It's been awhile since I've blogged. Been a little down lately and not focused but don't worry, everything is going to be fine and dandy :)
What I learnt from this 'blues' experience is that we are all different. Some things don't go as planned and end up adding more burden to my already burdened life but as quoted, there is no such thing as mistakes. Well, I don't know if you believe in that but let's take it with a pinch of salt. Basically these 'mistakes' allow you to grow and learn from experience. So in other words, it is not a mistake. It is a learning experience.
Anyway, the blues come about when I felt that I am holding on to more responsibilities that I am spreading myself too thin. Last time I used to remember that I wish I have things to do at work. It was so boring the last 2 and a half years of my working life at my current workplace. Reason was that my boss didn't trust me enough to do my share of work and my then colleague has been the apple of her eyes because she's so independent and impeccable in her work that she wouldn't miss a step from 1 to 10.
However she had her strengths and weaknesses which of course my boss chose to 'ignore' her weaknesses. But nevertheless, when she left, it was my turn to shine and whatever I couldn't do previously due to the unspoken limitations imposed by my ever perfectionist colleagues, I managed to do. It was a very steep learning curve and I remembered making mistakes pretty frequently but I tried NOT to let them get down on me.
I showed my boss what I was capable of. True I am NOT the best event organizer and I lack leadership quality but she guided through me in areas that I am weak at. I know that I am eager to learn and eager to put in my hard work. I am proud to say that it lead me to my first ever promotion :)
Still, it took a toll on me like I felt so....down. It got very boring because all this hard work is so..er..demanding on myself.
However now I just tell myself that it's just work burnout. Try not to think about it too much and just move forward. Continue to focus and train myself to do proper work and make less repeated mistakes. Take things one at a time and ensure that I follow through my work and do things less haphazardly as these will only make me more stressed out if I don't get to complete them or make even more mistakes. More importantly, I think that it helps to be less distracted at work. We always complain that we don't have time but sometimes distractions whether at work or in our own personal lives can get the better of us. Even a mere small distraction can be costly. There is a time and place for everything and when we have to focus, we jolly well focus.
It also pays to plan. I find that when you draw up a strategy plan, whether at work or in your personal life, on what you need to do to achieve something helps. It always works to plan. This also allows you to be less distracted and be more focused on what you can do to make things work for YOU instead of AGAINST you.
For me, I think the best is for us to just find a quiet place or a quiet time to really sit down and write down on what makes us tick. First thing first, we must love ourselves and truly believe that we must do things to ensure our well being emotionally and physically. Then in order to succeed, what are the steps we can take to get from one point to another. It helps to visualize ourselves the happy ending because seeing the big picture can help to motivate us towards working on it.
I have this notebook which I'm supposed to write about what I wanna do to achieve this life I have envisioned. My big picture is pretty simple but meaningful. I just want to achieve a life where I don't compare myself to others and put myself down. I want to be able to held my head up and say hey, these nitty gritty things don't bother me. I am special in my own ways.
The way to achieve what we want out of our life is to simply have a positive mindset saying hey, we can do it and also to have the right attitude towards life.
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Thursday, May 31, 2012
Monday, May 21, 2012
Facing the Dreaded Music
Staying true to what I have written previously about wanting to achieve happiness in my life, I have decided to face squarely with my debt problems by...answering the phone call :S I know somehow one day I just have to answer the call and even though it was nerve wrecking, I was glad I answered the call this time. I had just avoided facing legal charges which can jeopardize my career and being in the civil service doesn't help.
Sigh...
One thing I am er..thankful is that the guy on the other line is kind enough to offer me a low payment scheme and in my enthusiasm in wanting to know when is the next payment due, he asked me to do it one at a time. So one at a time, it is. I have to be resourceful in finding my funding source and this is a very painful lesson for me.
But I have brought myself this absolute mess and only I can clean it up. What I can learn from this is to never EVER borrow money again, whether from the banks or from people. I have to also learn to manage my money properly because every single thing counts. If I just HAD to get something, it has to be justified..or at least offered a good price. This is especially for things like make up and card making stuffs. I am just a humble human being with a weakness for pretty things. Not so much clothes for as long as I have not lose this weight yet..haha.
