sheesh, sth's wrong with the picture. haha will fix it soon.
1 more month till im back (: woohooooo.
till then (:
Sunday, 25 October 2009
Thursday, 22 October 2009
crazy me.
Thursday, 22 October 2009
hahah im totally bored. and uber high.
alone in my room. weird cos im feeling so lonely, staring at the 4 walls and blog-hopping, facebooking. but im just cnt sit still la. hahah.
okay its because i've not slept for like 2 days alr, and im not on coffee! only green tea la, thats prolly why. and i keep feeling VERY hungry. sighs. im so dead.
ive been like stuck on my assignment since ytd 5pm. bloody difficult. and this time i really wasnt distracted okay.
ayy, i miss emily so much!! and gek too )): spent one whole day with jun thats why dont miss her as much lol. hahah and FIONAGOHPOOPOO.
jiayoujiayou 1 more mth ((: WAIT FOR ME :D
bangkok with loi anna yane jaz and winnie pretty please?
alone in my room. weird cos im feeling so lonely, staring at the 4 walls and blog-hopping, facebooking. but im just cnt sit still la. hahah.
okay its because i've not slept for like 2 days alr, and im not on coffee! only green tea la, thats prolly why. and i keep feeling VERY hungry. sighs. im so dead.
ive been like stuck on my assignment since ytd 5pm. bloody difficult. and this time i really wasnt distracted okay.
ayy, i miss emily so much!! and gek too )): spent one whole day with jun thats why dont miss her as much lol. hahah and FIONAGOHPOOPOO.
jiayoujiayou 1 more mth ((: WAIT FOR ME :D
bangkok with loi anna yane jaz and winnie pretty please?
Monday, 19 October 2009
the carrot, the egg, and the coffee bean
Monday, 19 October 2009
here's an old elf story. (sounds wrong la, but nvm)
A daughter complained to her father about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved a new one arose.
Her father, a chef, took her to the kitchen. He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to a boil. In one he placed carrots, in the second he placed eggs, and the last he placed ground coffee beans. He let them sit and boil, without saying a word.
The daughter sucked her teeth and impatiently waited, wondering what he was doing. In about twenty minutes he turned off the burners. He fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. He pulled the eggs out and placed them a bowl. Then he ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl.
Turning to her he asked. "Darling, what do you see?"
"Carrots, eggs, and coffee," she replied.
He brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. He then asked her to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell,
she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, he asked her to sip the coffee. She smiled as she tasted it and
smelled its rich aroma.
She humbly asked. "What does it mean Father?" He explained that each of them had faced the same adversity, boiling water, but each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting. But after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak. The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior. But after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened.
The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water.
"Which are you?" he asked his daughter. "When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?"
"Are you the carrot that seems hard, but with pain and adversity do you wilt and become soft and lose your strength?"
"Are you the egg, which starts off with a malleable heart? Were you a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a divorce, or a layoff will you become hardened and stiff. Your shell would still look the same, but inside you would be tough with a stiff spirit and heart?"
"Or are you like the coffee bean? The coffee bean keeps its integrity but changes the hot water, the thing that is bringing the pain. When the water gets the hottest, it just tastes better. Are you like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better and make things better around you?"
How do you handle adversity? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?
damnit. i wish im like the coffee bean.
emo. pissed. and i shdnt be blogging. lets hope that my mood will lighten up.
off to mug.
A daughter complained to her father about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved a new one arose.
Her father, a chef, took her to the kitchen. He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to a boil. In one he placed carrots, in the second he placed eggs, and the last he placed ground coffee beans. He let them sit and boil, without saying a word.
The daughter sucked her teeth and impatiently waited, wondering what he was doing. In about twenty minutes he turned off the burners. He fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. He pulled the eggs out and placed them a bowl. Then he ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl.
Turning to her he asked. "Darling, what do you see?"
"Carrots, eggs, and coffee," she replied.
He brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. He then asked her to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell,
she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, he asked her to sip the coffee. She smiled as she tasted it and
smelled its rich aroma.
She humbly asked. "What does it mean Father?" He explained that each of them had faced the same adversity, boiling water, but each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting. But after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak. The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior. But after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened.
The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water.
"Which are you?" he asked his daughter. "When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?"
"Are you the carrot that seems hard, but with pain and adversity do you wilt and become soft and lose your strength?"
"Are you the egg, which starts off with a malleable heart? Were you a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a divorce, or a layoff will you become hardened and stiff. Your shell would still look the same, but inside you would be tough with a stiff spirit and heart?"
"Or are you like the coffee bean? The coffee bean keeps its integrity but changes the hot water, the thing that is bringing the pain. When the water gets the hottest, it just tastes better. Are you like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better and make things better around you?"
How do you handle adversity? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?
damnit. i wish im like the coffee bean.
emo. pissed. and i shdnt be blogging. lets hope that my mood will lighten up.
off to mug.
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