Missing this people

They are my best friends in Sydney, except Chris is living in England. If my memory is correct, the day we took this photo was Tim's birthday. From left to right, myself, Tim, Anthony who has yellow hair, Todd who wears purple t-shirt and Chris. Actually, Chris was not there when the picture was taken but Anthony loves Chris so much so he added Chris behind him. Well, it looks like he was really there. Good job, Anthony!! This is the story how we became friend one other.
When I had the first job in Sydney, Tim was working as a bartender. Of course, I was a cook. He was very nice guy and still he is. I remember one day he taught me English. First year in Australia so I spoke broken English. He asked me if i am full because I just had a dinner. It was simple question but I couldn't get it, so he handled an empty bottle and said this is empty. Then, he handled a fulled bottle and said this is full. What a good teaching!! He also invited me when he had a party. At the party, i met many of his friends. I met Anthony there. I also met Chris but he is not the Chris on the picture. Funny story, his friends were very nice and asked me to introduce Korean food because they wanted to have but they didn't know what they could have. I brought them to a Korean restaurant where i used to work. around ten people went there so the boss made good money because of me. I can't remember his name but i do remember he has a beard and bold head. Anyway, he said to me they are going to a pub, "a special pub." I really didn't know that they were on the way to a strip bar. Well, we were in Kings cross where is famous with all "the night activities." It was first time I have been strip bar in my entire life. I swear god even though i don't believe him. We were there and a stripper was dancing with a poll. It was quit an experience. It was hell of fun!! Anthony said I couldn't close my mouth.
Todd is a friend of Anthony. Anthony said Todd and Tim was a flatmate. That is how Anthony met Tim. When i was in Sydney, Todd was in London. My last year in Sydney, Todd came back to home and Anthony introduced him to me. Todd is a cool guy. He sometimes called me "Hey, mother fucker Roy. How the fuck are ya?" For me, the sound was really cool. I also know Todd's girl who came from German. She is so nice girl. I always had a good memories with her and Todd.
Chris who is on the picture is Anthony's friend as well. Anthony had a job on one of biggest cruse ship in the world. Chris was his roommate. In the ship, they were became good friend. After Anthony came back to Sydney for holiday,i guess, Chris came to Sydney. One day, we three of us went a nightclub, Home bar. Music was good and the night was good. We danced crazily until three in the morning. It might look like three gay guys were dancing together. Ha ha joking.
I have so much fun memories in Sydney. I really wanna go back for holiday. I have more picture of other friends but they are the people i miss most.

TSIF:Thanks someone it's friday!!

Finally!! Today is Friday. This week was quite tough week and had many things were going on. I now have a plan with my lady to have a lunch together. While i am waiting her, i am writing this post. I guess I have been doing great. I worried about the study but i feel more confidence than before, which is good!!. I knew I can do it. I have a very strong can-do attitude. So far, everything is smooth as my ass, only joke.
For today's lunch, we decided to have Vietnam noodle soup. The restaurant is not too far from where i study and the taste is really out of heaven, especially when I have very light pocket but I want to have something real food. Beef noodle soup is only for $5. I think that that noodle soup is the best noodle soup I have never had so far. Seriously, you got to try. I will tell you how it was when I got back. Hungry!!gotta go have a bowl of noodle!!

559 W158th Street

That is the street address of where i am living. This is quite old building so the structure is quite funky. What i mean by funky is that my room is on second floor and right next the roof top of first floor. There is a kind of big gap between two units. Frankly i can see the room cross the roof top. Whether i saw my neighbor is not a bigger problem i have. I've been travel around world but I've never seen people like who live on third, fourth and fifth floor because they through all the stuff out of window, including pee. Whenever i open my window, the stink is too strong that i feel like I am in the public toilet at the country side park where no one cleans the toilet. This is horrible and terrible. I've been living in this room for over four month. At the beginning of living in this room, I didn't actually recognize some how. After a couple of month later, the smell from outside of window was just awful. It was so awful that i couldn't even often my window during the summer. I've complain to land owner about it so, she said to building manager. I do remember a cleaning guy clean the roof top for three times, yet it kept piling up right after cleaned up. last time the guy clean the roof top was a month ago. Everyday in the morning, I couldn't get fresh air nor great window view. I don't understand why they keep littering. They are fucking selfish bastards. I really hate them all. Because they want to have very convenience life, I've been in mentally pain, stress and health problem. Nowadays i really want to sue them for what I deserve. Is there anyone who can sue them for me, I would like share the fine. However my roommates are first people to get that fine from selfish neighbors. Damn i need a lawyer. I want to live better life. I think i am going to report this situation somewhere. Maybe on TV or the city counselor. Hey upstairs people!! Fuck You!!

Tired!

First day at the class and first day of restarting the study made me so easily tired. I had a quite busy day, though. I now have some homework to do and my daily study plan. Because of banking trouble, I could buy a note book after all the class was over. Although, the first day was quite tough, today's horoscope on the paper cheered me up and I wouldn't doubt about it.
"Focus all your attention on your work. You'll get a new assignment soon that also brings more authority. Don't worry, you can do it."

