It's been one month since I've been looking for a job to survive in New York. Fucking tough. So far, nothing goes well. All the money in my pocket have became emptied, probably only dust left. I don't know but I feel little bit blue today. Last a month, I might have sent around 100 emails to the people who need a chef or any general worker, yet I am the only one shouting without someone shouting back. I don't, I can't, want to blame anyone about my situation because I choose to stay here before starting to study. I've been staring at Cragslist.com everyday so that I will not miss any job ad. Soon as I saw something that I want to, I sent a email right away. There are many job openings, but I don't how many job is opened for me. Living the life without doing absolutely nothing is terrible and depressed. I got to find something to do!! and earn some money!!Friday, December 5, 2008
Nowadays...
It's been one month since I've been looking for a job to survive in New York. Fucking tough. So far, nothing goes well. All the money in my pocket have became emptied, probably only dust left. I don't know but I feel little bit blue today. Last a month, I might have sent around 100 emails to the people who need a chef or any general worker, yet I am the only one shouting without someone shouting back. I don't, I can't, want to blame anyone about my situation because I choose to stay here before starting to study. I've been staring at Cragslist.com everyday so that I will not miss any job ad. Soon as I saw something that I want to, I sent a email right away. There are many job openings, but I don't how many job is opened for me. Living the life without doing absolutely nothing is terrible and depressed. I got to find something to do!! and earn some money!!Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Finally First Day of December
The First day of December, damn I have another three month to enter Culinary Institute of America. Fuck, I don't know what I can do for three months. I truly don't know what to do... When I saw this Adidas commercial on television, I aways feel like I deadly want to have a party like them; The Party Like Rock Star! I can't have a party like that for sure while unemployed, though I wanna... It is suck that nobody is hired me. All my ex-bosses like me. I might look like either a punk or funk or dumm. Today, I went to Riverdale and Manhattan ELS center to give my business card to tell people I want to work for them seriously, but I felt really good today. Everyone welcomed me so much. Especially Suzanna, my English teacher in Riverdale, warmly hugged me, so does Anna, Kindra, and Franchis. They are very nice teachers. I love them all. They really teach the students with hearts, I believe that. I felt really shine to say I want to work for them, so I just say like everything is alright even though it is. Poor life is suck. Everyday, I am having struggle with money. Even one penny needs to count. For next three month, I will be having a hard time to ask some money from my mother. I am fucking twenty-eight, but still nobody. I hate that feeling. Since I stared chef career, I've had many hard times so does everyone. Many people said that I have a talent of cooking. My girl is my huge fan of my cooking because I put extra love, ha ha. It's been fun with cooking for my girl. Perhaps my girl was a guinea pig for me. Whatever I mad, even though if was not good at all, she always eat for me and dish wash. That is what we both feel that gaining some weights, funny, uh? Back to what I said, I have been asking people to hire me. The relationship between teachers and a student could be the clients and a chef. I like that sound. When ever we cooked together, we could talk about past. As some people said I speak very well with people, I might be alright with new clients, I mean I have to be. While I was on the subway to Riverdale, I thought about what I can do for my clients. For teaching and advising the cooking, I will charge them $15 to $20. For cooking for them, I will charge for each person. About the cooking and testy food, I have to have my signature dishes, something that only I can do. My soup and roast meats are the most favorite menus of my friends. Dessert is the least favorite food, I think I always failed to make it, but I love to make this when everything goes well. What I have to do is I need more study. A couple month ago, I bought some books about molecular gastronomy and food science, so I have some books to be much knowledgeable. Any business has always been tough time to put everything is smooth. Mmm, I have a party this Wednesday night at Star Lounge, so I probably have a really good time with dance. I got to have a party like Rock Star. That is why I need my people to come with me and party with me. I think it's the time to go sleep. I really want to sleep without thinking about I am going to do for next three month. Sleep early tonight and sleep early tomorrow, that I what I need nowadays. Party up!! Let's forget about everything while we are dancing together!!
Anyway, the day was good. I met my people at two different places. At the Manhattan center, I met some old friends, so I told them to come to the party and about what I do nowadays. Everyone said they will come. There is a teacher who is a rapper as well, Daric. By the way, I like his songs, very cool bit. He will have his concet. That sound awesome. Yeah!! More party!! So, I don't have to worry anything. Simply be crazy about something that I like. Am I cazy? Anthony will say "Yes you are."
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Business Card

Friday, November 28, 2008
Job Job Job
Every one should be careful when you choose the job and don't trust anyone said that they will pay you $700 per month for sending checks. That is totally bullshit!!!!
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Looking for a job
I WANT TO WORK SOMEWHERE SO THAT I CAN EARN SOMETHING!!! Sometimes I hate my situation, fuck. Cross my fingers to be hired!!!