Anyways, while I still have to juggle with this problem, LIFE STILL GOES ON. What I plan to do is to do what I love which is making my handmade goodies via my online shop. I just set up a blog for it and I am so egg-cited to open it up. Later on I will do stock taking so that I have the things all neat and tidy for people to purchase. I am also trying to come up with ideas to bring in more moolah and be a bit more creative. It's like being my own boss..haha. This is also part of my healing process and also my aim to attain happiness. I wanna be worry free although yes life does throw a few curve balls to us every now and then but the thing is, we just have to be strong about it. For some others, people like me too, we have to be strong for our family too. That's just the way it is, whether we like it or not.
If you are having personal crisis, it is good to share and seek help. Don't bear it all and be all shy about it. People will offer help if you are genuinely in need of help but don't forget to pay back their kindness or else they may think you are just taking advantage of them.
My other advice is...look before you leap. At times it can be hard to predict when life will be tough but if we have to face it, we just have to learn to face it and slowly accept it so that we can reach an amicable solution for it.
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Sigh...
One thing I am er..thankful is that the guy on the other line is kind enough to offer me a low payment scheme and in my enthusiasm in wanting to know when is the next payment due, he asked me to do it one at a time. So one at a time, it is. I have to be resourceful in finding my funding source and this is a very painful lesson for me.
But I have brought myself this absolute mess and only I can clean it up. What I can learn from this is to never EVER borrow money again, whether from the banks or from people. I have to also learn to manage my money properly because every single thing counts. If I just HAD to get something, it has to be justified..or at least offered a good price. This is especially for things like make up and card making stuffs. I am just a humble human being with a weakness for pretty things. Not so much clothes for as long as I have not lose this weight yet..haha.
Anyways, while I still have to juggle with this problem, LIFE STILL GOES ON. What I plan to do is to do what I love which is making my handmade goodies via my online shop. I just set up a blog for it and I am so egg-cited to open it up. Later on I will do stock taking so that I have the things all neat and tidy for people to purchase. I am also trying to come up with ideas to bring in more moolah and be a bit more creative. It's like being my own boss..haha. This is also part of my healing process and also my aim to attain happiness. I wanna be worry free although yes life does throw a few curve balls to us every now and then but the thing is, we just have to be strong about it. For some others, people like me too, we have to be strong for our family too. That's just the way it is, whether we like it or not.
If you are having personal crisis, it is good to share and seek help. Don't bear it all and be all shy about it. People will offer help if you are genuinely in need of help but don't forget to pay back their kindness or else they may think you are just taking advantage of them.
My other advice is...look before you leap. At times it can be hard to predict when life will be tough but if we have to face it, we just have to learn to face it and slowly accept it so that we can reach an amicable solution for it.
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Rise Above it All & Be Truly Happy
I hope that with my new salary next month onwards, things will start to get a bit better. I know for sure that it is not going to be easy at first because I'm still in debt and I need to pay them off slowly but surely although I do hope that if I ever get bonus for July, I will use most of it to pay. I don't like to owe money and be in debt and on top of it, being chased by creditors. I hate it.
I've mentioned about how I was unable to cope with the rising prices due to inflation which lead me to borrow money from people and also from banks. I really really want to put it all behind me. Even if it is going to take me a year, I will most definitely want to break free from this cycle.
Meanwhile, I would like to start afresh in terms of my purpose in life by pursuing things that I love doing and to spend time building on the foundations of what I deem as being truly happy and sincere. We all make mistakes and the first thing we should do is to admit that we've made those mistakes. I believe that some things that we do, we do it because we have to or at that moment of time, all rational thoughts are momentarily forgotten. Sometimes things happen because we've lost that purpose in life or we have lost focus that we end up doing things without realizing the impact of it later on and how it is going to affect ourselves or our loved ones.
Look, even the hardest of criminals can turn their lives around and make good with it later. It's just a matter of whether we want to change or we just want to remain stagnant and forever be dealing with problems that shouldn't be there at all in the first place. Life is unpredictable but sometimes we unconsciously make things more difficult than it already is.
