2010 is going to be a complete new start for me, it is the beginning of helping with the rent and the bills. Haha, that means I will have to limit my budgets from now on. Anyways, I started this new decade with the homies at Blue Ocean. My first time in a bar for a long time. No, I usually do not drink, but no school, no work, new year, so why not right? It is once a long time anyways. I had to admit, it was a fun night. Me and miss Kevin were picking on these two kids all night. We killed them. Too bad it was in the lounge, there was no kareoke. So it was the time for count down, 10...9...8... 5...4...3...2...1... POP THAT CHAMPAGNE, 2010 IS HERE!
Brand new year, brand new start. What was my New Year's resolution? I think it was to stay on my grind. Haha, typical JCL. And soon after, the new semester started. I was very excited because I will be taking Culinary and Baking classes. It is going to be something completely new. I was also nervous because I do not know which professor I will have or any of the people that will be in my classes.
I do not have high hopes on this semester because I will be working my regular job and doing my internship in Holiday Inn as well. I really have to be in my tip top shape to even pass with a decent grade. Anyways, the first day turned out to be better than I expected. There were no one I know, well except for JLo. She was in my class the previous semester, but we did not talk much. The first thing the Chef made us do was to repeat the names of the people before you and their career goals. It was awkward... but I got over it. The Chef seems to be a difficult professor though, but that was just from my first impression since he picked on me a lot that first day! I had a feeling this was going to be a bad class, but I was wrong.
So my teammate for that first class was K from the Hood (note that I only use nicknames in my blog entries, besides Gen [homeboy till I die] and the people that are not really relevant to me). From the first impression she was a cool and chill person, I helped her out and she helped me out so it was nice. As for baking, we learned the 12 steps of baking and we baked bread the first day! That was also my first time baking. It looked complicated, but it was actually really fun and easy! I enjoyed baking class much more than culinary class in the first couple weeks. But as the semester progresses on, I fell in love with cooking.
The reason why I did not like the culinary class as much was because the first few weeks all we did were practicing our cuts. We did not actually start cooking until a later on. And when we did started cooking the same few people (including me) were doing the dishes every class. But as time passed I enjoyed doing dishes more than I thought. It is either I got used doing dishes or maybe I like the people that I work with in the dish washing station.
As for baking, it was always enjoyable. I got my homie G Money Hypa here and JZH (I do not have any nickname for her so I will use her initials). The Chef is a really nice and great chef! He is funny and teaches in a way that is easy to understand. His demonstrations were really clear. From day one, I had a feeling that I would enjoy this class and I did!
2010 had a good start, well besides the paying rent and bills part. OH WAIT, I almost forgot to mention about my Child Psychology class. My professor was the worse... just from the first day I felt like dropping the class because of his teaching style. With all due respect, I am pretty sure he is a great psychologist, but the way he teaches just does not work for me. Hardcore reading of the textbook was never my way of learning, and he does NOT go over much of the stuff. Okay, I am done venting. Peace!
Have you ever had the feeling that the goal is so close, almost like a breath away, but yet it is so far? I have, plenty of times. Just a random rhetorical question, haha.
Statik Selektah ft. Bun B, Wale, & Colin Munroe - So Close So Far
Monday, June 14, 2010
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Chapter 9: Break Free
It's been a while since I updated my blog... there were just too much stuff going on in my life... but now I got a lot of things cleared up so here is a new chapter.
The semester/year was finally over, many things in my life were cleared up. It was an unexpected year. One of the most tragic events in my life happened that year. R.I.P. to my grandma. There were bad things, but certainly there will be some positive occurrences. I guess all things happen in order to balance out the other episodes in one's life. 2009 marked a new beginning in my life. It was the first semester where I declared my major in Hospitality Management. It was also the first time in my educational life that I was happy to see the results of my hard work... and that was my 4.0 GPA. My hard work really did paid off! So those were my hight lights of the year, everything else were just stressful and messed up. I will spend this post talking about the hight lights of my 2009. Before I begin, allow me to advice you the insight that I gained...
One important lesson I learned that year was to cherish the things I have. So let me tell you all this, stop and smell the roses! Appreciate everything and everyone around you! No one can tell what will happen in the future, and when you finally realize something is going on, it will be too late.