Sunday, November 23, 2008
While I am waiting to enter CIA.....
If there is anyone who want me to cook for you, please, you can call me two or three weeks, at least a week before; otherwise we both didn't have time to plan anything. You can have a nice dinner party with your people, and I could earn some my education budget.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
What should I do?
Anyway, the admission officer told me I can only possibly enter the school in March. Now is November and I have more than three months left before March. In this case, I should go back to Korea so that My mother and I could save some money before spending so much money for study. The only problem is that I don't want to go back to Korea. Moreover, I hate to be trapped in the situation that I have no choice whether I hate or not. Living in Korea doesn't help me to improve my English and cooking skills. I got to find more options that I could avoid going to Korea and need less budget. The options I could find was freelancer travel writer, volunteer work at farm, and working in New York. The travel worker is quite temped position since it provide good money and I could only travel around. The problem is my writing skill. English is still my second language and I probably have lack of writing skill even though I love writing. In fact, I don't ensure whether editors could pay for my journal. About volunteer work, I find many programs for that, such as farming, building, and teaching. Well, if I were native English speaker, I could teach English anywhere. Sadly, I am not. Volunteer programs tend to have to be paid for everything, with my light pocket, I got to omit these options as well. Helping the farm in New Zealand is the one I like. Working for them four to six hours to stay at their house is the biggest advance of this program. I love farm and farming. I believe this is the fundamental of every cooking. Only problem is air fare. To fly from New York to Auckland during busy season was freaking expensive, even much pricey than going back to Korea. If I could, I want to work in New York, but it is really risk as a student visa holder. I have no right to work for now. I guess the US government wants to protect its citizens' job. What I want to ask to New president Obama is to allow student visa holder to work that they don't have to struggle with financially supporting their education.
Nowadays, I want to work. I want to do something that can produce some living expenses. I am almost flat broken, so is my mother. I need money to study and a job to support myself. I now have a question so now is the time to find the answer.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Hippie the goody
In the document film, hippies jam festival brought many hippies from everywhere, Woodstock. people get around and live together without any social rules. They showed the harmony and the peace. That is what we need now. The song "What The World Needs Now is Love" was sung by Jackie DeShannon and many musicians who felt this lyric from the heart. Exactly, what we need is more love from one other. I ensure that hippies said love our people, freely using drugs. We, hippies, have emphasized on that for over the decades, yet more people lose the interest of the love every year. Too sad and too tragedy; money, social level, power, and war is more important than simply accepting, respecting and loving one other nowadays. If anyone think carefully about us, anyone could find that we are only same human being. It doesn't matter who has different skin colors, has different religions, speaks different language, is poor or rich, and is gay or not. We are the only humans who live in our earth; thus, we should love each other more, not hate each other.
From now, we should give everyone you know a big "Free Hug." That is probably the small beginning of loving us. I am a new generation of hippie who keeps the basic idea of hippie. We need more hippies who can huge this earth. REMEMBER!! What the world needs now is love!!
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Culinary Institute of America
"Searching for scholarship!! I am Roydon Kwangwoo Kim, a Korean chef from Australia. I came New York to study at Culinary Institute of America. However, since the financial crisis is happening right now and I need some money to start studying at the school, I am now ask you to help me to start to study. If you wish me to cook, I can cook for you as long as you provide ingredients and little amount of scholarship. I am fully qualified and 9 years experienced chef. I can prove you. I wish I could work somewhere, yet due to difficult situation, nobody hires me. All your big scholarship will help me to study, I'd appreciate all your helps. Thank you."
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
When i was 19
The story is began with when i was late 18. I was at last year high school. Until that time, my family and my father's restaurant business had not had any big troubles, more likely very smooth everything. There wasn't any down hill nor upper hill, simply flat but everything was good. My father's restaurant was quite popular among the local people. I was a son of the owner so whenever I wanted to have some meat, my father owned Korean barbecue restaurant, I could bag my mother or father to have some meat. Good thing was my parents have only two children; my sister and I. My parents didn't have to feed five or four children; otherwise, they were going to spend more money than earn from the business. I ate meat a lot at that time so I recall that I was a quite chubby boy. While the last year of high school was heading toward to end, Korea economy was going to hit the bottom. At these days was called IMF years. Korea government didn't have enough money to run the country so they asked some money from International Money Fund. People started having light pockets so they spent less. Therefore, many small business had to close their doors. Not only did small business shut down their business, but any other businesses also had to. It was terrible at that time. As I mentioned early post, i used to work with my mom. In Korean currency, we sold frozen rolled pork belly for 1500 won, which is around one or two dollars in America. People were crazy about find anything cheap. These days, nothing was pricey because people would never buy.
