Friday, February 18, 2011

And if you know
How do you get up from an all time low
I'm in pieces
Seems like peace is
The only thing I'll never know
How do you get up
Get up

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Cookieeesss

Talking about cookies just made me hungry.. Not my fault right.. Im now gonna go down to get some bread to go wif the bak kua.. yummy

Valentine


Usually, Valentine is a day to be spent with the other half, a lover , a couple.. This year, I celebrated valentine with a friend, a close friend which is so close to me till we share all kinds of shyt together.




Started with a nice long chit chat which lasted afew hours i guess, then we were supposed to be going out for a movie, but unfortunately there were too many people in line, and when i finally reached the counter after almost 30 minutes of boring wait, the tickets were all sold out already. Kinda pathetic lo.

Atleast my BFF got to do all her stuff that she wanted.. which is more important than my stuff anyway.

Strange that although im single on valentines day, I'm happy, I'm satisfied with all I have.

I realised on Valentines day, that I have a wonderful friends which are so nice to me all the time, and Valentine is not a day for couples, its a day to love, and I do love all my friends.

All my friends out there. Thanks for making this Valentine such a wonderful one.

- Daro


Monday, February 7, 2011

Twitter

Guess what.. I just started a twitter account.

I guess its kinda late for me but its a very nice addition to my blog. =P see the corner.. I think it just looks cute..

So recently I've been Mapling cause there's really nothing much to do during the Chinese New Year season other than collecting ang paos. The weather is so horrible, burning like flames on my skin.

Worst part is college is starting on Valentines day and I'm gonna go on a self declared holiday because imo, i think that Valentines Day is not a very productive day to study but its good to be going around doing some lovey dovey stuff ( which i guess im gonna do ).


Saturday, January 29, 2011

Fantasy or Reality.. Sometimes both


Finally after a long break, im gonna go back to training and playing Maple Story with my friends.. Some might think its a childish game but dam its cute, and there's still alot of nice people there inside and alot of good friends left.

Sometimes I even use it as a platform to keep in touch with those who are far away and its not as boring as facebook or msn..

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Trip Canceled

The trip to Langkawi has been canceled due to unforeseen circumstances... unfortunately.

And my deepest condolences to Edwin's family for the passing of his granny..

T_T

Daro

Monday, January 24, 2011

To lands where Eagles soar

So it seems that my trip to Singapore had to be canceled due to unforeseen circumstance.. Well thats really too bad isn't it.

Since there are no backup plans, Edwin and I opt for Taman Negara but then realized that the trip down to Taman Negara is quite troublesome, a bus ride to KL followed by a train ride and a cab do God knows where, its just costly and a waste of time.

Finally we concluded on Langkawi, although the hotel and transportation expenses are quite high, its kinda worth the trip.

Approx Rm60 per person for a one way ferry ride or around RM60 for a flight ticket by firefly, there's quite alot of options for us to use.. unfortunately we cant get tax free stuff cause we ain't staying there for more than 72 hours.. but who knows, maybe we will and maybe we wont.

Hopefully this trip would be a great one.

- Daro

Cake and Cookies



To those people who are celebrating their birthdays on the 24th of January, I wish you a very happy birthday and may this year bring much joy to you.


@}-;--'--

Daro

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Exams are finally over... time for a break.


The plans for this semester break is

1 . Go on a holiday wif Edwin

2. Get started on all the new years resolutions which are...

3. Get a life

4. To take a stand for people who deserve it.

5. To be there for those who are in need and those who have always been there for me when Im in need

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Freedom and the smell of victory

Today is the last day of the dreaded final exams for this semester.. Everything has finally come to an end after 3 weeks of crazy rushing and studying and all kinds of nonsense. From the start of the first French paper to the double law papers few days back, we have been working our asses out and trying to achieve the best that we can.
Its all gonna be over in just 6 hours.. as for me, i guess in 5 hours. Who needs a full 3 hour for an economics paper.. lol I believe this paper is gonna be the easiest among the the 6 papers I have this round. Sooo what am I gonna do after this?

