A Homemaker’s Diary

As of today, my task for June is 90% done and hopefully by Friday night I could wrap everything nicely in the boxes, tape the boxes and send it to DHL drop off location on Saturday..yeay! Actually I want to settle everything on Friday morning (this morning) but my headache is killing me and I just need to sleep earlier this morning…(I usually sleep at 7:30am since this task)..huhu..

I’m blogging now because I just happened to come upstairs to clear my memory card and recharge my T30 battery for tomorrow’s product shooting. I think I need to tell my client that from now onwards I just don’t feel like doing any product shooting for her anymore. It’s just too time consuming and since I have so much in hands, I need to let go some of the things that I have to do.

Well, the picture of bunga pahar above was taken right after I finished the last 50 of the bunch. I bought a new pahar stand and just would like to see how it looks like on the pahar. I think I like my old one better..nevertheless this new pahar will help me next time I have new bunga telur to cucuk on it, right..haha!

I’m off to sleep. This Sunday I want to sleep till night..oh, I can’t..I made an appointment with my tailor to send the kain I bought for my baju raya..otherwise I have to buy ready made baju raya again this year…I’m planning to sew manik on my Thai silk baju kurung this year..why do I have to plan so much, huh! I really need to take a break and stop planning for things to do..it’s just killing me..am I workaholic now??!! A restless mind, perhaps!

Today I decided to look around for more money making opportunities on my blog. It’s not that I’m changing perspective but lately the usual paid to blog services I used to write for are having stiff and lack of topics to write for. It seems that sometimes when the company is getting well known the attention diverts on it will be bigger and I just don’t like to fight for seat on the spot, if you get what I mean.

So after much reading and searching, I would like to give it a try to Bloggerwave. The concept is still the same. You look for available opportunity to write a review on new website, products or services for advertisers and once you have published the post on your blog, you have to wait for it to be approved and you will get paid. The payment for each approved post would be around USD10 (well, that’s what I saw available at the moment)

Since this company is based in Denmark, I hope the range of opportunities available from European advertisers would be varied. I like writing sponsored posts as the researching and reading tasks would give me reasons to find out new things and info which I would not know otherwise.

So if you have a blog and you have the passion for writing, try out Bloggerwave and hope in a month or two, you too could buy the new TV you have been wishing for.

Just as I thought I could really take some times off this month, I got another order from Brunei..yeay and huhuhu..hahaha..well, maybe during the coming fasting month I would be able to take a whole one month break (hopefully) and spend sometimes for myself.

I’m planning for a short vacation as well in August, just right after I send this order to Brunei for the client’s wedding in September. So I will work hard till middle of August and really enjoy myself during the vacation time..(am I trying to console myself for the lack of time off..haha..)

Luckily the whole order for both July and August delivery is not much (so in a way I don’t really have to push myself too much to chase the dateline) but I think the payment amount would be enough for me to renew my International passport for this vacation trip.

Lately I’ve got few calls for corporate deals as well but I don’t really fancy customizing for corporate orders. One main reason is that they always take longer time to pay and they always like to waste my time, asking to meet in person to discuss like 4-5 times, talking nonsense and yet in the end wasting my energy and time. Maybe I could just stick with normal customers for now because they are easier to deal with and always happy to receive my craft work just as it is.

Well, I’m off to continue my last touch and hopefully for the next 2 days and weekend, I would be able to rest and watch the DVD Mukhsin I bought few weeks ago on my new TV and DVD..haha!

I really have to think about my craft room makeover soon. Even though I am so lazy to think about all the moving and arranging tasks that will be involved in the relocation of my craft work place, I am very excited to think about the room make over.

I am thinking about changing the curtains in that particular room from normal fabric curtains to something more contemporary like hanging blinds or shades. I think I have to look for blinds that very durable and can stand the heat and the heavy splash of rain.

The choice of shades they have in the website are great too since the room really gets a lot of daylight and as much as I want to be in the sun, it would jeopardize the lifespan of my crafts items.

These Cosmowood faux wood blinds are great as well. The blinds have the look of wood but have the durability of polyvinyl. Plus with the current dust accumulating through the windows, this choice is the best as I can easily clean the slats using damp cloth.

Now I really have to think to make the best decision for the craft room make over..hmm..time to ponder!

After more than one month working hard days and nights, I am so happy to say that my task is almost done, yes you read it right, it’s not done yet..it’s almost done..hehe..

As usual my living hall is still in a big mess, but the mess is getting smaller each day..as I have dumped most of the not-in-use-now materials into the store room (it should be one of our guest rooms but it has became my store room for now)..I hope by this week everything will be shipped (no, it should be sent by air) to the overseas destination waiting for the actual wedding date in July.

I hope my client will be happy to receive the items. Anyway, it costs around RM420 per box to send by DHL (roughly given the volumetric weight of the box to the customer service and she came out with that price) and I have about 4 boxes to be couriered (it should be 5 but I manage to optimize the space)..huhu..it makes the cost of shipping almost as much as the cost of the items..now I know why imported goods are expensive.

I’m off to sleep for now. Will continue my final touch till Wednesday. Then I’m free like a bird for the whole week..yeay! Pirate of the Carribean here I come..swoosh swoosh!