christmas dinner at hilton

jen's wedding

Attend jenna's wedding at Orchard parade hotel on sat. It's so darn jam-packed at Orchard. Shared a cabby with ying aka my travel buddy. after the trip, i reckon we got some alikes. and on that day, we actually wore the same black color stockings. yeah, baby!

she was in this chic cool dress with black vest, while i went art-deco retro cool with a satin dress.

i wish i had more of these dress. and yes, i am definately going to get more of these.

the wed dinner went fine and i wish we had more photos with jenna, the bride who turns so glamour and demure that day.

best wishes for the couple and blissful marriage. (more photos awaiting..)

leaving for penang in another 7.5 hours. gonna get some beauty sleep.

rachel @ homeless concept

the one and only MC

when i saw the news, i was like why got his picture?
He seldom made to headlines or anything one leh.

what happen?

then i realised that he suffer from difficult breathing and sadly, leave us this late afternoon.
I guess everyone was shocked to hear this news. even though he is not some star celebrity,
I remember watching him when i was young. funny and chubby.
its so sudden that everyone around him din know how to react.

thanks for bringing laughter during my childhood times...

rachel@ homelessconcept

Diva night...

Be going to penang on tuesday but nothing is packed yet.
yes, i have still got over the weekend to do it, but i have everyday scheduled and packed.
so guess i have to do it tonight then.
But still i am poundering whether to head for my combat class instead.

in fact, i was thinking that i might not have the time to burn off my fats next week.
anyway, small matter.

i am so muddle-headed that i hope i wont missed out any stuff.
And they are going to have some gala dinner, 'theme: boots and 1973'. WTF?
thought it should be the theme for their first year.
they should actually come out with 'The Best Bootmaker on Earth T-shirt' which is our theme this season and make everyone wear it. Simple and all Timberland-ers.

so thus, i am so messy with my wardrobe, i still got to make sure that every piece that i bring along is okay for the meeting. plus i would be doing a lot of 'allergic stuff', i dun want to look stupid and dirty.
off for the penang trip. better get cracking soon.

Jenna's wedding is coming. can't wait to see her in her wed.gown.
held at orchard parade hotel, club chinois.
sat 7.30pm.
going to take lotsa photos and keep as memories.

Thurs combat.
can i describe it in 5 words?
Fabulous, flamoyant, inspiring, spirited and addictive!
i was glad that william had such amazing tracks selection that night. plus we have the 'we are family' track, brings me back to the days where i only go for his class until his moves went from bad to worse. but for sure, i will be coming back for his classes soon.

love ya! and see ya soon!

rachel @ homelessconcept

new year resolutions

la lal la.. and a happy new year!

happy 2008 everyone!
er-ling-ling-ba nian kuai le!da jia! Here they are, my new year resolutions. hope they are realistic.

1. Learn a new language. (french/japanese)
2. Take up body combat course to brush up my techniques & skills. (Q1/2)
3. Travel to at least a country/city. (Hongkong/Vietnam/Bangkok)
4. Lose 2kg. (Q1)
5. More spa/facial/body therapy. pampering treats
6. Take a degree course. (design/journalism) (Q4)
7. Treat myself more good reads. (art, politics, trend & design, fashion, horror, 'too chem-a-logical'...etc)
8. Design more/explore more/attend artsy farty shows/seminars/workshop/parties.
9. Run more. Drive on a car more. Eat drink and have fun more.
10. Love everyone around me. not to take things from granted and be myself.

yeah..i hope to accomplish at least 3/4 before Q3 so that i can have more things to fill my life with.

rachel @ homelessconcept

its the end of 2007...welcome 2008

2007 has left me with some great achievements, satisfaction and more experiencing moments.

The year is running towards the finishing point.
I start to recap what have I’ve achieved in this fruitful year.

Living at the age of quarter-life crisis, made me feel that I have to be cautious in every step I made. In the later stage of this year, that is. I left my previous digital imaging company in the early half of this year to pursue another interest, Visual Merchandising.

The previous company, I gain much knowledge on big brands, knowing of upcoming events/promotions, artistic flair on photographers, the techniques of perfect color management and getting to know a bunch of nice girls.

My manager is a nice woman with very naïve mind who teaches me lots of stuff. I do gain a lot from her with my ‘never-ending’ questions, the ‘why & what if’ questions and sometimes I do throw her a very nasty face or even a ‘dun come and bother me’ attitude. I admit I am a bit rude to her but I don’t admit that I am in the wrong. Those incidents were still deep in my mind.

The turning point started when I joined Timberland.
I got to know a handful of nice people.
Rizal- the fabulous guy with the kinda attitude where you wouldn’t think of becoming a colleague with him. Eventually when times passes, he has the ‘wow’ factor. No bullshit! He bitches a lot and is not afraid to tell. I wish to learn from him his
1. Planning skills in directing people
2. VM skills
3. and of course all his bullshit that manage to pull of the people around him.

But unfortunately, he left us early in July to pursue other advancements.

Celine- ‘out-of-the-world’ creative gal who manages to pull herself out from accounts to Visual Merchandising. Learning on the job isn’t easy. You need encouragements, willingness to change and most of all the ‘push’ force. It's like you are either a creative mind or a ‘numbers’ kinda mind rite? She works on both. She’s also one nice/quirky/thoughtful boss to work with. She never gives me harsh words or nasty comments. Even if I am in the wrong, she knows how to say in correctly with minimal effort.
Aww~~ In fact, I grew up more when she’s not around.
Like when she’s traveling, I got to know what I need to get things done, motivate myself more and make sure that I do the correct things. On the other hand, I need her to be around so that I am more disciplined. So I wont check my personal mails, go on blogs. At least I don’t go online shopping. That’s so bad, and addictive I guess. I guess she’s quite blur also. Sometimes, she would come into the office with the ‘sleep-walking’ mode but still greets me ‘morning!’ and I go like, ‘hey, are you awake?’. I mean the look of her lah, cos she wouldn’t be sleep-driving rite!

