these are all that i need most of the times these days to get me on the go and fully productive and working.. i’d transfer all these ‘necessary-for-my-survival’ items all over my soho to enjoy different seating/working environments, or onto my car for a short drive to clear my head at some of my [...]
11.22.08 | TheCeramicDesigner-upcloser, working-online | TheCeramicDesigner
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
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
with the school holidays over and the new maid finally stationed in my port, i’m trying to get back into ceramic-focus after nearly three months of house ‘bliss’.. but hey, it’s difficult these days coz daily dosage of chedet.com is a must too!! and that could go on and on the whole morning maa…
blogging for [...]
06.10.08 | TheCeramicDesigner-upcloser, working-online | TheCeramicDesigner
my last posting was 2 and a half weeks ago.. mmm, what have i been doing?? busy with the housechores, the kids, the cats, the fishes, the plants and yes, tuti & tutu the turtles!! hardly any real ceramic-work has been attempted!!
i’ve been procastinating big time, aarrgghh..!!
i’m still my husband’s french-maid-of-honour.. but it’s [...]
06.1.08 | TheCeramicDesigner-upcloser | TheCeramicDesigner
yes, i’ve been ‘crying’ the past 2hours, whilst i was uploading the photos of my ceramic leaves in my previous two postings.. thinking about the public disrespects and humiliations the present malaysian government is continuing giving to it’s former PM, our beloved Tun Dr Mahathir..
i’m no supporter of any political party, but i’m [...]
05.9.08 | TheCeramicDesigner-upcloser | TheCeramicDesigner
