15th day of CNY

the last of chinese new year.
time to hard work, play hard, travel hard, party hard....(for the whole of 2008)

recently, im perpetually suffering from this 'brain-dead' mode.
i am in my comfort-zone for too long that i need to get out from.
so i am currently trying so hard to get myself, i mean my brain to 'restart' and load everything to my 'harddisk' again.

i remember how i use to read design issues and digest them quickly. but nowadays like so 'dial-up' internet. damn slow... its taking ages.
i remember how i can have 100% accurate memory and 'search' for my 'files' with a snap.
am i getting old? shit, it shouldnt be happening so early.
anyways, i am going to retrieve everything back, including my creative juices.

some update on the food i had during CNY.

chicken wings. mmm.. i love




the lucky plate of veggies


the shabu shabu prawn

& last but not least:

angpows galore!

rachel @ homelessconcept

yipee to SG team

Bravo to Collin & Adrian whom made it to the finale of TARA2, and
won the race. as said in my previous post, its so a god damn amazing race.

I only did managed to catch them on youtube.com but was extremely excited when
they came in first in the 11 episode.

Happy Valentine’s day to all on Feb 14th.
I went for the ‘Combat with love’ theme class at Orchard and it was ‘entertaining’.
They actually have ‘heart-shaped’ ballons lined up around the stage and gave ang-pows to the members.

Of course they dont contain money.
Sweets- meaning you are safe
Balloon- Blow the balloons at the end of the class and receive some goodies from august
Half-Heart- pair with your partner and stand in front the stage. (Gosh, i am so safe)

Well, the tracks were okay la. We sure have fun in the class and i din regret going.
Muah- muah``

wishes for prosperity, wealth, health & love

Happy Chinese New Year.

the drive to drive

yeah!
i finally get to drive this Chinese New Year.
not in my fav. mercedesSLK200, but a corolla.

Thanks to my uncle who's going to China. He's lending me his car.
Actually feeling a bit nervous, cos first time driving and i am so afraid i dun noe how to park.

*keeping my fingers cross.

rachel @homelessconcept

the corporate world

welcome to the corporate world, where
1. relationships do count
2. the important use of 'word of mouth'
3. more PR, recognition
4. work smart not work hard

I wanna be a E.L girl.that's why i so wanted that job. even though i dun wan any help from Sabina who's from there, she still help me to 'sweet talk' to my future boss. (that's how it works) and i am so hopeful to get that job. Even though here might be good as well.
After the weekend, i realise that one has to be
1. Street smart
2. First impression counts, so look good every minute, every second
3. Qualities to show and Quantities to prove
4. Be humble/nice to colleagues and create opportunities

yum! yum!

this week, i went to several nice places for meals.
First was sushi tei. Went with maggie ma, eric tosello, sabina and kelvin.(celine was not ard this time)
It was my choice for japanese yum!yum! and it never fail.

Order for myself a Curry Chicken Katsu Don and it was soooo good. the meat was cooked to prefection. actualli i would love the curry more. Its semi sweet with a hint of spicy-ness, and aroma of the curry is very heart-warming. Along with it, was shredded onions and they are sweet, with carrots and potatos. the rice was pearl-white. very fresh and sprinkle of japanese pickles. love it and must try. a big huge big thou'



Next up was Akashi Japanese resturant. 2nd time this week.
Order this Salmon Teriyaki. The salmon does not carry that fishy smell.
i love the sauce, the pickles and salmon and rice. nice yet not too full.
been loading down my carbo nowadays, try not to intake so much. it was a celebration of Kelvin's bdae and also welcome a new colleague to our big tree.




Third indulge. Friday's combat at Orchard was hilarious.
apparently there's one newbie in the class and he's standing rite in front of the stage. god, i was laughing all the way when i was doing my warm-up. tears nearly flow out from my eyes. cos he was damn funny. all the moves were like hay-wire. ppl turn left, he turn right and all the jabs and cross,* faint.
so me and su went for dinner after that, since i dun feel like gg to novena for combat again. we ate at Royal Copenhagen. Order fish and chips.
Fresh, and succulent. the fish meat does not stick onto the breaded part and the sauce was nice as well. and its not tartar. some green-like sauce i guess. but it was nice lor. now i feel like puking if fish and chips goes with tartar. we order the brownie cake to share as well. but it was abit dry. but i could taste the chocolate is sort of premium. not the usual chocolatety taste.
overall, i like it and i am gg back for their scones.



rachel @ homelessconcept

bosses lunch

Went to bosses for lunch at vivocity again.

Sort of like a 'Thank You' lunch for the team for putting in the effort in the sales meeting F08.
I must reccomend the 'custard bun'. Its so heavenly. Love it when the smooth custard spill out from the bun. The lotus and pork ribs soup was not bad as well, just that it's a bit salty to my liking. Wasabi prawns was also 'out of the world'. Must try!
all courtesy of maggie ma- snr director of m & m

speaking of courtesy..
i win myself a pair of tixs for watch- Sweeney Todd - the demon barber on fleet street.
pretty musical- arty farty and 'odd' i should say.
i am giving it 3 out of 5.

anyway, courtesy of KC. he played the tracks i select last sunday.
was actually a bit overboard lah. cos i ask su_inn to make him play the tracks.
and omigod, he play like 6 of the songs leh. appreciate it all.
make me dun dare to request songs al.

aniwae, cny is coming.
time to get fat- eat chocolates, pineapple tarts, steamboat, and ....gym!

rache; @ homelessconcept