off to better things

let's get started. let me start my musings by saying that i was able to watch an entertaining show over channel41 this morning. a rerun of a show entitled "chef versus mom." it was not a typical cooking show where chefs set the pans ablaze extolling to flaming heights their generous show off skills in the kitchen. it was even cute to watch as the show endears to you as the mom was the down to earth momma who buys stuff from the market, vis a vis the son in the grocery. she speaks as typical as any nanay will. even the banter in the kitchen was humorous.

the only thing getting in the way is the chef himself trying to be cutesy. hahahaha. kuya cute ka na! don't try to be pa cute. when the judges came to deliberate, it was coy to see them referring to their mom's cooking as their basis for judging. i mean, weren't they supposed to be objective and all? but being Pinoys that we are, we won't help that. trust me.

i guess the main thing going for me to try and catch the show again is that it's a reminder of how we are with our mothers. be it in the kitchen or otherwise, we are always babies in their eyes. which gives both positive and negative textures to such truth. for me, nothing beats my mama's cooking. always the comforting reward for a long day's work, despite my being not a good good son! she always cooks with all her heart.

HAPPY MOTHER's DAY po!
mama, i love you with all my heart [and hypothalamus] mwah-

turn around

why is it getting hard to go around and post something to blogspot? wow, it took me several tries only to be informed this was connected to ovi.com which i used before and now is a goner. grabe!!!

learnings

i surmise, the greatest lesson in starting a business is that no matter how great the idea, how inventive and innovative, how original. it still boils down to working, and working damn hard.

whenever someone asks me about my personal journey with establishing Ling Dynasty Caters, i always tell them that to say the journey is fraught with hardships is sooo understated. it IS. hahaha.

truly when you start something and you get a franchise and find it too expensive, it's actually not. you pay for the premium of running something with less headaches. look at how you get the business in a box, compared with starting from scratch.

yet, this i say, i will never trade all the challenges i have encountered so far. yes, there were moments i'd like to give up, but hey, a dream is a dream. whenever i ask back why i decided to do this, the flame burns a lot stronger.

truly they say, if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. that is sooo true.
i'm here to get burned if necessary.

here's to more of Ling Dynasty :)

it's the start

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