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Wednesday, May 31, 2006
I'm in PAIN!!!
Back to my tiring mood, worse when it came along with gastric pain. I'm like half dead... Not that i didn't eat my meals... i ate liao... but y still here? I'm in Pain man.... pain for whole day.... it comes and goes man.... ARGH!!!
Rachel @ 1:57 PM
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
120 Dumplings ??? Yes, it's 120 !!!
Right... nearing the festival, Duan Wu Jie, that pple usually eat dumpling... As usual, my mum make many dumplings.... i swear it's a lot.... She made ard 120 dumplings... Haha... Tat's my mum.. *shrugs* She made the dumplings to give to my 7 aunts and my grandparents, as well as my neighbours. She's really some kinda superwoman... The dumplings are quite nice.... Mm... but the abalone dumplings are not as good. Coz the original dumplings use pork and some other thingys which have stronger seasoning. For the abalone, it comes with this plain taste... as compared... i prefer the pork one.. My mum said that she wanna try out the abalone one coz the news always show those big hotels using shark fin, abalone and those ex ex thingy to make into dumplings. Yeah... and it don't taste as good as they seemed to be. Never to waste ur $$ on that man...
Rachel @ 4:32 PM
Interesting Citibank
I received a call last week from citibank. 1st thought that came to me was ... are they calling me to join their bank? Haha... fat hope man.... think too much liao. This lady called...
Citibank Lady: Hello, may i speak to Miss Rachel Shi?
Rachel: Yes, Speaking.
Citibank Lady: Hi Rachel, I'm calling on behalf of Citibank. We are having this promotion for credit cards and i'm wondering if you are interested in it.
Rachel: But my income does not hit ur basic requirement.
Citibank Lady: Well, how about we lower it to ard XXX k per annum which adds up to ard XXX k per month?Rachel: Right, then that will be fine... but i have another issue again.Citibank Lady: Yes?Rachel: I have yet to turn 21. It will be coming only months later.Citibank Lady: Not a problem. I will call you back months later. Thanks Rachel. Bye!Rachel: Bye! Hahaha.... Citibank...they are really "desperate" in getting pple to sign up for cards. Well, no worries Citibank.... i will definitely apply once i turn 21 so please do call me up again n approved the necessary. *Grins*
Rachel @ 11:00 AM
Monday, May 29, 2006
Argh... i have like 4 big mosquitoes bites on my foots. It's really big... look poisonous by the size they swells and most of all, they are damn itchy. I'm like some kinda skin disease carrier, scratch and scratch... like nobody's business... my foots are with red patches and i guess in no time my skin will torn, seeing the rate that i'm scratching. Got a bad night due to the itch... i swear i will never wanna go to any park and get bitten by mosquitoes. Erm... not that i will never go parks again... just that i will still go but will definitely kill all the mosquitoes before biting me. They can't even have the thought of biting me... i will kill them as well... Irritating...Well... already the itch irritated me so much and jus now i went out for lunch with my colleagues. One of them comment about me... saying that i dun take dairy products and cheese is kinda bad for my health. Yeah certainly i do agree... but what to do.. everytime i take them, i jus feel like vomitting. So is like i try to take some other stuffs to actually replace the calcium that i lacked of. Yeah... NOT only milk that is rich in calcium... there's simply other food. Well.... i love ice cream too and that's the only dairy product that i eat. Saying that i have high chances of getting brittle bones...very hard to walk... touch wood man... ARGH~~~ pissed me off totally... perhaps he jus not very good in words... n if it's someone who can play ard with words better, i won't have got so pissed. NVM... he still said that i'm stubborn.... ARGH~~~Take a look at the website saying about why woman tends to have brittle bones. " In women, bone loss begins much earlier because woman's different hormonal makeup. Pregnancy, lactation and menopause can also deplete a woman's calcium's store, thus resulting in less calcium reserves in the bones. And since woman are living longer than man