Comments on: A Soft Spot

By: tigerzeye

tigerzeye — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 00:11:02 +0000

I registered merely to tell you that sometimes the mind of an artist is too full for mere mortals to comprehend. Start your business, be strong and hang on to this unique and lovely style of design you should be so proud of. Not all will appreciate it, not all will understand it and some will ridicule what they covet. View all comments by tigerzeye

By: Edmund

Edmund — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 06:36:32 +0000

Hey Veron

Another interesting post from ya - nice to read the support from the blog community as well. Congratulations on taking the entrepreneur plunge and going it out on yourself alone. Being a fellow entrepreneur who got outta the ‘rat race’ 1 year ago to go it alone.. here are some tips you may find useful:

1. Your peers may not understand why you gave up the ’security & perks’ of a job.
2. They constantly nag you to get a job and stop bumming around.
3. You’ll feel you’re working twice as hard & not getting the support and recognition you deserve
4. You’ll be putting in at least 16hrs of work a day - but you know you’re working for yourself and not for your boss’s big fat paycheck!
5. Cashflow may be a problem at first - especially if clients do not pay on time.
6. You have to do everything yourself! that means being your own designer, accountant, secretary, admin, sales & marketing manager..
7. sometimes you feel yourself going insane and wanting to quit! But deep inside you should let your passion be your compass to guide you along..
8. lastly, every cent you earn will be important. Spend it wisely, save up and one day when the cashflow is good, you can start hiring and outsourcing the non-essential tasks.

btw, have you registered your own company? Let me know if you need a good corporate secretary..

Till then, cheerio and let me know if you have a window-period thats free ‘cos my site needs a major revamp! Of course, hopefully you won’t charge me to the moon cos a huge % of my profits goes to the charities.. View all comments by Edmund

By: Veron

Veron — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 04:42:41 +0000

Thanks everyone! To hell with those German dudes! View all comments by Veron

By: Walter

Walter — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:42:42 +0000

Oh by the way, you do have my office email address right? Feel free to drop me an email with your portfolio and we’ll see if we can do something about it. There is another possibility too but I’ll have to discuss with my team on that first. In any case, there are tonnes of jobs to go around! View all comments by Walter

By: Beni

Beni — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 14:12:56 +0000

“Dogs bark, but the caravan moves on”. Heard this one before?

I’m sure you’re already over this silly little thing, but just wanted to tell you that you don’t need ANYONE to tell you that you’re good. You’re good, maybe one of the best. Period.
Maybe all they were looking for was a Gothic site, with black background, red blinking text, and lots of skulls around. So yeah, to hell with ‘em :)

Happy Valentine’s Day! Hope you have a great day. View all comments by Beni

By: mervkwok

mervkwok — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 03:33:37 +0000

Hugs mate! Their replies are a bit rude! Maybe because they’re German and their English ain’t all that great haha. Anyway, happy valentine’s day mate =) View all comments by mervkwok

By: tinkerman

tinkerman — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:02:01 +0000

i guessed that we all need reassurances most of the time, and when they (those reassurances) come, u urself can feel whether u deserve them or not.i am pretty sure u feel that u deserved them all, cos u r happy and proud of ur own works. must jiayou! and this may be a test of ur own faith in urself. View all comments by tinkerman

By: xxoos

xxoos — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:34:52 +0000

there isn’t really any point in getting upset over these sort of matter. that you hadn’t wanted to join it in the first place, and even more that you haven’t even heard of them in the first place, there isn’t really any point into taking it so seriously that you shd get pissed over it. don’t see it as your loss, just see it as a joke.

hope you’re all calmed down now~ View all comments by xxoos

By: SailorGirl

SailorGirl — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:07:35 +0000

Perhaps they’re affraid that you will outcome them!!

Something similar happened to me. I have work but don’t have a job. My pay paper says something like �situation: inexistent�. So I am trying to find a Job (to have more stability) and sending c.v.’s. A friend of mine sent it to several people and one director of a very important state agency wrote to me and sai something like: �I am sorry to inform you that according to paragraph… of clause…, your application for the public recruitment and call for proposals did not fulfil the legal requirements as you did not present - a paper of some sort… bla bla bla�.
I tried to explain: �But I did not apply to that job, I did not reply to the call for proposals!!!�.

I was really sad.

The important is to believe in what your heart tells you.

Someday… WE SHALL OVERCOME!!! View all comments by SailorGirl

By: think2ink

think2ink — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 08:53:26 +0000

If you need to cry, cry more for those snobbish, elitist people who turned you down. They obviously don’t know how arrogantly ignorant they are. It’s sad enough that such people exist in this world. Don’t make it worse by letting their remarks get to you!
Just a thought… You can set up your own designer community and send them the same emails! Haha… let them have a taste of their own medicine! View all comments by think2ink

By: glenn

glenn — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 04:54:30 +0000

Yes, I agree Veron.

Anyway, design is subjective. You can have a design, and a design. What’s more important is how you feel. Trust yourself, for I do trust your work. View all comments by glenn

By: Xanthe

Xanthe — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 03:11:17 +0000

Veron!! You swept me off my feet!!! You gave up something many people wouldn’t dare to think and went ahead with your dreams. You have the mindset of the great and You Will Get There! Cheers! View all comments by Xanthe

By: Xin

Xin — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 02:13:55 +0000

Its a test for you.. things like these do happens..
treat it as a lessons and pull yourself up quickly …
You don’t need their acceptance as you are already accepted by many other readers of your blog.
I love reading your blog and i certainly don’t doubt your skills and creativity.
Jia you! Go go go! View all comments by Xin

By: Patricia

Patricia — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 16:44:22 +0000

hi veron, you dont know me but i’ve been reading your blog for quite sometime.

dont let those ppl upset you because only you yourself know what you are best at! :) View all comments by Patricia

By: looi

looi — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 16:43:32 +0000

i think the growing members to your community validate your good work. dun need to fret, sticks and stones ….. View all comments by looi

By: damien

damien — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 15:29:52 +0000

hey, so what if these so-called German designers dont appreciate your talent? its their loss..cheer up all right? to me, and all those that visit and read your blogs frequently and infrequently,you do have talent, and a whole lot of it and that..=)

dont let such things in life dampen your spirits, cheer up! looking forward to your next foodie blog..-stomach rumbles-

cheer up and take care! =) View all comments by damien

By: craig

craig — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 15:05:39 +0000

all things aside, your design do make the cut… in my eyes at least. View all comments by craig

By: chillycraps

chillycraps — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 14:20:31 +0000

hey veron!

Where is the veron who went into blogfest last year full of confidence? (and of cos beat me flat)
Well, in the first place the word “reject” is wrongly used. They are the ones who started the crap. They were just trying to cover and hide what they started. This is NOT like you were begging to get in lor!

A card player also won’t show his/her cards to everyone lor.

Just ignore them lah. View all comments by chillycraps

By: ZEE

ZEE — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 14:12:26 +0000

hey veron, i may not know u in person, but i m charmed by ur talents and ur passion when i first stumbled on ur blog. And since tehn, i become a rather loyal reader. =)

We Leos sometimes deps too much on ppl’s judgement. However, always rem one’s charm comes from his/her confidence. I m glad u hv make a big decision for ur career. Trust urself, believe ur own capability, as how all of us hv faith in u.

If i ever need a website one day, i will definitely come to u.

Chin up and marh fwd. Share more gd restaurants n delicious food =) hugs n kisses, tciao! View all comments by ZEE

By: Fleck

Fleck — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 14:04:02 +0000

Believe in yourself. Your’re good. Be strong. View all comments by Fleck