Monday, January 25, 2010

Reyes Barbecue

Today's lunch was incredibly pleasant and peaceful. I think it was my first time to eat at Reyes Barbecue and it was great especially with my mom. It was another one of those career building, life improving 1.5 hour lunch conversation and much of what we talked about revolved about the future that I will be having and a quick review of what is us right now.

Alam mo yang business na yan, hinde naman lahat talent yan eh, probably 90% nyan personality lang and networking with other people.

This is one of those lines that struck me more. I'll be submerging myself in a world where only the strong survive and there is no weapon than can protect me more than a well prepared mindset and personality to outsmart everyone else. I knew that something I needed to address immediately was my personality, it could use a lot of sharpening if I'd dreaming of making it big in Paris. A jungle where the strong and smart survives. And despite feeling that I know a thing or two about life, I'm taking the pressure to help me urge unto building a better personality

O tingnan mo, hindi ba ang sarap that you've been there in what you see in the magazine?

More and more, I am feeling incredibly lucky because people tell me so. I'm usually someone who only see's myself through others and I cannot see myself only in mirror or through self analysis. When I was leaping pages of a magazine and it features a designer with the model set in Spain, I can't help but become deja vu with the place. "Oh, okay this is what's inside the Sagrada Familia, if pumasok tayo sa look, this is what you will see, look at the details" ... "I think dito sa picture na to sa Plaza Mayor sa Madrid nawala yung camera ko last Christmas"
I mean how many people can pull off a line over a few pages of a magazine... Yes I'm incredibly lucky, sometimes overwhelmed by it. But amidst all, what I try all the time is keep my head down and adjust myself to whomever is I am engaging in a conversation with. It's frustrating sometimes that others would interpret pulling these lines over a conversation as being too braggish of what one has. But with people like those, for me, they deserve to be shrugged off my web.

"When you're in Paris, magaral ka magluto, kahit sa bahay lang sa gabi"

I was in total agreement with this idea of my mom, little by little I want to build up a rigid foundation on cooking. What for? Well its something I want to do, in the near future it's something I can see as profitable, and I would love to cater someday to someone whom I consider special. And yes this will surely happen, thanks Ryan for insisting me to watch Julie & Julia. This movie gave such a grand idea about the terrific art of gastronomy and this will go a long long way.

"Ikaw meron ka eh, you can see beautiful things"

Incredible, I felt that I had some potential that can translate into art needed for an explosive industry of art and beauty. Who knew that everyday living and putting on proper clothes, arranging colors, fit and structure, the art of cooking and presentation can give a signal of the potential of someone? Well, my mom did, and I guess I knew but I tend to wait for that confirmation from others and again, I usually see myself through others. So my issue would be realizing and knowing myself through me and by me, I want to know my capabilities and personality and take these far.
We will take this potential far and strong. In the name of success and everything positive, I will be victorious in all dimensions of life that I want to achieve victory.

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