their bone loss continues." http://www.brandsworld.com.sg/cms.www/main.aspx?sid=165Pregnancy... yeah... it's part of life that woman has to go through... whereby less calcium are stored in bones. Well, man plays a part in that too... unless they can simply say that they don't want any kids at all. DUH~~~And also... i take some other food to replace the dairy product that i don't take. Though i gotta agree that milk is really rich in calcium and next time, i will make it a point to make my kids to drink milk. Don't be like their mummy. Refer to the link... it's a table which stated the food that is rich in calcium. Other than milk and cheese, i take almost all... and i simply love spinach, broccoli, sardines and ikan bilis. Aren't all these rich in calcium too? Most imptly, i eat them very often.http://www.tsaofoundation.org/healthtips/p_nutrition03.html
Rachel @ 1:43 PM
---Friday---I was lunching with my colleague at the Alexandra Village when i saw these 2 elderly selling tissues 3 packets for $1. They only managed to get a few dollars despite of the crowd. I mean it's kinda sad to see such a situation. Certainly, i don't mind buying at all... the old people are so pitiful... one of them is even blind. I gotta comment about the ugly side of the people who were there that day. What did i see..... ? i saw groups and groups of people ... wearing office wear... putting on ties... they simply ignore the old couple or they quickly walked away when the old couple approached them. Well, i do understand that they should not sell tissue in public... or is that illegal? ( I don't know...) At least this is one of the source of income. U know.. i feel that it's okie to say that u don't wanna buy. I mean it's manner to tell people rather than u simply ignore them... Damn rude... the people there considered themselves as educated, wearing until so professional... nice dressed-up and yet present this kinda attitude. Shame on them... ---Saturday---I went down to the car dealers with my brother. We headed down to see our fav.. suzuki swift 1st. Gosh... i really love the car... Haha.. the car dealer is really quite good in sales. The way he talk... the way he promote... the way he address u... he can convince u in buying that immediately. Of coz we did not... need to discuss again with my dad 1st. But is like before we even went down to other showrooms, we have already set our mind for Suzuki swift. We'll be getting the normal swift not the sports version coz is way over our budget. But still, i told my brother to take a look at other cars jus to give us more varieties to choose on jus in case we see something we like even more.And we were right... Suzuki swift is kinda the right choice. At least the sales rep is more approachable. U know what, we went down to Cycle and Carriage to see our alternatives Kia Picanto... Toyota ....Mitsubishi showroom... Not a single soul bother to attend to us, giving us THE look... got so pissed off!!! Well, i saw my boss there... erm i mean my General Manager... He went to see cars too. Well... i was walking out of the showroom when there's a car at the back horn at me n my brother. I thought it's my brother's fren but is my GM. Hahaha... he recognise my back view? Hahaha...---Sunday---Sunday is a day to replenish my energy. I've been sleeping late and feeling very tired ... sleepy at work. I need to "re-charge" myself before a brand new week start. Haha... i slept the whole afternoon and it never seems to be enough coz i'm still feeling so tired now. I need ample of rest... to cover all the late nights that i have.
Rachel @ 10:28 AM
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
My 5 Dollars
Argh... i dropped my 5 bucks yesterday. I'm sure about it. I left home slightly late for my driving lessonn gotta rushed down within 15 mins. I guess it's pretty impossible coz 15 mins need to include the waiting time for the bus and the traveling time. Yeah.. so i took a cab down instead. I remembered the cabbie gave me a 5 dollars note for the change. And... i dropped it... Sob~~ Sob~~ I believed that for sure there's people see the note that i've dropped but why nv return to me? Argh... NO kind soul.... Luckily, it's only 5 bucks not 50 bucks... if not, i will be crying like mad under my blanket.
