A change in pregnant mother's hobby to have blue-eyed babies

Is it really something strange to see a local Malay boy with blue eyes, that it gets the attention of a local newspaper?

I guess it does, when yesterday's Mingguan Malaysia covered a story from HUKM Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur after interviewing an eye consultant, Professor Dr Ruszymah Idrus about the boy's eye condition.

Mohd Aizat Aiman Mohd Rizal, 16 months from Kampung Telok Amboi, Pulau Sayak, Kota Kuala Muda, Kedah was found to have changed his original eye color from black to blue. The color change was said to happen a few months after he was born, while his father Mohd Rizal Mohamad, 34 was also said to have a blue spot on his right eye.

The funny thing is that the newspaper also cheekily mentioned that the mother Noraini Ahmad, 31 likes to play with a blue-eyed cat, while pregnant with the child. Very superstitious indeed!
 

Those of you around my age would probably be familiar with the usual characters of the highly successful Western-themed television series of the 60s and 70s, The High Chaparral.

One of the most remembered characters in the series to me is Billy (Blue Boy), played by Mark Slade, the blonde haired and blue-eyed son of ranch patriarch John Cannon (Leif Erickson). This is probably due to his hasty and pampered attitude, apart from his famous Billy 'Blue Boy' name.

Like most people born white or with the Caucasian genes, we would agree that Mark Slade was genetically born 'blue eyed' as you can see in many of his pictures on the web. So, there's no question about why he was called 'Blue Boy' in the character or the reason why many white boys or girls who can have multicolored iris, as they are born with the genetic makeup and the physical factors to determine them.

Most Malaysians, or Asians in particular, albeit born with their own genetic makeup, are ambitious enough to change their looks in whatever artificial ways they could get hold of, despite paying a high price on it.

That is why here in Malaysia, you also get to see non-whites, or non-caucasian women, especially singers and actress (sometimes called artistes here) who feel that there is need to ape their white counterparts in whatever look, fashion or trend they can emulate.

And that include having clearer skin tones and coloured iris, albeit not having it genetically.

So, since we don't usually get to see blue eyed boys or babies born by mothers of the Asian descents here in Malaysia, at least this news might start to give some ideas to pregnant mothers (and fathers to be) to a change of heart in their attitudes towards getting pets with colored iris like cats or puppies as their hobbies.

Maybe the genetic makeup or the physical factors determining them would change over time while playing with these pets.

Hahahaha! It's really funny how some people can abuse their precious God gifted brain by having faith in superstitions....!