Tomorrow will mark a new start in a new season.
A new place. A new family.

I wonder what lies ahead.. though I know that things will definitely be VERY different...
For the better definitely... :)

A slight tinge of nervousness... and shyness swept over me.. hahaha...
Every change is for the better and God will lead me through...

Thank You Lord.. :)

-RacheL- blogged @ 2/28/2009 03:14:00 PM

After 6 years.... I've been released...

Some mix feelings.. coz i'm leaving the best people around....
I'll miss almost everyone in there...people that i know...

It was the best last 2 weeks i had with them...and what a way to end my departure.....

But I'm happy too...because of some other reasons.. i shall not elaborate here..

those who know.. you know.. :)

Not exactly sad... but i will miss them all....

I will miss "the boss"... coz he's really one of the best people ard...

Shall still see him ard... but wont be that close to him anymore.....

Thanks for the past 6 years.... you helped to make me who i am today... :)

-RacheL- blogged @ 2/28/2009 03:12:00 AM

Just read Van's blog..and indeed.. reading through what she said already brought back memories...
Memories of how a group of crazy people actually bothered to meet up almost everyday...

It started with many of us meeting online every nite into the wee hours on MSN... chatting and talking and crapping abt anything and everything under the sun....
Besides the nonsense stuffs, we also pray for one another on MSN.. yes.. we really did... and we had our ways of "praying in tongues" on the screen... hahahahaha.... it was funny.. but everyone really had a nice time catching up and fellowshipping.. yes... on MSN... through that... we began meeting up for Supper once in a while... and we called ourselves the Supper Gang after a few supper...

Not long after, we started to meet for dinner after school/work... then we'll go walk ard town, shopping or even just sitting in the restaurants we are at for hours without feeling tired....

Then I had BS every Wed at Riverwalk... and we'll meet every Wed just to have Chicken Rice.. we were at the same place for almost at least 2-3 months... (BS is 10 lessons ma..) and at that point, we were always joking that if any usher leaders were to look for us urgently, they can just go to City Hall's Chicken Rice shop and find us there... hahahaha.....

And while i have my BS, they'll go Anderson's for ice cream or sit down at Central's Long John Silvers for more crap and stuff.. I'll join them when i'm done and we'll all make our way home after that.... we'll continue our chat on MSN... and this went on for months and months....

I doubt we rem when we began getting so close together.. or when we started the outings.. prob we can look through the photos... or recall when the people first joined the ministry.....

We were a bunch of people.. that went through thick and thin, went through serving together... we loved serving with one another..and we loved and enjoyed each other's company.. we had lots fun and laughter together... and we were by then well known by the term. "EG" = Everyday Gang.
Because we met up almost everyday.. we can be meeting up as much as 4 times a week.. including Sundays....

Sundays are also spent together... we'll stay back for Recycling together, we'll go for lunch at 3-4pm at Airport or somewhere else.. or we'll just head somewhere for a nice meal at times.. it could be just a few of us.. or many of us... but we always enjoyed each other's company....

Like what Van said... we all loved photos and we took lots of photos... we captured every moment together...and we had the life of our time.... :)

The sad thing came when 4S5 was to multiply the 1st time.... we were sad.. but we were quite fortunate.. because EG remained pretty intact.. phew.... but we had our dear Mr Noisy aka Ray who left us..... it was a sad separation.. and i rem the faithful Sunday when we went to KTV....

We were speculating who were the ones leaving besides him and we specially took many photos that week.. it was kindda lost as it was like we are losing somebody close to us....

And since that multiplication... i actually became closer to Mr Noisy. Hahaha.. more things to complain to one another and it sort of actually made me treasure the friendship more...
Well.. people say that when something is not close to you, you'll treasure it more.... how true....

And though he left the section, EG remained pretty much the same..and we still meet up for fellowship and etc... few months later came some more multiplication and more people left...and later on the JW multiplication.....

It has been like 2 years since we first multiplied... but I'm glad.. pretty glad.. that EG has grown... we inducted more people in, and we are still pretty much the same.. except for some minor differences and changes.... we are still the same bunch of people tat loves one another, will be there for one another....

I treasure the times spent together, the birthday celebrations that we will have every other month... and the outings tat we still get to have.... I miss EG....

-RacheL- blogged @ 2/23/2009 11:44:00 PM

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-RacheL- blogged @ 2/19/2009 01:10:00 PM

Yes.. vomitted again... thought I'm fine.. since i felt much better than yesterday..
But it came out again.. i hate the gagging..and the smell and the feeling... irks...

Even the rock melon came out...sigh.. wasted....

On a happier note.. was watching Channel U's Woman on Top and i saw myself after the ending..where they actually shared the coming week's topic... not sure if i'll be on next wed...
But I shall watch Channel U a bit more this week to see if the adverts has it! hahaha..

Okay.... time to take things easy.......

