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why talk about failures 7/7, FINAL..

why talk about failures 7/7, FINAL..

Thursday, February 06, 2003, 2.33pm..
So this is why, as i turned 39 yesterday, i’m writing down my thoughts and recollecting past failures and successes, trying to recapture the energy and zest that seem to be eluding me the past few years in the midst of personal tribulations and continuously economic slowdowns. I know I can [...]

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my furry, furry children..

my furry, furry children..

tom @puan-tom @puan-tom-abang-saufi @permaisuri @latipah..
pebbles @batu @zubedah..
pumpkin @labu @rokiah..
puteh @abubakar..
scooby-doo @sulaiman..
mojo @mahmud..
mobi @biru @mustapha..
neng-neng @sheila.. & tam-tam @steven..

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why talk about failures 6/7..

why talk about failures 6/7..

Wednesday, February 05, 2003, 2.29pm..
As I turned 36, I started to have all sorts of ailments which were not life-threatening, but managed to drag me down physically and mentally. The various western-trained doctors that I saw dismissed most of my complaints as simply lack of sleep, lack of exercise, lack of this and lack of [...]

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ebay brainstorming session..

ebay brainstorming session..

hoping that this will be among my final brainstorming session about selling my ceramic handicrafts on ebay, let me just list down my previous worries and issues..
1. my ceramic items are breakable-items.. i was worried that many breakages, despite careful & safe packaging on my side plus insurance coverage, may give me plenty of negative [...]

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3days 2nights in our children's kampung..

3days 2nights in our children’s kampung..

i’m feeling holiday-lagged.. 3 full-days of sunway lagoon, ice-skating, alacarte-dining, fish-spa-ing, some shopping and plenty of kids’ fun-time.. is enough for aging bodies like mine and darling hubby’s..!! by the mid of the final day, we had to argue and persisted with the kids that enough is enough, mama and abah needed to go home [...]

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re-attempting ebay..

re-attempting ebay..

lets see.. should i continue pursuing this ebay-business..?? or should i finally thrash it out from my head..?? sell where the world goes shopping.. and as i was sharing my ebay-selling-tutorials with darling hubby after reaching home, i likened my 2 online stores as little shops with very limited customers in bukit beruntung.. whereas a [...]

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an ABBA fan since i was seventeen..

an ABBA fan since i was seventeen..

and 27 years later.. my 5yr old son is a fellow cult-member..!!!
i had been cooped up in my soho the past 5 days finishing off the remnants of my 2008 resolutions when i received a reminder call to attend this ebay-business tutorial seminar that i had registered a week earlier..
i’ve always been soho-based in my [...]

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ceramic passion re-visited, again..

ceramic passion re-visited, again..

i’m now just remembering my early years in my accidental-business.. whereby i spent my days full-time in my small factory.. supervising my 6 pioneer-staff.. expanding our work-area little by little.. increasing our production-machineries bit by bit.. driving around in my proton aeroback looking for suppliers in unfamiliar territories.. in my tattered jeans and overgrown men-shirts [...]

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one iced mochachino please..??

one iced mochachino please..??

mmm.. yum, yum.. slurrpp.. very nice.. hope this will get my head cracking, eh..??
december already and what have i achieved this year..?? have i grown richer, happier, savvier, healthier..?? have i become more organised, more work-focused, more religious, more business-minded..?? have i become a better mum/wife/daughter/sister/friend..??
around this time last year, i listed my 2008-goals into [...]

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another month to tie-up any loose ends..??

another month to tie-up any loose ends..??

i’m sitting here looking at my things-to-do list/s..
those lists have kept me sane the countless times that i got lost & confused..
those lists have gotten me back into focus the countless times that i went sidetracking..
those lists have helped me achieve whatever i’ve aimed to do..

oh how i cannot perform without my [...]

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