So if you are like me, who sometimes find yourself 'lost' in life, it's time to sit down and think about what we really desire to do that will help us shift our focus into finding the true meaning of life. I guess because we get quite pampered too much because everything seems to be made easy for us. We don't have to walk long distances to work because we are well connected here in Singapore (assuming we don't have frequent train breakdown nowadays), food is readily available and we don't have to harvest our own vegetables to survive and all we need to do is hop on down to the nearest supermarket. We are hooked up to the internet almost 24/7 except when we are sleeping. So we become complacent and in the midst of it all, lose the passion for life.
Therefore it's time to reignite that passion for life and start pursuing our interests. Even amidst our busy schedule, we can still do something to make us happy and achieve a good meaningful life.
"Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence." —Aristotle
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I've mentioned about how I was unable to cope with the rising prices due to inflation which lead me to borrow money from people and also from banks. I really really want to put it all behind me. Even if it is going to take me a year, I will most definitely want to break free from this cycle.
Meanwhile, I would like to start afresh in terms of my purpose in life by pursuing things that I love doing and to spend time building on the foundations of what I deem as being truly happy and sincere. We all make mistakes and the first thing we should do is to admit that we've made those mistakes. I believe that some things that we do, we do it because we have to or at that moment of time, all rational thoughts are momentarily forgotten. Sometimes things happen because we've lost that purpose in life or we have lost focus that we end up doing things without realizing the impact of it later on and how it is going to affect ourselves or our loved ones.
Look, even the hardest of criminals can turn their lives around and make good with it later. It's just a matter of whether we want to change or we just want to remain stagnant and forever be dealing with problems that shouldn't be there at all in the first place. Life is unpredictable but sometimes we unconsciously make things more difficult than it already is.
So if you are like me, who sometimes find yourself 'lost' in life, it's time to sit down and think about what we really desire to do that will help us shift our focus into finding the true meaning of life. I guess because we get quite pampered too much because everything seems to be made easy for us. We don't have to walk long distances to work because we are well connected here in Singapore (assuming we don't have frequent train breakdown nowadays), food is readily available and we don't have to harvest our own vegetables to survive and all we need to do is hop on down to the nearest supermarket. We are hooked up to the internet almost 24/7 except when we are sleeping. So we become complacent and in the midst of it all, lose the passion for life.
Therefore it's time to reignite that passion for life and start pursuing our interests. Even amidst our busy schedule, we can still do something to make us happy and achieve a good meaningful life.
"Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence." —Aristotle
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Sunday, May 20, 2012
A Little Promo for Accessories and Handmade Cards
The exciting thing about having your own little online shop is that you get to call the shots as in what you want to have in them. I like mine because I get to be creative and let the whole world knows about my handmade products..haha.. Fine not really, because it's not like I'm making huge sales progress. But never mind, we start slow and hopefully progress into something bigger.
If you are on facebook, do take a look at my online shop. I've added new group of things which are my first love with handmade things...accessories!
Here's a short preview..
If you think that looks like a shoe, it is!! haha..I got the acrylic 'shoe' during Christmas time where they have these limited edition especially for chocolates and for the life of me, I can't remember what chocolate brand was it.
I used to crack my brain a lot (which doesn't have much storage anyway) and give up a lot of time because I just can't come up with a decent design!! The frustration of it, even after looking at so many designs. In the end, I just assume that I do what I know best and work around it and that kinda works because I manage to come up with more than 8 designs pretty pretty fast..in just a week. I'm proud of that achievement :)
To me, it helps if you look at the beads and charms and then work a good combi out of them and then string them up together.
So now I've made cards and accessories...both are handmade with love.
I'm thinking of offering special gift packages for them but now I'm waiting for this local online shop to open again so that I can buy the NYX lipsticks out of them (they're less than $10 so I guess it can be done) and offer as part of the package.
Let's see how it all works out.
Meanwhile, please 'like' my facebook page on my handmade stuffs
http://www.facebook.com/mylittlecardshop
Thanks! It will mean so much to me.
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If you are on facebook, do take a look at my online shop. I've added new group of things which are my first love with handmade things...accessories!