And the rest, Kelvin- super-duper ‘kan qiong’ quy. He looks like a toy to me. His waist is like 26’. My god! And everyone of us can actually imagine him with this walked-in wardrobe saying: “ hello friend, welcome to my home.
Let me show you to my room (with Canadian slang).
Introducing this season floral collection from designer Jean-paul gauliter. This series of design combines …blah blah.blah. And this season for the bottoms, skinny jeans is in. details like blah.blah are emphasis.
Timepieces from blah.blah
Accessories are a must have with leather from blah..blah.
This season, I also have fag bags from blah.blah. The weaves..details, colours like hues and nudes are in. and the story is never-ending. And imagine he can actually go on with the next year season 2008 fashion.
Man! I have to salute him.
Lorna- the mother who bakes marvelous brownies and muffins. Chocolate fanatics and healthy munchies woman. Unfortunately, she’s also moving on to another step in her life.
Cheryl- previously impresses me with her ‘lian’ look. But as time goes by, she such a sweetie and also smart EQ. Chocolate fanatic as well, but only selects the best.

Enough of the people. The environment was great. With nice sea-view. Shit! I forgot Sabina. The girl suffer much from culture-shock. Previously working with clinique, under the estee-lauder group. She’s much a typical ‘lian’ girl with brains. You can get everything from her. She knows everything. And apparently, she’s from a twin. And everything that comes to her mind, she will ‘ blukes’ out. Her signature phrase would be ‘WTF!’ for ‘FYI!' hands on' girl who will be willing to teach you the essence of beauty and prevention on aging. She’s a walking beauty guide I should say! and also a mobile funnie. She’s our 369 in Timberland.

Also I read a couple of nice books like ‘How full is your bucket’. A book on positive minds and ideas. I would never go near such books, god. But it was good and of course it gain me some human reactions towards compliments. Haha! Haruki Murakami- The wind-up bird chronicle. In depth and in some sections I might even fall in deep sleep as I have run 42km. And speaking of that. I manage to complete this year 10km woman’s standard chartered run. With 1 hr 30mins as a first timer I am quite please with my results already. Next time I am going to strive for 1 hr. '

This year I also got my driving license, which was a major accomplishment. With 14 demerit pts. I also got to learn Visual Merchandising, another aspect in design. Working in a bigger company, with more politics, more changes, more first-times and more people management.

I learnt that i've grown up as well. and i am happy with that. al least i have future goals and targets to meet. Realizing how tough is life and not to take things for granted and having more friends is always much more better than a enemy.

Bon voyage 2007!
i lurve all the sweet memories and its going to retain here for recap.
next up will be my new year resolutions.

woo!

rachel @ homelessconcept

the weekend

my weekend was spent at the coasta sands.
had much put-in effort bbq food from yongyuan & francis.

most of them were from my sec. school. I thought i managed to burn off the food by exercising 3+ hours. But i was so wrong. bbq food is so meant to be oily when 'experience' is not up to it. I brought along Royce chocolates and brownies from the 'Brownie Factory' to pamper them. And they were great. Like my main course, as usual.

And i'm glad they like them too. *dun seem to have yet tasted royce*

We spent the night watching tv. Yes, i know. Boring rite? and have myself smell like 'bbq scented'. Later we drive down to Changi to see some 'people'. Apparently, they seem to have moved. Not many of them there thou.
And we also went to 'OCH'. Commonly known as Old Changi Hospital. And the three of us girls were like so damn scared that we had to stay together in the car. and the naughty boys were exploring. Actually i am not tat timid lah, but just that i am in the particular day of the month, thats why.

Went to have a drink at one of the coffee store and was back to the chalet at 4am+.

Gosh..i am going for combat class leh.. at 10am.

As usual,
KC is not here again. Fever at 38.8C. and stupid JD still can tell us to go and buy 4D.0338 or 3880.

Class was bad. His cues and moves were ... Songs were >_<... And it was the first time i went out of someone class during the last combat track. and its official that i wont go for his class, unless he improved. i was wondering.. how did he pass the audition and whatsoever test. And so my fav instructors were:
1. Meech (*so irreplace-able)
2. Christina (the aussie/chinese looking girl who's been trying to speak Mandarin)
3. Roger (best selection of tracks everytime..sharp, witty and full of energy)
4. Cheslyn.. (if only u were here...sweet, cutsy and animated)
5. KC (pre-cues were good, but too many 'animated' sounds and v.uncle to me)
6. William (was once my fav. until he dropped his standard..coming back to revival)
7. Azrino (the slim guy who always make funny actions, but sharp and bold)
8. June/Ayesha/Mae (the girls are lacking of audiences)
9. Suhaimi (enjoying..dun expect to be serious in his class)
10. Tomomi (the yet to be born star, shines bright and lotsa room for improvement. can be in top 5.)
11. Collin (sharp and good, but dun appeal to me. and timing is a big concern. Entertaining)
12. JD (pattern more than badminton!! and forgot all the cues, almost in every track..i am going man! Made me go 'arghh...' for the first time!)