Ants on Rainy Days

Several days ago, some of my foods were attacked. I was supposed to save them for the rainy days. However, numerous ants found them and will now save them for the rainy days. I don’t like it. I really don’t like it. It’s like I am feeding an orphanage full of hungry children.

Ants, on the other hand, can teach us humans some of the significant life lessons.

1. Ants try and will continue to retry their quest for provisions/food. They will walk through any surface (jagged, tough, or even grueling surface) no matter what. Sometimes, they even walk on water! I have seen it really (there’s some science term behind it). In other words, they persevere (they don’t give up).

2. Ants explore different places to search food. In other terms, they go out of the place where they perform their daily routine (they go out of their comfort zone).

3. Ants save for the rainy days. For us humans, it’s like saving money when we have lots of money. When rainy days come, how can you save money if you only have little money?

4. To be determined…

There is just one thing that we should not follow with ants. Ants don’t rest. Day and night, they work. So they don’t have a “time in” and “time out” of work.

Proverbs tell us “Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.”

Bottom line: Humans should be wiser than ants.

Five Coffee Cups

I am not really a coffee drinker. However, coffee shops are quite alluring. I like the ambiance and the sounds of something like bossa nova, jazz, and similar others. A few months ago, I have started checking them out. I bought some ice-blended coffee (with a cream on the top). I can’t really recall the exact names of those drinks but for sure I can remember the names of the great shops here in my island.

Starbucks is great. However, due to its popularity, a lot of people (Koreans, Filipinos, Americans, Europeans, etc.) linger around. “Too crowded” – that’s the phrase to define it here in Cebu.

Bo’s Coffee is really good. I like the place because it’s not crowded when I go there. Perhaps I’ll have a visit there sometime this week.. hehe

I also recommend the following: Gloria Jean’s, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, and Brown Cup. Sometime soon, I’ll try Mocha Blends, Figaro, Seattle’s Best, and McCafe. However, I still need to travel to the capital of my country (Manila) in order to taste the products of the latter three coffee shops (and to collect those good-for-viewing-and-collecting plastic cups).

Surfing the net with your laptop (since most coffee shops have free WiFi), reading your book, enjoying the company of your buddies, making some deals with business people, relaxing your soul, and/or taking pleasure in drinking the coffee are basically the reasons why people go to this kind of place.. Moreover, I also like observing the conduct of some interesting people.. What might be the other reasons?