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February 27, 2009 4:36 PM.
Peeping Pussy!!!



February 25, 2009 10:03 AM.
Improved working environment



Looking for Rachel?

Come in if you dare! >_<

Upon entry

My Cinderella-glass-shoe-Handphone holder

Mini powder corner

Mini garden...still expanding though.

Flower Surprise from Dear for our 38th month anniversary!

Lily is one of my favourite flowers. The pleasant scent of the lilies is overwhelming. Lovely.

Love it to bits!! Thankew Dear!!! *muackz*

Better and more comfy...but still more to come.....


February 24, 2009 9:54 AM.
Thrilled

I just discovered something so great that I am feeling so excited about it now. Before that, I was still pondering what I should do. But now, it is all settled!!!! Actually not all. Still got a few stuffs left. But the major problem is settled.

I am so looking forward to it.

YEAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!

WOOOOOOOOTTTTT!!!!


February 23, 2009 9:54 PM.
Umee Lee

Presenting new member of the Lee family:

UMEE!!!!

Umee
1-month old, Female
Ginger with black stripes
Affectionate, playful and eats alot.

Yes, it's Umee. Not U-mian. Neither is it Ban-mian or Mee Hoon.
It's UMEE!!! hee.

Her First bath

Comparing her size with Dear's handphone..that's how small she is.

Come Umee...Mum mum....

Isn't she angelic-looking?

Ahhhhhhhhh....

Biting us as always...as her teeth are growing.

Nap time!



February 18, 2009 9:44 AM.
Stupidity

Today, I tried drinking manuka honey mixed with water for the first time.

According to information I gathered, honey is slightly acidic in pH, so it may react with metal and de-ionise the natural antibacterial ingredients in it. So, there will be no point in consuming it if the honey comes into contact with metal.

Thus, I made effort to bring a plastic teaspoon to office.

I scooped 1 teaspoon of honey into my cup and added in hot and cold water to ensure that the water will be at room temperature which is the other point to remember.

As I stirred, I realised I did a dumb mistake.





My cup is metal. (thermal mug)





How smart I am.

*applaudzzzz*

*sips honey water from metal cup*


February 15, 2009 9:35 PM.
Valentine's 2009

Valentine's Gift Exchange

I wanted to buy something else interesting for Dear Dear (Can't disclose due to sensitive issues...hee..) but due to some problems, I could not buy it. In the end, I bought Dear Dear a Man Utd shoebag since he adores Man Utd so much. He likes it but he thought I could get him something more romantic instead. Afterall, it's Valentine's!!! I DID OK!!! I WANTED TO!!! But...but...never mind. I still gave you a card which had a recording of my voice too right!!! Give me some credit la!!!! *sobz*

Dear gave me a handmade card with a sweet poem and a pair of couple digital watch which can be used whenever we go for jogs. So sweet and thoughtful. Thank you Dear! He also gave me a bouquet of fake flowers as he thought those real flowers always end up in the bin, so he might as well give me a fake one. There's even a bear (supposingly moi) on top of the flowers. Slightly over-accessorised with all the blings though.But I still adore this bouquet as I thought the flowers looked almost like real ones too. Something different for a change but not all the time k? =)





Huge ear and belly studs on moi...Ouch!!!




Valentine's Part I
Dinner@Satsuma Shochu Dining Bar, Gallery Hotel


I told Dear that we should go to a Japanese restaurant for a change and he brought me to this restaurant which I actually went before. Nevertheless, I did not mind going there again since it is really quite a great place (which I think I did a blog review on it before) and Dear did not go there before. So why not?



Dear Dear said I glowed!!!!



"Nice ambience!" Dear thought.


"Let's have a studio shot of me!"


Plum wine in Ice Glass...Idea hor...ICE COLD WINE!!!!!


Hua Chi No.1


Hua Chi No.2


My all-time fave - Salad with Miso sauce


Cheese rolled with Pork...juicy~~


Foie Gras...melts in your mouth...not in your stick....slurps~~



Oyster rolled in Pork....yummy yummy~~~



Dear's fave - Meat bar with teriyaki and raw egg. But I thought it was just ngoh hiang. =p


Pork Belly in Curry with Shochu - So so nia...



Test shot while I sipped my tea...



Usual group photo before we leave...



Stoned





Valentine's Part II
Singapore Love Letters@National Museum of Singapore


Dear thought we should have a highly-cultured and civilised Valentine's this time round and thus, he brought me to a play. I thought he will bring me to a musical but this one is just fine too. The play consists of 2 stories in the 1960s: The first one narrates how love letters started off a romantic love affair of a young couple in the Paramount cinema. The second one narrates the struggled love lives of a polygamy family in the 1960s through the exchange of love letters between the 10th wife (starring by Tan Kheng Hua) and his husband who is always away on business trips. A humorous play which stirs our emotions. So appropriate and sweet to watch on Valentine's.

