cHase. the butTeRfLy

i jus love the beach!! its a great place for family-bonding activities, not to mention a superb weekend getaway. imagine crystal clear water where u can actually see the seabed..soft hot sand on your feet..salty water all over your face (this hurts a bit though)..floating in the water n letting the tide carry you away. it was amazing. we played ball. we drew n wrote our names on the sand. we collected seashells. we built sandcastles. we set up a tent to shade us from the burning sun. we had a mat for us to lie down. n this is where i fell asleep. while listening to the waves crashing on the shore, n having the wind, blowing hot-at-the-same-time-cool air into my face. God had definitely done a good job so that we can savour n appreciate the nature. i thank u, the Almighty, for your magnificent, beautiful, n calming creation.(=

When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar….and the  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 a 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 recognise that this jar represents  your life. 

The golf balls are the important things - your family, your  children, your health, your friends and your favourite 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, your  house and your 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.   
 
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 diner. 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."   

goes to iej, mubin, dira, belle, yaa, mamai. remember?(=

trauma got us shrieking. watching thrillers with ur girfriends really is worth the money. we managed to turn the not-so-scary movie to a the ultimate horror flick didnt we girls?

then came the half choc banana cake! the pizza hut’s crews were nice enuff to switch off the lights, n bring in the well lit cake, superb enuff to even sing mamai n mubin a bday song. bt they kinda messed it up when it comes to saying ur names..

photo booth!! imagine squeezing 7 well-fed, fully grown girls into a booth. haha. had quite the trouble there, trying to get evryone in the pix. but they turned out pretty didnt they? thanx to my scribbles. (;

up to that point, evrything was fantastic. not to add the fact that jec & bin’s car were parked next to each other. man..thats very suprising.

the whole day = thrilling.