Location: Miri

so far, i’ve managed to extend my ‘welcome’ for about 2 weeks extra. life at home has been okay, optimal at best. went out with my parents most of the time, had a good full body massage, nice haircut and eyebrow tweaking. =D i’ve been keeping myself busy with lots of stuff.

pampered myself, catch up on my fave food in miri, made craft stuff. the usual. oh, and i’ve been taking up my online summer courses, which is rather… annoying. =.= sigh. oh well. at least i’m in a different timezone, so i actually have a wee bit of time to procrastinate and not do my work. :D

i’ve been making jewelry, but mostly bookmarks. running a biz isn’t too tough, but it isn’t easy either. i have to keep track of the client’s orders, requests and accommodate to their needs. besides that, i gotta have time for myself, and to keep doing what i enjoy. it’s easy to just create and design things for the sake of keeping up with the business, but it’s so tough to be continually inspired into making your own pieces. pieces that actually mean something to you. mum took me to a craft fair here, and i wasn’t the least bit inspired. you know why? the pieces were mass-produced. their quality is not lacking, of course, since they run a proper business and therefore have more resources than i do. it’s just that when you look at their items, you could actually see that it doesn’t mean a thing to them, except $. -.-  sad.

i try to come up with names, and use my inspiration as a guide on how to make my stuff. it’s pretty intuitive so far. i’m looking to purchase a few books on jewelry and needle-felting, and dollhouse miniature stuff. i’m also interested in making pop-up cards some day. just learn the technique, and start designing my own. for now, i’m rekindling my love for quilling, so hopefully all goes well. i’ll post up a pic of the finished product. =D next time. man, maintaining a business on handmade items ain’t easy. =[ oh well.

erm, so i packed up my stuff for holiday, and included a mini-kit to keep me occupied at least.

Location: Kuching

not ideal. i mean, i enjoy coming to Kuching when i’m allowed to have my freedom and privacy, both of which are SEVERELY lacking in this trip. i shan’t rant so publicly, but yeah. not happy. here, my welcome expires in 2 days. why oh why didn’t i think of it before? =.= tomorrow (July 1st) i’m heading off for KL, so things are bearable at this point. i finished my english course, though now i’ve just started on my british literature course. great. at least it’s not american literature. so not interested. mm. and i scored a freaking 60/100 for my 10-question quiz. NOT HAPPY. grrr. so upset. =.= my psychology exam is tomorrow, so i’d better prepare for it. ai.

i’m not sure if i should look forward to my KL trip though. i mean, these are the friends i’ve not seen for almost a year already. i do keep myself updated through facebook and stuff, but there are more new faces than there are old ones. lol. besides, i know i changed a lot since i left. iuno. i’m a bit apprehensive, but the ticket’s booked. and at least i have company to go watch HP7P2 with. =D besides, when all else fails, at least i can lepak in the city and just not care. i have all the freedom in the world! :D

yeah, well, so far, that’s it. just a customary holiday report sort of thingy.