My favourite time

Been working long hours lately and there was certainly no me time. Not to mention writing anything on this blog at all.

However, something has never change no matter how late I work nor how tired I am.

Whenever I am home, my two beloved would surround me with their unending chats. The gossips in school, their likes and dislikes. The latest things on the net, new discovery of an artist that is worth looking out for. Sometimes, they were not even talking to me but among themselves. I am contented just by lying down on the couch listening to them.

My pride and joy. They gave me love, meaning to work hard and strength to go on when the road is tough. They pain my heart sometimes and drive me to the wall. But they are still my beloved. I never have any doubt about it and never will.

More tissue box

New designs for my tissue box. Do you like it? I don't know why I do so many. But when I see the right paper, inspiration came and viola!!

My Shoes and me

I love shoes.

Who wouldn't? When I was in my mid-twenties, I loved buying Ferragamo. Ferragamo patent pumps in different colours were my pride and joy. I would spend my weekend polishing and loving them. As number one come along, four inches heels are lowered to two inches. By the time number came, two inches turn into flats and finly evolved into crocs.

I don't know when would I ever get a chance to wear fancy shoes again as practicality overpower vanity. This is life for me now. But who is stopping me from drooling and hankering them secretly on my heart?

Midweek Inspiration

Workload is picking up, people is bringing you down.  This is reality but I have to live with it.  I am not complaining, I rather embrace it and full use of what we have.

 

I like to encourage myself and you, if you are reading this. Smile, you know you are special and a limited edition.  Happy weekday!

 

Tissue Box by Alicia

I had a flu in mid-Jan on my birthday.  The flu was was so bad that it lasted for weeks and after that my body went into a stage of strange starvation.  It is as if has an unlimited desire for food and the hunger pangs came without  warning, if I did not eat in time, body turn cold and shivery.  This went on for quite a few weeks and thank God I managed recover completely before Chinese New Year.

During the time I was sick, I used a lot of tissue paper and realized that I hate the normal commercial box packaging that came with it.  On the other hand, if I were to buy those with plastic packaging, the plastic wrapping gets out of shape as the tissue papers were drawn out piece by piece.

I started to wonder if there is a solution for it. A reusable tissue box that is pleasing to the eyes and a decorative item in the room.  I made the first prototype during my Chinese New Year holidays.  It was horrendous.

Then the second prototype -

I put it up on FB and the respond was overwhelming.  I was encouraged and made this latest version.  How does this look?  The third prototype, give me your comments.

What I need to do in 2013

Source: Lotte Duty Free

Finally, it is here.  We have been talking about it, looking forward and yet afraid that it comes too soon.

2013 is here and it is here to stay.  I better make good use of it or I can call it another wasted year. I don't want to call it a new year resolution, as it will never work for me.  But I do have plans for 2013.  I will list it down now and check them at the end of this year.

1. Lose weight - I need to for whatever reason: health, beauty, self-esteem; it is a must.  No more procrastination. Any one with good advice or want to be my brisk walking mate, you are welcome.  I will be more practical and set small goals and each goal achieved will have a small prize ( not food, lol).  But the ultimate is this-Tiffany Yours in sterling it silver.  Not that I cannot afford the ring now, but I want to buy only when I have achieved the ideal weight so that I can have a smaller ring size.  If I were to have it now, the ring will not fit me if I lost the excess pounds right?

Source: Tiffany Yours

2. Have more of me time, some quiet moment to reflect everyday. What I want to do and what I need to do.  Writing  blog is a way to look at things in my own way and voicing what I need to say and recording my thoughts such as this.

3. Be more organized.  I am already being known to be a very organized person but there are so many things going on in my life and I feel that I need to be even more organized than this.  Am I a control freak?  I don't know.  But I feel the need to, at least for 2013.

4. Get the living room done up.  I have moved in for half a year now but I am still quite undecided about how the hall should be done up.  I just painted the wall few weeks back in Ash Grey and it turned out fine for me.  I think I am still on the right track.

5. Going to Bangkok with my daughter - This is my promise to her and I will keep it.

6. Attend CRI or Lounge H - I am speaking alien now and only eels will understand.  Sorry.

7. Be debt free - this is important to me.  As a single parent, the lesser liabilities the better.

8. Spend more time with mum and dad.  No matter what happened, I will not live to regret if I have done enough.  What is enough?  I don't know.  I guess as long as I am happy and contented, that is enough.

I think the list is long enough, we will come back and check at the end of the year.