After 3 months, i'm back to my driving lesson. Very rusty... but the instructor was good, gave me a lot of tips on parking and even wrote it down for me to refer. And following all the tips given, I parked my car better, so much better... u know i parked at the right position as in i used to park more to the left or right side.. and now in the middle. Not that i did a very bad job in the past... i swear!!! And i think i'm like did some silly mistakes yesterday..that the instructor simply can't stand me n burst into laughter. I'll try harder next time... =)
Well, me n my brother ... we are trying hard to look for some budget car to buy. U know within our affordable range... Everything is an issue to us... money is an issue ( wanna get a car which is worth paying for), fuel consumption is an issue ( wanna get a car which dun "drink" petrol but maximise it usage... save some petrol $$ for us ), Auto or manual car is an issue ( My brother prefer manual whereby i'm lazy... i prefer auto) Was thinking of Suzuki Swift...
Perhaps... Picanto The most economical Car....
Rachel @ 12:49 PM
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
OH MAN... I saw the tiger air fare... It's damn cheap lor. I thought the deal i've got for the Bangkok trip was one of the cheapest rate u can ever fetch. But now.. Tiger Air came out with even cheaper price at $1.96 for air tickets to bangkok one way, which added up to ard $75 for round trip includes the taxes. But gotta travel in Sept or October and departure at the budget terminal. I've heard about it... not very nice and no escalator... and most imptly, there's not shop selling MAC thingy. I wanna to grab MAC powder at the airport for a cheaper price man.Shag... Today, i've to go for driving revision lesson. Still like 2 more months to go before my test. I almost forgotten about the lesson today. Luckily i went to check on the BBDC web yesterday, was shocked that i have a lesson today at 7.50pm. If not, i would have missed it and wasted my $67.20 for that 100 mins of driving. Right... i guess i still can drive... i think so...i hope so... but for parking... i need to do some read up before i go for my lesson today. Damn lousy in parking....
Rachel @ 12:55 AM
Monday, May 22, 2006
Working Saturday...-- Bye Bye
My last working saturday on the previous week.... not that i'm gonna leave for another job, BUT my company is implementing 5 days work week. So... bye bye to wokring saturday and i can have a "longer" weekend to spend. Actually, i don't really mind working on a saturday. It's a more relaxed working day... things go on slower pace and can have more chit chat... laughing over nothing. One bad thing is that i feel that my weekend is so much "shorter", it jus pass in a blink of eye.Well, i went for facial on sat. TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE... for every facial trip i went, i feel equally horrify... dragging myself to go jus to improve on my skin condition. I never like facial... the feeling of squeezing... PAIN PAIN PAIN... Sunday.... I went over to the new cinema- The Cathay to watch the Da Vinci Code. And i saw Mark Chay there... Dun think much pple will know who is Mark Chay. He's the national Swimmer. I used to watch the Swimming competition in SEA games and ... right... he's my fav swimmer as well as Ernst Teo. Hahaha... Think i saw him once in the ACJC funfair before n never again. This is the second time.Okie... back to The Da Vinci Code, i was expecting more from it. It's not as fantastic as i thought, i mean though i never read the book but it jus does not interest me that much as compared to other movies. The story went on quite slow... i feel that the duration could have shorten so much. But Denis said that it was pretty alright n dun think that it's moving too slow. Well... different Views... Supposed to meet Milton after the movie for a drink... but told my mum i will be home for dinner. Yeah... Dad just came back on Fri... So it's better to stay at home n have dinner together jus in case he gotta go to Malaysia for his work again this week n will be back only on weekend.It's monday today... I'm still as tired as ever... Shall continue blogging later... Take a rest 1st...~~
Rachel @ 9:50 AM
Friday, May 19, 2006
Fashion Show
Usual... i played tennis on every thurs. Was thinking of going straight home after that... but my tennis Kaki "J" asked me to tag along to go for this fashion show and i did...
