New Year...

I've been meaning to write this post since the beginning of January but always ended up forgetting about it, so here it is...

My reflections of 2010...

Good and busy year, half of it in England doing a course i wasnt seeing myself doing it in the future and the other half in Chile doing something I love.

My mind was very confused with what I actually wanted to do in the future, I first chnaged the course I was doing in Leeds to just Languages ( Portuguese and Spanish). I love languagues and I love learning about new cultures and it also gave me the opportunity to travel and stay in each of the countries, this got me really excited until i saw the modules for the second year. Then resurged the idea of studying cooking or as I like to call it Culinary Arts. I decided in one week, just like that to change course.
My last week of holiday in Mexico was just spending time looking for courses and schools and checking emails for replys, answering phone calls from my concerned parents but they were really supportive and so was the rest of my family.

Came the day I started in Ecole, got so nervous for the first day of class but was really excited at the same time. I don't regret my change, and i'm loving the new experience and discovering a new culture and country. I've met amazing people that I know will make an impact in my life and I really enjoy the little community that we have at school, you can't really find that everywhere. My first practical at the school restaurant for a week really gave me new skills and it made me love what I do even more.

2010 went to fast that when I least expected it was the end of my first semester and coming back to the UK for christmas which I really enjoyed being back with my family (united). Cooked most days tradicional christmas food but was mostly getting ready for my 2011 January exam.

My exam didn't go well as I expected, I actually ended up crying. I wasn't happy with myslef, I didnt focus enough and all the negative things about my dish I could have easily made them better but that's what pressure does to you.

So this new year I want to focus more on what I'm doing, concentrate and just be better in general. I hope that the rest of 2011 is going to be better than this first month. I can't wait to start school again to get the enjoyment back of cooking because I think the exam kind of put me down and took away from me the joys of cooking. I'm also excited to start learning Japanese in march so we'll see how it goes!



Memories of 2010...

Anyway I wish everyone  Happy New Year (a month late...)