For my Dream House

I was surfing the net this afternoon, and came upon some home interior stuff that I found quite interesting. When I have my own family and my own house, I'll have a carpeted room with only these rock pillows by Livingstones in them. Imagine, kids plus a bunch of these pillows. They'll be imagining climbing a mountain one day, then playing hide-and-seek the next day, and then pretending to be in a stream the next day. The creative possibilities are huge!

Plus it would be fun to just laze among the rocks on quiet days.

Young Couple

Yesterday, I had lunch at friends' house. They were old friends. I first met them, I think, a decade ago. We did comics. Anyway, these two just got married last year, and had just recently moved to a new apartment. It was quaint, just the right size for the two of them. Well-lit. And it had a small veranda. And my friend said he and his wife would just spend the evenings out there, talking about problems and life in general.

I thought that was a beautiful picture. A young couple, on their own in the big city. There are problems, yes. But they were in this together.

My 2012 Goals

My current Life Goal: To create literature that aims to re-shape a mindset of current and future generations into one that would help them be men and women of strong character and integrity, of persistence and patience, of responsibility and power, of passion and compassion, and of love and peace; who are secure in their identity as children of the Most High, honoring their parents, respecting the women, and taking care of the hearts of people who life brings across their path.

My 2012 Goals:
PERSON

To be more compassionate this year. To be a delight to my God, a respectful daughter, a sister worthy to be followed, a kind and compassionate friend, a good testimony, an awesome boss, a wise and responsible creator, thankful, passionate, beautiful, healthy, and loving.

WORK

To expand the company to a 12-member production team by the end of the year. To do the Starstruck Launch Party in the first quarter. To train my current team into S-class creators. To promote the company so that by the end of the year, people will know who we are.
To resuscitate Talecraft and maybe bring it into the digital arena. To hold four writers’ workshops this year, and celebrate Reading month and National Novel Writing Month.
To finish the Dreams Game before the end of the first quarter, rest for a few months, then go ahead and start two new ones with the old team and a new team before the year ends.

CREATIVE

To finish writing the first book in a series of young adult books targeted towards boys 9-12 years of age.
To go back to reading and writing romance.

TRAVEL

To go to Chicago for the RT Booklovers Convention in April.
To attend SIGGRAPH Asia in Singapore in December.
To travel abroad on Kingdom work.
To travel to a place by myself, take a solo vacation, and thoroughly enjoy myself.

STUDY

To take up my MBA this year.
To take up a class and study something completely new.
To learn to drive.
To learn to swim.
To learn to cook.