One day my father's restaurant was on the edge situation due to a lot of debt. Even though My mother didn't want him to open another restaurant, he did it anyway. Nowadays, i am having a problem with paying my tuition so I often asked my mom to help since she is the only one who can support me. I don't want to stop the study because i have to make some money so that i can continue the study. I believe that if I graduate earlier, I could get better many and pay the all the debt. That is why I was trying to get some student loan. However, my mom strongly disagree with me. She is worrying that I could end up like father. Actually, he borrowed so much money from everyone who he knew, even his or his wife's family. No customers came to the restaurant because people didn't have enough money to enjoy the luxury. His restaurant was sinking like Titanic. He lose the money, he could afforded to pay the debt. He didn't plan to run way, but we packed our stuffs to move to a smaller apartment. Creditors and his friends found out that we were packing, so they came to the house. It was totally disaster. Because of money, people became ugly animals. Shouting, yelling, and swearing was going on among the people, including my parents. Next thing I remember was that our family had to separate. My father was hiding, more likely because he had never turn on any light while he was in the house, my mother and sister stayed mother's friends house. I didn't have much choices to go. I was studying in cooking school when i got my mother's phone call. She said they are moved already so I should stay at my uncle's house. My uncle had a two bed room apartment and had two children. Could you imagine that how much trouble to live in that condition? It was absolutely awkward. Even though I was close to the uncle and his family, living with them was really difficult. In fact, my mother divorced with my father so the uncle decide not to see her any more. He loved me when I was a little kid, though. He is a teacher of Confucianism and Chinese character so divorce was unacceptable for him. Since his sister, my mother, broke his fundamental Korean thoughts, he didn't want to talk to her anymore. He is a good man, I aways wished I have a father like him. Even though he didn't see her anymore, he had tried to be good to me which I really appreciate.
One day, one of mother's friends told me why I smile all the time and if i didn't not understand what situation I have. Fuck yeah, I knew what happened, but, just because of that, I didn't want to look as if I am depressed. I though that if I smiled more, people would have not recognize what situation I have. However, they, some of my mother's friends, thought that I didn't get how bad situation I have. Why should have I been looking serious? I didn't want to loose my smile, it is the only gift from my family. I can't remember exactly how long we lived like that but the next story of my will be began with after my mother got a little flat for her children.
Monday, October 20, 2008
P&P: Prawn Pasta
A couple days ago, my lady and I wend to Fairway, our favorite supermarket, to pick some ingredients for dinner and lunch. I saw the prawn was not expensive, $7 for a pound, so i asked her how about we have a prawn pasta. She loves seafood, especially selfish. With smile on her face, she loved that sound. Well, I am a happy chef who makes people happy; I strongly believe that making happy is definitely what chef have to do in the kitchen. For making two plates of prawn pasta, we needed chopped a half onion, two tomato concasse(diced plum tomato without skin and seed), half pound of peeled and headless prawns, black olive without seed, little bit garlic, dry white wine, dried or fresh basil and, obviously, pasta. We chose Fussily pasta. Since fresh pasta is much price than dried one, we had mixed half and half so that we could cook another two potions for next day. We normally buy the ingredients for two or three day. To start with olive oil, garlic and chopped onion on a pan, you should star with medium heat; otherwise these will be burned before infused flavor. When onion is cooked without colored and you can smell the garlic, put prawns. Spreading the prawns on the pan will help you to cook everything evenly. Making sure both side of prawn is cooked. Prawn or other shellfishes are very delicate so you don't have to cook too long. If the cooking time is too long, the meat will loose tenderness and moisture. Soon as you put the prawns, it will be cooked in no time. When both side is cooked, puring white wine is the next. This dish does have much sauce beside wine and olive oil so it is good that covering the prawn with the wine. Next thing is put tomato and black olive. The idea of making pasta is whatever you want add, you can add. I like tomato and black olive with pasta. In fact these are very Italian ingredients. that is why I added it into my pasta.
Cooked and drained pasta put into the sauce when the wine starts boiling. At the moment, you'd better turn low the heat if you don't want to have too dry pasta. While quickly mixed with pasta and sauce, chopped fresh basil and seasoning is the last step of this pasta. We didn't buy fresh basil because we don't need that big bunch of basil. For the two potions of pasta, you will only need three or four leaves of basil. However, we used dried basil instead. Adding at the very last minute is good for fresh basil. if you have dried bail, like me, use it when you pour the wine so that the dried basil will infuse more flavor. All the ingredients and pasta should be mixed well and there is a couple of spoons of sauce should be remained on the bottom.
Before you eat the pasta, freshly grind Parmesan cheese and extra virgin olive oil make the taste better.
Try today!! if you have any question, simply left me a comment.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
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!!
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!!
Thursday, October 16, 2008
559 W158th Street
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
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."