During the interval, we were told to send in a love sms to win a Lanvin perfume and a pair of tickets for another play. I looked around and it seemed that no one was sending any messages at all, so I told Dear to send one and we will have a high chance of winning. But we were wrong!!!! There were actually some sneaky people who sent the sms-es too and they were pretty good ones. 輸得心服口服. Hmmph.









Valentine's Part III
Chill-out@Alphabet Bar, Amara Hotel


After the play, we thought we should have some drinks and after much debate and wandering, we settled for Amara Hotel without knowing if there is any suitable bar or lounge in it. After all, a hotel shouldn't go wrong right?

Thankfully, the Alphabet Bar turns out to be quite a pleasant place to chill out. Their house wine, Alphabet White, turned out to be better than I expected. Dear had a Banana Daiquiri which did not have any taste of banana as the alcohol taste overwhelmed it instead. A rather 'different' bar and we spent most of our time critising the band and the waitresses in the bar.

We then finished our drinks and proceeded to Serangoon to pick up our new kitten. Yes. You did not see wrongly. A new kitten. I will blog about her real soon. Stay tuned!







Happy Valentine's Dear!!!
Thank you and sorry for everything...
Love ya lotz lotzz lotzzz!!!!
*muackzzzzz*



5:35 PM.
Lost Love

Dear's family wanted to get a companion for their lonely Timmy. After much effort in searching, we managed to adopt Simba and Peanut as the fosterer insisted that they should be adopted together.

Simba and Peanut!!!


Simba (Male)
1 1/2 month old

Ginger

Affectionate, Playful, Active and always hunger for milk



Peanut (Male)
1 1/2 month old

White with tinge of ginger

Affectionate but Quieter. Sleeps a lot.


However, we only managed to spend 2 days with them. This is because Dear's mum only wanted to adopt 1 cat and it has to be a female one. 3 cats are too much for the family and furthermore they are all male. Male cats always have the problem of wanting to domineer which they do so by urinating to mark their territories. We already have enough of such problems with Timmy now. Thus, we had no choice but to return Simba and Peanut back to the fosterer. Sobz.


Hope you will find a better home.
We will miss you, Simba and Peanut!!!

Love ya lotz lotzzz!!!

*muackzzzz*


February 13, 2009 9:16 AM.
Valentine's@Pet Society

Pet Society in Facebook is so in the mood for Valentine's Day.

Check out Dear Dear and I:
We are having candlelight dinner in my kitchen!!! Matching costume summore leh!!! Hee...I even lent Dear Dear my crown to match my tiara...hee....

After dinner, we proceeded to my bedroom. So cute when they kissed right? *shy*

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY TO ALL!!!!!!!

I wonder what has Dear planned for tomorrow. Hmmm.



February 6, 2009 2:42 PM.
New faces of my life

Introducing some of the faces that I see almost everyday now. Even more often than my family and Dear Dear.

TADA!!!!!!






We had a mini-birthday lunch with one of our colleagues and I feel like puking chocolate now. Anyway, only one of them is in my team (1st man from the left) who is my unit head. The rest of them are in the other unit (including my buddy who is on my right) but both units are under the same section head who is the lady on my left. Confusing? I am confused myself too. The hierarchy is killing me. Besides my unit head, I am the only architect in my unit. Thus, we usually hang out with the other unit where most of the architects are in.

Generally, this bunch of guys are friendly and nice to hang out with. Not much of office polities here as we all have a common "goal". Hee.

A few of them even have weekly runs to the MacRitchie Reservoir and asked me to join in. 10km run!!!! When it rains, they climb the stairs of the office which is 33 storeys!!!!! Crazy man. Most probably, I will just take the bus back. I can imagine my face smudged in makeup and sweat after dragging myself back to the offce. Gross and unsightly man.

Meanwhile, I shall just enjoy my status as the youngest architect for now. *shakes leg*



February 3, 2009 12:00 PM.
2nd day@Work

Greetings from workplace!!!!!!!

I thought I would have the time to blog in the office on my 1st day of work but apparently, I did not.

1st half of the day was orientation and I almost fell asleep.  

My face was so stiff and I think I have shook over 100 hands.

Then it was lunch.

The rest of the day was free time.

I had the impression that most of the staffs would be aunties and uncles. But surprisely, I was wrong. There is quite a fair share of youngsters as the aunties and uncles belong to the support unit. Thank Buddha man.

Most of my colleagues are very friendly. Some even made the effort to come to my desk for chit-chat. *touched* But there are really too many names to remember. I bumped into a colleague in the toilet and she addressed me by my name but I don't even remember seeing her before that!!! I guess I should go through the mailing list and memorise the names later. Hmmm.

