- Neale Donald Walsch
While flipping through a fashion mag just now, a thought crossed my mind.
Hmm…maybe it’s time I start getting facials. To many, this will draw a huh? What do ya mean? You never got one done before?
Well, yes. And I’m kinda weirdly proud that this face is still kept relatively well (ahem!) without a salon facial which I’ve been religiously keeping myself away from. Oh hell ya, I’m damn scared of these establishments pushing packages & god damn it expensive products to you.
But I think the recent reunion of my secondary school with the gals revealed that I may be probably the last female species who hasn’t let a ‘beautician’ touch her face. A facial virgin, you might say.
And erm, I kinda feel, is there anything I’m missing?
Hell, maybe it’s the not so funny laugh lines that I’ve noticed getting deeper, and the forehead frown lines (courtesy of Coconect) which got me frowning more…
But I definitely think that vanity is catching up with my age…or is it the other way around?…
Back from my 1st holiday ever in 2009, woohooo! Phuket, Kantary Bay, I love ya!
Worked for 2 days, then Hari Raya holidays, sheesh. Not that I don’t wanna work, but loads of kids around to entertain (myself included, LOL!)
Today, forced myself to wake up at a decent hour, gosh, and resume routine.
Only routine was heavily interrupted by mundane household chores, SHITES!
So, as of now, I am not in the best gung-ho mood, rather panicky. Man, this Coconect Version 1 Beta gotta get moving fast.
Back to work!
In between working on my site since 10.30am, (Yes, it’s a 7 days working-week this 2 weeks) waiting for it to take more than 10 minutes to load PER minute changes…I had:
I hereby grant myself the power to choose to STOP this insanity here and now. And give a call to my hairdresser or manicurist, focus on a single task- pampering myself, totally.
Happy Sunday, everyone!
Dear Melinda, I’ve written this recommendation of your work to share with other LinkedIn users. Details of the Recommendation: “Focused, determined and strong-willed entrepreneur who never gives up!”
I received this email update from LinkedIn this morning, what a great surprise. It came from a girl friend who herself is a director of a successful company, and also a brilliant, creative ID entrepreneur who lends her fab touch to high end condos in Klang Valley. It’s lil things like these that enables me to feel the exhilarating rush that keeps me going and going even though I work my a** off. Thanks dear Ai Ling, hugs.
16.3.09 Monday 1.35pm
Biz: I realized, I so can’t do this biz alone.
Life: To my inner guilt, I’m glad Alanis is away on holiday, as I tend to feel less stressed, more time, less pressure, to do my work & enjoy my life.
18.3.09
Life: I was hammering away on my laptop keyboard, ignorant of the tinkling piano sound from the piano tuning man. Lost in my work. When suddenly, he played a short piece, the most wonderful melody that fills up the whole house with joy & serenity. I felt such strong emotions like I almost wanted to cry. It’s true, beautiful music can bring one to tears.
19.3.09
Life: it’s true that our brain consumes a lot of energy when it’s put in solid use 
I enjoyed my brunch of Chap Fan (mixed rice) at 10.30am today. Wooh! I’m full of energy now!
Biz: Today is the 1st day, my Windows Mail aka Microsoft outlook is operational! I’m finally using it for the 1st time. Backwards, I know…
5.55pm
Life: I’m so dreading when daughter is back from holiday. No more stress free days working without worrying about her meals, her homework, whether she is bored, whether she is receiving good value…I’m guilty
23.3.09
Biz: Why do ppl do websites that takes forever to load?
31 Mar 09 9.46am
Life: Like my daily dose of caffeine, I hungrily clicked on Windows Mail to check my emails, craving for some To-dos.
4.3.09
BIZ: I realized I’m putting a lot of love into my business. The love is pouring out into my proposal.
SELF: I’m a drama queen
ENTREPRENUERSHIP: Until u have done your own P&L and sales projections, you won’t feel how a business owner feels.
5.3.09
BIZ: 1st round of draft, advisory meeting with lovely Ms Rozie who speaks perfect English. Then while Im having my gimme my coffee now at the incubator’s canteen, even the canteen owner tries to give me tips on Pre-seed. I also met the manager from Sun Microsystem- the company behind the Java provider or something (I know Java is so not related to the coffee in front of me)
Since I hv a bit of time to kill between my next appointment, I went over to meet my friend cum website solutions provider cum consultant- Pin. Who also shares his bits of advice with me.
One day, 3 different advices & tips on my proposal and bizness idea. Time to sit down and think.
6.3.09 FRIDAY 10.03AM
BIZ: My two focus this weekend. Yes, I will be working over the weekend.
1. To tighten up the whole proposal, which means I will drill even deeper, God knows the depth, to the bizness idea, the USP, the ESP, mechanics, costs, run a survey to gauge actual market wants (good for the proposal too) and the marketing plan, PLUS a planner to schedule everything together as my brain files are getting crowded. (Maybe not the marketing plan at this point of time if I can’t make it, that’s another story all together)
2. Connect with good people I met during Master Your Mind seminar last 2 weeks (Gosh, how time flies) for friendship and networking purposes.
7.3.09
LIFE: What a lazy bugger. Alarm buzz off at 9am, and with no serious intention and schedule, the mind tells self, sleep lar. Woke up 1 hour 50 minutes later.
BIZ: 11.32am, checked mails. Cute one from Pin of A4friends.com. Gotta start revising my proposal soon if I want my mission to be accomplished.
9.3.09 12.05am
BIZ: Can’t believe the Mechanic profile side of me came up. I’m crunching numbers on Excel like I never done before! Doing 2 year sales projection, customer acquisition projection, conversion, cost of sales. So detailed, so not creator!
1.25am
BIZ: Farkness! I finally got it done!!!!!!! Rewarding myself with a fat supper AND BEER!
9.3.09 Monday 3.40pm
Life: Public holiday, though I’m semi working. Can’t help it, and I don’t mind actually. I mean, i had a long brunch with darling at kopitiam, eating, drinking coffee, and reading newspaper. Exactly what pensioners are doing! No high end designer coffee for us, and cold, stuffy cafes. We like al fresco kopitiam, must be clean of course, and that makes a darn good cup of local coffee!
Biz: Today, mission numero uno is to pull everything together on my Excel schedule planner. I downloaded it yesterday fm Microsoft Office online. That’s the reward of paying money for genuine software.
11 .3.09 9.49am Wed
Life: I should so go and get myself a new hair stylist. My love in my current one has waned. After a year of able to give me stylo mylo hairstyle, she landed herself in hot soup when I wanna grow my short hair to a longer than short bob. I get bored with my hairstyle easily la.
Is it a Malaysian hair stylist curse that one have to endure months of dodgy hairstyle while growing it out??? I certainly don’t think so. Then, you please explain why I look like a LEGO head now?!!!!!!
Biz: I’m so can’t wait to get this proposal over and done with! And I can get on with getting my bizness started!!