Big Bully

Took wenwen to science centre today.

She was playing with a stationery water gun at the water works. A few seconds later, a boy about 5 or 6 years old, pushed her aside and started playing with it. I was quite angry and told him that he should wait for his turn. Then he said "Why can't she share?" I told him that he didn't even ask. Wenwen started to cry and I ask him again to wait for his turn. He chose to ignore me. I really felt like pushing him aside, but that's a bad example for wenwen, and very childish of me to fight with a little boy. So I let him be and before I walk away, I told him he is a rude boy. He continues to ignore me.

Later on, I noticed that the boy's parents were sitting nearby, and they were obviously aware of the whole incident. They chose to ignore just like that boy. Like father like son. 鸡蛋糕... SIGH!!

母女俩

晚上, 老公看演唱会去, 剩我和温温不知该做些什么. 结果带她搭地铁到SERANGOON, 去我姐姐家. 在地铁上竟然没人让位给我们... 抱着重有15KG 的温温, 我吃力的站了六个站.

从姐姐那儿回家时, 又搭地铁. 我们搭到CHINATOWN, 然后开开心心买了些吃的, 再从那里搭巴士回家.

这是我第一次没驾车带她跑来跑去, 很考我的体力. 看得出温温和我一样开心... 所以虽然很累,但是却累得很值得.
MOMMY LOVES YOU! :-)

The Storque

I'm being featured! http://www.etsy.com/storque/section/spotlight/article/etsy-success-stories-lingglass/229/comments/#comment
Woo-Hoo!

简单的快乐

前天, 我和老公带温温去MCDONALD吃早餐. 温温在那里的游乐场玩得很开心.
过后, 我们到百胜楼逛书店. 然后在对面的小咖啡座休息.
只是很简单的过了一天, 但是很开心. :-)

多管闲事

刚才在我妈家吃饭时, 顺便就跟温温冲了个凉.

驾着车在回家的路上刚好下雨, 还好到家后雨就停了. 抱着熟睡的她,我从露天停车场走向住家的电梯. 一路上有位UNCLE, 刚好也和我往同一个方向. 当我们在电梯里时, 那位UNCLE说:"你应该给她(温温)带一顶帽子." 我问他为什么. 他说:"小孩子最好不要给雨淋到头." 我听了之后也懒得做回应, 反正电梯也到了我家那层楼. 他以为温温头发湿的原因是给雨淋到, 其实她是刚冲凉洗头.

相信他是出自好意才这样提醒我, 但我却觉得他多管闲事, 还伤了我这个做母亲的. 难道我不懂得照顾自己的孩子吗?

... ...

也许在很多方面, 我真的不是个好妈妈...

心疼

温温剪破了我买给她的'小仙女'裙子, 结果被我骂到臭头. 其实我相信她是无心的. 她只是好奇, 随手剪剪. 也不觉得剪破了有什么大碍. 唉... 特地买给她的, 现在被剪破了三个洞, 还真的有些心疼.

看着此刻在睡觉的她... 想着她被骂时的害怕表情...不晓得现在是心疼她还是那件裙子...

终于会了!

温温今天终于学会在尿桶里小便了! :-)

我的人生重点?

很矛盾...

以为还能同一个时间坚固小瓜和自己的工作,可是已经两岁半的她非常活泼好动,偶尔情绪化. 照顾她一天就累死我了. 尤其当老公出国时, 我更是累得不想理会在一旁哭得死去活来的她.

曾尝试放下工作, 一心一意去照顾她. 可是总觉得心还有些空, 没有安全感... 我的工作可以填补这个"空", 但会搞到自己非常疲劳. 我很爱小瓜,也想自己照顾她, 可是我也非常渴望有自己的空间. 难道要忍耐到她上小学? 到时候不晓得会不会有其他的烦恼.

几天前, 我把她暂时放在家婆家, 然后去超市买菜. 过后在小贩中心叫了一碗加辣的面. 哇...在享用的这一刻有如人间天堂...真的不夸张. 平时带小瓜, 都得先喂饱她. 她吃饱后又没耐心等我. 我不是匆忙吃完就是连还没饱就得走了. 她不能吃辣, 所以我也很久没吃辣. (此刻好想吃laksa)

唉... 母亲真伟大... 想为我儿时的一切向我妈深表歉意...哈哈... :P

Handmade vs Factory made

又一个朋友问, 既然我的生意做得那么好, 而我又经常投诉货不应求, 为何不干脆找人帮我大力生产?
说真的, 虽然赚钱重要, 我的生活乐趣也同等重要. 我一旦有时接触Stained Glass, 我就佷开心. 已经做了十年我还是不厌倦. 其实, 我所做的首饰不是工厂或任何人都会做. 有很多人想要我收徒弟呢...哈哈哈...那有那么容易. 我考虑过了, 等我老了也许会开班教课. 目前我还不想透露我手艺的秘诀!;-P

After all the mad rush for Christmas, I'm finally able to rest with more hours of sleep and more time to spend with Wenwen. She has learnt more words and it's so much fun to talk to her now. She is quite a chatterbox haha... and likes to mention her encounters over and over again. She can still remember how a little boy pushed her at IMM's playground. That happened about 2 months back.

