I think I know how Mother Teresa felt.

We're going to do a charity tea 2 Saturdays from now, and I have to get at least 10 cans of Abalone to make Abalone Porridge for 180 people from the All Saints Home in Tampines.

Got my first rejection today *whimper* ... Cold Storage turned us down even though I said we would like to BUY the cans of Abalone from them, at cost price. I mean, I wouldn't know what cost price would be, but it would have been nice if they could have given us a little discount, as it is for charity, and its only 10 cans worth.

I feel I've been spat on, even though I haven't actually been spat on, but that's how the rejection feels. Mother Teresa was spat on when she begged for bread for her orphans, and she calmly wiped it off, and said, "Well, that was for me. Now how about some bread for my children?" I should be doing that, being calm and slog on, but it really HURTS.

Its hard to beg, and begging for others doesn't make it any easier. *sigh sadly*