Monday

What a Monday!! I just had a busiest day today. Why? my day was start with over slept for one hour then i wanted. Well, It wasn't big deal. I just wanted to wake up early so that i could start my day a little bit earlier. Since last Saturday, I've been difficulty with using my check card, somehow. I don't know why but it definitely had a problem right after i made a deposit. I had to talk to the bank. I knew that today is Columbus day, but I though the bank might be opened because there are many banks open for seven days and the bank i use opens for six days. From my place to the bank is about ten blocks away. I needed my card to work in order to pay the tuition today. That is why i had to walk to the bank to solve the problem. I wasn't sure whether the bank is opened but i had no choice. It was around ten. I walked ten block to the bank and i saw the closed bank. I definitely realized that bank is not opened on Columbus day. Now what? What the fuck i can do? I made a deposit and i can't use my money. This is bullshit!! I might be done some mistake. I can remember, oh shit!! Today is the register day so I had to check with my bank balance and find out how I can pay. Luckily, i have a check book, but only problem i had was that i didn't have any money to go to school. Oh! fuck me!! I ran to my lady to borrow $4 for return train ticket.
With my lady's help, i finally arrived at the school. The school was filled with so many students from all around the world. I filled out the forms that they gave to me and waited for so long to meet International student adviser, registrant and, last stop, academic director. The whole process took over two hours. I didn't want to be at the student orientation; nevertheless, I was there.
Another trouble wasn't finished until I swept my Metro card at the station. First sweeping, it had a error. Second sweeping, it said that i don't have enough balance. What the fuck!! I recharged $4 in this morning and it' gone somehow. My lady was enjoying her day without the classes. I really didn't want to bother her but, if i didn't ask her to rescue me, i had to walk 200 blocks to home. Even though, I'd walked over150 blocks before, the sound of over 200 blocks made me exhausted already. My girl really saved me the day from morning. I asked her if she can rescue me and she came right away to take me home. She is an awesome girl!! I love ya!!!
The first day in the class will begin tomorrow morning. This month is my last chance to study. I have to be better than before. Frankly, little bit nervous about it but I believe i can do it and I will be alright!!

Anthony Bourdain "No Reservations"

Today, I've been watching Television show "No Reservation." This is pretty cool show to me because the reporter is a French Bistro chef in New York and he travels all around world to experience the culture, including food. This is kind of my dream as well. I like to be a Gypsy. Traveling all around world and eating all the different kinds of food; how awesome life is that?
That could be a fucking awesome life!! If anyone out there who can sponsor me to travel and taste some food, I really want to do. Since i planed to study at CIA, I assumed that i could use the school vacation time to travel and work in other countries. Obviously, I will not be able to get a working permit for a month so, what i only can do is to work for a month without any payment. I have to study and work hard like an ordinary Asian guy before and after the vacation in order to make travel budget. As a Korean passport holder, there are so many disadvantage to work other countries, especially a Korean chef who works at European kitchen in Europe. What a tragedy!
I really want to go to Europe, India, Thai, Africa, and rest of all the countries on the earth. Big dream? haha, you will see. America is the third country where i am actually living in; Korea, Australia, USA. I'll live or visit other counties i mentioned earlier. I've some other countries though, it's not enough. I definitely need to see more world and taste more food. This is also good for my career for sure!
Nowadays, in order to less spend the money, I've eaten crappy food. I am so hungry for better and tasty food. Hugryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Snow boarding

I'm now watching the channel "Fuel TV" on my television. This channel is one of my favorite channel in thousand channels. Somehow, i have a cable TV which is awesome and awful because i can watch so many different kinds of things on television so I don't have time to be boiled. However,once nothings were interested, I just sat my ass on my bed staring the channel; that looks pathetic.
I've been watching snow boarding, surfing, and skate boarding on that channel. All the borders are really cool. It looks like they are really enjoying their lives. I am a chef. Chefs, we are also enjoy our lives in the kitchen but we are wearing same white jackets so our appearance quite similar one other. Many chefs realized that they don't have to wear something nice when they go to work, for they have to change to chef jackets in order to work in the kitchens. I don't know how they wear when they have day-off yet, i saw many chefs don't have good senses of clothing. Why I am off the topic to chef's jacket is that we, i mean chefs, need some individual styles. I found that someone who has good sense of clothing, art, and music has also good style of cooking. You can see it from the way of presenting the dishes.
I am a chef freak so i always found out the connection the cooking with something totally different from cooking.
I like chef career but i sometimes found myself in different place such as on the beach or on the mountain. My family was poor so i could start snow boarding, surfing and skate board when i was a middle of 20s. Now, i am 28 years old. Whenever i saw young pro-boarders, i believe myself could be a pro if i started "boarding" when i was much much young. This winter i really want to go to Canada if I can save some extra money. I remember that if i filmed how i snow boarding and then sent it, i could earn scholarship as long as i won. There are probably many borders better than me so i could have no chance. Too bad.
Is there any place i can just live without any money? If there is a non man island which had wonderful beach and snow mountain, i will pack everything and then move there for living rest of my life.
Today's daydream is over. Now time to back reality