Real World Paris is on TV these days... It's funny to see how other people see Paris and how they live in Paris. When they were auditioning for the show, Yvonne called me when they were in Boston... She said that I should try... I thought why not... But I didn't have time. It was on a Tuesday and Tuesdays were packed with classes for me. I guess it would have been cool if I could live in Paris for 6 months and people paying for the housing and stuff... Also, they are writing a travel guide book for Paris... I mean, with the girls, we could do something like that too. We walked the big and small streets of Paris... How I miss those days.

I really should get started on the stuff that I have been thinking about for a long time. I want to put my pictures together and write something about them. Just a little story for each picture... I wonder if I could do that starting with Boston. Hehe, maybe I will do that, see if I make money and save some for my cafe dream! I wasn't a bad writer when I used to write in Chinese, so perhaps that would work! Just a little thought...

Food Network has to be one of the best TV channels, ever. Since Ian's place has cable, I discovered the beauty of TV. And of course, I have to watch Food Network. Where have I been all this time? Food Network is wonderful! I realized that I can sit in front of the TV all day long just watching people cook. And you know what? Cooking is awsome. I am sure everyone finds something that's awsome. Cooking is the one for me. There are so many endless possibilities out there when you cook... and once you know the basics, with a little imagination and creativity, the universe is yours. I just love it.

And I think Chef LaCount had a lot to do with how I feel about cooking today. I took 4 different classes with him for a whole school year... and I have to say, I learnt a lot from him. He made all my classes fun... and opened a door for me with experiments and trying different things... He made me realized that really, you don't have to measure everything when you cook... Recipe is there to help you... but you can be yourself when you cook! Absolutely fantastic.

Now I am reading a book called "Five Quarters of the Orange." I really like what the Narrator is doing... She has her own store/cafe... she bakes and cooks and cans and jars... I want to do that. She is totally doing what I want to do when I have enough money and knowledge. Oh, dreams. When I have money, I am going to go to culinary school... and when I have money, I am going to buy a farm and a sweet little house and I am going to open my own cafe. I want to have fruits and vegetables and an herb garden. I don't think I will have animals... Leave the dirty killing business to someone else... :-P Perhaps a few hens so I can have fresh eggs everyday. Just like how it was when I was young and grandma had chicken in the backyard.

That was random. Or perhaps not too random. I have been watching a lot of cooking shows... reading a book with a lot of cooking in it... and looking at a lot of recipes. Ian's parents are coming over for dinner on Friday... I think it's gonna be good. I hope all the dishes turn out... and we'll see how Ian cooks! ;-)

I feel we've been eating pretty lame at home lately... So this could be a nice change... A bottle of champagne for starter and wine to go with the main course... :) Oh I have to remember to get some good bread too! Hmm... It's late... but I am getting hungry... Should go get ready for bed... G'nite!

I think this song is worth listening to... and also think about what it is saying...

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"Where Is The Love?" by BLACK EYED PEAS

What's wrong with the world, mama
People livin' like they ain't got no mamas
I think the whole world addicted to the drama
Only attracted to things that'll bring you trauma
Overseas, yeah, we try to stop terrorism
But we still got terrorists here livin'
In the USA, the big CIA
The Bloods and The Crips and the KKK
But if you only have love for your own race
Then you only leave space to discriminate
And to discriminate only generates hate
And when you hate then you're bound to get irate, yeah
Badness is what you demonstrate
And that's exactly how a n**** works and operates
N**, you gotta have love just to set it straight
Take control of your mind and meditate
Let your soul gravitate to the love, y'all, y'all

People killin', people dyin'
Children hurt and you hear them cryin'
Can you practice what you preach
And would you turn the other cheek

Father, Father, Father help us
Send us some guidance from above
'Cause people got me, got me questionin'
Where is the love (Love)

Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love
The love, the love

It just ain't the same, always unchanged
New days are strange, is the world insane
If love and peace is so strong
Why are there pieces of love that don't belong
Nations droppin' bombs
Chemical gasses fillin' lungs of little ones
With the ongoin' sufferin' as the youth die young
So ask yourself is the lovin' really gone
So I could ask myself really what is goin' wrong
In this world that we livin' in people keep on givin'
in
Makin' wrong decisions, only visions of them dividends
Not respectin' each other, deny thy brother
A war is goin' on but the reason's undercover
The truth is kept secret, it's swept under the rug
If you never know truth then you never know love
Where's the love, y'all, come on (I don't know)
Where's the truth, y'all, come on (I don't know)
Where's the love, y'all

People killin', people dyin'
Children hurt and you hear them cryin'
Can you practice what you preach
And would you turn the other cheek

Father, Father, Father help us
Send us some guidance from above
'Cause people got me, got me questionin'
Where is the love (Love)

Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love
The love, the love

I feel the weight of the world on my shoulder
As I'm gettin' older, y'all, people gets colder
Most of us only care about money makin'
Selfishness got us followin' our own direction
Wrong information always shown by the media
Negative images is the main criteria
Infecting the young minds faster than bacteria
Kids act like what they see in the cinema
Yo', whatever happened to the values of humanity
Whatever happened to the fairness in equality
Instead in spreading love we spreading animosity
Lack of understanding, leading lives away from unity
That's the reason why sometimes I'm feelin' under
That's the reason why sometimes I'm feelin' down
There's no wonder why sometimes I'm feelin' under
Gotta keep my faith alive to lovers bound

People killin', people dyin'
Children hurt and you hear them cryin'
Can you practice what you preach
And would you turn the other cheek

Father, Father, Father help us
Send us some guidance from above
'Cause people got me, got me questionin'
Where is the love (Love)

Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)

Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)