Continued from the previous post yesterday on Conrad wedding planner’s partners.
Ahh to clarify… why would my wedding in 2052 (AD) ? I don’t know? apparently, perhaps, maybe, it was foretold by a fortuneteller, palm-reader or a psychic. Or maybe it was just a number that was made up so I can look forward to… it’s only 43 years from now… I should be 70 and have EVERYTHING planed and ready for my PERFECT wedding! I wonder who made that number up… hum???… Oh wait or perhaps she meant 2552 (Buddhist Era or BE) which is actually equal to 2009 AD… which is THIS YEAR!!! Wooo! that’s quick!
Anyway, let’s get back to the review on Conrad wedding planner’s partners. As far as I remember, these were the partners that attended the event. Seasons Spa, Pro Master Creations, Cattleya, Ganit, Sirena, Laura Mercier and Dynasty Collection.
Um… may I continue this tomorrow kindna wanna sleep already. There is just so much to talk about that I wouldn’t want to rush into finishing it. Okay… Tomorrow it is
*The photo: Invitation cards and wedding souvenirs by Cattleya. Aren’t they amazing!
During Easter Holiday 2009, a friend and I visited Madrid. My primary objective was to visit the Loewe store in Madrid because it is, as they told me, the very first shop that Loewe has open more than 70 years ago! It took me housr to find the store while trying not to be lost in the city. Hours had passed as I walk up and down on Gran Via Blvd only to find out that I had walked past the building many times, because they were renovating the front of the shop and I couldn’t see the sign.
I spent a lot of time at the shop being amazed by everything as it was so unreal because I would never imagine myself to have a chance to visit the store year ago when I first experience Loewe perfume. I didn’t even know before that Loewe originated in Madrid, Spain. Anyway… how could I leave the store empty handed! I spent an hour or so playing around with their perfume and fragrance until my nose could’t handle it anymore. It was fun as I had a great experience with the customer representative that is being very kind to allow me to try all of the fragrance ^_^
I left the store with a pair of fragrance… Solo Loewe and Quizás Quizás Quizás Loewe. The crazy thing was that when I got the Quizás Quizás Quizás Loewe, I had no idea who to give it to yet. But I believe that soon I will find the one to give it to. They both smell great! One for me and one for my Loewe, Matilde!
Enjoy the short video from Loewe made for Quizás Quizás Quizás (Loewe).
This mall, Siam Paragon is going to be my “almost” everyday stop once I start working next week. That is because it is just 10 minutes by walking from my internship, InterContinental Bangkok, for the next 6 months and also because my work finishes during the rush hour that turns a 20 minutes drive into a 2 hour drive! My solution is… to walk to Siam Paragon’s book shop, Internet cafe, food court and fitness after work.
At the same time, I get to learn about the architecture and design of today’s trends to keep myself up to date with the world of DESIGN.
A month has passed since the last class at Les Roches Marbella.
I sure miss it, the lack of time to do nothing else but work and school,
the fresh air in the morning,
the sound of the phone alarm waking me up at 6am for pastries,
the 4 cups of warm milk with Te’ at breakfast,
the delivery of muffins
the all you eat dessert at lunch!
the cutting and chopping meat and vegetable for dinner
the walk in the afternoon over the mountain
the time spent doing nothing but to enjoy the 1 hour happiness of the day
the brownie at Small World
the light breeze of each night
the shining moon over the sky
the north star that always shines
the sand and stone on the road
the sound of cricket in the woods
the moment…
Today I went to California Raisin seminar at the Sheraton Grand Bangkok, Thailand. They have demonstrated us a few pastry recipes that we can take it as inspiration to our bakery shop. They also provided us with information about the Raisin specification, how the grape was grown, trained, harvested, processed, packed and delivered.
There were so many pastry shops representatives, approximately 100 of them were there at the seminar. Yet this seminar has reminded me of the theatre performance just a few weeks ago. Because we were all focusing on the chef whom were showing us how to… this and that.
It was fun participating the seminar, got to learn so many things, and enjoy the food samples. I also got some new ideas/recipes that I would like to try sometime this week. I will then post the result of the recipe that I tried later.
