NSAIDs

Another post about these things called Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs.
A type of non-narcotica painkiller, if you will. Not an aid package for those who are in NS.
Hard to imagine something so beautiful could cause things so ugly.
Like to miss the shot at gold.
Or increase the risk of getting renal failure.
Or just plain allergies.
That's crystals of aspirin, by the way. Acetyl salicylic acid.
But that's just the way of Nature. Beautiful, yet with far-reaching and devastating consequences. Just like some things in life, where behind the mask of beauty and wonders, lie so many ugly and dangerous things.
Like ancient Chinese proverb says, "The dagger hidden under the coverings of the bed."
Or "The kris behind the smile"
Or "The serrated barb on the tail of the stingray."
Did you know some cultures refer to the ray as the devil-fish? Interesting..and slightly ironic, since some of its smaller cousins have ended up as a nice plate of ikan bakar. Quite delicious I assure you, provided that the hawker knows how to whip up a nice spicy and sour-ish sauce that quite drowns the ray.
Ah, but I digress.
We were talking about the salicylate group. It's not some big multinational corporation, just a group of drugs, some of which are actually toxic to the body. In fact, most are toxic to the body, it just depends on the dosage that is used. Hahas..but it's interesting to note how such a humble group has radically influenced us all, from providing school labs all over the world standard experiments to synthesise drugs [providing great fun for kids, not to mention laborously long lab reports for older kids], to providing the world with a wonder drug, capable of reducing pain as well as a host of benefits like reducing risk for heart attacks, colon cancer and many many other things!
So much so that some people say that "an aspirin a day keeps the doctor away."
Haha..we'll see about that.

In any case, here's a skew line moment. Somebody told me that "the guy in red has such a figure! He seems to be the only one that remotely looks like a girl."
A great compliment, I would say! =p
What's the link you ask? None.
That's why it's a skew line moment. Doi!