Stage

Stage is an industry term.. Short for the French word Stagiaire meaning trainee, intern, apprentice working for free.... Almost all stages are unpaid and a great way to gain experience or is required by a restaurant to "audition" for a position whether in the front or back of the house.... I got an offer at my last job because I staged 2 days a week, for 5 months... They saw my dedication, my abilities and my willingness to learn and they offered me a job 

Nahm

Chef David Thompson, an Australian born chef, had plans to take a vacation but when those plans fell through, he decided to go to where all the other Aussies like to vacation... Thailand!

When he came, he fell in love with the people, the tradition, the lifestyle and most importantly, the food. He stayed and studied Thai food for several years then returned to Australia and opened a Thai restaurant called Darley Street Thai... After several successful years, a hotelier in London asked him to open a restaurant in their COMO Hotel, and within 6 months Nahm became the first Thai restaurant to have a Michelin star. In 2013 Nahm was named Asia's 3rd best restaurant and one of the top 50 restaurants in the world... In other words, he's kind of my hero

Pattaya 2

Floating Market/Pattaya

My sister, Valerie, and her bf Joe are also in Thailand for a few more days so I'll be hanging out with them til they leave. They wanted to see the Floating Market and go to a beach city, they went with my mom's choice of Pattaya cause of their time limitations... I will be going to the Floating Market with Sherena and Chris later in my trip so I didn't really want to go but I also didn't mind

Bangkok

Yay traffic!... LA ain't got nothing on Bangkok traffic - it's horrendous all the time! And if at all possible, I avoid sitting front passenger of any car, it gives me so much anxiety to see the driving... People change lanes when they want, they drive in non existing lanes, they drive in 2 lanes, basically they do what they want and pedestrians do not have right of way!

Sawasdee Krung Thep

Aside from the crazy flight attendant bitch... I still stand that EVA airways is legit!