Being a college student with limited pocket money, even if sponsored by JPA, has to always berjimat-cermat and be thrifty (but not kiam siap aka selfish though, you see I learnt my morals and ethics and whatsoever...). So Calvin and his roommate bought a big Jumbo size Gard*nia bread, thinking they have made a smart choice...
And on Monday, Mr Jimat found out that the bread's expiry date was on Wednesday. He didn't panicked but applied the principals of economics he learnt in his week of economics. So it was bread in the morning, bread in the night and bread again next morning, just to make sure the resources are fully utilised and not even a single crumb is wasted. However, it was awful!!! Super saver in cost but a super killer in appetite. It was not the economics' problem of scarcity (which he has learnt) but the problem of too much supply (which he haven't quite learnt it all and havent get what is that funny Latin phrase ceteris paribus).
I just can't control myself to declare
MAN SHALL NOT LIVE BY BREAD ALONE!!!
[Deuteronomy 8:3]
No wonder Calvin is so thin, but perhaps is that his secret to tallness? [Don't be silly and think it's a yes] Anyway, eating bread doesn't seem just as plain as it is. Try eating three to four servings per meal and you'll know. It's that choking and dehydrating taste of tastless preservatives that kills!
And this Sunday, as Christians, we break bread together to remind ourselves that Jesus died for us and that He has arisen and will come back again. It's a practice from the Last Supper. And I was looking at the bread. It was that same old Gard*nia bread I had last week. Again?
Anyway, I took the bread and ate. Yeah, it was bread and pretty much like the one I ate. But then, I was reminded of this verse:
And on Monday, Mr Jimat found out that the bread's expiry date was on Wednesday. He didn't panicked but applied the principals of economics he learnt in his week of economics. So it was bread in the morning, bread in the night and bread again next morning, just to make sure the resources are fully utilised and not even a single crumb is wasted. However, it was awful!!! Super saver in cost but a super killer in appetite. It was not the economics' problem of scarcity (which he has learnt) but the problem of too much supply (which he haven't quite learnt it all and havent get what is that funny Latin phrase ceteris paribus).I just can't control myself to declare
MAN SHALL NOT LIVE BY BREAD ALONE!!!
[Deuteronomy 8:3]
No wonder Calvin is so thin, but perhaps is that his secret to tallness? [Don't be silly and think it's a yes] Anyway, eating bread doesn't seem just as plain as it is. Try eating three to four servings per meal and you'll know. It's that choking and dehydrating taste of tastless preservatives that kills!
And this Sunday, as Christians, we break bread together to remind ourselves that Jesus died for us and that He has arisen and will come back again. It's a practice from the Last Supper. And I was looking at the bread. It was that same old Gard*nia bread I had last week. Again?
Anyway, I took the bread and ate. Yeah, it was bread and pretty much like the one I ate. But then, I was reminded of this verse:
"I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry again. Whoever believes in me will never be thirsty." [John 6:35 ]
It terribly reminded how once I ate the bread to make sure my own money is fully utilised to satisfy my bodily needs, but today I ate it to remind myself that this Jesus' body broken for me on the cross to save me from sure eternal condemnation. This Bread of Life is not the normal, full of preservatives bread, but the bread that preserves my life and gives me the perseverance to finish the race...
God, give us today our daily bread...
