Our background and circumstances may influence who we are, but we are responsible for who we become. We may screw up making choices but life is not about it, it is what steps we take to rectify them.

A NOTE TO SELF: Be calm. Seek your center, that's where your strength is. Breathe. When you inhale, you are charged with energy. When you exhale, you rid your body of tensions; relax. Don't think. Obey your instinct. ~ Isabelle Allande|City of The Beast

HAVE COURAGE AND BE GRATEFUL, ALWAYS... ^__^.

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Art of Coffee

The Art of Coffee


June 10, 2012. This has interest me so I joined in yesterday. It is the basic coffee preparation education but I enjoyed it. From blending, grinding, extracting, mixing, designing and of course tasting! The funny thing was we tasted lots of pure but different coffee extracts which differs in intensity so we ended up kind of dizzy! LOL Also, we tried on lattes, expressos, irish coffee(which is actually fairly easy to prepare) and others. Whoah! Yesterday was a really lovely day!


June 14, 2012. I took a leave from work this afternoon to watch a competition for professional baristas at the World Trade Center. Each contestant was to prepare lattes, expressos and of course his/her own signature dish (a drink). The competition was really full of adrenaline and I got tense myself watching. I think I can handle myself in a competition like that and I am very much tempted to enroll myself into barista courses and worshops but I'd need extra finances for that plus liters of milk and pounds of coffee supply to play with and waste during practices :-D LOL It would definitely be fun!!! The thought of it really excites me so I will save for it and plan about it, as to making use of it after studying coz I dont want the time, effort and money go wasted.

While at the world trade center, I also explored the rest of the exhibits and competitions around. The center was packed with people and I was lucky I did not get headache and dizzy, which I usually get when I am in a crowded place(very crowded place). I think what helped my condition was, everything around was very interesting and everyone was making business. It was full of life and definitely not full of shit. There was so much to learn in there, from food to beverages to housewares to just everything. What has caught most my attention there was the competitions (for baristas, chef, food art and photography, and dining setting). I was like wow and how on earth I was not part of them all LOL ( I felt a little jealous but I cant have them all). There were some goods on exhibits that were very much interesting and everything was on sale! I really enjoyed my time there and also I thanked Miss Anne for going there too with her boyfriend and her daughter who was with her own boyfriend too. Oh, it made me realized they were on pairs and I was not!Ha ha I did not mind anyway coz just being with all of them I also learn more about relationships. It is always good to be out, meet new people, learn from them and discover something about yourself and myself. Those will help you ground yourself.
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