two steps behind

Valentine’s Day… It’s finally came, once again. So yep, I went out on a date… a date between me and music. At the school, we have a piano concert by Duo del Sol that will be playing songs from 2 composers. And interesting enough it was the 2 favorite composers that my dear Jenny, is so passionate about which are Franz SCHUBERT and Robert SCHUMANN. It was my first time attending a piano concert but instead of feeling weird about it, I actually enjoyed it. I was alone, but yet, I wasn’t alone.

I am sure that you must have heard the phrase that “a picture speaks a thousand words” and the same can be implied regarding music with the exception of the intensity of the words that are being spoken by the music because the vibration of the sounds vibrate in me from within.

Today’s piano concert has reminded me of the day that we went to San Diego not long ago before I came to Spain. The picture above is the crystal piano from the Museum of Making Music in San Diego. We had less than an hour to go around the entire museum, so we just went around as fast as we can, pressing every button there is on the way and listen to the different sound of the instruments. Read about the history of music and instrument, and then we came across this KAWAI crystal piano… my imaginary dream piano that actually exists!!!

One day, soon enough, I will have this piano in my living room. Last I checked, it is going for $94,000… so it is going to be a while before I get to see it in my living room. None the less, there is nothing wrong dreaming about it!

Happy Valentine’s Day… ^_^

Back to the road-trip during the New Year Holiday, with my friend Hans and his wife. Our first stop was San Francisco and as a passenger, you could imagine how boring it was in the car. Luckily I am with my buddy, Canon Rebel Xsi, and it kept me company.

I didn’t plan to go anywhere during the holiday but it just happened so fast on the morning before they planed to leave for the trip. Fortunately there is open spot in the car, so there is where the trip began.

Go with the flow, be spontaneous and just improvise the situation. That way… life is much more enjoyable.

Okay, so I took this picture while we were in traffic looking for our hotel in San Francisco. He said, “ohhh look to your right”, then I say, “whaoo!!! STONED.” Nope, it’s not that kind of STONED!!  It was an awesome feeling to experience and see the architecture of San Francisco.

US Grant, San Diego, California, USA. It was just a week before I left to Spain to pursue my career in Hospitality Management. Thank you to David, my friend and boss at the same time for hooking me up for this hotel that cost $675 / night. I get to stay 2 nights there. It was an amazing experience, and that gives me hope in Hospitality Management again.

Today I felt like writing this review due to the lecture in our class in Room Division Department and to understand about how they operate each room and how does house keeping work. The best way I believe is to organize the house keepers in teams. So that the teams can be self motivated and self check to keep everything up to the hotel STANDARDS.

It is best to work in teams, it is the TEAM EFFORT that bring success to life. I have realized that, we cannot do anything by ourselves, ever. There is always someone somewhere that is helping you to become successful. What do you think?

I took the photos from the front of the hotel, the interior and the view from the room. Awesome room upgrade

About the Hotel… US GRANT San Diego is part of Starwoods Hotels.

Today, I spent 40 minutes walking to Puerto Banus, Marbella… and on the way to the Puerto (port) Banus, it remind me of the feeling that I had on Christmas 2008 because of the short-cut that I took while walking to the Port was very JUNGLE ‘s like. It was damp, wet and full of branches. The feeling brought me back to Christmas afternoon. Sunny and nice until I get to Angel Point, Los Angeles which is when it started raining. I continued on, walking there for about an hour or so, in the rain, looking for locations to snap pictures but it was so gloomy. Right before sunset, the sun shown below the clouds, allowing me to capture this scene. This moment only lasted about 10 minutes before it is gone.

It was one evening that I would never forget. A Christmas to remember.

About the picture, to the left, is the U.S. Bank building in Los Angeles and to the right is the famous Dodger Stadium!!!

No, it is not that kind of shooting. Sorry to disappoint you. ^_^

This photo was taken on a morning that I was trying to apply for my Spanish visa. In one week, I have been down this street for more than 10 times and I have noticed the churches on Wilshire blvd. I then kept telling myself to bring my camera the next time I went to the consulate, but it wasn’t until the last day as I kept forgetting to bring my camera along with me.

Finally, I brought the camera but I didn’t have time to stop the car… solution??? I only got one shot! … The result is what is posted here today.

*We can always plan as much as we want, but there are always unseen obstacles… so we must improvise and do our best. In our life, we pretty much only have one shot!

In life, how many bridges have we crossed? But really, how many times have we actually looked at what is under the bridge and how it is being held up? It is so easy for us to just walk over “things” and be ignorant about what we are walking over on. To me, this bridge represent the many paths in life, but I have never really thought about it as much until now, this moment that I am typing this… it is the columns below the bridge that support the path above and with out those columns (obviously there will be no bridge, we can swim over, row a boat and so on. But it won’t be easy.

Today, I wanted to dedicate this photo to all of my families, my friends and my loved ones for the continuing support. With out you guys, I will still be in that river.

I love you all!

Oh yes, the picture was taken in a park “Barranca” in Irvine, California one fine evening. I miss going to Irvine

On the way to Vancouver from Los Angeles, we drove by San Francisco and spend a day at their Japan Town. It was gloomy the entire day but we finally got the sunlight breaking thru the thick clouds. At that moment, we stoped our car at a scenic spot to be able to get this shot. Cold and Windy, as it is, we only stayed outside for about 10 minutes before we jumped back into the car and headed out for a nice and hot Pho noodle soup (Vietnamese Noodle) in China Town.