Firstly , theres this trip to KL/SG which i planned with Edwin. We are gonna go to KL for a day , actually just as a pit stop, u cant really travel that long can u. Then we are gonna be headed to SG for a couple of days and explore SG and stuff.

Then I think there's this lil small business which I and Edwin wanna start. Nothing too big, just that we wanna experience how its like starting a business.

Lets not forget my actual life and maple, needa start losing weight and walking around more.. Have to get that Paladin as high as possible before the big bang patch as well.. NO time to waste.


Tuesday, January 11, 2011

lady luck

Luck shines upon all of us.. sometimes shining on us and sometimes avoiding us...

How nice would it be if we could have a flask of Felix Felicis or also known to some as liquid luck to be consumed before an exam, forcing luck to act on our side.

I guess I've done all i can for tomoro's law exam and everything is now not in my hands anymore. All i pray is that I will be able to pass the exam, not with flying colours, but a mere pass would suffice.

` Daro

Monday, January 10, 2011

10.01.11

Before dawn lies the darkest night..

Two more days before the Commercial Law exam and I cant seem to remember or understand anything that I have read. I doubt I can do anything with just less than 48 hours left on the clock but I'll still try to fight on , to move on. Praying and hoping that everything goes according to plan and things are turned in my favor.


The feeling of hopelessness and failure really brings our hope down, knowing that there are others who are much better than us. Its just another indescribable feeling that will only be understood by those who been through it.

Well all hope ain't lost yet..

At the very least I guess I can strive on and hope for a pass, nothing much. All i need and all i want is just 50 marks. Nothing more and nothing less. Somehow I'm not so confident as compared to the day I faced Business Accounts.

2011 please be kind to me.. 2010 was a bitch so please don't be such a bitch okey?


- Daro

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Burdens lifted

After finishing both the Accounts and French papers, I could really feel much better. Its like burden being lifted.. All im left with is double dose of Law ( commercial law & company law )


Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Driven to madness

Im so gonna get this after my final exams.. atleast its better thn my lycosa mirror which needs to be daily maintained or it will be infested with my fingerprints.. Its like typing on a dam mirror, its nice but it needs its shine.

But before all the fun, there's a french exam tomoro and I have an accounts paper the day after.. And after that its followed closely by a double dose of law.. I dont know whats worse than 2X law + 1 Accounts paper..

I don't even have time to spend with my friends lately. I've been really too busy and neglecting some of my friends it seems.. Sometimes there's not much of a choice and I guess those who know me will understand..


Monday, January 3, 2011

Its that time again

Once again the exams are around the corner and I'm still not 100% prepared.. 3 more days before my 1st paper ( french ) and 4 more days before Accounts.. sooo french or accounts?

I guess language subjects take less priority compared to those pain-in-the-ass subjects like accounts and my 2 hellish law papers.

4 days to go and 1 day to prepare for each question assuming all goes well and I dont get distracted from studying by other stuff. So far studies for today is going along fine and I hope tomorrow I can go to the library to study like a nerd. 4-5 hrs should do the trick. Then a few rounds of DotA to end the day.

Sunday, January 2, 2011

The Journey has ended..

We spend the last night in Beijing staying up late, playing cards , talking crap, drifting to dreamland, watching people drift to dream land, trading songs... ETC


OWH CMON!!


It was well worth it, we sat on a bed and had fun, sharing stories and memories. Afew made it past 3am and only 3 people made it the whole night... Even my sis fell asleep half way through.

Lol lookie here, some people just cant tahan anymore and K.O. on the bed while we were playing cards.
I have to admit, this is one thing that I expected the least.. Spending the last day of the trip awake and hyper.

Unfortunately, there's so much more stories that could be told, yet there is so little time and i dont have much pictures of the nice events like the snowball fight in the ski resort , the fun we had at the free market ( really like fM cc 1 ) which is full of scammers and dishonest traders, and adventure and the crazy fun we had while eating.

Cutie and Kitty.. Beijing trip

Dont you think pandas look adorable?
This kitty reminds me of Adrian's cat which got lost a few days after Christmas.. But this guy is fat k.. look at it, its lik a chinese garfield for heavens sake

Yucks!!~~ but Yummy?

