Making friends with work

One makes friends not only by creating a society. Developing relationships with human being or with animals. In making friends, one gets to know the object of friendship. There are people who see something in somebody, then they get themselves acquainted, their friendship may become closer and deeper, which turn either into best-friends or even lovers. These are common, but there are also people simply take the object superficially and kept at arms length as they call it "buddy-buddy". That is okay. But what about making friends with the work or the job? People look for a job to get sustenance or as a life-support, every one knows that. And they look for a job that they know they can do and they like, this is definitely. People would not be able to perform well if they don't like the work.

And yet some people may be trapped in a such situation  that somehow they are forced to take a work they don't like, it is either because it is not their qualifications or due to unpleasant environment. In this situation inner-battles develop. It is either to be a stayer or leaver. Wise people, seeing the necessities, would make friends with that work, in a sense by learning about the work and even try to develop a kind of sixth sense to be able to visualize the characters of the work. Sound strange it is, but the moment the person succeeded in studying the object, he would find the the work which first he did not like, now has become something easy to deal with. 

This process often happens in a situation when for example a civil engineer graduate and unemployed is forced to help his father in a commodity shop where he smell odors he does not like, for instance the stinging smell of dry hot-chilly mix with the smell of spices in goni sacks, and in the end, he finds it a pleasure to serve buyers. Here we may say that he was able to make friends with a work and that led to making friends with people.

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Tina's Christmas and New Year program

After Tina and Edward posted an ads about looking for a co-tenant and preferably someone who could run a coffee and snack shop, she received quite a number of interested candidates. Then she and Edward, after meeting them one by one, had chosen one who according to them could fit in well in the space available to open a coffee and snack shop beside Tina's shop. They showed their future co-tenant the space and made a plan to have a talk about all the legal necessity after New Year since Tina would be out of the country for 30 days during the end of year holiday.

Tina talked again to Mirabelle in Mauritius, informing Mirabelle that on the way to Mauritius, she would  spend two days in Singapore, three days in Malaysia and meet Chandni in Mumbai, and together Tina and Chandni would arrive in Mirabelle's  a week before Christmas. Tina intended to stroll the streets of Mumbai first. Mirabelle was happy to learn she was going to have a wonderful end of year feast that year. Two foreign friends from two different countries there, that would be awesome. Mirabelle promised Tina the best hospitality that she could ever give to her foreign friends. Before they hung-up, Tina made Mirabelle promise to show her the best fashion house in the island.

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Costume dresses around the world - Angola

Angola, a country in Africa which has become a member of petroleum exporter country is the seventh largest country in Africa. A country with Portuguese influence due to colonization. And naturally her African culture is also somehow mixed with Portuguese. As well as the culture, Angola's world of fashion is keeping up with international fashion and trends by recently participating in a showcasing of pan-African designers in Africa Fashion International event in Johannesburg.

Advanced Angola maybe in world of fashion, but her colorful traditional costumes somehow are well preserved.

one style of Angolan traditional costume

looks like a costume for the lady of a warrior

Angola's Miss Universe costume

Unemployment crisis

Since the end of the second millenium and the beginning of this present third millenium , the world has been swimming in tribulations. Disputes have been rising among nations, many people have lost a lot and many are reluctant to speak about them. Unemployment rate is raising and refuses to decline. Efforts have been made till today to decrease that high unemployment rate. Many big surviving company have been making efforts to open working opportunities to people in one way or another and one of those ways are the possibilities to work from home. And that good opportunity is not without hindrances, for instance, those who would like to have a micro business at home, need capital. To collect capital from nowhere is impossible and it has become a major problem.
They say, those who are educated might be able to find their solutions. But what if those intelligent person are stuck?

There is another way that seem so easy, in the Internet field which has become so popular nowadays, and that one also has drawbacks, again capital. Capital to buy the equipment like computer or like it.
Then they, the well-off who are concerned about this crisis, established places for public to be able to use computers either with low fees, they call Cyber club or Cyber Cafe. Or some even have been so kind as to offer free of charge to some individuals and together they work charities. Such have been the effort to share sustenance to the world and yet, so much effort done, the crisis rate is still high.

Efforts are still being done and will continually be done that the people wish of a peaceful and prosper world would somehow be achieved.

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Momentum - a movie

This movie starred by Morgan Hitman, James Purefoy and beautiful Olga Kurylenko. They say "Momentum" was a flop, but here it is not  the movie which is going to be talked about but Olga. Despite of her role beside Daniel Craig in "Quantum of Solace" still she could not become as popular as Meryl Streep. Moreover with Angelina Jolie. Many wondered why. She is beautiful, she acted well. She was in "Hitman", "Oblivion" with Tom Cruise or was it? In "Momentum" she was not bad at all. Playing careless "bravada", clever and yet stupid. Anyway, a flop it was but quite enjoyable.
And Olga did well.