Anyway, it must be interesting to be in the spotlight during the entire performance, while everyone is watching. Knowing that every move that was made cannot be redone. As I have learn from the Chef and the Dance was that… improvisation is the key. The dancer must improvise when some of the props don’t go according to plan, they must improvise in such a way that the audience doesn’t notice it. The chef, as well, must improvise on the recipe because each ingredient is different thru out the world. Being an international chef, he understood that… we cannot blindly follow the “instruction” on the recipe.
We must use our experience and our understand of the circumstance to make the best of whatever we were set out to do.
I took this photo 2 weeks ago, the afternoon of the graduation ceremony. Knowing that it was going to be the last afternoon I spent at Les Roches Marbella, I took the photo just to remember it. I am sure many of the 28# share this same view! Great view isn’t it?
The walk / run today at the park in the neighbourhood reminded me of the school as I sometime go for a walk / run to Puerto Banus. I came to find out how exhausted it was to run! After barely making 3 laps without collasping, I was soaking with sweat… and it was 8:00PM !
Anyways, it feels good to run! Next time I’ll be sure to bring my camera to take photo of the park to share it here. ^_^
After many hours of not knowing where to go next, we decided to walk west of Plaza Mayor. Minutes later, we found ourselves standing in front of a humongous cathedral. Not knowing where we were and what it was, we just followed a group of people and foot traffic into the cathedral.
Amazingly beautiful, elegant and serene. There were numerous people inside yet it was so quiet and calm. Half of the time we sat and enjoyed just being present, and the rest of the time we walked and explore the cathedral. We also got to light a candle, an electronic candle…
Looking up, that is how I found the shot of the day. Simply beautiful.
If I didn’t mention about the “wine tasting” in the topic, would you be able to guess what is the picture today? I am sure it won’t be so hard to guess because of the profile that reminded you of the shape of the wine glass.
This reminded me of the “10-30 seconds” sketch technique which only allow the artist the limited amount of time to “DEFINE” the shape of the object. The result is amazingly bold and creative art.
You are able to guess the picture quickly, only, because you base your source and understand with the “past and history” of things you have seen or experienced and then make a quick assumption of the object. It is normal for us to behave that way, on the other hand I think that could be very dangerous if this method were to carry out in daily basis because we then will start judging other way before we get to have the chance to get to know them.
Just like the very famous saying “Don’t judge a book by it’s cover”
Now… Let us read the book. Most of the time… we don’t know what the entire story of the book is about, yet we “JUST BUY IT” anyway so that we can read and enjoy the book. I think life could and should be like that.
JUST DO IT! and let us, together, read the book and enjoy it one chapter at a time.
It was the here that I had my very first KFC. The food tastes exactly the same as what I had in Bangkok or Los Angeles. It is amazing how they can achieve such a consistent standard. To the left where I am eating, is this GIANT water Mill that is right in the middle of the Mall. And this just reminded me of Pirates of the Carribian, the scene that they were fighting on the giant wheel and it just keep rolling and rolling.
Talking about rolling… I’m going to go roll on my bed now. ! Goodnight ^_^
By Natt ( May 17, 2009 at 1:39 pm) · Filed under Review, Art, Beach
There is a saying that I have heard so much ever since I came to Les Roches that is “if we fail to plan then we plan to fail.” I can only partially agree with this statement because in reality there will be problems that came up despite the fact that the “plan” itself has taken month and month to make it flawless.
I, too, plan everything before I taken a step forward. But how much is it that we can actually plan, how much information do we need to gather to plan for something to happen and when are we suppose to stop planning and put that plan in action? If we think about it carefully the reason that we plan is because there are rules that apply to what we are planning. The rules say, you must do this and this for this to happen, you must not do this to prevent this, you must follow the direction carefully to achieve… this and that.But the only rule is that there are no rules!
Planning works for me but only to certain extend. The thing I don’t like about “planning” is that it bring “expectation” and if things failed to go as plan then we get disappointed.
Improvisation, on the other hand, is my best friend. Improvising has taken me to places I haven’t imagine myself to. It has bring so much fun, joy, activities, adventure and life itself. I could be wrong to say that “I plan everything” because the fact is I only set GOALS then start walking toward it. My plan is simple, it is to do whatever it take, be spontaneous and IMPROVISE my way to reach that goals. This way… I don’t have to plan everything in detail but to make sure that I enjoy what I do and keep walking forward to that goals and dreams… make it happen!
