A Fresh New Start

Happy New Year to you all!

The blog hasn't been updated for about 2 months, but I wonder if anyone notices or cares about it except myself :)  Apart from my busyness (or laziness), there was another reason for it - I was out of town again.  I have been to Guangzhou for some time.  This is my first time visiting the city.  It's a nice trip and I have made some new friends.  Let's see some photos from my trip:

Beautiful night scene of Guangzhou

Traditional Chinese Architecture

In this new year, I hope I can make a fresh new start and live a happy, healthy and beautiful life.  Time goes by so quickly and I just want to experience as many wonderful things as I can.  Enjoying life is all I want to do in this new year 2012.

Dreams of the Much Younger Me

At different ages and different stages of life, we have different dreams.  When time passes by, some dreams are achieved, some become not important any more, and some are lost in the busy daily life.  At the same time, new dreams arise.  As mentioned in my earlier post, recently I love to read a blog about how a couple work hard to achieve their dreams.  I try to recall the dreams I had years ago and see how many of them have come true by now.

Here are the dreams of a 15-year-old school girl, the much younger me who lived a long time ago:

1. the cute and handsome boy in the class (in a teen girl's dreams there is always a place for a cute and handsome boy)
2. own a Hi-Fi set
3. get high marks in the public exams, and then go to university
4. be rich and attractive
5. be a writer
6. open a book shop
7. travel around the world

These are the dreams that I can recall.  Maybe they are some typical dreams of a teen girl.  Some of them have come true, and some haven't.  I will talk about that later.

Getting where

Recently, I have read through a blog titled Getting There, from its very first post to the most recent post. 

The blogger Laura lives with her husband and four little children in Canada.  The blog is about how she moves towards a simple, self-sufficient and meaningful life.   She now lives in a rented condo, and she and her husband work hard for having their homestead some day.

Though the blog is just about the frugal life of a mother of four, I really love this blog.  Laura and her husband have dreams.  They work hard to fulfill their dreams and believe that they will get there.  I love people who have dreams!

Then I think about myself.  Is the recent life is what I have dreamt of?  To where I want to get?  How many dreams of the younger me have come true by now?  And how many dreams have been lost in the busy working life?  Time flies like an arrow, and I don't want to get old with a lot of unfulfilled dreams.  Perhaps I have to spend some time to think about these questions.  

Be a Blogger

I wonder if readers find this blog boring.

When I started this blog two months ago, I had considered about what to be talked in it.  I admit that one of the reasons I started this blog is to make more people know that there is a litte shop called The Little Corner on Etsy.  But I don't want to talk just about my shop in the blog.  I also want to talk about the books I have read, the places I have visited, the movies I have seen, etc., that is, something more personal (though readers may find it even more boring if I talk about these personal stuff).   I want to connect with the rest of the world through this blog.

However, since recently I have been busy with my day-time job, I have little time to update my blog.  (Or busy may be just an excuse, the real reason is what I have said in my very first post -- I am a lazy person.)  The most easy way to update the blog is to upload photos of my shop items.  So I keep updating the blog in this way.  But after some time, I find the blog become too business-oriented.  And this is not something I have intended to be. 

I think this is the time to bring the blog back to its originally intended direction, that is, something more personal and less business-oriented.  Hope you will like it!

10 Things

1.   I love the sound of thunderstorm.

2.   I saw the most beautiful sunset in my life in Enoshima Island, Japan.

3.   I love the books of Twilight series written by Stephenie Meyer much more than the movies.

4.   I love The Host more than the Twilight series.

5.   I usually wake up earlier on holidays than on working days.

6.   I love sweet.

7.   I am a bit superstitious at times.

8.   I like to shop online rather than going to shopping malls.

9.   I love tea more than coffee.

10. English is not my mother tongue.

Hi, I am finally here

Hi everybody, welcome to my new blog!

I have thought of writing a blog for a long time.  However, it was always a thought without action, partly due to the busyness of my job, and mainly due to my laziness.   Time just flew by and I understood that without action, I would never have a blog of my own.  Now, after a long struggle with my laziness, I am finally here, writing the first post of my new blog. 

I love books, movies and all things nice.  I also love crocheting and making lovely accessories.  My created items are available on my Etsy shop.  The shop is more like a hobby to me.  It's fun to have an online shop since you have customers coming from different places around the world.  Though it is just a little shop, it is big and important to me.

Here are some of the items from The Little Corner, hope you like them:

Floral Post Earrings - Pink Marguerite in the Spring Breeze

Romantic Floral Ring - Pure White Daisy

Petite Resin Necklace - Whisper of Butterfly