Nadiah Alwi

Finally, I’ve got a decent pic of my SOHO. It was taken this morning, after I cleaned it up of course. Yesterday it was a mess…you know deadline and all.

I still need to add stuff here and there such as shelves where I can put dictionaries and other books to help me work. But for the time being it’s not so bad.

Love this corner so much!

This one is SOHO ideas part two. Let’s enjoy them.

Pretty, aren’t they? But, why do I have this feeling that mine will actually turn out to be something real like this pic below?

By the way, I really can’t wait. It’s less than 10 days now. Just saw the house again today. And I miss it already.

PS: You can click on those pics and get directed to the original site where I found them. You’ll find more amazing pics there. For the last one, the real one, it belongs to Fabio Bruna that I found on his Flickr.

Just now, I met my Dad, a man of almost 63 years old with his past long experience as an employee.

While me, I’m a work at home mom. For the time being, I’m not planning to go back working at the office after being sent home last February because the company was in crisis.

And, you know what he asked me?

“Don’t you apply again?”

I was silent for a few seconds. Then, I answered, “No.”

“Why?”

“If I do apply and get hired again, I can’t take other jobs the way I do now.”

Currently I work for someone, building an online store. I only work from Monday to Wednesday, 9 to 5, from home. So, Thursday to Sunday, I can take other jobs — mostly translating.

My Dad was speechless. He knows that when I made my decision, no one can change that but me.

So, hopefully, my plan works, so he doesn’t ask again. I know he was only being a caring Dad.

And, I went to an exhibition today. I learned that by being creative you can survive. You don’t have to work for other people. I love the idea.

Hope I can be THAT creative.