I sketched this back in 2003 and you see? I even planned on how to sketch the gravel before I actually sketched it. I was just bored one evening so I started to sketch the gravel photo that I bought from IKEA.
“Life is a lot like jazz… it’s best when you improvise” said George Gershwin
After a long week at school, a little field trip was nice as I went to the factory for the 2nd time and this time I am more prepared and more aware of what is going on in the factory, (even thought I only had 1 hour of sleep the previous night). Just like last time, at the end of the trip is open bar which mean… UNLIMITED beer!!!!!!! However, I got a bottle of Limon (lemon flavor beer) that I believe would be a great sale if they were to have this in Thailand (and I’ll make sure that… we sell this in our restaurant once it is open).
Until then, I don’t know where can I get Limon in Bangkok. Better start looking!
Okie, this is exactly a week ago. Last Wednesday was a sports event at our school. It was organized by the Post Graduate students, PG 2, which managed the event while PG1 worked as their assistants. I, unlike the Cultural night where I was in the marketing department, was working in Kitchen Department for the events. The weather was so nice that day, unfortunately I was working inside the kitchen since morning. Just for a few moments, I got to sneak out and took a few pictures of the event. Because we were managing the event, we were not allow to participate any of the sports!!!! sigh…
Back in 2001, I was in the volley ball team at San Gabriel High School where I fractured my left ankle during one evening practice. And that is how my sport career came to an end because the pain on the ankle will come up from time to time if I over use my foot. I wanna jump and spike that ball so bad!
okie… got to get back to finish my Thesis that is due next Wednesday…
Okay, so now I am on a quest to search for a really good brownie… and have probably tried all the brownie from all the places ever since I was working at Denny’s when I was going thru college. At Denny’s, they serve a “warm” brownie, topped by HOT FUDGE!!! and topped again with Vanilla ice-cream. The result is HOT and COLD, a bitter sweet and creamy BROWNIE! Well If I were to serve a brownie, that would be the way. There are 2 sides to everything in life and to find the balance between the two and to create the perfect harmony between them is not as easy as topping the bitter sweet brownie with the creamy sweet vanilla ice-cream. It is already hard enough just to find that perfect brownie… but hey… NOTHING is IMPOSSIBLE because HOPE Achieves the IMPOSSIBLE.
And if you can’t “FIND” that perfect brownie… do not give up and if you really want a good brownie why not just MAKE ONE ourselves! It just that simple ^_^
Okay, so I just woke up about 30 mins ago. The weather is gloomy and that deviate my schedule from the walk to the beach plan to the sleep more on the bed plan. Excuse excuse excuse… just to sleep more? I don’t know… the birds are chirping as well, it such a good environment to sleep! After I woke up, I felt like having something hot to drink and that is how it lead me to this moment. The day that my roommate ask me, let’s go get a coffee “somewhere” and after about 10 mins driving, 30 mins more walking… we found this coffee shop in Old Town Marbella, Spain
The table is set under a few huge trees, the wind is blowing from left to right, the sun shines thru those tree leaves and the mist of the water from the fountain splashes into the air. Really nice to just sit there and chat or just sit and blank out…
I have never noticed what is really in the picture until after it was processed. Most of the time I would capture the building, the view and the angle. What is weird about these recent selected photos are that it has baby boys and girls sitting here and there… No I did not intentionally select them… they just happen to be in the picture of the moments that I thought of.
Really interesting.
To the upper left side of the picture where the door is open, I took a picture of that shop as well as you can see below on the same day.
So this is what I have been doing at Les Roches, aside from the hospitality management aspect. After months of “extra duties” in the pastry section I have learned so much. Thanks to Ms Olea, the pastry chef, for being so patience with me everyday and who has taught me more than just how to make things… but also how to have passion in what we are doing.
Sugar can make you really happy, but using a “sugar substitute” that is pure, natural, and is a healthier choice can also make you happy, or even HAPPIER. This “sugar substitute” can produce the feeling that you just never have enough, yet, still is good for your body; how often is it that you can find something that is so sweet, yet healthy?