Here's a short preview..
If you think that looks like a shoe, it is!! haha..I got the acrylic 'shoe' during Christmas time where they have these limited edition especially for chocolates and for the life of me, I can't remember what chocolate brand was it.
I used to crack my brain a lot (which doesn't have much storage anyway) and give up a lot of time because I just can't come up with a decent design!! The frustration of it, even after looking at so many designs. In the end, I just assume that I do what I know best and work around it and that kinda works because I manage to come up with more than 8 designs pretty pretty fast..in just a week. I'm proud of that achievement :)
To me, it helps if you look at the beads and charms and then work a good combi out of them and then string them up together.
So now I've made cards and accessories...both are handmade with love.
I'm thinking of offering special gift packages for them but now I'm waiting for this local online shop to open again so that I can buy the NYX lipsticks out of them (they're less than $10 so I guess it can be done) and offer as part of the package.
Let's see how it all works out.
Meanwhile, please 'like' my facebook page on my handmade stuffs
http://www.facebook.com/mylittlecardshop
Thanks! It will mean so much to me.
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Saturday, May 12, 2012
Blush Blush with Bobbi Brown
I know myself enough that I won't be able to buy high end make up unless I won them or somebody gives to me. Maybe after this promotion I will be able to..heh.
Anyway, I have no problem with the lower end make up especially for those that performs just as well but well, a girl sometimes just want to have that one luxe make up item.
Recently I've blogged about my colleague giving me the bobbi brown make up palette and honey, I'm loving the cream blushers. At first I thought I can never pull of cream blushers but I managed to :)
They're in fact longer lasting because it's cream. But the application is a bit of a chore because you really need to get it well blended so that it doesn't look like you have a lot.
So here's the palette that I'm loving
Okay I wore that at 12pm and look at how long lasting it is, and it's 11pm now!! Don't mind the hair coz well, it's 11pm..haha.
You can use the popular beauty blender but I got a pack of sponges with a V tip for corner blending for only $1.20 and there's a few of them inside.
This was sold at $25 at the recent Estee launder sales.
I realize that with certain higher end make up, the best philosophy to follow is 'less is more'. Sometimes with drugstore products you need to slather a bit more just to see the colour come out.
If you want alternative cheaper cream blushes, you can get the NYX cream blushes. I wish I could provide the link but the website is currently going through a stock take. However you can always go to cherryculture.com for NYX products. They have this so many shades of blushes for both cream and powder form. And it's easy on your pockets :)
But I guess I'll stick with these two shades of cream blushes coz I'm loving them..
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Anyway, I have no problem with the lower end make up especially for those that performs just as well but well, a girl sometimes just want to have that one luxe make up item.
Recently I've blogged about my colleague giving me the bobbi brown make up palette and honey, I'm loving the cream blushers. At first I thought I can never pull of cream blushers but I managed to :)
They're in fact longer lasting because it's cream. But the application is a bit of a chore because you really need to get it well blended so that it doesn't look like you have a lot.
So here's the palette that I'm loving
Okay I wore that at 12pm and look at how long lasting it is, and it's 11pm now!! Don't mind the hair coz well, it's 11pm..haha.
You can use the popular beauty blender but I got a pack of sponges with a V tip for corner blending for only $1.20 and there's a few of them inside.
This was sold at $25 at the recent Estee launder sales.
I realize that with certain higher end make up, the best philosophy to follow is 'less is more'. Sometimes with drugstore products you need to slather a bit more just to see the colour come out.
If you want alternative cheaper cream blushes, you can get the NYX cream blushes. I wish I could provide the link but the website is currently going through a stock take. However you can always go to cherryculture.com for NYX products. They have this so many shades of blushes for both cream and powder form. And it's easy on your pockets :)
But I guess I'll stick with these two shades of cream blushes coz I'm loving them..
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Promoted At Last!
You've heard me complaining a million times about how low my pay is and how I really hope that I will get to be on the new scheme with the promise of a slightly higher pay. Basically it's not so that I can have more money to spend on myself but rather, so that I have more to spend on my family. They've all I've got and it is not easy being a sole breadwinner.