Job hunting

Richard talked about what he wanted to do, that he already graduated from Tourism and Hotel Management with a Bachelor degree. A problem that he was facing was financial problem. To be able to work abroad, capital was really needed. There should be a solution, which was hunting for a job in his own local environment or in some other cities in his own home country.

He talked this over with his parents. His father owned and ran a palm-oil producing company. His father was crossed when he heard Richard's intention. He said that he was expecting his son to help him in his palm-oil company in one way or another. Richard's choice of choosing Hotel business was already wrong. But Richard gave his father an option that one day his hotel would need his father's oil for the kitchen. Richard explained that before he plunged himself in the hotel and tourism business, he wanted to work abroad to get the experience. Then he asked his father maybe he could help in his palm-oil company to amass money as he needed it to finance his travel abroad. After hours of discussion, his father ordered Richard to meet him in his office in the following morning.

Richard felt relieved, then after dinner, he went to ransacked his wardrobe. He should look smart when meeting his father, because he would sure be meeting his father's colleagues.

smart

or

care-free

A bit confused but he thought he would decide in the morning. He wouldn't sleep on it.

Tina and cinema - James Bond 007

On a Sunday, early in the morning, Tina went to her shop to start seeing what she should do and how she should furnish her shop that it would look presentable. And Chris also came to lend a hand.

Chris suggested that Tina let an interior designer to handle her shop, but Tina said she did not have enough budget for that.

After they lunched, Tina suggested of going to the cinema located on the upper floor of the building, to watch James Bond 007. They were playing "For Your Eyes Only" with Roger Moore as the leading actor and Carole Bouquet as the leading lady. In fact, these two girls are James Bond's fans.

On the way to the cinema, they talked about how they loved the movie. Each one of them had watched it more than once, and that time only them knew which "onieme" time it was. And they talked about the gowns that Carole wore and the fashion she fancied, as well as how handsome the actor was.

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Hot summer night

During summer the air is hot, in places where the heat may reach more than 39 degrees Celcius, even mattress and pillows are hot and very uncomfortable to sleep on. Dresses in the wardrobe are as uncomfortable. That situation obliged people to dress or clad in something like

Andorran Ladies

Andorran ladies are advanced. They have also taken parts in politics. They are beautiful with a mix of Spanish, Slavic and French feature and are also sports lovers.
Yet, so far, they are American fashion oriented fashion lovers, with Marc Jacobs, one of American best designers, who once upon a time designed for Louis Vuitton, giving what people say the biggest influence.
To those who love beauty, fashion and typical Mediterranean morena, if not meztissa air, Andorra is the right place. :)

Costume dresses around the world - Andorra

Andorra is a principality state in Europe between France and Spain, with culture influence by many nations. A small state but elaborate. When it comes to their traditional costume, it is shown they are typically European costumes similar to those of the Spaniards,and of those of the East-Europe, even Holland except for the ladies' head covers and decorations.

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Andorran puppet in  traditional costume

Tina's feasibility study into business (5)

Tina's gotten the registration, alright, next step operation permit, but one thing they have forgotten. Tina was supposed to look for a partner or co-tenant in occupying the shop space at the Grand Indonesia Mall. This she should had obtained prior to the registration application. They saw a problem. She mentioned this problem to Edward and he shrieked.

Edward studied the plan again, and then he exclaimed that in her budgets, she hadn't included the co-tenant affair yet. He told Tina that would come after. They decided to look for a partner. An advertisement, in the newspaper or on-line, that should help. And there would be the Tenancy Agreement Amendment then the Company Registration Amendment to take care of.

Tina sighed and thought , she really had a long way to go before her shop would get a co-tenant and go operational. In the meantime, she told Edward, she'd continued with her drop-shipping, and why not doing on-line drop-shipping, too! Edward asked her not to create complications if she would want to keep herself fit. Tina laughed. So they went to an advertisement agency to post "looking for a business co-tenant" ads. So, thus, that day ended.

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One trick in dressmaking

When you sew a dress first of all you draw a pattern of the style of the dress you have chosen then you cut the material according to the pattern. Suddenly you find that there is not enough length for the hemming... worry not! A trick you can use...! A lace can be added to the bottom to provide more length for the hemming... Try it!

Who is considered important in the Interior Decoration?

Interior decorations are referred to decorations inside a building or a mere space. Every room needs to be decorated so that it may look nice in the eyes of the beholders. An empty room definitely looks ugly and cold. But with decorations in it, the room will be felt warmer.

Decorations in a space are the furniture, like tables and chairs, sofas and others. And a space needs also windows and of course, to get into that space, there is the door. They, too, needs to be decorated with something everyone call curtains. Some curtains come in plastic and they are ready made from the factory, but many prefer curtains made of cloth, because they last longer then plastic, and easier to manipulate in many ways, either let it fall straight down to the floor or set it into drapes.

