When Kirsty Regan , director of newsdirect , a Scottish parliamentary monitoring service , announced that she was going on the course , colleagues teased her , saying she would learn to pen fairytales about banks .
Kirsty : It \'s a bit grim I \'m afraid . She says that casualty figures are still mounting and that \'s putting their relief operation under increasing strain . Be prepared for any fate , and there is no harm to be freared . If I were a boy again , I would look on the cheerful side .