Anyway, the good news is..I've got the option to transfer! And that's not all actually.
I don't know if you can see but..
I'm eligible for promotion! woot! I know I know...I've been wishing I don't get promoted and I thought that I of course wouldn't be promoted as I'm such a blunder at times at work and I don't exactly have this work intuition turned on all the time. However in whatever comes my way, I only know two things: I try to stay on top of things even if I feel overwhelmed and that I do my best in whatever is thrown my way.
If you are new to the working world or is currently struggling to put your foot down, follow that philosophy closely and you won't feel like you're losing out. You must plan your time and try to follow the time closely. Also, take whatever that is given to you as a challenge. At times you may make mistakes but learn from them and do better the next time around.
With this transfer, and also the promotion, my pay will increase by almost $400! At first I didn't want to inform my mum simply because I don't want her to ask for more money from me and I wouldn't be able to cope with the expenses. However, I realize that I can't keep that for long and that the amount that I've given to her from the first pay that I received which is a take home pay of a mere $1k has not changed. Plus she's always in a dilemma that the money I've given to her isn't quite enough to cover the household expenses. She has been cooking quite frequently these days so I believe it's quite apt that I should give her slightly more. As for myself, whatever has left I just try my best to spend wisely and not be too carried away buying unnecessary stuffs such as *ahem* makeup.
Things are getting more ex and I've succumbed to taking money on credit terms which sucks coz now they're after me. I wanna put this ep behind me and get on with my life. I can't run away from them forever. I have also resorted to borrowing and I really hope that with this new take home pay, things will get a little easier for me as well.
With this promotion and my agreement to go on the new scheme, I won't be getting backdated pay of about $200 per month since Feb until June simply because the promotion is effective on the 1st June. It's complicated when you work for the ministry...they're pretty calculative..hahah.
My colleagues are so happy and so is my boss and man, her handshake is super firm. Shows how confident a woman she is. She also got her promotion earlier. Now it's my turn :)
After working in this grade for the last 9 years, and 4 years with this ministry, I am so happy my hard work is recognized. I will continue to put in my best and not slack like how I used to.
YAY TO ME!
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Anyway, the good news is..I've got the option to transfer! And that's not all actually.
I don't know if you can see but..
I'm eligible for promotion! woot! I know I know...I've been wishing I don't get promoted and I thought that I of course wouldn't be promoted as I'm such a blunder at times at work and I don't exactly have this work intuition turned on all the time. However in whatever comes my way, I only know two things: I try to stay on top of things even if I feel overwhelmed and that I do my best in whatever is thrown my way.
If you are new to the working world or is currently struggling to put your foot down, follow that philosophy closely and you won't feel like you're losing out. You must plan your time and try to follow the time closely. Also, take whatever that is given to you as a challenge. At times you may make mistakes but learn from them and do better the next time around.
With this transfer, and also the promotion, my pay will increase by almost $400! At first I didn't want to inform my mum simply because I don't want her to ask for more money from me and I wouldn't be able to cope with the expenses. However, I realize that I can't keep that for long and that the amount that I've given to her from the first pay that I received which is a take home pay of a mere $1k has not changed. Plus she's always in a dilemma that the money I've given to her isn't quite enough to cover the household expenses. She has been cooking quite frequently these days so I believe it's quite apt that I should give her slightly more. As for myself, whatever has left I just try my best to spend wisely and not be too carried away buying unnecessary stuffs such as *ahem* makeup.
Things are getting more ex and I've succumbed to taking money on credit terms which sucks coz now they're after me. I wanna put this ep behind me and get on with my life. I can't run away from them forever. I have also resorted to borrowing and I really hope that with this new take home pay, things will get a little easier for me as well.
With this promotion and my agreement to go on the new scheme, I won't be getting backdated pay of about $200 per month since Feb until June simply because the promotion is effective on the 1st June. It's complicated when you work for the ministry...they're pretty calculative..hahah.
