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Thursday 16 June 2016

Demand for handmade toys for children

I'm currently doing a market survey for the social enterprise we're planning. The objective is to financially empower women artisans from disadvantaged communities by partnering with them to handcraft a collection of high quality fabric toys and gifts for babies and young children. Part of the proceeds from the sale of the products will also be channeled towards educational play programmes for underprivileged children. We would appreciate if you could spare several minutes of your time to fill up our survey. This will help us greatly in developing our business plan to move the project forward.

The link to the survey is as follows:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NVRTV9X

Thank you in advance for your valuable feedback!


Thursday 2 June 2016

Leaving the corporate world

I'm officially jobless... well it's exactly a month now since my last pay cheque. If you ever wonder how it feels being a SAHM after more than 10 years in the corporate world... well... here let me tell you...

Initially it was "Yay no need to go to work anymore, now I can spend more time with the kids", then it quickly became "Urghhh... the kids are driving me nuts, how I wish I'm at work!"

I'm now the kids' full time chauffeur - to school, to after-school activities, etc. My goodness, being on the road is so so tiring. Thank you poppy for having endured this duty for the last god-knows-how-many-years.. I need a driver!

I spent my first 2 'jobless' weeks spring cleaning. So many things to clear... clothes, toys etc. that my kids have outgrown. Had my hands full listing preloved items for sale and arranging delivery. I've kinda slow down since, my spring cleaning mojo had somehow disappeared cos I've now moved on to a more exciting project :-)

When I first told a friend of mine that I've stopped working, her first response was "I'm sure you can't get used to it!" That statement is so true. Although I've no intention (at least for now) to step back into the corporate world, I can't stop myself from thinking about business ideas. I want to do something. I need to do something. But it has to be something with a cause. It's high time I give something back to the community, to do something good. And I'm so glad I've landed on a great idea for a social enterprise. I'll be documenting my start-up journey at "Sewing Giggles"