of Pampering myself

Life has been up n down like an engine's cylinder, n in my case, it would b a V6 engine movement?

I feels so productive while I work. Especially working for other people. There's really lots to learn n it'll never end!! I feels great compared to back then, when I was running my own business (which is handled by my sis now), where I only find myself being productive once in a while @.@

I find it pretty challenging in my work especially month end, when lots of colleagues try their best to hit their targets, or some hitting their highest achievement, b it sales or collection.

n me, I'm on finance, n that will  b rentals n leasing :\ kinda like nightmares

let's just stop here :P

So, after so much of hard works while working outside, I'd decided to pamper myself with a lil something something ;)

Being super fussy n selective all the time, it took me a frigging 3 years plus to get a wallet n new phone.

Usually I'll choose something more of QUALITY n style, it gotta b LEATHER, n that will make the 

item shoot up to a suffocating price too. But whatever it is, I just buy it when I fell in love with it, just like what happened when I laid my eyes on Ralph Lauren wallet that I've bought a few years back, n it had served me well.

It's just very very very very annoying when I say I wanna get something, but ended up failing to do so cuz I couldnt find something I like nor I could make up my mind :\

So, I had a thought. Y not, I randomly walk into a shop, pick the best looking wallet, n buy it.

I did. n now ended up with this el-cheapo wallet.

N while I was stuffing everything from my old wallet into this, I realised I hav so damn many ATM card!! I hav 6 of it n I've decided to put 2 away into my drawer :\

Sadly non of the ATM card is able to withdraw cash :(

Recalled what Jez said, what's the point of having so many cards when it's empty in the account =.=

let's just say...... my family have this weird habit of opening account in every single bank available :P

N it got a zipper compartment :\ time to keep some coins

oh! n that's my sexy hand there :)

n that's my bed sheet :P I know it's nice

As for a phone, I got a Toshiba =.= staff price, so tempting!!

Protege G910, confirmed worth the money :)

What's next? something for my car? Something besides lowering springs n new tint?

I didnt mention about getting a watch, did I :P

of Carrot, Egg & Oolong Tea

u see, our company started this lil practice some time ago, where all of us meeting up in our respective department manager's room, every morning after every1 arrived. Then, each of us will take turn to share a topic, of interest, hobbies, knowledge.... B it about cars, politic views, yoga, sex, wtv, just something to share with each other.
So there was one day, when it was my boss' turn, she shared this story, which makes me recall an eMail I received some time ago.

It's called:-

"Carrot, Egg & Oolong Tea"

The story goes like this:-

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 Oolong tea. 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 Oolong out and placed it in a bowl. Turning to her daughter, she asked, "Tell me what you see."

"Carrots, eggs, and Oolong tea," 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 Oolong. 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 Oolong tea was unique, however. After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water color and taste.

"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 Oolong tea?

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 Oolong tea? The tea 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 tea, when things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation around you. When the hour 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 Oolong tea?

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.

I think I'm more like an egg. Soft n fragile @ first, but as time pass after all shit up n down, I tend to toughen up.

May we all be OOLONG TEA !!!!!!!!!