Day 1: By now, if everything goes according as planed, we should be in Orgiva, a city that is approximately 30 minutes away from the Alhambra de Granada. We will be staying at Orgiva for a night and then on Tuesday, we will head up to Madrid, a 5 hours or so drive from Orgiva. One place that I wanted to visit is the Corporate Headquarters of Loewe, the rest are just bonuses. For the Alhambra de Granada, we will visit it later on the way back, possibly Thursday or Friday.
Today I selected this picture, the Lobby of Les Roches, Marbella at night because now that all the students left for the Easter holiday and the school has been really quiet I can go from place to place taking all the pictures I want as long as I want. And I think that it is a great moment to remember, when everything is nice and calm.
It was at the Los Angeles Auto Show, last November that I got to see this beauty presented in one of the galleries. I took a few angles of this Lamborghini, however, I believe that this view, this angle, this moment is just right. It is not about more is less… but it is about Less is More. The design, from an architecture point of view, is so basic with the cause of simple shape elements that creates the elegance of the design. The speed of the car is unquestionable as everyone must know how fast it is. The color of the car, white, black and touch of red/orange to bring out its characteristics.
The selection of the picture today is because I have seen a few of this Lambos here in Marbella already in typical red and yellow paint. I think it would have been much nicer in white just because white is not a color and it represents neutrality, which in my opinion, is also Richard Meier’s reason for choosing all of this architectural design in white is one of the most fact that I must agree with.
I would like to share with you, tonight, the ongoing conversation that I have with my children, Joseph and Ana. It revolves around the question “What is your favorite color?” Joseph, who is four and three-quarters, always replies green, and states when asked why, that “green is the color of grass, the trees are green, green is all around us, it’s the color of spring and dollar bills.”
Ana, who is three and doesn’t like to be outdone by Joseph, replies that her favorite color is blue, and that, “the sky is blue, the pools and ponds and lakes are blue.”
And then they turn to me and ask, “Daddy, what is your favorite color?” And every time we play this gave, my response is the same: “White is my favorite color.”
“But Daddy,” Joseph says, “You can’t have white. White is not a color; white isn’t in the rainbow; you have to take a color that is in the rainbow, like red or green, or blue or yellow.”
And I have to explain that for me, white is the most wonderful color because within it you can see all the colors of the rainbow. For me, in fact, it is the color which in natural light, reflects and intensifies the perception of all of the shades of the rainbow, the colors which re constantly changing in nature, for the whiteness of white is never just white; it is almost always transformed by light and that which is changing; the sky, the clouds, the sun and the moon.
White conventionally has always been seen as a symbol of perfection, of purity and clarity. If we ask why this is the case, we realize that where other colors have relative-values dependent upon their context, white retains its absoluteness. At the same time, it may function as a color itself. It is against a white surface that one best appreciates the play of light and shadow, solids and voids. Goethe said “color is the pain of light.” Whiteness is perhaps the memory and the anticipation of color. For me, the contrast becomes the definition — that which is natural, organic, changing, contains at different times, all of the colors of the rainbow. And that which is man-made should help to focus and intensify one’s perception of all that is around us.
It appears that he has found a successful formula and he’s sticking with it, a eventually it becomes his trademark as an architect, pretty much like Frank Gehry has his dynamic architecture, and Tadao Ando and his minimalist architecture.
This vespa is made the same way with the basket weave, I have no idea what it’s called but it is really nice… don’t you think? I took this picture during a walk in Old Town Marbella, it is very close to the church where I took the picture “60 seconds of peace” The Old Town is hiding from the street, we walk thru many narrow streets, turning from corner to corner. It is amazing to see how lively it is in those narrow streets with restaurants, small cafes, shops, and patios to just sit there and relax.
The heart of Marbella is not only the beach, nor the sand but it is the dynamics of its rich culture hidden within the Old Town Marbella, Spain.
This is a great example of how we should never judge a book by its cover because we would lose the opportunity to find out what the book is really about… Let us read the book and see where the story will lead us.
