woman

To all the women across the whole world...

      

"A woman is like a tea bag - you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water" ... Eleanor Roosevelt

crazy week

I am about to close a crazy long week for me...  Sleepless days & total head banging sleepy moments while at work..coffee or tea are my last resort. Trying to dance along with the rhythm of my so called abnormal time clock since the beginning of Monday until Thursday.

Friday was more challenging day @ work. As three of my co supervisors got laid off by the management. Which i was totally shocked! I just hope they know what they were doing to these people. Even though upset for losing one close colleague of mine..work must continue for me. Making sure to keep your all guys team motivated despite the negative vibes around us. Taking phone calls and talking to CS counterparts in Ohio. Dealing with totally handicapped team as a couple of my guys are sick. And here comes the full load of jobs just when you are not a complete team. Pending reports to sort for two team members evaluation. Rush illustrations that i have to take care of. Although i really miss this task..after taking the new role as the team supervisor wasn't able to do much of illustrations at all. Guess  have to do multitasking!

Saturday morning comes & have to extend a couple of hours to finish some work. Head off to go pay my internet bills. Walk through so sunny day. After all these crazy things for my week. I still am grateful that i get the chance to revisit a place that has been part of my daily life for four years and some wonderful memories to recall. It is crossing this huge bridge connecting the city to another Island where we used to base @ work  It's been a long time I haven't been there and it feels good after all coming back.

 
Sunday...had my long dose of sleep. Go with mama to hear mass earlier of the day. Afternoon comes and i feel a bit lazy still..doodle a bit.  Evening comes and I am missing someone..he has been so quiet again.
Tomorrow will be another day... and so everything will be history..will snap out of this..just a crazy week.. 
 Have had my treat..a mint tea, nuts, chocolate cookies and some gummi candies! :-) case closed..

dooodle doodling dee

 

Slowly.. I think I am picking up of where i left at...I have just bought a new drawing/sketch pad and was really drawn to it as it's very unusual for me to find a kind of sketch pad like this on the bookstores. I just love the color of it..like a vintage paper. actually a brown one. I love it! :-) One thing that keeps my zest get back.. as i was so excited to doodle on it right the day i bought it. I was just like a kid who's so happy having a candy.

 And so it goes...my first doodling after such a long silence. It feels so good just letting loose of myself at the very moment. I was like dancing in the middle of the rain. I wasn't scared or holding back.. i was in my own nirvana.

Looking forward for another doodling time of my life! I am feeling the good vibes... and it's something i can always smile at.. :-)

you've got mail

If Vincent Van Gogh has Theo..to whom he confides his deepest thoughts & emotions in his art & his life through his letters to him.

I do have that too.. I am as grateful and overwhelmingly blessed to have my godfather, my second Dad who is far across the globe but still makes me feel he is just by far a shoulder to reach out. He knows something wrong when i am quiet with my letters for him...He would always say.."mary jane you're tooooo quiet.. how are you doing? "...

Today is one of those so many countless moments where I am always grateful and amazingly blessed. A letter from Dad is like my light house in my everyday sailing in the big ocean of life. His words of wisdom are my guiding light. 

I am just so happy today..overwhelmingly happy.. came home early morning after a crazy day at work. But nevertheless i call it a day with a smile in my heart...You've got mail..from Dad..

Dad Bas you are an earth angel to me.. :-)

goedenacth..

kiss from a rose

Lovely morning it is on my way home from a long day at work... My pink rose i just bought yesterday is just as fresh as she was then. Took photos of it yesterday as soon as i got home and just thought of sharing it here..

it's actually a red & pink one..the red goes to mum's altar..

pink one for my room. Just so lovely to see a flower in my room...

 

they always make me smile.. I would easily be charmed by their beauty... these are the little things that mean the most in my life... to see it's beauty..it's priceless...

Dit prachtige moment moeten we keosteren...  

those little things

 

It was a long day at work & head home on a sunny Wednesday morning. I drop by to a small market to shop a bit..food that is..  Working on graveyard shifts has it's good sides & not so good sides.. well good side is you get to have those fresh fish to cook for meal.. fresh fruits.. and such lovely fresh flowers. :-) 

I was totally in love with it's beauty and had so much fun taking pictures of it. That i just wish to share it here on my blog.

Isn't it lovely to start your morning??
  A message from my man across the miles, 
a shot of red wine, 
and these lovely flowers... 

what a wonderful moment that was for me to call it a day! 

It's the simple things in life that makes it fun & worthwhile!  :-)  

Today

Monday here it comes... a new start for the week! Goede middag! :-) I am grateful for today i think I am picking up some zest for my art. For the past months it has been a bit of a struggle for me to work on my art stuff..like a total stranger wandering. Talking of artist moody swings..

Today i guess..was a lovely time for me and my art...

Yep! I snap out of it!! Thank you Dad.. :-) 

I look forward for work later on..yeah! let's get the ball rolling! Keep my fingers crossed this will be a whole lot of fun & challenging week for me. But hey ho!Today i shall be h a p p y! :-)

Een goede dag verder!!