Chapter 10: 2010

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