-RacheL- blogged @ 2/18/2009 09:59:00 PM

Just as many of the friends online are getting better with their MS, why is mine getting worse??

I dread the mornings..and the nite times...
I dread standing at the toilet bowl and throwing up things i ate earlier...

Today's the worse I ever felt...

Heart burn came as well.. there's this sharp pain that's piercing through my heart...
Its so uncomfortable....

I almost feel like giving up...

Why is it soo xinku... can anyone understand?
Can anyone help?

I doubt so... I can only go through this myself..and no one will be able to do anything to help...

I'm feeling so terrible...

Its so suffering..............................

-RacheL- blogged @ 2/17/2009 11:34:00 PM

Always right on time. Amen.

-RacheL- blogged @ 2/16/2009 10:02:00 PM

Period.

-RacheL- blogged @ 2/16/2009 01:38:00 PM

Hahahahaa...

*Disclaimer: I was tagged in Facebook by HM...but i dunno how to create a NOTE in FB!!!!!
I tried to search... create. but all i could find was create new message... hahhahahaha....
so... i shall do it here....

I've finally concede defeat... i'm really bad at FB. Hahahhaha....

so the list goes....

1. I'm an only child.. only daughter.. and i've always had the privilege of staying in a room ALONE! hahahahha....

2. I've changed Primary Sch once.. Hong Dao Primary School (Pri 1-3) & Jiemin Primary School (Pri 4-6) coz we shifted from AMK to Yishun.

3. I'm a good street directory. Be it physically or literally. I can read maps and know how to get to where I want to. I dun believe in getting lost... when I have a Street Directory with me.

4. I have more than 1000 contacts in my phonebook. I can go crazy if i ever lose my phone. I need to back up my contacts and birthday reminders (of those that i want to be reminded of.. hahaha)...

5. I'm currently 9 weeks pregnant. Life's changing and turning haywire.. but its still so far so good...

6. I never shop alone. Kill me or accompany me. Coz I feel like an idiot shopping alone. So dun keep me waiting if i'm meeting you...else i'll feel like an idiot walking all over to kill time.. hahaha..

7. I seldom like to eat alone outside.. same thing. I feel the whole world is staring at how pathetic I am. Haha... but it depends.. i rarely need to do it now.. i have a great Hubby who'll always be with me.. hehehe...

8. I dun really like adventures like bungee jumping, sky diving etc... my heart will jump!!

9. Don't make me take those fun fair rides on a full stomach.. unless u wanna see my vomit flying in the air. It happened once, okay.. and i had sambal prawns for dinner.. i leave the imagination to you.

10. I'm a lover of friends. I like to make lots of friends and go out with friends.. I'm bored to be alone.. maybe coz i'm an only child.. been alone half my life.. hahaha...

11. I respond very fast to missed calls and smses. I hate people who take hours to reply.
Well..for legitimate reasons, you are forgiven. but for the same reason, i'm hated by others who are with me when people sms me.

12. i love sports when I was younger. I just got lazy as i got older.

13. I was an athlete during my pri and sch days. Mind you, I'm a 100m & 200m sprinter. I've represented my school before. Haha...

14. I've abt 10-20 trophies in my shelves, which has been shifted into boxes for easy transportation when we eventually move to our own nest.

15. I was in National Track & Field Meets once. Qualified for Heats. But i was too stunned during my heats. I had a bad start. And lost the opportunity for the 100m dash. hahaha...

16. I love seafood and chilli and i can't live without them. Hardly.

17. I hate hypocrites and attention-seeking people..the more u seek, the more you wont get it from me.. hahahhaa....

18. I have 3 pairs of shoes at most at any one time..and they get replaced only when they are worn out. Those that I have in the storeroom are what I most likely wont be wearing anymore.

19. I'm generally a neat & tidy person and i can't stand messiness.. but then.. it depends which part of the house you are referring to. Haha..

20. I've 2 LV collection. And both are bought when my dad had some winfall. Hahaha...

21. My CCAs ranged from Band Ensemble (Pri 1), Choir (Pri 2-3, Sec 1-2), Badminton (Pri 4-6), Librarian (Pri5), Netball (Sec 1-2, JC1), Prefect (Sec 1-4), Badminton (Sec 3-4), Computer Club (sec 1), Chinese Orchestra (Sec 1-3), Guitar Club (JC1-2), Management Committee (NUS Yr 1-3).... i'm well diversified.. hahhahaa....

22. I'm fickle minded and cant make decisions sometimes.. or i tend to want to make too many decisions..

23. I'm a multi-tasker. And I aim to do everything well.. I succeed most of the time.

24. I can send 3999 sms in a month. My Last month's record. Hahaha.. i have unlimited sms u see.. :) thanks to you!! :)

25. I get angry fast and i forget as fast.. :)

Tag: you!!!! if you've been reading.. you've been tagged!! hehehehe.. :)

-RacheL- blogged @ 2/06/2009 11:48:00 AM