Attaining perfection through the coffee process (prelude to thesis by guowen)

watched the last samurai the other night, not bad....but what i really remembered was a sentence that Tom Cruise said. He was talking
about how unique the samurais were, " ....from the moment they wake up in the morning, they would train to perfect their craft, every little
detail, hon to perfection...." i dun think that was an exact quote....forgot the exact words but i think i got the general idea....Its wonderful dun you think? to be so discipline, to have so much determination. At the same time its seems that they have nothing to worry
at all, just doing what they do and concentrating on that alone, each and every person in the village has a role, and they would perfect that
job that they were born to.Translated into my context, it would be bliss, to just take photos and perfect the craft. Technical excellence. But in todays society, where
everything is so much more fast paced, you need to know more, do more, live less. Where there will be technological advancement to help
take some load of men, but that also means men have to know more and do more to stay relevant to the society. Where does it end? But
amongst all these chaos and rush, there would always be a grp of ppl who stands out, people who manage to achieve perfection in their craft
whatever craft it may be....i was told once by a fren, that there are 3 different kinds of people in the world, the Carrot, the Egg and the
Coffee.The people who come under the catogory of carrot are the weakest of people, they are hard in normal days but when you soak them
in water, they turn soft. Put them in a pressured environment and watch them crumble. Then comes the Egg people. These people are the
underdogs, looking weak and fragile.......but when you soak them, they turn hard as a rock. Now for the people that rise above the rest, the
coffee people. looking at them, they dun seem like anything, but you smell the aroma, a subtle potential. Then soak them in boiling
water.....they dun crumble neither do they turn hard....they change the color of the water...Where do i belong? Wat kind of person am i? I would love to be part of the coffee people, i want so much to be like that....but truth be told, i
think there is three of these groups in everyone of us. We are the choices we make in life and i am not about to become a carrot, futhermore
....i love coffee....thats a start. isn't it? LOL
wen.
a coffee person.
ps. thx joe. best advice giver. i added the aroma part in myself....more drama....