It's kinda new... my 1st time that see such a fashion show. The models are damn tall and gorgeous... No excess fat... look so lean. The clothing ... some are not too bad n some ... i jus dunno how to appreciate. I guess fashion design is up to individual preference and if it's something that suit the judges' liking, high chance of winning. Well, almost 70% of the clothes that are on show, are unlikely to be wearing that around. I think that they are designed out of the designers' creativity, people can't be wearing bulky clothings ... dressing like some kinda cow boy and walked ard the street. It will look kinda weird.
Perhaps that is all about being artistic... creative... wild... and it jus happen that i dun fall into either of the category. 
She's the one who design for this booth. I forgot her name!!!
The designer, J and....... erm... *shrugs*
Oh ya... guess what... people there wear until damn style... properly dressed up n hair nicely done up with. I saw Dawn Yeo... some actress in mediacorp and the superband participants , Brods. Jus imagine... i jus finished tennis ---> looking shag, I'm wearing my slippers ---> i looked inappropriate, i'm carrying my big adidas bag ---> i look like i run away from home
Yeah in all, i jus dun fit in well there.
After seeing the show, i need to do some self reflection. Haha... they look gorgeous... n i wanna look that way too. First of all, i gotta shed away my fats n i would more than willing to donate my fats away to the "needy" people.
Rachel @ 10:35 AM
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
A little energized as compared to yesterday... I still yawn every now and then. This shows that i need more rest. Should have more time to rest coz this week i dun have much programmes. Jus for tmr tennis and saturday afternoon facial.Perhaps i might not even be going to tennis tmr... if i decide to go Mambo tonight. Hahaha... Been saying for weeks that i will be going but it seems like every wed i'm just as tired. I shall see how... if not, i'll go Mambo next week. Maybe next next week.... or next next next week..... or next next ~~~~~~~~~~~~~Oh ya... here's the group photos on the company event weeks ago 
Rachel @ 4:22 PM
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
I'm so sleepy...
It's been dunno how many times that i have yawned.
My back is still aching
I wonder why....
Rachel @ 10:02 AM
Monday, May 15, 2006
No updates for several days Coz i'm damn busy...On last Thurs... It was raining in the afternoon. Well, i told my coach that I might not wanna go coz it was raining so heavily and i gotta roll the court before i could play. I'm jus too lazy to do so... My coach just know me too well... he have rolled the court before i reached. It's damn dry as compared to others... Thanks Coach..... 
The court that coach rolled... Woo.. so dryWent to meet up with Sherin for Stingray. We wanted to take the pic of the yummy stingray but... it's completely out of our mind when our food was served. We started eating without hesitation n only after eating finished, we remembered about the pic. 
The usual extra bowl of chilli...for eating StingrayChat with Simon at night...Haha... as usual i invited him for my birthday way in advance and he made a promise to come for sure. ( Simon... I'm announcing to the whole world now ...u can't get away for not coming ) I even told him that he can bring his frens along, not a prob with that jus in case he feel bored. At the same time, we can intro our frenz to each other...whereby, our theme for the yr --> " widening our social circle"Friday morning... I went for tennis again n great job man... i think i sprained my back accidentally. Luckily, it's a minor one. Got a good rest in the afternoon after over-exhausted for tennis for the 2 days. *Yawn* Then down to my cousin's house warming... Saw my fav niece there... orh... she has grown from a adorable girl to some naughty little girl. Hahaha... She has her own thinking now and learn to say NO to things. Saturday afternoon, KTV with my colleagues at shenton Partyworld. I was expecting more pple would go... as i thought ktv is kinda in trend these days. Just somehow... pple from my workplace got no fancy in KTVing... 
The Rachel "She" and Rachel "He" ( We are both rachel but different surname. Mine is SHI but pronounce as "she" and her surname is HE. So we make it the "He and She" combination
Set off at 5++ to head down to my grandma's place for some Mother's day celebration. My aunt bought tons of food there and as usual... so much food left. Oh ya... saw my niece and nephew again... I jus simply love seeing their funny actions... so entertaining... esp when they are singing... u know they are in the progress of learning to speak. So the entire song that they sing, u could only understand like 30% of it.
