it’s been exhausting shopping, preparing and anticipating… but now that all the official dinners are over, i feel much more relaxed eventhough the actual award presentation is still yet to be completed.. hubby says it’s some time before puasa, but as long as i know already what i’m going to be wearing that day, i’m [...]
07.29.08 | TheCeramicDesigner-upcloser | TheCeramicDesigner
Saturday, February 01, 2003, 9:45pm..
Endurance tests came in various forms from various directions. Limited resources, weak cashflows, late payments, late deliveries, technical breakdowns, staffing problems, product rejections and the like were regular tests on a monthly basis. These taught me to be more prudent, always making full use of existing resources, always trying to make-do, [...]
07.21.08 | TheCeramicDesigner-upcloser | TheCeramicDesigner
snippets??
more like random thots in my head, but i want to immitate my favourite doc, dr. M.. so there!! )
1. have started producing the pyramid teapots again, eventhough their downpayment hasn’t been cleared.. update 21 july: payment cleared, casting and blue glazing completed, darkbrown glaze arriving, expected delivery 28 july, to invoice before delivery.. [...]
07.16.08 | ceramic-matters | TheCeramicDesigner
i’ve neglected my e-shopping activities for some time now till somebody came knocking by interested in buying bulk/direct instead of purchasing retail/online..
i’ve been planning to move all these items into another website that focus solely on online-selling, but before all that can finally happen with me being the IT-novice and all.. any direct bulk-purchasings are [...]
07.15.08 | ceramic-matters, working-online | TheCeramicDesigner
everybody was supposed to wear any tones of blue.. but as what happened last year when we first introduced this dress colour-theme, some gals still turned up in different colors..
yeah, yeah, yeah regardless of that.. here we are the aussiegals posing in our best bluesy-attires!! this time around there were only 11 of [...]
07.15.08 | TheCeramicDesigner-upcloser | TheCeramicDesigner
Monday January 27, 2003, 2:35pm..
So that’s how my ceramic design & manufacturing business was started. By co-incidence!!
I had to come up with product samples, therefore I had to turn my kitchen table into a design workshop. I had to prepare invoices for products sold bearing my brandname, therefore I had to formally register a business. [...]
07.14.08 | TheCeramicDesigner-upcloser | TheCeramicDesigner
friday january 24, 2003 10:35pm…
Why talk about failures when you want to achieve something? Shouldn’t we be talking about success stories to motivate us to go that extra mile towards achieving our goals? Why should we bother reading about any ventures or undertakings that failed?
Success never comes easy. It requires hardwork, perserverance and patience. [...]
07.14.08 | TheCeramicDesigner-upcloser | TheCeramicDesigner
it was the month of january in the year 2003..
my 39th birthday would just be a few weeks away in february.. my accidental business venture would turn 10 years old about that same time.. and i was confused, tired, lost, tormented, feeling like a failure and thinking of giving it all up..
so i started writing [...]
07.10.08 | TheCeramicDesigner-upcloser, ideas-inspirations | TheCeramicDesigner
i’ve been looking at the lotuses in my garden the past 2 and a half years.. thinking that i should design something based on them.. maybe a covered ceramic bowl?? or ceramic ashtray?? a ceramic teapot, maybe??
other plants in my garden are also waving and swaying towards my direction every time i pass by.. hoping [...]
07.10.08 | ideas-inspirations | TheCeramicDesigner
now you don’t have to tilt your head sideways, eh?? i forgot to rotate the mug-photos before uploading to the blog!! silly me…
07.10.08 | ceramic-matters | TheCeramicDesigner
