#1422.

Happy New Year's eve ya'll! Hope you're having a good time wherever you are. Preparing for the countdown that's happening in 2 hours time. This year I've opted to stay at home. Because I haven't been feeling too well recently. Since Aspire, then all the birthday celebrations, then all the Christmas gatherings. Istill haven't recovered from the busy-ness of it all. I'm down with slight sore throat, cough and flu. Bummer!

Anyway, the boyf is at home too! So maybe we'll skype later. Just to re-live that same feeling last year, same time. I remember the boyf calling me at noon on 1st Jan (SG time), and he was with his friends at Philadelphia, Penn's Landing watching fireworks after the countdown. He had flown to NYC to celebrate Christmas and New Year. It was really awesome because in the background, I could hear everyone shouting "omg so nice!" The boyf was describing every scene possible. Like "omg it's shooting stars now, wow there's heart shaped fireworks, etc"

Ahh I can't believe one year flew past just like that. Watch last year's countdown!

#1421.

Yay finally it's the weekend! I've been looking forward to this day the whole week because seriously, who wants to work during this period? It's all festive & happy & work is an absolute contrast to the mood. I'm actually looking forward to 2013 because there are some major changes at the office. Nope, no promotion, no increment for me. Just more work. But the good thing is the change in job scope so I might be learning more things. Learning is good (:

Ok another good news, I've finally set up my Dancing Quinn blog. Hopefully I have time to keep updating both places (this blog and that blog). All scrapbooking related stuff shall go there so it's not gonna be just about my shop. Do spread the word! :D

DANCING QUINN BLOG!

Ok time to get busy. I must make full use of the weekend because they are so precious! Ciao!

#1420.

Merry Christmas folks! Hope you've had lots of good food, good fun & endless gifts from your loved ones. I had a fabulous time merry making and catching up with old friends. December is the most hectic month of the year, yet my favourite of all. Just need to make time to do all that I need to!

This year, jie gave me a Christmas present. Though it's just a simple pen, it meant a lot to me. I've always felt that jie is intimidating and fierce. But this gift made me feel "accepted" as part of the family (: Thank you jie!

I've also received tons of birthday gifts and Christmas gifts. Thank you everyone (; I'm blessed to have you in my life. And to my baby, Merry Christmas! I'm glad to have you back home this year (:

#1419.

Hello there I'm finally back from Aspire! It was tiring as hell. Seriously physically demanding even though I didn't do anything much. I guess it's fatigue. I haven't had such exhaustion in a long long time. And it actually feels good! Haha.

Now to Dancing Quinn! I launched my Etsy shop on 19th December! Sorry I didn't manage to announce it here because I really hadn't gotten the time to sit in front of my laptop. Everything is mobile these days so I'm heavily reliant on Instagram.

Please follow me @arohammer!

I'll post the most updated information there! :D Here's a little peek into what's in my shop currently. I've decided to post 10 washi tapes and several American Crafts items. The 7 items are all from the Dear Lizzy 5th & Frolic collection. Do view them at Dancing Quinn!


I'm still in the midst of trying to set up a Dancing Quinn blog so that I can share more scrapbooking related tutorials/ information/ tips etc! I'll share the blog link once it's all done up. In the meantime, do check out Instagram #dancingquinnshop cos I'll be using this hashtag whenever I'm posting related pictures.

Lastly, please email me dancingquinnshop [at] gmail [dot] com if you have any feedback/ inquiries/ or generally anything at all! I'd be happy to hear from you!

#1418.

This is a scheduled post because by the time you're reading this, I'm already at Aspire! I'm just here to share a little something that's coming very soon!

DANCING

QUINN

Yes Dancing Quinn is the brainchild of Dennis and I. I've been thinking about this long and hard, and decided it was time to put some thoughts into action. We've also been discussing about this idea on and off. Since all the stars are aligned now, we thought, why not? (;

The name came to me while I was taking a shower one evening. Because DQ is our initials - Dennis and Qin. D is also for dancing because the boyf loves to dance. I thought Quinn is a unique name that the non-Chinese might find it easier to pronounce (as oppose to Qin). I've heard all sorts of variations from 'Chin' to 'Queen' to 'Kin'. Hahaha. Most of the US folks I work with call me Quinn, so it kinda sounds right.

I was thinking to launch it on 17th December (yes my birthday itself!) but I'll still be at Aspire. We'll see how it goes. So please watch this space! :D

#1417.

Cannot believe we're almost halfway through December already! My favourite month, please don't pass so fast! I'd been really busy ever since we finished the house renovation. Started to unpack some stuff and did so much cleaning. Dust covered everything. And I really mean everything. Those particles are very evil.

Anyhow, we also went into the festive mood at work. We had a Tropical Christmas celebration as part of Citi Dazzles competition. It was super fun and we played beach balls in the office. Imagine that! Haha glad to have some sporty friends in my clique. Each participating department also had a Citi cake and one of the cakes had the "golden ticket". I think it was $500!





 

We also had Christmas organized by the Culture Club peeps. It was awesome! I took part in the stocking competition but didn't win. Oh well better luck next time! Since it's 100% public voting.







Our own clique also came up with the Secret Santa game and every week, we had to buy something according to the theme.

Here's what I got for the past 3 weeks.

1) Small and fluffy


2) Long and hard


3) Wet and sticky


Amidst all the festivities, I also attended Sha's wedding! It was such a happy occasion seeing our Sec Sch bestie getting hitched. Friends for 10 years and counting (: May you & Ali have a blissful and happy married life. #sashinlove

Ok that's all for now. Off to pack my camping bag for Aspire tomorrow. Yay I love camping!

P/s. the boyf just made me very very furious because he's not able to join us tomorrow morning. Argh!

P/p/s. ok I cried and scolded him and realized I can't stay angry at him for long.

#1416.

Bro recommended me to watch this video and I thought I'd like to share. It's very inspiring.

How To Find And Do Work You Love: Scott Dinsmore 

at TED x GoldenGatePark

Taking up jobs to build your resume, is like saving up sex for old age.

- Warren Buffet

3 points to note from this video:

1. Becoming a self-expert (iow, understanding yourself). Find your unique strength. Value. Experiences. Write down who inspires you and why. Keep a journal of things like "I want to become like XXX one day".

2. Do the impossible (iow, pushing your limits). If you keep thinking you can't do it, you'll never get the courage to start or will give up eventually.

3. Surrounding yourself with passionate people (iow, get away from negativity and complacency).

You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.

- Jim Rohn

What is the work you can't not do?

Thank you Scott Dinsmore for giving this very inspirational talk. From now on, it's just me and my passion & I'm so going to work towards it! (: