presenting to u the long-lost family of mutants... (the house system haha)
click to enlarge and to clear up the confusion, i'll further elaborate using words...
i have an ah ma but according to ah gong he doesnt know who she is. we shall ignore that.
i have a father but mother also doesnt know who he is. so we speculated that she was erm... violated. but come to think of it... who could have such easy access to our house?? so perhaps ah gong did smth haha. hence zejia and i are in a dilemma. wonder whether we shud address ah gong as ah gong or ah pa? haha.
as for the other branch of the family tree... i can't rmb whether meihui is mother's sister or berne's mother's bro. heck la. either way berne's married to meihui and had three kids. hahaha.
pls understand that i did this in extreme boredom. haha.
A young woman went to her mother and told her 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 mother took her to the kitchen. She filled 3 pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to boil. In the first she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil, without saying a word.
About 20 minutes later, she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl. Turning to her daughter, she asked, "Tell me, what do
you see?"
"Carrots, eggs, and coffee," she replied. Her mother brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots.
She did and noted that they were soft. The mother then asked the daughter to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard boiled egg. Finally, the mother asked the daughter to sip the coffee. The daughter smiled as she tasted its rich aroma. The daughter then asked, "What does it mean, mother?"
Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity ... boiling water. Each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting. However, 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 insides became hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water.
"Which one are you?" she asked her daughter. "When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?"
Right. I think we need to think about this hard -- Which am I? Am I the carrot that seems strong, but with pain and adversity do I wilt and become soft and lose my strength?
Or am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a break-up, a financial hardship or some other trial, have I become hardened and stiff? Does my shell look the same, but on the inside am I
bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and hardened heart?
Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot, somehow it releases the fragrance and flavour. Can I be like the bean, when things are at their worst, I would get better and eventually change the situation around me?
As we walk through the journeys of life, when the hour is the darkest and trials are at their
greatest, how do we elevate ourselves to a higher level? How do I handle adversity? Am I a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?
can u believe it?? this is the FIRST september post. wow.
for those of u who do not know, we're having a class outing of some sort next week, wednesday and thursday. wed prog (after GP) will probably be lunch and fooling ard at yuanwei's. yup. those who wanna stayover stayover. if havent decided yet then just bring clothes along in case u change ur mind. thurs prog will be at huimin's. dunno what we are gonna do there. more outdoor stuff i guess. yup. so look forward to it!
and yh... hope u can master ur dear purist thunderwrath soon! great support :)
