Remember Remember the Month of November...

It has been a while my friend. I am however, happy with what I am doing right now. It is busy, but that is what kept me going. I hope you have been better, ever since I left the madness of what was once considered a treasure to me. It is not of my intention to leave you there, but it was for the best, for with you, my life was left to a stall and rot in the memories we used to share. We have been together for 6 years, and I wouldn't say it was a waste of my time, but I could've set my priorities right. But that was something hard for me to do. Being indecisive and all.

3 years passed since I've last seen home... I missed my family, I missed my friends, but most of all, I've missed myself the most, back when things were a bliss, when I'm out with my friends, and Hobbes... Ever since I came here I lost sight of what was once me. A happy-go-lucky guy who likes to hang out with friends. I let my guard down and didn't expect that we would remove ourselves from each other. I wasn't sure of what to do, and ended up not doing anything at all. That's when my grades went to the gutter, with my life trailing behind...

I am thankful for friends who came and gave a hand. But I could never thank them enough for believing in me when I couldn't even get a hold to believe in myself... Thank you Martin for all the help you gave me, and kept my spirits up when I have none. Thanks Warren for those awesome moments with Mahoney, and of course the songs I've come to love, and your keenness in listening to my rants about my life. I hope you're doing better, do take care of yourself!

Alas, I have come to see what these marks on my forearms mean. Letting go of my past and come to grips with my future. And making sense of all the madness I have been through painfully since that November night as my world crumbled before my eyes. It felt so long ago... and yet, I can still feel the madness churning within...

Culinary Careers Diploma

Last week our class went for a field trip downtown to get to know more about coffee. I'm not going into the details for now. I'm just gonna talk a little about our class.
After our orientation our 26-student class were divided into 2 groups. 1 group gets to work in the main kitchen (I'm in this group) where we get to work the cafeteria. Everyday we prepare food, and sell them out front. This is where we get to meet and interact with people. Whether it be filling up orders or just plain making a sammich for them. The other group gets to work in the bake shop (cakes, bread, pies and all those goodies! YOU NAME IT!!) and sweet and savory line (this is where they make them sauces and some other stuff... not too sure about the details).

So far I am enjoying the class. I get to work with people, and get to prepare great food... Well, great is a relative term. Here're some pics I manage to take. It is pretty difficult to take pictures when I am so busy preparing food.

<Duchesse Potatoes


Potato Croquettes


Pinwheels!


How it looks like sliced

Happy Thanksgiving Canada!

Vancouver 2009

Vancouver 2009

After some effort, I finally uploaded some of the pics from my Vancouver trip this year. Went to see Green Day on the 4th of July. I am pretty selective of the pictures I uploaded. I picked the best out of 300++ pictures I have taken throughout the entire trip. Well, those that were significant or just plain nice. I didn't upload pics I took from museum which has the bicycle display, just because most of the pics are not clear. Eitherway, will spend some time editing them this weekend.

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