When that stressing semester was finally over, I was proud and relieved. I was proud that I got all A's that semester and relieved that it was finally over. I was a little sad that I had to say goodbye to a lot of the classmates that I just got to know though. But then again, the friendship that developed was not that strong. And so the winter break came. Thank god for this winter break, my only time to rejuvenate myself. I spent my Thanksgiving with my family as usual. That black Friday my friends and I continued our tradition, well not the usual tradition this year though. We usually go camp out in an electronic store, but this year we went early in the morning and just went shopping instead. That ended up nicely because I copped some nice clothes and my fossil watch =D. Afterwards, we went to eat a big meal.
I forgot what I did for Christmas, all I remember was that it was very peaceful. Just what I needed, peace at last! And to top things off, I went to a snowboarding trip at Jack Frost, Pennsylvania wit the Twins, R00ster, and a couple of other people. It was my first time snowboarding, it was a painful experience but nonetheless very fun. I fell on my butt so many times, I was barely able to sit when I got back. But within a couple more tries, I almost perfected turning and breaking. On the other hand, my dude R00ster was not on top of his game. I conquered green and some blue. I remember on one of the blue's there was a super steep slope, I went down too fast and could not break that fast so I ended up falling and rolled down horizontally with both of my feet still attached to the snowboard. Man, was that painful!
Snowboarding is so fun! I will definitely go back, but now I have to wait for the season to start again. And to conclude my 2009, I found an internship in Holiday Inn when I visited it for my presentation. This marked the beginning of my career in Hospitality Management. Although internship is not needed yet, but I m preparing myself for what to come in the future. I been told that I am an ambitious person, and I replied you need ambition to be successful. This is my motto, but I will try not to overwhelm myself with ambition. We all know too much of something is bad.
Dear grandma, watch me shine.
Bobby Ray - Don't Let Me Fall
The semester/year was finally over, many things in my life were cleared up. It was an unexpected year. One of the most tragic events in my life happened that year. R.I.P. to my grandma. There were bad things, but certainly there will be some positive occurrences. I guess all things happen in order to balance out the other episodes in one's life. 2009 marked a new beginning in my life. It was the first semester where I declared my major in Hospitality Management. It was also the first time in my educational life that I was happy to see the results of my hard work... and that was my 4.0 GPA. My hard work really did paid off! So those were my hight lights of the year, everything else were just stressful and messed up. I will spend this post talking about the hight lights of my 2009. Before I begin, allow me to advice you the insight that I gained...
One important lesson I learned that year was to cherish the things I have. So let me tell you all this, stop and smell the roses! Appreciate everything and everyone around you! No one can tell what will happen in the future, and when you finally realize something is going on, it will be too late.
When that stressing semester was finally over, I was proud and relieved. I was proud that I got all A's that semester and relieved that it was finally over. I was a little sad that I had to say goodbye to a lot of the classmates that I just got to know though. But then again, the friendship that developed was not that strong. And so the winter break came. Thank god for this winter break, my only time to rejuvenate myself. I spent my Thanksgiving with my family as usual. That black Friday my friends and I continued our tradition, well not the usual tradition this year though. We usually go camp out in an electronic store, but this year we went early in the morning and just went shopping instead. That ended up nicely because I copped some nice clothes and my fossil watch =D. Afterwards, we went to eat a big meal.
I forgot what I did for Christmas, all I remember was that it was very peaceful. Just what I needed, peace at last! And to top things off, I went to a snowboarding trip at Jack Frost, Pennsylvania wit the Twins, R00ster, and a couple of other people. It was my first time snowboarding, it was a painful experience but nonetheless very fun. I fell on my butt so many times, I was barely able to sit when I got back. But within a couple more tries, I almost perfected turning and breaking. On the other hand, my dude R00ster was not on top of his game. I conquered green and some blue. I remember on one of the blue's there was a super steep slope, I went down too fast and could not break that fast so I ended up falling and rolled down horizontally with both of my feet still attached to the snowboard. Man, was that painful!
Snowboarding is so fun! I will definitely go back, but now I have to wait for the season to start again. And to conclude my 2009, I found an internship in Holiday Inn when I visited it for my presentation. This marked the beginning of my career in Hospitality Management. Although internship is not needed yet, but I m preparing myself for what to come in the future. I been told that I am an ambitious person, and I replied you need ambition to be successful. This is my motto, but I will try not to overwhelm myself with ambition. We all know too much of something is bad.
Dear grandma, watch me shine.
Bobby Ray - Don't Let Me Fall
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