It took me a while to remember what day it was when I took this picture. After examining the picture carefully, I noticed something that reminded me of the date… the Cultural Night event. If you look at this picture closely, you would see all the students are still up on the second floor, studying!!! oh yes we are hardcore… ^_^
After celebrating our success for the Cultural Night event at Small World, I couldn’t stay as long as the others because I was way too exhausted to continue the night. So… just minutes before midnight, I went back to the school and took few more pictures of the interior and exterior of the school before I went to pass out on my bed.
I took this picture during the LA Auto Show in November 2008. I happened to get free tickets after attending one of the private events held by Porsche at the LA Auto Show for the pre-opening. Porsche is always great, especially the Cayman!!! However I feel that… this AUDI R8 has changed my mind. The style is very very very attractive!!! So much that, I have it on my wish list (when I can afford one) haha. I have never driven this one, but I did drive an Audi TT… and it was fun especially when I reached 125 MPH, or 201 KMH (on a legal stretch of road, of course!)… The adrenaline rush was just awesome. I didn’t feel like I was driving the car anymore at the point, but more of piloting a jet on the freeway.
And in Spain… it must have been fun to feel the speed here with all the round-abouts to drift around to long stretches where I can press that gas pedal and driving to the beach to just cruise day til night. >.< I miss my “coche”
Talk about speeding… I never get pulled over when I speed up to 110 MPH, but ironically I got pull over twice for speeding at 75 MPH (65 MPH is the limit) and that was the traffic speed. These cops really had nothing to do or what? They tailed me for 10 minutes before they fire up the sirens and pull me over. The worse thing is, it happened 3 days before I left to Spain.
But hey, we got to be responsible for our actions, at least that is what I believe.
I don’t get to experience this type of view much. I remember there was only “this” one, in Seattle, Washington. On top of the Space Needle… Freezing COLD and WINDY !! This one was on December 30, 2008. Hans, Heather and I had dinner here, fortunately enough, they had a table available for walk-in. We weren’t planning to eat here, it was just that after we arrived at the hotel in Seattle, as usual, they decided to stay in the room for a while. Mean while, I went out and started walking and that is when I spoted the ALIEN space craft and start walking toward it. By the time I got there, a half hour later, (and it was around 7pm, freezing cold), H2 called me, so I invited them over to the Space Needle for the restaurant. The food was amazing, the server was great, the view … just amazingly crazy, especially when the restaurant rotates while you are dining there, The Sky City. We got to see the entirety of Seattle by just sitting there. It was A la carte’ style, with full silver service. The cost??? Let’s not mention it. Haha. Let’s say that, it was an experience that I will never forget…
Another one was actually on December of 2007, but it was on top of the City of Angels. It was at the Tallest building in Thailand, Baiyoke Sky Hotel, Bangkok. The restaurant here doesn’t rotate like the one in Seattle. However they have an out door balcony that rotates, much faster than the one in Seattle. It was amazing memory, an unforgettable one, none the less, they have a live singer, by a Lady and a Gentleman with a guitar that walks around the restaurant and sings songs around the restaurant. And woah… they walked to our table and I still remember the song, very clearly and the moment was just… unexplainable.
Try to listen to the music while reading today then, maybe, you might understand the feeling I experienced the moment I took the picture.
Saturday, I went to for a coffee break in Puerto Banus. The coffee shop, La Pesquera, is right on the beach. It is a small hut with coffee tables and beach benches for those that would like to take a sun bath while drinking. Sitting and chilling there for bit and just doing nothing. After the coffee, I just walked around the beach trying to find the right frame to take a picture so that it say something, if not all about “Marbella”. I took quite a few pictures, but in my opinion, I believe that this is it ^_^ “An Orange sandal, a boy, Sierra Blanca (the mountain behind), and the Beach… ” I’ll just let the picture speak for itself because I am bad at expressing what I want to say, duh… if I were good at that, I might as well write a novel too. ^_^
Anyway, does anyone know how to print postcards? What kind of printer (portable if possible) and paper to get? I am interested in trying to make my own postcards ^_^.