To have beautiful set of curtain made of cloth, apart from the interior decorator who chooses the style, there is one particular person who plays important role, and that is the sewer or seamstress.

Not many people fancy of taking this side of line, because it does not bring big revenue. People look down on those who work as seamstress. In some society they are considered as the domestics. But who would assemble clothing material into something to cover corpus(?), who would stitch or join pieces of cloth into something to cover the windows and bar the room from sunlight, sets of bedding,  and other things? No other than the sewer or seamstress. Using their sewing machines or even only with their hands, still it is them. So, low as they may, without them Master of Arts in Interior Decorations would never be able to do anything. In French "un affair a reflechir".

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Red, red wine...

red wine shades

lovely combination

serene

A topic between Tina and Mirabelle

It was another Sunday. But this Sunday, after breakfast Tina's Internet Messenger rang, a video-call. It was Mirabelle. They exchanged greetings and they started talking about the things that interested them. Mirabelle asked Tina if she knew anything about myths. Tina said she read some about the Greeks' or the Romans' or some about the Indians'. And Mirabelle mentioned about Psyche, Echo and Athena. Tina asked if Mirabelle thought, by the hazard, that somehow those characters really existed in the spirit realm. Laughingly Mirabelle commented that no one would really know but somehow the myths would remain alive to eternity.

Then they talk about Tina's plan of spending Christmas and New Year in Mirabelle's island of Mauritius. Tina said she contacted Chandni already and told her about the change of plan, it was a good thing, Chandni agreed. Chandni quoted "curiosity kills the cat", since she was curious to know about that particular small island, so small that  could hardly  be noticed in the world map. Mirabelle sneered. Mirabelle offered a nice bungalow for them. And also a transportation to take them on trips around the island. Mirabelle mentioned about places they could go or do. Tina seemed to be very interested and they continued chatting, talking about nonsense for a while and before they hung-up, Mirabelle told Tina not to think too much of what kind of dress she should bring. Tina laughed and said that she and Chandni would come with empty suitcases.

Mirabelle and Tina said "au revoir" to each other added with "bizous-bizous" and hung-up. Tina sighed and whispered "funny".

very comfy

summer evening dresses

The Maghrebian Ladies

Maghreb is a term given to countries like Algeria and her neighbours. This part of the world used to be peaceful in the past but since the death of the last king of Egypt, this region fell into great tribulations. Nevertheless, there are still places where people can still enjoy life. The women still care about dressing up in the outfit of their glorious days. Below is a link of a video by DIVA EDITION, showing the sparkling and glamorous Maghrebian ladies gown

La Femme Du Maghreb 2014 / DIVA EDITION: http://youtu.be/LefSHh88D8g

Some are sensual and can be said quite alluring in their bright shiny colors.

Costume dresses around the world - Algeria

Algerian is one of the amazing countries in the north of Africa. It is a francophone country where people speak French apart from their Arab language. Algeria has colorful culture, went through  era of  many governmental changes, from one monarchy to another. She also exhibits colorful costumes and tradition influenced by various cultures, most of all Turkish . Here are shown some styles of their traditional dresses.

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Mike the smart boy

There were Tina the dressmaker, Edward the business consultant, Richard the Hotel management graduate who was looking for experience abroad and Christine nicknamed Chris who was a make-up artist. Remained Mike to be introduced. Mike was an Informatics Technology expert. After completing his high-school, he went to an university and took Informatics Technology and Computer Science. A smart and happy-go-lucky boy who knew how and where to find his money. No one could say that he was a loner for he had quite a large scope of relations, just when his friends did not see him for sometime, they would know that he must be up to something in his solitude. In his solitude, Mike either dipped himself in serious matters or just relaxing writing blogs in some websites that he did not want anyone of his friends to know about. And he was also a charming groomer like "Great Gatsby". God help ladies who laid eyes on him...

Great Gatsby style

Thanksgiving Day

A tradition that most Americans observe before end of the year, before the month of December, is Thanksgiving Day. According to the understanding of most non-Americans as they observe the American celebrating the day, it is the day of the closing of all the activities of the year before the Christmas Season comes, and the Christmas shopping spree starts. Normally it falls on the fourth Thursday of November.

They have delicious meal served. And after that, the Christmas Gifts hunt starts. People will wait for happy hours early in the morning in front of marts and department stores. They will start ordering for pine trees. All of those activities need funds. To fill in the holes of expenditures, many also  hunt  for part-time jobs.  In Mauritius this day only celebrated by the American expatriates. Nevertheless, no one is deprived of the occasion .

for boys and girls

some gown to choose

Tina's feasibility study into business (4)

With Edward's assistance Tina succeeded in registering her shop. When she started a topic on the interior designs, Edward reminded her that she should start to apply for the operation permit, and she had to draw her budgets and inventory, and not forgetting the banking relations and affairs as well as taxes. Smiling Edward reminded her about her drop-shipping activities, apart from being a dressmaker, too,  that she hardly thought about paying taxes, now that she had a shop, it was a real business with taxes to pay involved.

