Thursday, June 12, 2008

Father #2

Just late this afternoon one of our administrative staff passed away from, of all things, rabies. This naturally came as a shock for all of us at work. While we knew that he had been confined at the hospital for the past few days, we thought he was out of danger because he was discharged the other day. But he started acting strangely back at home and had to be brought back this morning. That was when he was diagnosed with rabies. What was even more shocking was that he allegedly got bitten by a dog ten years ago but refused to have anti-rabies shots due to his phobia for injections. Sadly, this negligence cost him dearly and he left behind a wife and three children, including a two-year-old.

Father #1

One of our students is struggling to finish his thesis and ended up having to request to have his residency extended in order to graduate. His explanation for his lapse was that he and his family recently found out that their father has a second family. And because the father's betrayal, the poor student lost all motivation to work on his thesis. What a terrible thing to do to a son.