“This is the best cultural night we’ve had in Les Roches thus far” said one of the students in the reception. “Woww, I really feel like I am in Japan and the lounge looks amazing” said another student. “The dinner experience and the restaurant decoration is awesome” said a student waiting in a line for his meal. “I can definitely go for another Nakata brouchette” a student compliment on one of our special disk that was name after “what they called me at school, Nakata” So yea, I represented that dish !! haha.
We started to organized things since noon and it promptly started at 7:00 pm. Everyone has their drinks, food, games, more drinks and is entertained by a fashion show. It wasn’t over until 11:00 pm, or somewhere around there. After all the clean up, we went out for a drink at “small world” to celebrate our completion of the event, which resulted in the picture show to you below.
We have learned so many things, in so little time. Most of the thing we learn, in my opinion, are the things that we shouldn’t do again next time. We all make mistakes but let us not concentrate on the mistakes, let us think about how do we not repeat the same mistake again, or how to make things better the next time around.
Today is the day. I would like to post this now, early in the day, knowing that I will be busy with event organization late in the evening and may not have the energy to write this later.
I am in the marketing department for this event and is responsible for most of the posters, advertisements and gathering information for those advertisements. I am very fortunate to have my teammate because they are helping me get the info organized and arrange things with other departments. Oh yes, we have drama in our department as well as with the other departments.
Okay then… here are the collective works that I did from the beginning of the event… which started with a cookie sale !!! To raise extra funding for our event…. all the way to final event poster and the 3 minutes AD on youtube. here is the link, if you can’t see the video below.
finally it is the day, less than 12 hours and all of this will be over. So that i can start concentrating on other works that i have been putting off due to this event.
After more than a month, I have seen so many McDonald’s and heard so much about it during class because we always talk about why it is so successful. During the “just drive” trip, we actually stopped for McDonald’s however, I didn’t find what I wanted, which is the $1 (dollar menu) or the (euro menu, since we are in europe) There is no surprise at to how it is going taste, because it tasted exactly the same as the one that i had in California, Thailand, Singapore, China and now Spain. How could one achieve that standard!!!! Amazing!!!! It is something that we can expect from any locale. Well, i am a big fan of McDonald’s food but i am trying to stay away from it because it tastes so good that i will keep eating it. I remember one of those day that i had McDonald’s as Breakfast, Lunch and dinner… oh well. A good old time but it wasn’t as healthy as home made food.
Ohhhhhh, i am so craving for this chinese noodle, with black vinegar, eggs, and some veggies. Darn it! now i am torturing myself thinking about it.
okie, 14 hours from now, if everything goes will, i will be doing the some dancing from the song “Snake dance” by Jay Chow. hahahahaha, why? Because an event won’t be an event without entertainment. And I’m going to make it a FUN event.
And to paraphrase a quote i learned from BASIC is that … IF IT IS TO BE, IT IS UP TO ME!!!!
Finally, a sunny day. No more gloom, wind, rain and flying leaves (or leaf dagger)s *that may injure you because of the strong wind. For today, I choose the picture that I took in Marina Del Rey after Graduation day from Basic 75 of M.I.T.T. (Mastery in Transformation Training) What is the training about? There is no way to describe it; really, however, once you complete the course… you will see a different side to your life and that will lead you to places that you wouldn’t imagine before, to do “whatever it takes, go as far as required, to reach that dream and achieve that impossibility” ……… Hey! I am in Spain now, ain’t I?
For the picture, I feel that, if we are all boats, ships, things that float… we have the freedom to float anywhere that we want in our life, but at one point, we will be stopping at a dock where we all can rest together, side by side and we can share all the stories with each other.
Dear Basic 75… thank you for your support, your experience, your courage and your love. Also, thank you for caring enough about me to be honest with me thru out the training. I miss and love you all!!!
From the last post, Sleepless night in Seattle… it reminded me of another sleepless night, due to Jetlag, that I had when I was in Thailand last year. So instead of staying in at home, I drove to “Suan Lum Night Balza” * I think that what it called. This place has everything that you will ever want for gift, food, drink, entertainment, cafe, restaurant… and etc. As a Thai, I bought 2 tuk tuk (little 3 wheel vehicle that we used for public transportation in Thailand). One for my mom in the states and another one I gave to my best-friend, Hans… which later passed that tuk tuk to his/my other best-friend, Jimmy, which then now has passed on to Jimmy’s friend. How did I find out? I saw that Tuk Tuk at my old school, SCI_Arc (Southern California Institute of Architecture), on someone’s desk after I have graduated from that place 3 semesters ago. So I did a little investigation. Haha.
