Yay, two weeks off from reality...

ok, so i finally got the chance to just write away things. it's been almost three months of silence/laziness (to write particularly), and since it's the second day of my two-week christmas vacation, i owe this blog some fresh words.


to start with, i need to explain the silence. two things - busier than ever with rediscovering more important stuff, and reuniting it with the creative side of my life. 


see, i had been reading robert kiyosaki's RDPD, some self-help book i wanted to read for ages but had been discouraged with awful reviews from friends and sites i stumbled upon. but, i eventually did read it. i thought it was enlightening! especially for someone with an entrepreneurial mind! i mean, that book was my reminder. it kind of like reminded me about how i wanted to act, to be, to become since i was selling my hand-made scroongies, pen holders back in grade 2. it reminded me how i wanted to make things and sell them! and i also learned many other real things. so while reading the book, i ventured back into selling. talked with a few partners and sourced fashion stuff to sell during the holiday season. and it's not just selling, it's also putting up your own stall, keeping your merchandise safe while riding in a public transportation, lots of emailing and calling making sure the suppliers provide the items you have promised your clientele, etc. doing the selling thing again was rejuvenating; it feels like i became alive again, after years of just waking up early in the morning to catch the early bus for work. i loved it. but it took most of my weekends away, and i had to sacrifice. it was a good start of something great, i thought.
so, that was the more important part i was talking about earlier. because, i had to grow up. i need to learn how to invest, and not just invest, but to put my money where it could grow. i had to invest, it's the riskiest part of learning, but we only learn when we risk because that's the time we give our all and put our minds into it to survive. and i did learn lots of things. still, despite the nasty reviews of RDPD, it helped me a lot, so my thumb's up to kiyosaki.
on to the less important, i guess, how else should we call it anyway? i went back to my sewing cravings. i think i even made another blog to chronicle my adventures as the "dressmaker", as someone in my loop calls it. but i didn't wanna do real clothes; i chose the more difficult path--make doll clothes, the 1:6 scale kind. everyone says it's suicide to work on those tiny pieces when you're just a novice with the sewing machine. i know, but i persisted. because i love making things, especially tiny ones. the techniques, i had to learn myself because enrolling at a sewing school is worth another sewing machine. i did consider schooling for a time, but i instead bought a sewing machine, and that was a year ago. that was my hubby's advice, and i thought he was right. he is right, because i'm the kind of person who overestimates herself, thinking she can do everything. but isn't that dangerously positive? oh well, but i am really glad i bought that machine instead of signing up for a basic sewing class. so, now zapped to the present, the business woman in me whispered something - why not sell what i'm making? yeah, then i started checking out the market, and i was fascinated by the plethora of doll fashion makers in the internet. they are catering to the collectors market, and isn't it wonderful? i even convinced a fashion accessory designer/entrepreneur friend to make ones for the dolls as well...and i found lots of generous people who provided very helpful tutorials to get me started. i loved sewing for the dolls. it's fun, it's creative that i could do it all day. with it, i could still be the fashion designer i wanted to be since i was a kid; only 5/6 short in scale. 


so eventually, i decided i'm gonna keep doing both activities in the coming years, to keep me sane :) and yeah, of course write some stuff here when i need to.