I allowed myself to sleep without putting an alarm on last night cos i’ve been running on 6 hours sleep a night for past 8 days. I cannot! I LOVE my 8 hours of sleep!
The KinkyBlueFairy shop at BSC did so well… i’m wondering if it’s a sure sign that selling things are my vocation! Yesterday i went to Pink Tattoo’s 5th Anniversary at The Bee @ Publika, and…
Oh my god what am i doing. I need to LEAVE NOW cos i need to be at a Triumph event.
BYE
I have barely been at home this entire week!
I’m so freaking exhausted but instead of sleeping i’m blogging -_-
Like i just cannot stop and shut up and go to bed.
Just got home at 10pm and initially couldn’t wait to wash my hair but ended up going through some emails.
SweetEe and i were whatsapping a bit and she ended up with, “Stop working!”
I was like, “HOW DID YOU KNOW?!”
And she said, “Cos i’ve been working with your for 1 year. Wednesday is our work anniversary / workaversary ”
I was all of course i know that Oct 1st is our anniversary!
I’ve been so excited about KinkyBlueFairy reaching its 1st year anniversary of since we moved into an office and i hired our first (and only haha) full time staff.
I’m gonna list down all our achievements so we can look at it and feel proud of all we’ve done in the past year! Time has flown. I feel like it’s only been a few months.
They say that the majority of businesses shut down within a year. I was so afraid i might not make that year. I was funnelling my own earnings into the company, and work is slow in the beginning of the year for bloggers, and i was getting a bit worried. I didn’t pay myself for a couple of months, i looked for another solo entrepreneur to share Sweet Ee’s work hours and wages with, and i worried constantly. I’ve learned so much from going through that. Worry is nothing but a bad habit that slows you down. The more i concentrated on all the possibilities and positivity that the company was going to experience, the more these little opportunities and work jobs came in. It was enough to keep us afloat and working towards our goal, and almost like a sign from the Universe saying, “It’s okay, i gotcha, keep on going.”
Essentially, my current plan is to continue growing this blog (i lost focus for awhile), take up the jobs we have (for social media, PR, events, and some modeling + emceeing on my part), stock party and festival accessories, get my own collections of resort wear and fashion bibs out, sell them on the e-commerce store (which is already online in beta phase right now) and yeah… i think that’s enough. There are SO MANY other things i want to do, and i make a list of all these IDEAS and projects i want carried out but i can’t afford the time nor resources.
Setting up shop at Seek & Keep this weekend cemented that goal for me. I had so much fun watching people get so happy on the things they liked at the store! I talked to so many people, made so many new friends, was surprised at random new friends that dropped by to say hi and support KBF, and was so inspired by the other vendors i met.
I couldn’t help walking around checking out all the other stalls, see what they were selling, and talk to them about why they were selling that, how, where they got their stuff from. Oh my god i must have asked so many questions! I enjoyed conversing with them so much, and must have made like 50 new friends in the past 24 hours after going to the Malaysian Gourmet International Festival last night, drinks at SIX after (-_-) and the store at BSC yesterday and today. I only exchange numbers with people when i feel like i want to talk to them MORE, and i’ve exchanged so many numbers in the past 2 days.
Ok some pictures.
Aps and i before we left for the Gourmet Festival last night. Quite a number of people commented on my feather earrings and i was like, “Spanks! They were a gift from a friend!” I’ve had them for ages and just… never wore them. Trying to utilise all the items in my extensive wardrobe right now.
I left the decorations up to Sweet Ee and Joe after a short discussion about budget and direction, Mehran and Sweet Ee set it up, and we ended up with something better than if i had to do it alone. Joe and Sweet thought about using one of our racks to make an ‘arch’; Sweet thought of designing some leaves, animals and birds around the KBF logo; Mehran thought about hanging the gymnast ribbons from them, and Sweet added the fairy lights just today. (< ok i’m sorry if i mixed up who thought of what, but you all were gold!)