Brought her to watch Baby Looney tunes perform at Tiong Bahru plaza yesterday. There's a small area in front of the stage where only kids were allowed to sit, but Wenwen preferred to stay with me outside the area. A little boy gestured to her to come in and sit, and happily she went in, thinking that the little boy wants to make friends and play with her. I thought the same too... but after she sat down, there was quietness. The little boy did not talk to her or even look at her. Wenwen just sat facing him, feeling disappointed... and cheated?? Then she walk back to me and sat with me outside the area.


















I think she didn't really enjoy the show, maybe because she has waited 2 hours at the mall for the show to start. Half way through the show, she say she wants to sleep, and so we left. She didn't sleep till after 4 hours of playing at home.

Depression

Due to some problems, my mother-in-law can no longer help me take care of my daughter. She used to help me 3 times a week, which was a great help cos I can then concentrate on my work.
I've been so stress and really depress for the last 2 weeks taking care of my little one everyday, the worst 3 days was when my husband was in KL attending a meeting.

Christmas is coming, so I've got lots of orders to complete, 2 craft shows to run... now I even have to bring her to the craft show with me. I could have sent her to the childcare, but I really wanted to take care of her myself since I'm working from home, I just need 2 days off a week...
There is absolutely no time for my work. I get frustrated and weeps in the wee hours. It' s just so tough! When my daughter throws tantrums or misbehave, it just adds on to my stress. I could have lost control and slapped her, but of course I didn't. I still try my best to discipline her.

Oh gosh, I hope I can get used to the changes and be able to keep my cool.

MAAD Sunday market

This is my first time selling my works at MAAD. I didn't expect much sales cos the crowd was pretty bad... there were more vendors than buyers. After about 3-4 hours of waiting, sales started coming in and I was so excited. I managed to cover my 3 Sunday's rent and still have some profit. Hee hee... :-)

Silly buyer!

What a 'nice' start of my day...
Received this ridiculous email from a US buyer this morning:
I understand that you will have to ship internationally, but there is nothing in your ad that says you will have to charge more for international shipping or that you are in another country (so that you would have to charge international rates if purchasing in the US). If you will not change the shipping price, then I do not want to purchase from you on principle. You should change your ad or I will report you to Etsy as having an inaccurate ad.

This is the item she has purchased "Daisy- Pink pendant" . It's already stated in the right column under 'about the seller', location is Singapore. And if you scrolled down the page, the shipping fees are clearly stated. I've explained to her and yet she still doesn't understand and is till accusing me of cheating and misleading my buyers. She even threatened me that she'll be reporting me to Etsy admin. If she thinks the listing page is confusing, blame Etsy for laying out the page this way, not me! I wonder why she click 'buy now' without even looking at the shipping fees. Anyway, I've reported her to the admins and they've removed the transaction.

Wenwen's 'little house'

I bought this cute little tent for wenwen yesterday.
She's so excited and wanted me to come into her 'little house' and just sit there with nothing to play inside. It's so funny, she doesn't want anything inside. Well, as long she's happy, I'm happy too. :-)

我的首个中文BLOG

首次用中文写blog, 还真不习惯... 不是华语差或汉语拼音不行, 而是不习惯用电脑打中文. 天啊! 打一行字就花了我五分钟!
以前写blog是为了让美国的顾客多了解我而更有信心买我的作品. 如今我已不需这么做了, 因为我 已成功的拥有大约十个国家的光顾者! 嘻嘻... 不是我要炫耀, 真的有那么多到连我自己也不敢相信. 大多数来自美国, 其余的有英国, 加拿大, 丹麦, 瑞典, 澳洲, 日本, 意大利, 德国, 葡萄牙... 还漏了什么国家, 下回会在填.

十年的努力... 失败好多次, 终于见到曙光. 其实失败的过程也不算白走. 现在的我想得很开, 也比较坚强. 其实回想起那十年的苦... 还真的要感谢很多朋友的帮忙和鼓励. 还有父母亲给予金钱上的支柱也大大的帮了我度过难关. 最可怜的是老公, 他得面对我情绪上的拨动...真的是辛苦了. 现在最希望的是能看到他找到真正的快乐... 看到他发自内心的灿烂笑容... 老公加油!

Custom orders

I've been really busy recently trying to complete orders that has piled up... Gosh! how I wish I have extra pair of hands!
These are some of the completed pieces for an American buyer.

A day at the Botanic Garden

Her cousin leading her to the road ahead...

Who's winning?

Last week, Doris and I were discussing about making a necklace together. Here is the necklace that's on sale in her etsy shop.



My bet = Will sell.
Doris's bet = Will not sell.

End date = One week after this necklace is listed.

Whoever loses, will buy the winner a bowl of Thai beef noodle... yummy!!
So far I think I'm loosing....

Pressed flowers

I've been enjoying picking flowers with my little daughter. I pressed them for days and sandwiched between 2 clear glass. Now I know a faster way to pressed them using the microwave! Still waiting for my microfleur flower pressing kit to arrive from US.

Rings!

It's been a long time since I wrote anything here... have been extremely busy and lack of sleep. Taking care of my now 1 year old daughter is very tiring, at times boring... lol... I'm glad I found Etsy.com few months back and has since then switched from selling on ebay to selling on Etsy.com. My Etsy shop - LingGlass is doing so well that I look forward everyday to check my shop. But I don't have time to make more wearable arts... *Sigh*...
Recently I made a few rings and I love them!