TOM YUM Soup for the Soul

If you have not hear, medical science have advance to such a high level decades ago that one can now have test tube babies. But of course I don't mean literally through the test tube but by a process called in-vitro fertilisation. I was intrigued because for the first time in my life I actually met a fully-formed, well brought up and totally functional test tube baby. His name is Duncan and we had a good dinner and chit chat over dinner. He is just like any other teenage boy, healthy, in the school's track and field team, plays rugby, computer games etc. All the talks about birth defects seems to dissipate in his presence. So it was quite interesting to note that despite the fact that he was left without a father, he grew up sensible and appreciative of his own life.

Which brought me to the whole process of this medical advancement. How does it work? How an ovary egg can be taken out from a female body, merged with a male's sperm and conceived inside a test tube before being put back into the female's womb to be brought to full term. Intriguing as it may seem, it fascinates me to think how easy it seems to have babies without marriage between two consenting adults. Isn't family supposed to be a two party function? Apparently, this boy did breed a new wave of possibilities but at the same time, does it give room for swaying to norms that are otherwise set in place?

Anyway, I can't deny how the limitless boundaries of science can bring about vast improvements in our lives. Yet at the same time, the right values still needs to be inculcated. Ask me if I would want to go for a test tube baby, well if they turn out like Duncan I might not mind. Hahaha... but then again, all things should come naturally I hope......