Our gymnast ribbons were so popular! We’ve sold out all the rainbow ones, and i now know the colours that kids mostly go for.
Me & Sweet Ee
We were selling vintage accessories from Bangkok, hand-painted wooden birds from Bali, sourced fashion apparel, leather clutches, one-off sunglasses, funky rings, kaleidoscopes, and KBF beer huggaz.
Oh this little girl. I was came back from dinner with Claudia, and spotted someone playing with one of our gymnast ribbons (we just left a few there for kids to play with, they’re our best advertisement). Then i saw what she was wearing – a Frozen dress!
“OH MY GOD! She’s wearing a Frozen dress!!!”
I pranced right up to her as she started to crawl on the floor while playing.
Getting down on my knees and putting my elbows on the ground so we were in the same position, i asked her, “Is that a Frozen dress!?”
Her: Yes, it’s Elsa’s
Me: I love it!!!
Her: Hehehe
Me: What’s your name?
Her: Eve (or Evie, i suck)
Me: Hi! My name’s Joyce!
Then i realised, i was wearing a long dress, and practically lying on the ground like a 5-year-old in the middle of a mall.
So i got up and started to act like an adult again.
Now i understand why Michael was friends with kids. They’re so fun! I just wanna play with them, not be a mum or dad or nag them or tell them things. I’m so tired of telling people things! I just want to play sometimes. Michael was so misunderstood. It’s all proven anyway in You Are Not Alone.
Digressed. Back to market.
Aida, Ellie, Claudia and me!
Aida is the organiser for Seek & Keep and runs Things For Whenever / Whenever Shop; Ellie runs My Apparel Zoo, Claudia lost her voice. She got sick after coming back from Paris.
We went for dinner together and i was so tired from not being able to lean back (cos there are only stools provided at the shop) that i just DRAPED myself over the couch at Ben’s shamelessly.
My boss pose. What i do while i make them jaga the shop.
NO LA I’M KIDDING.
After Clouds and i finished, i went back and made them go for dinner while i took care of the shop.
Things i bought at Seek & Keep:
– shiny namecard case from The Jekyll & Hyde Project
– Potato Chips Bag pouch from Things For Whenever
– a sign that reads ” So many books so little time”
– a beautiful Indian jewellery case
– a hand-sewn owl for Lynda
There were so many other things i could have and would have liked but i stopped myself. Hand-sewn batu seremban (hmm i might just buy that tomorrow), graphic prints of holy Islamic quotes, salted caramel brownies from Nuts Enough (trying to stay off sugar), a journal covered with Japanese fabric, colourful headbands and socks, crayons that drew in multicolour, a spoon that was designed in a way that it could stand by itself in a matching tiny tray, a handmade bracelet with lots of purple and green semi-precious stones, and a flowing silk kaftan.
Seriously, either i’m such a shopaholic or there were just too many good things to buy there. I’d like to think it’s the latter.
Anyway, we made a decent amount of money yesterday and today, and still have Sunday to go!
I didn’t want to leave so much cash in the petty cash box, and put all the 50s in my purse. But then it started getting too fat and i didn’t want to stretch my Aigner purse (sayang), so i decided it was best to just deposit it cos the CIMB machine was so conveniently 50 metres from us! We deposited cash twice today 😀 😀 😀
Tomorrow’s gonna be great, and i have Lynda’s Pink Tattoos anniversary to go for @ The Bee where lots of people i love will be there! It’s like going to school except there are no lessons; and lots of fashion, fun and alcohol instead.
I’ve been taking ONLY Uber for the past couple of months and I LOVE HOW:
No driver can say no to wherever i want to go (unless i asked for something impossible like the moon)
I hate it when i use other taxi services and they don’t want to take your request on the app cos they can see where you wanna go, and it takes ages to get a taxi and usually by adding a tip to lure them.
The cars are always so clean and comfortable.
I feel really ick in certain taxis, but because Uber drivers use their own cars or swanky ones from Uber like Jaguars and Mercs, i always flop in their cars and feel at home right away!
