Today or perhaps tomorrow (not so sure now, lol)… at Les Roches Marbella, they are holding an Alumni reunion. Because of that… it reminded me that just few months ago I was working my ___ off at the school, reading tons of books, tring to finish loads of assignments, tring to stay awake in kitchen and having to make MUFFINS in the morning! Not to mention that… I started Two Steps Behind while I was studying there. So I had to learn how to blog, how to upload pictures, set up this and that… Life sure was busy then!
There were some rough times along that path but in the end… looking back, that wasn’t so hard compared to the working environment in reality. LRM was just getting you ready for that harsh reality! Opse… Did I scare you? It’s part of growing up, to live and learn!
Going to LRM was the best path I have ever taken, as of yet. It opened the opportunities around the world aside from meeting many great teachers and friends whom later become more like family to me! And to have met “her”… was just UN-BEE-LIVE-ABLE!
So… Dear LRM: Have a great ReeeeUNION!!! And have fun at SMALLWORLD! Sorry I can’t be there to get wasted with you guys
here are some photos that I took with many fond of memories of Marbella (http://www.twostepsbehind.com/tag/marbella/) and of Les Roches (http://www.twostepsbehind.com/tag/les-roches/)
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…
This pile of rocks and the big stone represents the START of a NEW beginning for a path. Apparently, from the view, the path seems to be rough to walk thru. Why would someone want to walk down this path anyway? Perhaps because they know that at the end of the path is the Beach*, where they can rest happily in front of the eternal ocean.
*zoom-in on the original file and you would see the sea at the end of the road. Yes that little blue pool of water is the sea
I guess that is the best way to reach our destination by fixing our eye on our GOAL in life and do work hard with a POSITIVE mind and everything will become much easier.
This post is related to back to the previous posted as it was the resulted from the “STONE” that marked the new beginning. The question that was mentioned in the previous post… was asked and has been answered.
The ROAD to take was chosen… and now? Keep going FORWARD, “together”.
“Two things I learned in life, kid: find someone to love and live everyday as though it were your last.– Joe.” Alfie 2004.
And to live everyday as it though it were your last, sometime we must put ourselves in the position that there is no turning back, just keep going forward. And to never regret any moment in life.
This is the view of City Center, Valencia, Spain. What a fun, risky, crazy, spot to take the photo, yet…it was worth it.
One more exam to go, One more week until graduation… and one more question to be answer.
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. ^_^
This photo was taken on the last evening that I would be in Marbella, Spain before I departed to Bangkok the following morning.
The day was cloudy and gloomy since the morning. However, in the evening I went out for a walk with a group of my friends one last time. I don’t want to let the weather ruin my last evening there so I just go anyway, hoping that it won’t rain!
It turned out to be a really great evening as the sun broke through the cloud a bit later after we started to walk to the port. Fortunately, I took the camera with me.
Fear… ? Fear, doesn’t really make much sense when it is the fear of something that doesn’t happen yet.
Just Do…? Do believe that everything will turn out as expect
And then…? And then anticipate of all the possible outcomes and be ready to improvise it ALL!
Sigh… why must I make a metaphor of everything that I write… SIGH… -_-’
I dont’ have much time to type much, but all I can say is that, this is the view that I will be missing. So many memories here with such little time. I have always wanted for this day to come, but when it is here, I don’t think I want it anymore. sigh… weird ha?
There are only 2 exams left and the very next one is Bar, Beverages and Wines that will be first thing in the morning. Today picture was selected to set my mind ready for studying the material. The room in picture is the exact same room as the final exam room and as you can see where people are standing in the background… that is where I sit for the final.
It was a wine tasting class which is part of the Bar, Beverage and Wine course which involves tasting about 10 different type of alcohol beverages, wine, sparkling wine and brandy. It was a great session.
Just a few more hours and the exam will end but, a new journey begin.
Just a few weeks left here at LRM, and this is the view that I will be missing… the road, the sierra blanca, the messy grass, and the memories. In the beginning, from time to time, I walk to Puerto Banus from the school just to go rest by the beach and the port then walk back to school. These past months, due to the busy schedule I only have just enough time to walk up here then walk back. Yet, with my passion, the walk is very refreshing, happy, and hopeful.
The view is going to become part of the good memories that I have at LRM, however I hope that the experiences and the feeling from this place can continue forever.
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.
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…
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 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.
“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 weeks after weeks, I have been learning how to serve, set up tables, arrange forks and spoons, how to serve drinks and so on. Finally, I got to be the customer this evening. Most of the students here, especially the 1st years, hate coming here to eat because the portions are really small and the food… sometimes is not that great, well most of the time… why? Because the food are made by students as well.
They decorate the place every Friday night and tonight, is no exception. They don’t allow the use of cameras in there because it disturbs people while they are eating. The restaurant suppose to be a classroom for students to practice, just like what I do most of the time. It has been a month since I came to Spain and I am already exhausted with all the activities here… but not that I am complaining… I do enjoy working and studying here… it’s FUN!!
Well, this coming week… it’s going to be crazier than before… because all of the posters will be due, along with a preview video for the event that we are managing for 400 people. I will post up all the posters and the video after March 11. Because I don’t want the students here to see all the “secrets” yet.
Until then, I am going to have a good nights rest, and start thinking about the 3 essays that will be due on Tuesday.
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!
