"How come you decided to go back to school instead of continuing with your Chef training? See, I'm in school right now and I'm thinking of going the other way... but idunno.. it's kind of a big step... and my parents would kick my ass back to .. uh.. somewhere... :)

~ StInKeE Terence

Hehe. I think my parents DID kick my ass to that somewhere, actually. But, more or less...right now I'm tackling things that I've been afraid of doing. Yes...it's a scary thing for me to go to school. It's a scary thing for me to drop everything familiar to me like work, and "friends", and classmates.. and the kitchen. And to grab on to words and paper..and pens.. things that I haven't seen in a year, maybe more.

I think culinary school was a great experience. It was amazing to see my creativity in work. It was amazing to see..mission accomplished. It DID cost a lot though, someone else pointed out. [Please forgive my brain. I've been cramming definitions into it like crazy and it's not quite working with me at this time.] ...I'm still in debt of $1000 to my parents which they won't let me forget.

I think I needed a break from failure and conformity and .. well. If you read back in my journal, I'm sure you'll find what I'm talking about. I needed a break and I sought solace in cooking. I think it was the break I needed.

And again...while it was great and interesting and inspiring.. cooking as a career doesn't interest me too much at this time. Perhaps my image of line cook (entry level position) is just a little tainted?

Don't know if that answers your questions..but yeah. If I were given the opportunity to go again, I certainly would do it in a flash.

I am tired.

I had so much trouble getting to sleep last night. "Did I get my visa statement?" "What are we eating on Sunday night?" "They're going to Vegas (again)." ...I've actually been having that a lot lately. I'll be so dreadfully tired before I fall into bed, then I can't sleep.

Oy.

I haven't been online today too much.

Usually I am off and on for probably a total of four hours through the day..today I was on half an hour in the morning, and now. Quarter after midnight.

Today I'm Grateful (for / that):

1) Water.

2) Exercise.

3) Family.

4) I can type.

5) for some odd reason, Martha Stewart. (Can you say PB-banana chocolate fudge cake??)

ATTENTION CANADIANS!

Holy monopoly money. Apparently we're getting a new ten dollar bill, guys. It's a pretty ugly one, but it's a little cool because there's a couple of hologrammed Maple Leafs, as well as raised braille for the blind, and it's a brighter purple but yet a bigger mix of colors. It looks NOT like a ten, but more like some fake cheque or something.

Today's Physical Activity:

Tae-Bo Instructional video. It doesn't surprise me that I've owned this for about a year, yet this is probably the second time I've done this video. And I don't think I've even put the "Basic" video into the VCR. But..it was good to get this done. And this tape is much better than the "Crunch-Tae-Boxing" workout tape.

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