My office cubicle is a pleasant surprise too. It is slightly too huge for me I guess. So huge that I can hardly fill it up. As compared to the other cubicles which are like cluttered with stuffs, mine seems like it is empty. But thankfully my PC is brand new!!! So lucky that I am the 1st one to get a new PC. The rest were complaining about their giant lao pok monitor. Hee.

So, take a look at my office space.




Empty hor? I purplely left the documents in such way to give the impression that I am reading it. Hee.

1 hour more to lunch time!!!!

6 hours more to BAN GAN!!!!!!


THE ME .
a perfectionist


Rachel a.k.a. Yoniko
Taurian

A Stubborn bull by nature,
who is Blessed with what she has.

In Opposition of Infidelity and Deceit,
but has learnt to accept Imperfections.

P.O.M .
poll of the mth

WISHES .
once upon a moon

Graduate with Masters
Earn desired income after grad
  • Have my dream wedding
    in 3 yrs' time
  • Move into my dream home
    in 3 yrs' time
  • Have kids before 30
  • Family, friends & Moi
    to stay healthy always
  • Have my dear friends
    by my side always
  • Be happy and 幸福 always
  • Dear Dear to love me forever!

    RESOLUTIONS.
    it's a new year

  • Be more thrifty & save $$$
  • Get the keys of my new house
  • Lose 3 kg of weight
  • Toned body & better complexion
  • Exercise regularly
  • Fall sick less frequently
  • Control my temper better
  • Be a better girlfriend

    CALENDAR .
    upcoming events

    Jan 01 New Year 2011!!!
    Feb 3-6 Chinese New Year!!!
    Feb 24 Our Valentines
    Feb 26 Wyn's big day
    Apr 23 Dear's birthday
    May 5 Moi birthday
    May 29 Sis's big day
    Nov 20 My big day I
    Dec 23 My big day II
    Dec 24 6th year Anniversary
    Dec 25 Merry Xmas!!!

    PAST .
    replay please

    July 2007
    August 2007
    September 2007
    October 2007
    November 2007
    December 2007
    January 2008
    February 2008
    March 2008
    April 2008
    May 2008
    June 2008
    July 2008
    August 2008
    September 2008
    October 2008
    November 2008
    December 2008
    January 2009
    February 2009
    March 2009
    April 2009
    May 2009
    June 2009
    July 2009
    August 2009
    September 2009
    October 2009
    November 2009
    December 2009
    January 2010
    February 2010
    March 2010
    April 2010
    May 2010
    August 2010
    September 2010
    October 2010
    November 2010
    January 2011
    February 2011
    June 2011

    CLICKABLES .
    clickidy-clicks

    Anthony
    Anya
    Desmond
    Dionne
    Hann
    Insolen
    Junie
    Kim Seng ii
    Moreen
    Peisze
    Sandra
    Sandy
    Serene
    Sicong
    Songbo FC
    Swiss CC
    Vennie
    Wenyao
    Xiujiao
    Zeming
    Zhengyi
    Zhengyu

    SKINCARE .
    food for the skin

    :: CLEANSING ::
    Origins A Perfect World
    B.Liv Glow and Shine
    B.Liv Squeaky Clean

    :: SKINCARE ::
    Origins A Perfect World Toner
    Botos Serum
    B.Liv Shrink and Tighten
    B.Liv Off With Those Heads

    :: EYECARE ::
    Origins High Potency Eye Cream
    Faceshop Collagen Eye Patch
    Shu E Lash Repair

    :: COSMETICS ::
    BRTC BB Cream
    Skinfood loose powder
    Loreal Mineral powder
    Clinique Blusher
    Majolica Mascara

    :: MONTHLY SUPPLEMENTS ::
    Meiji Collagen
    Multi-vitamins
    Vitamin C

    LUXURIES .
    i want! i want!

    Canon IXUS 870 IS (Gold)
    i-Luv Earpiece (Pink)
    Nokia E63
    Olympus E-3 Camera
    Push-Up Bra (Inspired by Sicong)
    Webcam
    DVD player/writer
    Marc Jacob tote bag

    DREAMLANDS .
    dying for a getaway

  • Africa
  • Australia-Brisbane
    Australia-Goldcoast
    Australia-Melbourne
    Australia-Perth
    Australia-Sydney
    Bangladesh
    Cambodia
    China-Hainan
    China-Jiang Nan
    China-Beijing
    Dubai
    Egypt
    England
    Europe
    Hong Kong
    India
    Indonesia-Bali
    Japan
    Korea
    Myanmar
    Taiwan
    Thailand-Bangkok
    Thailand-Chiang Mai
    Thailand-Phuket
    Vietnam
    United States