Their drivers are awesome.
They don’t chatter away to you unless you talk to them. So on the rare day i’m too tired to chit chat, they respectfully keep quiet. On ALL the other days i spark up a conversation, i find out so many interesting THINGS about their lives and why they’re driving taxis. I met a guy who told me about his wife who does NGO work and how they adopted two orphans running around KL city. I met a guy who’s still studying in college and making some extra money. I met another guy who drove a Passat which he owned, and he wanted to make ends meet cos he just bought a house.
I always feel so safe.
Sometimes i may feel slightly awkward in certain taxis when they ask too many questions, or say inappropriate things about my lifestyle choices when we have a conversation, or ask to exchange numbers so i can ‘call them next time for taxi’. I feel the Uber drivers are always so polite and PROFESSIONAL.
I don’t need to fiddle with cash to pay.
My Uber account is registered with my credit card and it’s SO convenient especially when i take a taxi out on nights i’m drinking. Who knows how much cash i might have by the time i’m done with the night, and then i have to remember to put aside a certain amount for Uber and WHAT if i forget or am too tipsy to count!? :p
They play great music.
I must say that Uber drivers take more pride in their listening choices. I have found myself admiring their individual playlists and it opening my eyes to said driver’s character and soul.
You know this whole debacle about the government wanting to do a crackdown on Uber..? Well, I really hope it won’t happen. I would be SO SAD if i can’t take Uber anymore!!! Ugh.
Uber recently shared this message with their subscription database which i of course receive, and wanted to share it with you all here too:
+ + + + +
MALAYSIA, THE CHOICE IS YOURS!
Choice is a beautiful thing.
Riders love it.
Drivers love it.
The Rakyat love it.
Taxi companies don’t love it.
In the taxi industry, more consumer choice and better service isn’t a goal, it’s a threat. So, the taxi industry is asking the government to protect them from competition that would improve service for Malaysians and provide safer transportation for women.
Unfortunately, the government is listening to the taxi industry and ignoring the rakyat who are pleading for a safe and more reliable choice. This week, the Suruhanjaya Pengangkutan Awam Darat (SPAD) threatened to impound Uber’s transportation partners’ vehicles even though they are fully compliant with the law. SPAD’s actions contradict their acknowledgement that “…many users are satisfied and happy with services provided by Uber”.
Malaysians have made their opinion clear. In the media, on Facebookand Twitter consumers have been outspoken in their support for Uber. Prominent citizens, including Wan Saiful Wan Jan, CEO of Independent think tank Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) have spoken up as well, explicitly stating ‘Uber benefits consumers. Reform taxi services instead.’
Around the world, Uber is working with governments to achieve common goals focused on safe, reliable and efficient transportation options, that are regulated. We look forward to meeting with the government to discuss how we can work together to encourage innovation and create a safer environment for Malaysians — not protect incumbent industries from competition.
Malaysians deserve better.
MAKE SURE YOUR VIEWS ARE HEARD
Share on Social: “I #chooseUberMY for a safe and affordable ride. @KP_JPJ, @JPJ_Malaysia and @aduanSPAD should too”
We love you Malaysia and appreciate all the support.
Uber on, Malaysia!
Team Uber Malaysia
So i can sleep and be in peace for awhile.
Haha that’s what i always think when i have a flight coming up…
Work has been mad.
There are times when Sweet Ee is trying to tell me something in the office and i’m all, “Not now Sweet Ee… i cannot…” while i’m trying to get a gazillion things done.
I just CANNOT multitask.
I can’t even talk to someone while i’m driving.
What i did today:
Wake up, whatsapp frantically, emails, wonder about breakfast but was running late for my workout so i ate TWO cherry tomatoes. That must have been my lamest breakfast this week. It seemed like the quickest things to pop into my mouth! Worked out with Chong. He’s my new personal trainer at Celebrity Fitness and makes me laugh. We tried free weights for the first time today and i was afraid of toppling over but he got my back. Rushed home, downed a protein + almond milk shake, showered, made up, prepped two outfits for a shoot, rushed for lunch and felt so CRAZY and tired and it wasn’t even 2pm yet.
