Design: A Decade in Search By Razorfish
Posted on | February 8, 2010 | No Comments
Found this beautifully designed presentation done by Razorfish at slideshare. The slides may not be readable as I found out so I went straight to the site where there’s a flash version. Over there, you can use your mouse to click and pan or use the arrow keys.
The two displays have their pros and cons. Slideshare gives you a overview of the graphic design. At their website, it allows you to read the details. So my recommendation is to view both at the same time.
He’s away
Posted on | February 6, 2010 | No Comments
Here’s a picture of us at Phuket almost a year ago. He was test-driving the motorbike but as he had no formal training, he was wobbly and I was too wimpy to ride it. So we posed for a photo and proceed to rent a car.
He has been away at India for a week and will only be back in another week’s time. Missing him!
Personal Goal – February 2010
Posted on | February 6, 2010 | No Comments
We are now into the first week of February, a little late but there’s another 3 weeks to go.
I have been working on this blog almost everyday since 1 February. So here’s what I want to achieve by end of February 2010:
1. Write an entry every day or every other day.
Although I have been blogging for several years, I was never a consistent writer and only write when I felt like it. This time, I want to make an effort, sit down and pen my thoughts. Or write about the trivials and family happenings.
2. Figure a method to upload my pictures for easy backup
3. Find a new web hosting company
My current hosting plan is cheap as I used coupons. Renewal is coming in 3 months’ time and it’s priced double! Furthermore I feel that when I use at night, the response time seems rather slow at times. Not sure if it’s because when I am fixing the blog, it’s morning in the U.S.
Anyway if I am moving to another web host, I need to figure a way to export my pictures so that my photos will remain visible in my old entries!
Afternoon snack
Posted on | February 4, 2010 | No Comments
A cup of coffee and watermelon
Chloe in her childcare uniform
Posted on | February 4, 2010 | No Comments
Chloe in uniform
This was taken on one of the good days where she was not grouchy and we had some time to spare before leaving. Her uniform is slightly bigger because she’s a growing child.
Having a routine is good
Posted on | February 3, 2010 | No Comments
We just enrolled Chloe into childcare, starting 4 Jan 2010. I was able to accompany her for 3 days, so I took time off from work. I spent the 3 days figuring out how we can adjust to this new lifestyle better. Because she was not used to sleeping and waking early, she was understandably grouchy during the first week and kept crying when I had to leave her.
For the first 2.5 years of her life, she has been waking up at 9am daily. Leave for her grandfather house around 10.30am. In the evening, she goes to her cousin’s place from 7-9pm and only reaches home at 9.15pm. By the time we unwind her to sleep, it’s almost 12am.
So I devised a new schedule, which after a month, became a routine.
7am, I will wake up. And Chloe will wake at 7.30am, after I am done bathing, changing and putting makeup.
7.45am, Chloe’s grandfather will pick us up and send us to the childcare.
8am, I will leave the childcare and travel to work.
8-5.30pm Chloe will be at childcare.
5.30-7pm Chloe will be back home, with our domestic helper.
7-7.30pm We will reach home and we proceed cooking dinner.
7.30-8pm We will have dinner
8-9pm Leisure time
9-10pm Prepare for bed and story reading time
10pm Lights out and she has her milk
10.45pm Chloe falls asleep
Of course there were hiccups in the above schedule. On some days, I overslept and jumped out of bed at 7.15am. On some nights, Chloe doesn’t want to sit on her bed to read and I could only turn off the lights at 10.30pm. But everyday, I will repeat this routine and so far, results are good. No more grouchy Chloe in the morning. : )
My family
Posted on | February 2, 2010 | No Comments
My hubby, our daughter – Chloe and I. Taken on 13 Sept 2009. She was doing her signature pose – the both-hands-in-the-air thingy. No idea where that came from.
Feb 2010, a refresh of mind
Posted on | February 1, 2010 | 2 Comments
I decided that I am going to write about my journey of self-improvement, self-awareness here. After spending a few nights thinking about the focus of this blog, I realised that time has passed too quickly for me. Especially in Jan where I spent half the time feeling sluggish (down with a cold). It’s not a nice feeling being weak and could only focus on one thing at a time.
Since I graduated two years ago with a Bachelor in Science (Information Systems Management), work & family have been my primary focus. Not to say that they aren’t now but it’s time to reinvest time on myself, to do actual self-reflection and not let my thoughts & plans remain as they are now in my head but actually sit down and make a conscious to do it. And what better way than to write and share with the world.
Welcome to jacqis
Hi! I am Jacqueline Soong. Here I will write about fashion, design, tech work, family life and love. It is about striking a balance between life and self. So there will be photos of my daily life, random design, fashion and geeky stuff which I find interesting. Read more.
jacqis's tweets
- Looking at 'A decade in search' by Razorfish. Nice graphics. http://www.razorfish.com/a-decade-in-search/
- going to unwind chloe and have her afternoon nap
- @shermint haha..i didn't finish on Friday..that's why!
- work: typing minutes and preparing to email
- I am getting hungry! ahh..the perils of late nights.
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