A Mind of My Own

Women love accessories. I love them too. I have earrings of various lengths and types. In my hunt for jewellery pieces that are not worn by anyone else, I realised that I have to make my own otherwise I will be seeing everyone wearing that same piece.

Who doesn’t want to be unique? There pieces that I sell too. I try to go for light-weight pieces that are suitable for daily wear and those hook-ons since it’s faster. As of this moment, seasonal pieces are for sale. They are also suitable for daily wear too.

Clothes, earrings and necklaces are currently in stock at Cheri Divas. Free gifts for purchases made is also available. Free gifts are while stocks last.

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I’ve been playing with the unused nail polish for the past few days. I now have O.P.I, Lo’Real, The Face Shop, Izu, Red Earth and Sally Hansen. I played with them, no, not on my nails and realised why the girls love O.P.I.

It has the smoothest application even if the surface is uneven. Oh boy. The worst to apply is unfortunately, Lo’Real. When attempting to reapply when the nail polish is still wet, the shade went lighter. The same goes for The Face Shop, Izu, Sally Hansen and Red Earth.

What makes O.P.I. so special? I have no idea except that I am breathing in too much nail polish despite my attempts to paint in a room with the windows wide open. At this moment, I don’t mind collecting unused nail polish (any shade is welcomed) and unwanted jewellery. I am trying to go green by mix and match. So, contact me and let me know what you are willing to donate. Thanks.

Trying to change jobs can be tough. It took a friend of mine a year to totally change hers. It’s going to take a whole lot tougher for my case as I’m seen as someone who is more of a technical person due to my IT background than a writer.

Perhaps I’m hoping for too much but rejection from the same company twice is too much for my ego. I believe I have the talent for writing, yeah, right. I believe I can do better than those news being put in print, like I can write more engaging stories.

I wonder if I have been in this line for too long, lost track of my favourite passion; reading or I haven’t been polishing my writing skills quite up to par. Blogging doesn’t really count as it’s just my thoughts flowing and I don’t re-read for this blog. I just hit ‘Submit’ and the post is there.

That’s why I have to edit my posts a few times these days. Have I lost my touch? Or I just need more polishing, writing and reading? Trips to the library have been rare these days. I used to have this way of engaging the readers to my words and let them feel the characters’ emotions.

These days, the words fail to flow and run like a river. I should focus more on niche sites than this site. It’s distracting. I really ought to focus.

Anyone needs a freelance writer? I write technical specifications, thesis, reports and proof-reading. My fiction can be found here.

Today is the last Monday of August. Wonder what went on for this month. Basically, I’ve been to the office at 6am on a Sunday and did some testing. Went home at 8am. The bus driver sure took his time. I was about to flag a taxi when it arrived.

I finally got home at 9am. Had to take some breakfast before I went to bed. Flipped the newspapers before sleeping. Oh boy, it sure was a much needed rest. Slept late on Saturday night because was spending a wonderful evening with my DD.

Today was a day where I had to rectify an error and plan how to conduct more testing for the systems that are being moved to the new servers. I hate testing because we still have to provide support and modifications at the same time. Where got time to do so many things when we have to chase for the documentation sign offs, conduct trainings, attend meetings and don’t know what else. There is absolutely no time for self upgrade.

My last training was cancelled and I don’t want to ask for it again. It’s just tiring. I’m afraid that it’d be cancelled again because I’ve this feeling that something new will come in at the “right” time and I will be in charge of it. It can be flattering but it’s not easy of I’ve to modify or enhance the systems that I know nuts about.

I’ve been so moody for the past few weeks except when I’m not at work. Oh yeah, there’s still the school project for my honours. Darn. At least this is easier to handle.

I had talk with my colleague the other day. We were talking about the others who are looking for other places to work in. It seems like a lot of people are going to leave this year. The place has always been difficult to work in. In nicer words, very challenging. There are prospects in it but I haven’t been given any because I don’t think I’ve proven myself to them yet.

Maybe it’s just prejudice at work again. That is something we can’t do anything. I was asking my colleague if there’s any other interest besides doing what we’re doing now. The reply was the same as mine.

A challenge was issued. We would come up with a story that we’ve written before the end of this month. Hmm. I wonder if I can come up with one. Maybe I can since I have quite a number of half-written ones stored in my hard disk. I just need the correct mood to continue with either one.

Maybe I’m depending too much on mood before doing anything. Or maybe I just have 三分钟热度而已. However, I hope to re-discover my first love. The thing about the challenge is that blogging doesn’t count. Which it truly doesn’t because it’s not a story. It is just facts about real life although I can write my life into a biography. Which is boring because my life isn’t that exciting so much so that others would be tremdously interested in knowing what’s going on in my life.

Sometimes opportunities are there for us but we are afraid of giving up the current comfort zone. We are hesitating because we are not sure if we can adapt to it. Adaptibility is something that I’ve learnt from my first job because it’s part of the objectives that the founder has laid.

Life is always giving us tests to tackle along the way. It just makes our otherwise boring lives; eating, drinking and moving bowels, a little more interesting. We have brains to think and analyse. We have to weigh the pros and cons like what my other colleague mentioned. If the pros are what we want, so what with the cons?