I always wondered how insects taste like and how those people on Tv can just eat them like that... well in Beijing i finally got the chance when we stopped at this food street.


There were alot of food like stinkin toufu which smell really lik poop and sea urchins, sea horses, shark meat, balls, worms.. and those things that u would swear to God that u will rather die than eating.
I seriously cannot understand chinese sooo what is this? LOL I started out with the shark meat ( left ) and weird looking god know what squishy stuff ( right ). The price aint cheap, costing RM15 each stick and lol look how many I took? After eating that, if it wasnt for the experience of tasting food i rather spend it in Chilies or TGIF.
The taste of the food was differnt but its not bad. The texture is something different i could say. As for the scorpions.. it really tasted like crab , i dono if anyone would believe me on this but its kinda tasty and i wont mind swapping this for chips any day.
I even tasted bulls testicles on one of the days.. It taste tender and juicy and its quite chewy.. like chewing gum.

Beijing Trip 3 - Tomb of the Drag..*whut*

After the great wall, the tour went to the ming tombs.. Honestly speaking, i hate tombs and if I even walk near one, my mind will start generating jokes bout the tombs and all kinda stuff which are very ... sooo please please please.. next trip, no tombs already.A tomb should have very good scenery because who knows when ur tomb will be a nice tourism spot.. Look here, rows of trees, nice hill in the background.. nice carving on the stairs and even cute lil kittys running around.
And lets not forget a underground toilet for emergencies.


OK lets not talk bout tombs now shall we.. =D

Beijing Trip 2 - Great wall

Soooo of course what is Beijing without that wall.. I even told most of my friends that im gonna visit Beijing to ' khua piak ' ( see wall ). We went to the Juyongguan pass ( wonder why it sounds so korean
'' WHAT THE F**K... Edwin is gonna laugh at me if I dont make it up.. ''


Before u guys actually say anything, I dont do vigorous activities involving large number of steps or high peaks.. sooo yea i suck at this and its really like mental torture.. ok partly physical torture but its mostly mental torture because every step I take my brain says ' its over' ' go back down '

fyi this is half way up only

Finally after around 10 mins i made it half way up. I was soo tired and my legs felt lik jelly and I cant move any more. BUT THNNNNN!! that lil kiddo started walking again and of course i cant lose to a kid right and even Cindy also went up.. I cant lose to a kid and a girl on the same day right?

So onwards to victory !!!

* shyt *

* crap *

* 1 more *

* few steps to go... *
my sis and Cindy

me smiling and thinking F.U. wall I made it up u beetch.

Made it up in time to take some pictures with the rest of the guys. Went back down, and felt good that I made it up and was able to come down in one piece.. Guess its just in my mind after all, because i cant even make it up 1 flight of stairs in penang hill.
ok this is just random.

Beijing Trip

I know its been awhile but finally i'm bloggin bout this trip. Honestly speaking, i hate China. I had alot of bad experiences wif the toilets, the tour and even the food, i hate chinese food cause thats what i have everyday for breakfast lunch and dinner and im kinda sick of it. The fear of getting a boring tour group also really didn't help.

After the flight delay and everything, we arrived at night and went directly to the hotel and K.O. Since i still haven't got to know anyone I cant really go around disturbing people at night yet, the beds were absolutely horrible for a 4 star hotel and worse of all im there for 3 nights. Couldn't really sleep as i was having weird nightmares often.

On the official 1st day, we woke up early for breakfast and went to Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. The square is just like a park w/o grass and street lamps for trees. Nothing much of interest i can say. However the Forbidden City is the very opposite. The beauty and awe of the size and magnitude of the ''city'' was just indescribable.
Entrance of the Forbidden City

The weather was quite ok for me, although for others it seems to be slightly unbearable. Atleast my lips and ears are still intact without the help of earmuffs and lip balm. Inside all i saw is fantastic workmanship and architecture all over the place, its both the work of an artist and architect.
Something u wont find in Ikea? LOL

Surprisingly though, the lunch and dinners in Beijing never fail to amaze me, the food was plain but edible and the taste is really very much different from what I can find in Penang. Although i'll still support the local Penang food, this is very much different. I didn't really eat alot but I had alot of drinks here, i think in the 7 days i had as much beer as i'll normally have in the course of the year.