My colleagues are so happy and so is my boss and man, her handshake is super firm. Shows how confident a woman she is. She also got her promotion earlier. Now it's my turn :)
After working in this grade for the last 9 years, and 4 years with this ministry, I am so happy my hard work is recognized. I will continue to put in my best and not slack like how I used to.
YAY TO ME!
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Thursday, May 10, 2012
Turning Hobby into A Business Venture
Recently I have made...$60 from my cardmaking ventures. I'm really proud of it because I've actually made money..hehe. But then that is because I bothered to put it on facebook and one of my working colleague wants me to help her make one. Initially I made the smaller ones which is the A2 size but her idea of an actual card is uhm..the A5 size which is like half the size of an A4 which I initially I didn't have. So I had to stay up late until about 3.30am in the morn to make them so that she can choose which one she wants. So, is this what you call sacrificing time for business? haha.
Anyway, it paid off, well literally as well, because I got $10 instead of $6.00 because she thought that a lot of hard work is placed into it.
Just as I thought that I could use this moolah to save up, I went out with my two friends that evening and used up the $10 because my friend bought more than the usual for us to share because she was feeling very hungry :( Didn't help that we were in the wrong queue and had to wait longer than normal.
Oh well. The remaining $50.00 I got it from my vice principal when she accepted my proposal to make birthday cards for the teachers. $50.00!! *gulp* I didn't want to accept the money at first but she was pretty insistent. To be honest, without that $50.00, didn't think I would survive this week before I got my reimbursement. Thankfully the reimbursement got in just yesterday...yay!
I try my best not to touch it but then I have been in dire financial situation again. Currently I'm still thinking of ways on how to take better pictures..haha. My picture taking skills suck after so many years of not owning a proper digital camera.
Tonight I will be working on another 4 to 6 more cards so that I can give her on Friday for the June babies. I have actually drawn out my layouts so that I will spend less time doing it as I've already got what I wanted to make in mind instead of it being a 100% on going thought process.
I need my beauty sleep anyway..haha. Oh, I'm also thinking of venturing into some other things as well such as handmade invitation cards and tags for people on a smaller budgets. At least it isn't so boring just to make cards. I've made some simple accessories as well because I don't want to put to waste all the things I have for the accessories making. I've decided to keep it simple because that's what I'm good at only. At least better than nothing, right?
Speaking of which, I need to start making them already. Have to get up early later because I've got training at HQ .
This Sat, if I can remember, I will post up pictures of my work. I really like what I'm doing..turning this hobby into a potential business. Do support me :)
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Anyway, it paid off, well literally as well, because I got $10 instead of $6.00 because she thought that a lot of hard work is placed into it.
Just as I thought that I could use this moolah to save up, I went out with my two friends that evening and used up the $10 because my friend bought more than the usual for us to share because she was feeling very hungry :( Didn't help that we were in the wrong queue and had to wait longer than normal.
Oh well. The remaining $50.00 I got it from my vice principal when she accepted my proposal to make birthday cards for the teachers. $50.00!! *gulp* I didn't want to accept the money at first but she was pretty insistent. To be honest, without that $50.00, didn't think I would survive this week before I got my reimbursement. Thankfully the reimbursement got in just yesterday...yay!
I try my best not to touch it but then I have been in dire financial situation again. Currently I'm still thinking of ways on how to take better pictures..haha. My picture taking skills suck after so many years of not owning a proper digital camera.
Tonight I will be working on another 4 to 6 more cards so that I can give her on Friday for the June babies. I have actually drawn out my layouts so that I will spend less time doing it as I've already got what I wanted to make in mind instead of it being a 100% on going thought process.
I need my beauty sleep anyway..haha. Oh, I'm also thinking of venturing into some other things as well such as handmade invitation cards and tags for people on a smaller budgets. At least it isn't so boring just to make cards. I've made some simple accessories as well because I don't want to put to waste all the things I have for the accessories making. I've decided to keep it simple because that's what I'm good at only. At least better than nothing, right?
Speaking of which, I need to start making them already. Have to get up early later because I've got training at HQ .
This Sat, if I can remember, I will post up pictures of my work. I really like what I'm doing..turning this hobby into a potential business. Do support me :)
follow me at http://twitter.com/rahayupopz
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