Hello. How are you. Do you like me? I see you. I want you. Come dance with me.
Oh Fabio~~ your song always cheers me up.
My phrase for the last two weekends is "There is no holiday." I spent a weekend in a hotel, ate buffets and lavish dinners (WAGYUU AND PEKING DUCK!!!), and went to Tagaytay but it was all for work. It was fun work but was very exhausting. VERY exhausting. Lady boss and I were sleeping in the car and according to Karl, I've been grinding my teeth at night and was stress snoring. ;_;
The week after, there was more work (it never stops!) and since play season is coming, I spend nights fixing and retouching people's faces again. A-ha-ha.
While I enjoy doing design work, I realize that I don't like doing design work who have no sense on what I should design. If it were for a personal project, I'd have an idea, but these folks are running in circles. Although, the guy I'm working for now has clearer direction, it's still frustrating when you hit a bit of a slump.
That said, there were fun things and there were good things that happened this week.
* Went to the Manga Realities exhibit opening and spoke with the curator and the designer of the exhibit. ANYBODY LIVING IN MANILA: VISIT THE MANGA REALITIES EXHIBIT!! I visited it again last friday with Yuecchi and it was fun with lesser people around!
* Cooked some awesome food from Kinou Nani Tabeta
* Cooked awesome pasta lunch with the Sugawaras and the Marcis
It's been a while since I cooked for people and I was totally touched with Sugawara-mama suggested that I should just open a restaurant with how well I cooked my food. It was really just simple food with the freshest ingredients that didn't take me a long while to prepare... but still, that was nice to hear.
While I love what I do, being a cook seems like this looming profession over my head. It's like everyone, from my mom to family and friends, have been talking to me about opening my own restaurant. I'm not "that" great a cook and I must confess that I'm no Heston Blumenthal genius but given a bit of practice, resources, and time, I'd probably end up whipping some fantastic things from my kitchen.
Although really, at the end of the day, I enjoy cooking for people I love and who has a good taste on what's good to eat. I'm not sure if I can see myself working in a sweaty restaurant kitchen all day, but I can see myself cooking in a home kitchen and serving some food to a family. Maybe my family.
I dunno if it's the fever talking but lol, I wonder if I'm at that age of settling down. ^^;; But first, a conference, a PhD, and a husband!
I also realized that my ability to schmooze has leveled up. I didn't think I would be able to talk to the designer and the curator of Manga Realities but according to those who saw, I was in schmoozing central. Perhaps it was because I was in a comfortable place where I can say "Hi, I'm a scholar focused on manga" without feeling the shame of my medium. I've gone through conferences where I can feel people judging me for focusing on such a thing but... yeah... It's nice to open up and let loose on your study once in a while. Also, I shook hands with people from JICC and director of JFMO. What a surreal experience.
This entry was originally posted at khursten's dreamwidth.
My phrase for the last two weekends is "There is no holiday." I spent a weekend in a hotel, ate buffets and lavish dinners (WAGYUU AND PEKING DUCK!!!), and went to Tagaytay but it was all for work. It was fun work but was very exhausting. VERY exhausting. Lady boss and I were sleeping in the car and according to Karl, I've been grinding my teeth at night and was stress snoring. ;_;
The week after, there was more work (it never stops!) and since play season is coming, I spend nights fixing and retouching people's faces again. A-ha-ha.
While I enjoy doing design work, I realize that I don't like doing design work who have no sense on what I should design. If it were for a personal project, I'd have an idea, but these folks are running in circles. Although, the guy I'm working for now has clearer direction, it's still frustrating when you hit a bit of a slump.
That said, there were fun things and there were good things that happened this week.
* Went to the Manga Realities exhibit opening and spoke with the curator and the designer of the exhibit. ANYBODY LIVING IN MANILA: VISIT THE MANGA REALITIES EXHIBIT!! I visited it again last friday with Yuecchi and it was fun with lesser people around!
* Cooked some awesome food from Kinou Nani Tabeta
* Cooked awesome pasta lunch with the Sugawaras and the Marcis
It's been a while since I cooked for people and I was totally touched with Sugawara-mama suggested that I should just open a restaurant with how well I cooked my food. It was really just simple food with the freshest ingredients that didn't take me a long while to prepare... but still, that was nice to hear.
While I love what I do, being a cook seems like this looming profession over my head. It's like everyone, from my mom to family and friends, have been talking to me about opening my own restaurant. I'm not "that" great a cook and I must confess that I'm no Heston Blumenthal genius but given a bit of practice, resources, and time, I'd probably end up whipping some fantastic things from my kitchen.
Although really, at the end of the day, I enjoy cooking for people I love and who has a good taste on what's good to eat. I'm not sure if I can see myself working in a sweaty restaurant kitchen all day, but I can see myself cooking in a home kitchen and serving some food to a family. Maybe my family.
I dunno if it's the fever talking but lol, I wonder if I'm at that age of settling down. ^^;; But first, a conference, a PhD, and a husband!
I also realized that my ability to schmooze has leveled up. I didn't think I would be able to talk to the designer and the curator of Manga Realities but according to those who saw, I was in schmoozing central. Perhaps it was because I was in a comfortable place where I can say "Hi, I'm a scholar focused on manga" without feeling the shame of my medium. I've gone through conferences where I can feel people judging me for focusing on such a thing but... yeah... It's nice to open up and let loose on your study once in a while. Also, I shook hands with people from JICC and director of JFMO. What a surreal experience.
This entry was originally posted at khursten's dreamwidth.