Watching the sun set in the temple of heaven is really something new, normally it would be by the beach or on the peak of a mountain. The view is fantastic, those old chinese folks really did a great job giving temples and imperial palaces great views. LOL Standing on top of the altar really gives u a different feeling and perspective in life. Just standing there and looking around, we can feel how insignificant we are and how small our lives is.
* SICK TOPIC WARNING *

Since im just too scared of going to the public toilets in China.. I tahan whole day until i reached the hotel and spend my own sweet time baking fresh batches of brownies. If i would thank God for anything in this trip, it would be me being lucky enough to hold it in long enough.....

* END OF SICK TOPIC *
The nights I spend there ended like any usual nights, me lying down, thinking , dreaming , and wishing i could enter into limbo ( inception o inception how i love the words u use ) and creating reality inside a dream.

Friday, December 17, 2010

Day 1 - 17th Dec

I didnt sleep the whole night. I was awake hunting snow flakes in the white christmas tree and talking to my buddies till around 3am. I saw someone from college at the Penang airport before i boarded the flight. unfortunately now im stuck in KLIA because of a flight delay... delayed for 3hrs + to 10.40am. This sucks but its ok.. Worth it all for a day of snow.


- Ex | Daro

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Monday, November 15, 2010

The end draws near


I remember the days where I used to study Geography and it always states that Malaysia is 100% safe from any natural desasters. I guess this is what happen when you challenge God. Saying its impossible sounds like a nice challenge and * boom * we have a nice tsunami in our face few years back.

So now.. we have a nicer much better 1 which is a tornado around few KM away from my house. Guess there will be alot of nice news to be heard tomorrow.

It was just this morning when I went to college in the sunny weather and had lunch with my cousin in the afternoon. I cant believe the weather could change so rapidly from a nice sunny day to a tornado in just afew hours.

Edwin and I was together playing Dota and we saw the door being pushed open by the strong wind and there it was, a huge tornado coming from the sea. There are alot of videos which showed different angles of the tornado. There was one from Penang Swimming Club and one more from some apartment which i dont know the name.

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Life, Death and Time

What happen when you life ur life full of hate, anger and every negative feeling out there, living life with a smile for a mask. When will it end actually? When will it be over? The pain of living a lie is really sometimes too much to bear but who will understand me anyway, who will actually care when everyone is just too busy with their own matters.

On the first page of our story, the future seemed so bright

There are times i really feel like running away. Far far away as far as the ends of the earth, further than the east from west. What use is there when the family i live in actually brings me more negativity if compared to the outside world. I can't even enjoy one meal alone lately, my peace and privacy is totally gone and there's just nothing i can do about it.

then this thing turned out so evil, I don’t know why I’m still surprised


One day if I actually do anything stupid due to all this stress im in, I guess we know who to blame already. There's only few people that can really help can calm me down, losing this few anchors to my sanity i wont be sure what I might do. All I know is that there really is no limit to the evil thoughts and plans I have and I intend to make sure everyone suffer as I had.

even angels have their wicked schemes and I'll take that to new extreams.


Im lost. I need help but there's nothing anyone can do.

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Unintended

- credits Tammy Tang



I found this picture on facebook and I decided to check it out for awhile. The song is really nice and if u listen closely enough its really possible to understand the song. Especially when this song can sometimes describe our lives.

Monday, November 8, 2010

The AoC


I love my guild. I cant really online maple that much lately and really the only thing i miss is my guildies. The fun times we have together as a family.
So today i went out wif a fairy and watched ' Life as we know it '. Its a very good show and it really gets us thinking on alot of stuff. I really shows us how unpredictable life can be and how things can really just go out of plan and how in the end sometimes thats not so much a bad thing. How love really is the reason the world goes round. What if everything ends now. I personally gave it alot of thought and i seem to be unable to come to a conclusion.

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Guess what.. im in my college computer lab now.. yea.. 2 hours interval so i dont really know what to do at the moment. Just Fyi, my law lecturer seems to be a fking perv.

