Here I would like to wish some people on their belated birthday:
To my beloved cousin-sis who lives over the sea, Minna.
To my best friend who seldom see him, Jeffery.
Anyway, back to the "The Mayonnaise Jar and 2 cups of Coffee" question. So far I got ONE visitor has answered it.
ken: Firstly, sand, Pebbles, Golf balls, lastly, two cups of coffee
To answer of what is the meaning of your own arrangement, let's read some intro about "The Mayonnaise Jar and 2 cups of Coffee"
When things in your life seem almost too much to handle,
When 24 Hours in a day is not enough,
Remember the mayonnaise jar and 2 cups of coffee.
A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls.
He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.
The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls.
He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.
The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else.
He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with an unanimous 'yes.'
The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed.
'Now,' said the professor, as the laughter subsided, 'I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life.
The golf balls are the important things - God, Family, Children, Health, Friends, and Favorite Passions -- things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.
The pebbles are the other things that matter like your Job, House, and Car.
The sand is everything else --the small stuff.
'If you put the sand into the jar first,' he continued, 'there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life.
If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are Important to you.
So...
Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play With your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your partner out to dinner. Play another 18. There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal.
'Take care of the golf balls first --the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.'
One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represented.
The professor smiled. 'I'm glad you asked'. It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend.'
Please share this with someone you care about.
So to Ken, your priorities was all the small stuff then your job, car then God, family, health, favourite passions. You need to pay more attention to your 'Golf Balls first then lastly the sand. But you're always be there for friends for yam char or yam seng. Heeheeee
Okays, back to my blog's update.
Here I would like to announce that I AM PROUD TO BE A GOOD CITIZEN though it took such a long time to be one. I'VE GOT 'Buku Merah'! It means I'm a blood donor! Here is the picture.
It was my first time to donate my bloody blood which I had kept it to myself ALL THESE YEARS. I was so scared to see the thick needle into the vain where the freshy blood out from the body into a 'bag'. I wasn't sure what was the process but I could roughly know something. I took the courage to donate as my company was organizing in our premise.
It was from Pusat Darah Negara came into our office at 10am til 4pm. I had prepared myself to have enough breakfast, being calm, waiting for the time to go along with other colleagues, and here was it.
The process were these:
- Need to fill up a form and a card to ensure that we are free from the diseases, medication etc together with our info
- Get blood sample from your middle fingertip with disposal small needle which is no pain.
- Test the blood at the chart board to ensure what blood type and also to check our hemoglobin rate that capable to donate.
- Weigh to ensure we are enough heavy to meet their requirement, more than 45kg.
- Check our blood pressure and the doc will ask some question like whether got enough 8-hour sleep, coffee intake, sexual activity etc
- Register into Blood Bank data by getting our "Buku Merah" (for 1st-time like me) or updating your book
- Get prepare lying on the bed with all the documents.
- Nurse will find the vain to poke the needle to get your blood.
That's it.
I was so dramatized at the beginning when lied on the bed. I got nearly cried but didn't cry. Thank goodness I was lying next to Yi Hwa (my colleague) being supportive for not being afraid. She asked me not to look when the nurse doing her job to poke the needle. FYI, I need to donate 450ml of my blood. I screamed when I found out the pain but that was a very short one. My blood flowed very fast down to the 450ml bag while I need to squeeze my hand with the plastic pipe. I could feel the flowing blood from my body through the vain, like bubble-feel.
After finished filling up the 'bag', I saw the nurse took out the needle from my vain and it didn't feel any pain, at all. Still lying on the bed for about 10mins (I guess) then only can stand on the ground. Luckily I don't feel any dizzy or something but was given a cup of Milo, a pack of Lychee drink, 2-packet supplement pills, a bread and a pack of fruit biscuits. There you go, after you donate your blood you will get all these foods!
It was a good experience for donating my precious blood. Heeheee
Back to Bali trip's pictures...continued:
After the volcano climb...next, what we do?? To be continued, again. Heeheee
Another pictures continued from Sau Hong's wedding luncheon on 25th November 2007:
Last Thursday, my colleague got an invite for a fine dining at new chinese restaurant at Bangsar Village, ReUnion. She asked me to come along as the PR company asking whether she is going with a partner. Here I am, the lucky one. I didn't take many pictures as I didn't bring my camera (since I got snatched, I dare not to bring camera in my bag). Instead I'd only took 3 pictures with my camera-phone. The ambience was contemporary yet tradition with the mixtured of 'yin & yang' concept. The dishes was great and 'fine'. I didn't know fine dining is a small portion of food served in a plate, very SMALL in quantity. Overall, the place is cosy; the foods were fresh but much with MSG (salty); services above moderate but a little lack of table manners; prices...I have no idea. :) But need to thanks for the PR company for inviting us.
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