Making big money through that line was not really promising, Edward told her. but since Tina's passion was there, so let it be. Tina's watched Edward talking. Anyone would laugh seeing Tina's expression. After sometime, Tina told Edward that her head had started spinning, and she guessed that she would need his assistance quite a lot. Then she suggested that they should go somewhere for lunch and then dropped by a bookstore to buy  several fashion catalogs.

 

As they walked, Edward saw this and he whistled, Tina slapped his arm ^o^ 

This Monday's outfit

Speaking of designers there will not be any end. There are thousands of them around the world, professionals or amateurs, well-known or anonymous. Below is a couple style which designer is not known.

Planning for a picnic

On a Sunday like that day, people either stay home or spend their leisure time somewhere else. That Sunday, Tina was visited by all her friends including the business consultant. Chris, Mike and Richard, each brought with him a snack to share. Edward brought some drinks.

They sat in the salon and made some plans for  a picnic or a sort of an outing by the end of the year or the beginning of the following year before everyone resumed to work. Mike suggested a dinner in open air on a camping site. Richard suggested a weekend in a natural park.

While they were talking, Tina's computer's messenger rang, it was from Mauritius. Mirabelle  appeared on the screen. Tina introduced Mirabelle to her friends. Then Tina mentioned about what they were doing. Mirabelle jokingly suggested her island as their end of  year destination, but Tina regretfully refused because she was expecting Chandni. She told Mirabelle that she had a contact in India with whom she spent the Divali festival that year, and she had invited her Indian friend to spend the end of year festivity in Tina's place. Like jet-sets, so these people thought jet-sets. Mirabelle asked Tina to change her plan, to ask Chandni to join her and company at Mirabelle's island, that would be fun. Chris, Mike and Richard including Edward looked at each other and said to Tina that it would be a very good idea. A great adventure while closing the year. Tina agreed of the idea and said to Mirabelle she'd talked it over with her friends and let her know soonest.

While they were talking, moving around Tina's salon, Mike bumped into Chris and spilled his drink on Chris's beautiful Sunday dress. Chris went red....! Of rage or ...?

Sunday dresses

Tina and cinema - Killing me three times

Every time Tina felt tired and a bit fed up with her routines, she would sit in front of her DVD player and watch a movie. Last time she bought a DVD movie titled "Kill me three time". Though according to some critics, this Australian movie was set in a comic and a bit ridiculous way, but she enjoyed it. To her, the story rolled like it was in a natural setting without any special effects. Like giving the impression of some ridiculous people trapped in a difficult, stupid and incredibly" towards the extreme " situation. Interesting, she thought.

Alice Braga, the leading actress, a Sao Paolo born,looked natural, and very nice in her fuchsia dress.  Sullivan Stapleton as a dentist surgeon, Luke Hemsworth, played the hero, a knight in a shining armour. And the sexy blue eyed Teresa Palmer, the surgeon's wife , Simon Pegg played the prof-killer, Callan Mulvey played the jealous husband of the leading actress. And Bryan Brown was playing the corrupted policeman. The story went interlinked among subjects of money and act of elimination. Tina did not regret in buying that movie.

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Costume dresses around the world - Albania

Albania is one of European countries. She has quite an amazing history involving many nations in the past. Colorful culture. 

Here are exhibited only some of their colorful traditional customs's costumes.

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Miss Universe Albania in her national costume

Richard's objectives

A week after Tina's trip to India, she received a phone call. It was Richard. He asked her if they could hangout somewhere. Tina said she could only go out later in the evening, because she had to  her do dressmaking project. She was planning to start advertising her products by words to her drop-ship clients. She told Richard briefly about her shop. Somehow Tina asked where they should meet, Richard said their meeting place would be at Merdeka Square, he would bring some refreshments. Tina thought it sounded quite okay.

In that evening, as they sat on folding-stools that Richard always had in his four-wheels drive car, Richard who just completed his studies in Tourism and Hotel Management, told her of his plan to find experience abroad. Tina said it was a good idea, and she suggested France or America. Tina's friends considered her as someone who had vast knowledge of places. But Richard said those countries were too far and he did have enough financial support to go there, so he mentioned about ASEAN countries. Then Tina suggested Philippines. Too many people had been going to the nearest like Malaysia and Singapore. The choice to the Philippines would not be a bad idea.

While eating and drinking under the stars, they continued their discussion. Suddenly Tina turned and looked at Richard from head to toe and said laughingly that she did not notice Richard's smart look that evening

smart and casual

habitually

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