Could you believe he can act pervy just by using a company seal.. yea perverted madabitch also stared into girl's cleavages.. eewww. LOL! calling random girls ''dear'' and actually his face just looks perverted.

Main reason why im sooo not going for law.... unless im forced to go.. T_T which sux.. LOL

Sunday, October 31, 2010


Saturday, October 30, 2010

Fridays......

I dont really like fridays.. I used to hate fridays, but recently i kinda have to start to love my fridays as its the last reminding holiday i have. No more Saturday and Sunday breaks.

Yesterday, the day started off wif me going out to gurney wif Natasha and her sis to watch ' The Other Guys '. Unfortunately Abigail had to tag along which kinda spoiled most of the fun and increased the cost of the outing and she didnt get the jokes in the movie as well. Soo too bad..

Then we walked to Midlands and went looking at some stuff before going for lunch. Lunch was great. Kinda like the food there and its kinda reasonably priced. I seriously cant believe time passes so fast and we needa walk back to the center already.
( but we still stopped by at a playground for awhile ;P )

After resting awhile, we went to some GBC whateva ceremony which I was just too dam lazy to pay attention. Owh cmonnn, its a bunch of kids making noise. I rather spend my time playing wif my phone and looking at pictures.

Dinner was great, and long.. Whole family maa.. all the lil kids were sleeping though so it wasnt too noisy and we watched Jurassic Park 3 on the projector before we went off.

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Dreams


What do you think of dreams. What does it feel to be living in a dream, or being in a dream. What is real and what is not.

Lately i have been experiencing alot of interesting dreams about the people who are closer to me. Could it be because of the stuff we talk about before i go to bed? or could it be just random thoughts at a subconscious level.

Actually i've been reading books and watching shows about dreams and the sort. Emerald dream, Inception.. LOL!.



Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Free Domain?

Free Domain? i dont think so, its just one year and its just a waste of my time giving that company free promotion.

To some people it might be worth alot
dude
u think ppl give domains free for life?
think again pls
u get 1 year gd enough
-.-
nt happy dun use lor
ppl gt 1 year happy le
u wan free for life find 1 sponsor tts willing to spon u for life

LOL, i guess i dowan use, causeee yea im not happy bout it and i dont give a fuck =D

What's the use of giving a company almost endless promotion and just receiving rm99 as compensation? Maybe too much economics influenced this decision, maybe not.. but yea, im sticking to this for a long long time still.

- Daro


Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Buried


Paul Conroy (Ryan Reynolds) is not ready to die. But when he wakes up 6 feet underground with no idea of who put him there or why, life for the truck driver and family man instantly becomes a hellish struggle for survival. Buried with only a cell phone and a lighter, his contact with the outside world and ability to piece together clues that could help him discover his location are maddeningly limited. Poor reception, a rapidly draining battery, and a dwindling oxygen supply become his worst enemies in a tightly confined race against time— fighting panic, despair and delirium, Paul has only 90 minutes to be rescued before his worst nightmare comes true.


I went to GSC today for Buried. Its a good movie, great acting but i didnt really enjoy the movie that much. It got me thinking about alot of things and really we have to appreciate everyone around us. Ryan did a good job acting and really pulled this off perfectly.

It's really all about phobias. Every imaginable fear stuck with you in a box. Fear of the darkness, lonelyness, snakes, dying, suffocating, tight spaces... woahh i actually cant imagine i finish watching that movie.

Still it was a great show and its worth watching. Owh cmon, its just Rm8 for crying out loud.



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Friday, October 15, 2010

Elo!

Dear whoever is reading this, you are beautiful & someone out there is crazy about you. So smile, life is too short to be unhappy.

A day to remember

I still cannot believe how many people fell for this.. ^^

As usual, today is a Friday, and for me its a holiday because i have lectures on Saturdays n Sundays. Haiss.

OK who cares anyway..

So today I woke up quite late ( as usual ) and went out to find Natasha in the kindergarten before bringing her out to Island Plaza for frozen yogurt.
So the place seems kinda decent and the taste is great although the price is kinda hefty for just yogurt.. There's lots of flavors and loads of toppings to choose from but the gummy bears kinda suck. Thank God i just took less thn 5 pieces of those, dam those bears are hard, it aint gummy at all k.

then, we took a bus to Sunrise from Island, normal bus ride but my cousin was soooo uncomfortable sharing a bus with strangers.. hahaha so I guess it wasn't a good experience for her.

