Thursday 13 March 2008

Prolonging Your Life

I was travelling with my previous company to the Middle East recently when we had some time to run into their local shopping mall. Middle East is a terribly rich country so it was not surprising at all to see lots of fashionable stores and gold shops with all kinds of ostentatious displays and huge gemstones. What amused me, however, was a pharmacy which had lots of advertisements for their new longevity product. I couldn't quite read Arabic but it was clear to see that they were encouraging people to buy it to prolong their life span and improve their health. If I had the same kind of money they did, I would be prolonging my life too simply to enjoy my wealth! Heh...

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