My Brother and my nephew... ( he's cute... he's born with curly hair)Sunday morning, KTV AGAIN... this is like already the 3rd time of the week. But it's with my brother and aunt. Well... too much KTV... i guess at least for the time being i won't think of going. Lunch @ Sakae Sushi... i dun enjoy Japanese food as much as my brother... or perhaps i can't eat much yesterday due to the ulcer. *shrugs* Uncle Ming came over to look for us and treated us MI 3. Quite a nice show to watch. What can u comment about a show whereby it has those action scenes, a twist in the story and nice looking main leads....Alright, my energy level left with one bar only... Real tiring...!!!
Rachel @ 11:15 AM
Thursday, May 11, 2006
Busy Rachel~
Yesterday.. Holland V again .... yes... i did mention that i go at least once a week no matter sun or rain.... I'm a frequent Holland V person ever since i was 16. If Holland V will issue membership to their loyal customer, I think that Sherin and ME truly deserve it. I'm a KTV freak... I just wanna go KTV so badly yesterday... so went for it n Kwok came along too. Wanted to take photos but they are just too "camera shy ".....
Kwok was totally amazed with me... the ability to sing and sing for hours... Reached home almost 12.. Woo... shag and gotta work today.
Surprised me... My energy level today seems to be quite high. I don't feel that lethargic. Well tennis at Pines Club 6.30 pm.... might be meeting sherin in town to shop after that...
And for tmr.... Tennis in the morning again and House warming at my cousin's place in the evening
Saturday... KTV with my colleagues and followed by the celebration for Mother's day for my grandma
Sunday will be my rest day....
Rachel @ 11:48 PM
Tuesday, May 09, 2006
My ambitions
Hahaha... sounds like some kinda kiddy primary sch writing about their ambition compo... Well... Jus out of a sudden, i thought of my ambition in the past when i saw Milton online n chat with him for a while. He's gonna be a teacher soon...
TEACHER
Wait... that's one of my many ambitionSSsss... I wanted to be a teacher last time coz i simply love kids. Being a teacher, many treat u with respect... those kids will start calling "Good morning Miss Shi" ... and when u tell pple that u r a teacher, they will give u the "WOW" kinda expression. IMpressive "WOW" i mean... Also, u get to mark test papers and not having the worries of
1) Will i be doing well for this exam???
2) Argh... I nv prepare for the test today...
3) Oh Shit... i forget to do my tutorial... gonna hand in today
4) What....? Gotta stay back for remedial .... Shag~~~
5) Sorry dad... i'll do better for my next test... i promise...
and the list went on.....
i will never forget there's once i forgot to bring one of my compo. I remembered clearly that the teacher nv ask us to bring. Perhaps i'm jus unlucky that day... Majority of the class brought theirs and i was being punished to bring "Full Pack"... Yeah.. "Full Pack" means bringing all the book for the entire year including english and chinese dictionary... I was in sec 1... studying 10 subjectsssss.... It's TEN u know... my teacher would use the book list n check, making sure u bring everything. If one was found missing, u gotta bring it again the next day.. till u had a complete set. But high requirement to be a teacher.. So there it goes...
DOCTOR
When i was young, i wanna be doctor too. So i can able to treat many patients... then they will be so grateful to me... Yeah all the kiddy thinking.. but after that i realised it's not easy to be a doctor. U gotta be really good in your studies and have to study triple science or at least double Sci in A level... getting straight distinctions perhaps even taking S paper... i dunno * shrugs* I took Physics... Econ n Maths C... plus i'm not those really good in studies... there goes my ambition again. BUt i got a chance to study the radiography... hahaha not a doctor but similar doing medical field... Sigh.. i gave up the chance~~~
LAWYER
I wanna be lawyer too.... Must be watched too many shows... Lawyer speak well and with that kinda attitude... Seems cool. Requirement for law is just as high as being a doc...