Work work work. Sweet Ee was out all day running errands to prep for the booth KinkyBlueFairy will be having at BSC’s Seek & Keep this Friday to Sunday! I’ll be there half of Fri and Sun, and all of Sat, so drop by and say hi! We’ve got colourful cute things for sale! Check out this cute IG image Joe Kwan designed for us! 😀
In the afternoon Sweet Ee and i were on the phone and i asked, “Are you coming back to the office?” And she was like, “Yeah… are we still having dinner..?” Her voice was so cute and worried, like i’d forget we were gonna have her pre-birthday dinner! Our coming week is too insane with every night busy with work that we decided we’d celebrate her birthday tonight.
Worked till 8, then i took her to Hyde at 53M, my new favourite bar in Damansara. I didn’t wanna blog about Hyde at first… cos i love it so much and want it to always be empty for ME. :p But… i won’t be selfish and will readily admit now that i’m so happy there’s a bar like that so close to me. In a way it’s super dangerous. Beautiful classy interior of cushioned high back bar chairs, leather pincushion sofas, cocktails that make my heart sing, chirpy jazz, delicious dehydrated fruits in clear glass jars… My first visit to it was just last Sunday cos Tai Yong took me there, and i made new friends Joshua and Eden who shared some delectable Beluga vodka which slid across my tongue like silk. EatDrinkKL has already blogged about Hyde *here*
Bartender Khong made me a bloody mary, and Sweet Ee a whiskey sour. We had japanese dinner at Umaiya after, with me apologizing and sending whatsapps for work in the middle.
I came home at 11, ran straight to the shower, worked, and now it’s 2:30am.
WHERE DID THE DAY GO.
Time to sleep cos tomorrow… is gonna be a crazyyyy day with deadlines, a meeting with Uniqlo that i’ve already postponed TWICE so i cannot cancel with them anymore else they’ll hate me, the Love Bonito soft launch we’re doing the PR for, and set up after closing hours in BSC. (why do i do this to myself…)
xxx
I couldn’t think of a title so i described a painting in my house that’s just in front of me
It’s hard to think of a title sometimes!
I’m gonna try to blog more because it makes me FEEL BETTER when i do
The realisation that i had wayyyy too much going on made me mentally cut down on stressing myself out about some personal projects.
It’s just that i want to do SO MUCH and i don’t have enough time or “me”s to do it.
I have all these ideas i want to see carried out, and my problem is i think i can handle running five completely different projects simultaneously. And my team isn’t even very big. So there isn’t enough manpower. Because i don’t have enough money. Chicken and egg situation.
Anyway, i decided i just have to STOP being so crazy and canceled some things i said i’d attend this week.
I just cannot cope.
Once i did that, i got to work on my projects, and felt at ease.
I ENJOY my work so much more when i don’t have a gazillion things running at the back of my head because i try to fit too much in.
It had got to a point where i haven’t been exercising or eating as healthily as i would like.
Had to stop myself and think, “WAIT. Didn’t i already agree with myself that i am more HAPPY when i’m balanced?”
I have to make an effort to shift more time back into those compartments.
I wanna spend more time collecting ideas for my new home cos renovations have to start in November.
I wanna try some new raw food recipes. Bought the book by Mimi Kirk and haven’t even tried ONE yet.
I wanna need to return to exercising AT LEAST three times a week.
Actually, i shouldn’t write “I wanna”
I should write “I AM”
I am spending more time collecting ideas for my new home.
I am cooking a new raw food recipe at least once a week.
I am back to exercising at least thrice a week.
I am meeting up with one old friend and one new friend once a week.
I am meditating and reflecting more.
I am making a life chart out on where i wanna go and how i will get there.
Ok i guess those are my resolutions for the month.
God i’m so hungry now. And it’s 1:20am.
No. I shouldn’t eat. I should go to BED NOW.
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