I almost forgot today’s entry. I am getting lazier by the day. Vacation is a terrible thing for me. Vacation after work is fine, because you have money and that can buy you a lot of fun. Vacation after school is just going to bore you out of your mind, unless you have a source of money from somewhere.

I woke up at 3pm today. WTF? I need to get myself in shape for China. I need to cook more, but I have no money for ingredients and equipment.

Westin is going to apply for my invitation letter now. Until I receive it, I won’t be able to apply for my Visa. I wonder if I’ll be on time for the 18th June… There is also the Bourse from Fondation Gerard Delage that I have to apply for, but I am still waiting on recommendation letters from my teachers.

Whatever

I have decided to start writing a journal. This is something I’ve been thinking of doing for a while now, but I thought it was too “old-fashioned”, that my writing skills were just too terrible, but whatever the excuse, today, I feel like it’s a good day to start one.

I’m not sure what I expect to gain out of this journal, but for now, I will just keep track of what I do everyday (maybe I’ll go senile soon, ohmygoodman). I guess it’s a pretty good idea considering I’ll be having tons of free time after work once I’ll be in China. It’s good to start now and make it part of my daily routine or something…

When I had talked to Chef Noam Gedalof at the end of my stage at the Kaizen Sushi Bar, he told me the importance of being visual and always recap what you have done during the day (of course he was talking about the work in the kitchen). He mentioned that being able to re-imagine yourself doing the same work, to try and find new, different, faster, more practical ways of doing those tasks, was an extremely important skill to have for a cook.

I haven’t really had the chance to try it out since I’ve been on vacation ever since. I will definitively keep it in mind for China.

Ugh, I feel like I’m forgetting something important. I’ll stop for today.

This is a reminder to myself.

I need to buy deli containers.

http://en.consbottle.com/

http://plasticcontainercity.com/Deli_Container.htm?gclid=CImrgJ2xjrACFUOo4AodJlJeqA

Thanks to the rumen microbes, which convert the unsaturated fatty acids of grass and grain into saturated fatty acids, the milk fat of ruminant animals is the most highly saturated of our common foods. Only coconut oil beats it. Saturated fat does raise blood cholesterol levels, and high blood cholesterol is associated with an increased risk of heart disease; but the other foods in a balanced diet can compensate for this disadvantage (p.253).

— HMG p.13