A Farewell and So Far So Good..

"Everyone must leave something behind when he dies. A child or a book or a painting or a house or a wall built or a pair of shoes made. Or a garden planted. Something your hand touched some way so your soul has somewhere to go when you die, and when people look at that tree or that flower you planted, you're there.
It doesn't matter what you do, he said, so long as you change something from the way it was before you touched it into something that's like you after you take your hands away. The difference between the man or woman who just cuts lawns and a real gardener is in the touching, he said. The lawn cutter might just as well not have been there at all; the gardener will be there a lifetime."

"You will be missed Tita Maripi.."

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So far so good, 80 hours left in my internship and i'm on my way to the stage of Philippine International Convention Center's Plenary Hall, I just hope i don't do anything stupid to jinx that. Anyway, since i'm in my last few hours of kitchen duty, i am already being assigned to do advanced things like, making Genache and Italian Cream Filling in the Pastry Kitchen, Taragon Gravy and Hollandaise Sauces and such in the Hot kitchen to plating for functions with 200 people or more in it. Tiring yeah? but this is what i do best and i love what i do, and i live for this shit. It's actually an honor to be able to do these things since i'm just an intern. I guess i have already gained their trust towards kitchen work.

On other things, Happy Birthday Banana Pancakes, Miguel Herrera, Therese Castro, Chef Tina Velasco and Kevin Choy!! To another dramatic year to all of you!!