Site visit - Hawa Resort & Training Centre

My main work is a personal assistant and it requires my to take over the driving part as well. I have no problem with driving because I am comfortable on the road - highway, raining, night, traffice jam, long distance and all.

Yesterday, we (my boss and I) went to site visit to find a place to have a family day somewhere in Janda Baik - a resort to fulfill 60 families and 40 single. Shortlisted 2 - Dusun Eco Resort and Hawa Resort as both claim can fit the capacity.

First stop, Dusun Eco Resort. First impression - not suitable for family. It's training oriented - good for outdoor activities.

Second stop, Hawa Resort - perfect! Very clean, calm and nice environment. Highly recommended to my boss and he said yes.

Cute chalet

Twin chalet

Inside executive chalet

Inside dorm (fit for 12 pax)

VIP chalet.. (cozy sofa on side - unseen)

Outside VIP chalet - breakfast, lunch, dinner or any leisure

One of the building/chale but this one is a 2-storey

A canteen/cafeteria

An awesome open-air surau

A huge training center. There's another one with air-cond.

BBQ pits and open field for eating out

A beautiful river INSIDE the resort

Beadwork: Baju Kurung Shiffon Size 'S'

I bought this ready-made baju kurung quite some time ago. Only recently, I got some idea to improvise it. So, this is the beadwork that I'm using ready-made emboidery (using thread) and I added more beadwork with different material to enhance the blue colour.

Baju Kurung Biru Shiffon, Size 'S'
FOR SALE @ RM89.00
(inluding inner)
To purchase, email to me radiyusuf@gmail.com

Beadwork on chest.
Combination of ready-made emoidery (using thread)
and my home-made beadwork

Beadwork done on the edge of baju

More beadwork. The kain terbelah instead of kain lipat susun.

Overall view of beadwork on the chest

Another baju kurung for mom

New Mannequins in the House..!

New Mannequins

These are my first two mannequins (female body with hook & for tailor half female body) I bought this morning from a blogger from Puchong. Right away, I went to textile store to buy another 2 sets of cheap cotton fabric, soon, to make another baju kurung (purposely for practising).

For tonight onwards, I have 2 baju kurungs for beadwork which I plan to publish and sell it online. And, of course, I got music and my nescafe on the side.. hehe..

Baju Kurung: First Attempt

My first home-made baju kurung

This is my first attempt making a baju kurung, totally from scratch. The size looks big as it measured from the existing size. It isthe size that my mom and my sister share.. hehe.. I was glad I could finished it in short time (less than 3 days). But there are a lot of improvement to be done especially the sewing part - to make it fine. I have trouble sewing the "belt". I know I have to practice more.

Tomorrow, I'll get my mom to try it on. Hope she'll like it.

Beadwork: Baju Kurung for Ms Aida from Wangsa Maju

 

A request from a friend to have beadwork on her new baju kurung. It was easily done because the fabric (cotton) - which explains the wrinkle all over places (I should iron the dress before the photo shoot). Anyway, it was finished 2 days before she plans to wear it for to attend a wedding ceremony. Glad she like it. *grins

 



New product - already?

Yes, I published my new product - beadwork in picture frame. I think, with developing this product, I could rely on it as I could control the volume. And I think, I could produce more because I have faith on this. But, will it sells? I can't predict, really.

For now, I will puchase the ready made picture frames and put in my beadwork. Maybe, later, I'll make order to custom-made my own picture frame.

Comparing with beadwork on baju kurung, it's depend on client to make order. If I recieve zero order baju kurung for beadwork, meaning no income at all from this. Although this is my passion, currently, I don't have the volume and continuity. So, the idea of beadwork in picture frame come - I could continue develop products to create volume.

For now, I finished two beadworks in picture frame. Click here for the first item and here for the second its.

New job trial day

I found a job ad couple of weeks ago. It requires a person who can drive and also to become a personal assistant with reasonable basic salary. Sound catchy and straight forward. So I SMSed the person asking about the availability as I like driving and organizing (well, sorta). We met for a casual interview. Quite clear now.

Last Wednesday, I took a day-off from current work (really soon to be end) to “assist my new employer”. I would say that is as my trial day. At 7:30am, he fetched me and I drove to LCCT to pickup someone. Return to his place and later to his office. Immediately, started with some clerical work, amending power point / presentation slides. Around 4:00 PM, took off to Kuala Pilah. It really took hours to reach there with the traffic jam. At 9:00 PM, he gave a talk to 200+ audiences. Ended around 11:30 PM. And he said, “..that’s about one of the routine, but normally, it doesn’t end up at this late.” There’s a selling section I should setup on that event, but I didn’t because of the facility and timing.

Surprisingly, I enjoyed the whole day.

And he told me, I could start immediately. I informed him, I would only able to start next month.

Well, the pay is just enough for my monthly expenses. The work is very straight forward but requires organizational skill, good memory and quick respond. Plus, provided overtime and commission AND flexible working hours (2 PM to 8 PM) are very tempting as I hope I could spare time with my freelance work. The best part, I could travel to places! Splendid!

Hmm… maybe, I could put my items together to sell. Heh heh heh *wicked evil laugh

And, I need a good organizer diary!

Beadwork: highlighted baju kurung from Terengganu

This is the beadwork I've done for a friend's sister (from Terengganu). Basically, I highlighted the existing pattern. It took quite some time to finish it because of the huge area. However, I love it!

Selling art or making profit?

The 7 of 25 black & white with ribbon ready-made goodie bags



I've published my first ready-made goodie bags for sale - Black & white with Ribbon Ready-made Goodie Bag. Limited for 25 items only. Why 25 and not 50? Simple, I sell design; and not really quantity. If I want to sell hundreds of units of goodie bag, I'd become a "factory". Instead, I create limited units so it will looks like something special which is rarely to find in the market, so to speak. It would look similar to other product, but it's not the same exactly.

However, I take order minimum 50 units just because to estimate the sufficient quantity for my Clients to server and give away or celebrate. Say if my Client wants to buy the ready-made item, which limited to 25 units per batch/design, I would highly recommend to them to add another batch - mix and match!