So we went to MCD for lunch and went to MPH to look at some books before walking back to the kindergarten. When we arrived, we went online and talked awhile before I went out to LIM KOPI wif Edwin.

Today is a very great day.

- Daro

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

=D haix~~

There was a presentation today.

Yea, it was good and well prepared but I just cant stand the lecturer. Business Economics nia k, theres alot of ways to explain the point clearly, but a picture is worth a thousand words, i still dont understand why does she keep stressing that we dont need to draw the graph and says that the graph carries no marks. She did that for 2 whole groups and when it was mine turn i kinda got so pissed off i just shouted back at her. =D

Still the presentation was a 8/10 so fuck off narb !! I dont need tutors to pass this subject, i dont even need lecturers to get an A at the end of the semester laaa.. LOL!

Other than that, the day was great and I went out awhile after class.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Just the way you are

So I didn't attend college. Whats the big deal?

O cmon!!!

Today I was in gurney wif my cousin and we went for a walk and we played around in Toys r' Us and messed up some toys.. Something that I dont really do often right.. but i guess we nid something new to spice life up abit.


We had lunch at Secret Recipe and she had some kinda cake which tasted dam delicious and I had ciken gorden bleu.. The chicken thats alright and it was quite worth the price. After that we went out for A&W root beer. I miss root beer .



We watched Charlie St. Cloud around 3.30pm... The show was great and I enjoyed it alot. Touching n sweet. It reminded me of alot of things a friend of mine said before.


U might think this is the end of the post already.. BUT ITS NOTTTT


=D


Later after sending my cousin back, I went for my usual LIM KOPI session wif Edwin and we talked about alot of college stuff and went to Netcity for our usual CnC:ZH and DotA sessions.

6.69 is released and there's alot of new buffs and nerfs for most heroes and after playing 1 round, i kinda realised invoker is now officially overpowered with the new buff. As usual, we won the game wif ease and went home.. =D


-Daro

Trust your heart if the seas catch fire, live by love though the stars walk backwards.

Monday, October 11, 2010

I need rest...

Sometimes I wonder whether is it my fault. Was it neglect or is it that i don't seem to care enough..

College life seems to be going on fine but still I dont feel like going tomorrow.. There's kinda no point in going is there? Im already stressed out enough i guess i deserve a break before i start exploding on my own friends.

Currently my life is growing more n more attached to certain things and no matter what I do, things doesnt seem right. Yea this might sound like some typical emo post but thats how i feel. Is there no one out there to talk to..


PS : I FAILED LAW

The Start of A New Week



How u wish the beginning would look like this..

No matter how much you wish, its kinda impossible. Yea, life sucks but there's nothing we could do about it except just be strong and face it head on.

I'm so gonna hate this week. There will be no proper breaks from now on and there will be classes every single day till i fucking drop and faint ( except Friday ). Even on Sunday, there will be a class. So there goes my maple time.. LOL!

Back in maple, Faye and I managed to get a whole load of chairs ( Red Designer, Bloody Rose, Under the Moon, Musical Note ) last night. We're now planning to get the Olivia chair wif Edwin later in the evening.



Sunday, October 10, 2010

A carrot, an egg, and a cup of coffee...



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 three 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.


In about twenty minutes 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 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 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?” she asked her daughter. “When adversity knocks on your door,

how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?”


Think of this: 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?


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 breakup, 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, it releases

the fragrance and flavor. If you are like the bean, when things are at their

worst, you get better and change the situation around you.


When the 20hour is the darkest and trials are their greatest do you elevate yourself to another level?


How do you handle adversity?


Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?


May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you

strong, enough sorrow to keep you human and enough hope to make you happy.


The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just

make the most of everything that comes along their way.


The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past; you can't go forward in life until

you let go of your past failures and heartaches.


When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live

your life so at the end, you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you

is crying.




- Daro.


Dedicated to all who is facing hardship. To those who are trying to hold on and to those who need to move on.