♥ Thy Lady: Reminiscing the past

I was browsing through my Facebook photos and then I started to think back to the past and then looking back now, we are still the way we are but looks have changed. From innocent students to young adults. I especially value the times I have spent during my JC times, when my friends and I did those dumb little things that never fail to bring a smile to my face every single day I went to school. It was that fun, even though there were tons of work and tests, but we always derive some pleasure out of it. Like kbox outings and sakae sushi buffets right after school etc. And who can forget talking behind the lectuters' back and giving them weird and funny nicknames!

Looking back...

AJC times, when Neoprints were super in then. I still remembered Fumin and I spent almost $20 per person alone just to take some neoprints at Bugis Junction. I seriously didnt know what went through our minds at that time. Lol!

Then we all went to university to further our studies. I was very amazed that all of us made our own choices and none of us (Except Krystal and Seok Hwee) were in the same major! Fumin went into NUS majoring in Business, myself to NTU majoring in Mechanical Engineering, Wei Jing to NTU majoring in Materials Science and Engineering, Si Xuan to NUS majoring in Project Management, Krystal & Seok Hwee to NUS majoring in Environmental Engineering, Ting Wei to NTU majoring in Marinetime Studies, Duojie to NUS majoring in Accountancy, Weejia to NTU majoring in Business, Hsien Meng to NTU majoring in Aerospace Engineering, Kai Luen to NTU majoring in Chemistry and Biological Chemistry. We still stayed close together and organized meetups often!

We even organized overseas trip to Genting Highlands!

And when I was in Year 1, I got to know a boy whom I thought had an attitude problem. This boy later became my boyfriend of 4 years and still counting! :)

Embarking into a new phase now! :)

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Anyway, I have received more than just the above 3 comments in Formspring to blog about Part II of

爆料黑玫瑰之博客版 (Bloggers' Big Revealations).

Missed out on Part I? Don't fret. Click here to be directed to the post immediately! :)

I am glad that there are actually supporters! I was quite prepared to be trashed by people but it turned out otherwise! Thanks to all who supports and as promised, I will definitely continue on Part II, which will be more in depth of my experiences! In fact, I have a few who have emailed me and told me their fair share of experiences with Zoe Rambutan. I have seek their permission to blog about this in Part II too. It will definitely be a long, but worthy post! :) I shall reveal the things that were unknown to outsiders, that the looks does not necessary depicts the true character behind a person, in this case a blogger and blogshop model.

I will most probably post up Part 2 in a week's time, together with LaFemmeDaBelle's Clearance Sales Part 2 so people who are interested, look out for my mailer! :)

Regarding ceasing operations for LaFemmeDaBelle, I have received quite a few comments from customers and they felt that it is such a pity to stop my launches. I felt really happy that they love my launches and great service. But then again, operating a blogshop is not as simple as buying stocks, take photo and sell. When I first set up LaFemmeDaBelle 1 year ago, my initial thought was as simple as that. But as time passes by, I went through phases of demoralizing when there were no sales, troubled when I had to fork out more money to make my branding known to people, physically tired when i had to travel down to manufacturer and supplier to discuss designs and stocks as well as to carry all the stocks back taking a train, without a car and without any help. But it did not end here. I had to do stock counts at home which can take up at least 1 to 2 hours of my time, check all apparels free of defects, liase with model, book studio and prepare for photoshoots and then back home to do photoediting, uploading of photos, taking measurements of apparels and doing up the launch on Livejournal. After launch, invoicing were then done, apparels were re-packaged nicely in OPP bags, customized thank you cards for customers handwritten by me because I believe in customer service, packing apparels into envelopes and then lugging them to the post office to mail them out.

All these were done by me alone.

Although there were profits, but it is too time consuming. I had to put up with the attitude of Zoe Rambutan even though I am paying her few hundreds for 1 hour of her time, and then all I can do is to silently complain to my boy. Then I tried hiring fresh faces, but the sales dropped because I supposed Zoe Rambutan can carry out the apparels more, which I do not deny. There were still profits though, because I have already had a fixed customer base. And at this time, since I will be starting work real soon as I have just graduated, I think this is just the right time when I should put all down. Operating a blogshop requires too much of my time, although I truly enjoy!

Therefore to all who felt that it is a pity to stop my operations for LaFemmeDaBelle, please dont. I believe I have made a right choice and I thank all who supports LFDB, truly. :)

I did not manage to put up all comments here because some were smses, while the other emails had some contents regarding invoicing etc so it is not convenient to put up here.