Drop the idea
PILOT
Pilot too.... can fly the plane... and can earn big bucks like my uncle!!! But i dun fufil the height requirement.. I'm just too SHORT...
And so...
I'm now doing HR. Though not falling into any of my ambition i have above, I love my job too....
Rachel @ 8:36 AM
Sunday, May 07, 2006
Jolyn n Rachel @ Holland V
Rachel @ 12:17 PM
Saturday, May 06, 2006
I'm a Happy child ^_^
I jus can't hide my happiness and wanna announce to the whole world that.... i'm going for hols again.... Heading to Bangkok once again...
HOORAY~~~!!!
Still long way to go... ard 2 months more before i'm going.... ( going in July)
I'm OVER- excited about my trip~~~
I wanna shop....
i wanna buy a lot of things...
I wanna buy new shoes...
I wana buy new bags...
I wanna buy new tops...
I wanna buy new accessories....
I wanna eat all the nice food there....
bird nest... tom yam soup... MORE n MORE~~~
Rachel @ 10:17 AM
Friday, May 05, 2006
~~963 Express~~
The bus today was really packed and guess what.... it's an express bus. U must be expecting an express service and empty seats available. But NO.... i gotta stand throughout the whole journey from my place to alexandra~~~ I'm actually paying more to squeeze with people in the bus...I'm so sleepy today... I just need a seat to let me have my nap.
Well, i realised that there are a lot of people board the bus without knowing that it's an express bus. It dun stop at every single bus stop like the usual bus does. So it just keep going and going till so many people miss their stop n keep pressing the bell.... getting frustration n start scolding the driver...
Jus can't blame the bus drivers u know... gotta SEE properly when boarding the bus... and if all these people did not board the bus... perhaps there would be lots of empty seats for me to take my nap!!!
Rachel @ 8:44 PM
Wednesday, May 03, 2006
The May Day - Bowling Fete
1st May... My company event.... I realised that many companies hold their family day on 1st may, this goes the same to my company. 
The invitation to Bowling Fete
The Magnetic Pen ~ Door GiftMy Company event for this year is bowling.... well, i never bowl more than 5 times in my entire life. NEVER~~~ and due to shortage of players, they asked me to join in for the competitive game. Yeah, Great move... obviously my team was not the winning one... but not the last team too. Haha... with the other 2 funny guys.... they are really some kinda jokers... laughter is everywhere with them ard... i think they bring live to the whole activities.... 
The bowling Alley that my competition begins
That's my team at LANE 8
Looks like some Clubbing place ah...
The trophies that are beyond ReachThough it's a get together programme for everyone in the company, people who are out for projects, are still clicking together and as a new staff here, i didn't manage to interact to many people except those from HQ. Nevertheless, it's still a chance to see new faces. =)
My Colleagues ( Sandra, Rajes, Me, James)
The ladieSsssss ( Dedric's gf~ Joanne, Sandra, Wee Lian, Rajes, Me, James's gf~ Jackie)
Rachel @ 1:41 PM
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
Saturday~~~ Sherin's bf is in tekong, so she's kinda free and that's why... she is hanging out with me on a SATURDAY. If not weekends are always reserved for BF... *argh* Can't blame on her... guess that's normal....
We met up kinda late ard 7 and went to town. Both of us were kinda tired n i guess i'm not in the mood to shop for anything. We got nothing in the end and headed straight to the usual place eating the usual food doing the usual thing... Slacking..... Seeing cute guys.... talking rubbish....
~~ BORED~~
Sunday~~ Had a early birthday dinner for my mummy whereby Exact date is supposed to be 3rd May. Bad day for me... after Eating grilled salmon and escargot, my stomach got real pain... Feeling totally unwell... But the strange thing did happen at times.... we went KTV....n the pain is gone...!!! All right... i'm a ktv addict... dunno since when... i just simply love singing these days...
Rachel @ 7:57 PM
