A little bird told me that there was one street around my area that was bordered with Jacarandas and looked absolutely beautiful at this time of the year... I kept a look out for it all week and finally discovered this... Lovely... Never can get enough of Jacarandas... if the whole of Perth was chock full purple of Jacarandas, how pretty it would be...

Hubby says I have knack for making my own 'luck' Now I know that 'luck' is not a very good word to use because as many people say "There is NO such thing as LUCK" But I suppose what I mean by 'luck' is the ability to create and seize my own opportunities... As my dad always used say " It's not about WHAT you know, but it's about WHO you know " And who you know seems to be the golden key to helping people secure jobs, projects, deals etc. etc. etc. But as I set out into the wide world on my own, my first stop being Singapore, I landed my first job completely on my own merits. I wouldn't say I am a very extraordinary or extremely beautiful and hardly even a genius of any kind. But (also as dad liked to say) " by the grace of God " I got in. And overall, I think we've had a very blessed life. We've expanded our territory in our own little ways. And I NEVER want to be complacent about it, but simply GRATEFUL. Even f...