brunt of this write-up. Just a brief update on my uneventful life.

I've been told that I've a problem in which I can switch from full empathy to absolute emotional detachment. But I don't see this as an issue. Is that odd?

Maybe it's because I'm living with a rather emotional housemate who lashes out at world when things don't go her way. I mean, she's a friend, but she's also ostensibly reactive to the world, as though it's out to get her.

Lastly, I just watched Mission Impossible: Fallout with the parents. Great movie. And it seems that the quality of the movie is inversely proportional to the amount of screen time Tom Cruise is running in.

Also, Vanessa Kirby? Hot damn.

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