interesting fact 1: coffeexified

drink quite alot of coffee till if i dont drink one cup for one day at work, i'll definetely have a big headache the next day. creepy, eh.. but i bet i'm not the only one like that.. ehehehe

but 2 months ago (1st june), my friend and i decided to go on a coffee fast. reason behind the fasting was for a mission trip that we'll be going to miri. we both wanted to do something that will 'cost' us something and yeah.. coffee was our choice.

man, the first week of my fasting was draining... seriously draining. i had to conduct training to a group of people and during the afternoon tea break, everyone was drowsy and so was i. but the tempting part was, the tea lady prepared nescafe coffee for all of us.. gosh.. imagine the smell that filled the whole room, the aroma that makes your mouth all watery, the wanting to have that cup to make your day more complete.. but alas, i had to drink plain water.. everyone in the class was asking me to take a cup and gosh, how i wished i could but i had to reject it. *sigh..* then, after the first day, i had headaches. withdrawal symptom that is. and this had to go on till July 14 when the mission trip starts.

the challenge continued when i was asked to stay back late, or work night shifts.. and no coffee. imagine staying awake while the rest of my colleagues were drinking coffee from Coffee Beans and Starbucks or even from the nearest mamak stall. and the most i could compromise was drinking tea which did not have the same 'kick' as coffee would. oh well... endurance..

just when we arrived in miri, the first place my friend and i headed was towards san francisco coffee and man.... coffee tasted good. hahahaha!! i had my ice-blended mocha.. yumm~ never did i realised that i would miss the taste of coffee.. but throughout the whole duration of my coffee fasting, i've learned a few things.
1. i have to go thru the discipline of fasting where i learn to really depend on God to give me sanity.
2. endurance, patience, perseverance... many times we wanted to quit but we keep each other accountable.
3. humble cuz i didnt tell anyone that i was fasting, even when they wanted to treat me Starbucks Coffee.. *sigh*
but above all, after all that was done, and finally the fast was broken.. it was a good experience.

now, i just need to get myself back to coffeexified rather than tea-xified. ;o)