And from that moment, I remembered the movie Pass it forward, which I never really watched before, but I understand the idea of the movie that is started by a little boy with a simple request… do something nice to a person, and have that person continue to pass that “niceness” to another.
As far as Bangkok, I am 50/50 about the possibility of going back, it is depend on the job offer *fingers crossed* – hoping for it. But hey, if you know anyone looking for an Assistant Manager in Hospitality Management… Hook me up!!! Bangkok… is nothing like any other city in the world, based on my own experience. Oh well, I’d better get back to finish the Video promotion for our event, 11 March 2009 !!!! A Tale of Four Cities !!!!
During the Food and Beverage class we discussed about vinification, the wine making process and viticulture, the vine growing process. The discussion lead the class to talk about vineyards, which then lead to California’s vineyards. Ever since I drank wine, I never really like any of them but one, the Stella Rosa 1917 IL CONTE D’ALBA. I was introduced to this wine by David… It has a transparent pink color with a very smooth texture, no residue, a scent of wild fruit, tastes lightly sweet (just right!) and very bubbly. I LOVE THIS WINE…!!! I couldn’t find one here in Spain. Oh well, we should discuss more about wine on later date.
Talking about the wine and where to get the Stella Rosa reminded me of the photo I took of Hollywood. After searching into my photo archive for about an hour, I finally found it!!!
First of all, before I blog any further today, I would like to say that… the internet at the campus is beyond!!!!! words!!! I am way too upset to even start writing. For the internet, there are 2 choices, connected but slow… way slower than dial-up… and another choice is… not connected at all! It is just depends on the routers mood. My mood right now is… !@#$!@#$!$#
Okay… that was unprofessional, but I just wanted to share this experience to the world. Anyways, while the router still in good mood, I am trying to blog as fast as I can before the router goes out on me again.
For today, it is Asti Ristorante Cucina Italiana in San Diego, California. hours of driving from Los Angeles to San Diego, we craved Italian food, so we went to this restaurant for dinner after checking in at U.S. Grant, San Diego. Because we didn’t make a reservation, it took us about 20 minutes wait before we get a table.
The food here was superb, we ordered Lasagna and Panni because we felt like something really CHEESY. Starting off with bread and butter, we ended up with an extra order bread and butter because they were so good!!!
Well, I choose this picture today because we have a project to start our own restaurant that has to have a marketing plan, menu, theme and kitchen plan, so the asti restaurant inspired me to wanted to open one that is as successful as this, with people lining up waiting for tables, providing great food and service.
Now… I just want some of that Lasagna and Panni!!!!
I noticed regarding my patterns, that I am likely to post photos that are related to some source of activities that I did during the day. Today is no exception. We had a Stage Fair in the lobby area and in the Bristol bar. The event consisted of students presenting their experiences during their internships around the world. The way the table was organized reminded me of the moment I took this picture at Harris Ranch Inn & Restaurant which I remember as being in the middle of nowhere; check out the map here.
Because it is in the middle of nowhere, I wasn’t really prepared for what it would be inside. To my surprise… it is nicely decorated. It feel nice and cozy in the restaurant. As for the food, I tried the “Mediterranean Omelet”, a really interesting meal for breakfast because the omelet is sweet and sour in the same time.
This is a bad idea, blogging about food at night… makes me really want to eat something right now. Well, the food here are way too oily / unhealthy for me. Because of that, I am on no-meat diet… again!!! But I still eat seafood, just no more beef, chicken, pork or lamb. I have enough of those for a while.
So what do they call people who only eat seafood? Seafoodarain???
because the pain on the ankle will come up from time to time if I over use my foot. I wanna jump and spike that ball so bad!
I noticed regarding my patterns, that I am likely to post photos that are related to some source of activities that I did during the day. Today is no exception. We had a Stage Fair in the lobby area and in the Bristol bar. The event consisted of students presenting their experiences during their internships around the world. The way the table was organized reminded me of the moment I took this picture at