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GROUPIE


Yilin
The Veggie Salad
Welfare Director


Zhiqin
King of all Porkribs
Creative Director


Kelvin
Captivating Carrot Cake
F&B Director


Choon Peng
All Time Fav Fried Rice
Treasurer


Shuxia
The Eggy Omelette
Events Co-ordinator


Yaolong
Alcohol X
Overseas Ambassador


Mildred
Soup of the Day
Honorary Advisor


Melodie
The Delightful Dessert
Public Relations Director


Marvina
"Plain" Plain Water
Member (awaiting promotion)


CHAT


FUND

Current Balance: $3.00
(as of 25/12/09)

CALENDAR
04 Mar - Lin's Birthday
07 Jul - Peng's Birthday
10 Jul - Mel's Birthday
17 Jul - Xia's Birthday
24 Jul - Ethan's Birthday
12 Aug - Mil's Birthday
03 Sep - ZQ's Birthday
27 Oct - Kel's Birthday
10 Dec- Mixed Rice Day!

OUR SONG

You're way too beautiful world
That's why it'll never work
You have us so excited! so excited!
When you say it's over

Damn all these beautiful girls
They only wanna do your dirt
They'll have you so excited so excited
When they say it's over

PEOPLE

PAST DESIGNS



Bituwin - template
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Thursday, March 6, 2008
Airport Tax Refund

Good news guys, Airasia have refunded us the airport tax. The amount of $198 has been credited into my bank account as shown in the screenshot of my statement below.


The people who will be receiving this refund are Delon, Choon Peng, Zhi Qin, Yilin and Yaolong. Each of you will receive $33 back. For Delon, Peng and ZQ, I have deducted this $33 from the bangkok costs. (Unless you want it back in cash, let me know)

As for Yilin and Yaolong, I will put it aside first and return them when I see them again.

Mildred, do bring down your airticket and ask for the refund as well. Or try to call 67339933 and see if its possible to do the arrangement over the phone. This phone number was given to me by the Airasia counter staff who helped us to settle the refund.

Please check the below statement and check if there's any mistakes that you'll like to report. I'll take it that there's no problems if you remain silent.

Looking forward to the 21st,
xia

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Thursday, February 28, 2008
Final Costs

Hey guys, the hotel final cost is finally reflected on my bank statement. Due to exchange rate changes, hotel charges is now 50cents more per person. Below is the FINAL costs for bangkok trip, no more changes.

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Also, please note that this Sunday's meeting is postponed until further notice. Yilin will let us know when she is free for the bday meetup. Meanwhile, to Kelvin and Mel, do you guys want to chip in for yilin's present? Please reply asap by tagging, thanks.

xia

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Monday, February 25, 2008

Food Hotel Asia

It's Asia's largest international food and hospitality event which is being held in every 2 years. It compromises of 6 main segments which is going to cover the whole of EXPO, and mind you, it's the whole of EXPO. The 6 segments are FoodAsia, Bakery and Pastry, Wine and Spirits Asia, Hotel Asia, Hospitality Style Asia and lastly Hospitality Technology Asia.

I'm certainly 100% interested for it, but most probably only the first few segments will interests you guys but let me assure you, it's enough. The admission tickets is 80 bucks for a one day pass. You can have access to ALL segments.

However, you can choose to pre register to get yourself a free ticket. Too good to be true, nah. Try it and go ahead and register yourself, you might get it. And the exhibition is held from April 22-25.

This is the website. http://www.foodnhotelasia.com/

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Friday, February 22, 2008
For Mildred

Mil, JobsDB sent this mail to me with this list of temp jobs, I copied and paste some of the links that I think is pretty good and suitable for you.. coz it's pretty short term.

Temp Admin Assistant/ Customer Service ($6-$9/hr), Recruit Express PteLtd http://www.jobsdb.com/SG/EN/job.asp?R=JDBS102899301

2-6Mths Temp Jobs $6-$8/hr (ERH), Recruit Express Pte Ltd-East Division http://www.jobsdb.com/SG/EN/job.asp?R=JDBS102893701

Immediate Temp Positions (MNCs/Govt/Banks), Recruit Express Pte Ltd -Shenton http://www.jobsdb.com/SG/EN/job.asp?R=JDBS102881501

RECEPTIONIST (TEMP), KHS ASIA PTE LTD http://www.jobsdb.com/SG/EN/job.asp?R=JDBS102863201

2 to 5 Mths Temp Assignments (Students welcomed), Recruit Express PteLtd - Banking & Finance http://www.jobsdb.com/SG/EN/job.asp?R=JDBS102848501

3-6mths Temp Admin Asst - Immediate!, Recruit Express Pte Ltd - Orchard http://www.jobsdb.com/SG/EN/job.asp?R=JDBS102830201

Temp Packers x 20 (WEST), Recruit Express Pte Ltd - Industrial/Int'l Div http://www.jobsdb.com/SG/EN/job.asp?R=JDBS102824301

xia

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Sunday, February 10, 2008
Bangkok Scams

Yo Mixed Rice in the House,

I was surfing for more information about backpacking and Thailand when I came across this.

It's worth reading.

Closed? Best check for yourself: Tall tales by touts
In Thailand, there are many touts selling tour services and one common trick that they will use is to station themselves near major attractions (i.e. such as grand palace, wat po) and approach tourists telling them that the attraction that they are planning to visit is close for the day (a common reason they use is that it's buddha day and religious ceremonies are being held so the temple is closed etc.). They will then suggest to bring tourists to alternative places (usually this place called 'lucky buddha' temple which is opened to public only once a year and it just so happened to be that day!) at a small cost. If the tourists agree to go along, what happens is that the touts will bring the tourists to various shops offering 'special discounts' - these touts earn much money from tourists' spendings in these shops.


Jewellery and Gem Scams: Unlucky Lucky Buddha Temple
Touts will use all kinds of stories to trick you into visiting this place called the Lucky Buddha Temple. They will spin tall tales of people striking rich after visiting the temple. At the temple, you might be made to donate some money to the temple as an offering. What happens after is that you will 'bump' into a person who will offer you a tip on how to earn a quick buck (it's as if the lucky buddha has indeed brought good luck!). Basically, the story that the person will tell you is that the gems in bangkok are really cheap..and one can make a quick buck just by buying gems from bkk and bringing it back to one's home country to resell. To make the story more convincing, the person will take out receipts of purchase and resale as proof. To trick singaporeans, the person will also lie about how this well-known jewellery shop in singapore will readily buy such gems. After all these have been said, if you appear interested..the person (or he'll signal to his accomplice - usually a tuktuk driver) will offer to bring you to this shop that's offering very special discounts on that particular day.

The above information was extracted from SgTravelCafe

Conclusion

Never be too trusting towards others, especially strangers.

Remember Mr Bandit, the Taxi Driver @ Phuket? That was a fine example.


I guest we should always disguise our identities as tourist when travelling, so as to avoid being potential victims, but I guess if we travel as a Mixed Rice tour group, that is a challenge which is near impossible to fulfill. =P

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