I used to have tonnes of things to be written here but everytime my fingers touched the keyboards, all those thoughts, ideas and words wafted away into thin air.
Not this time though.
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There's this show called Restaurant Impossible on The Food Network channel. This show entails three of my favorite things in the world, food, food and building design. Basically, it's about the host who runs around all over the America in searching for failing restaurants, where he and his team would try to salvage these restaurants by improving their menus, management and upgrading the interior design of the restaurant.
One particular episode struck me.
The restaurant was somewhere in the 4-seasons state. The restaurant had a large dining area overlooked a river and forestry. It kind of resembled Frank Lloyd Wrights' The Falling Water, replicated into another different setting and dimension. I could imagine myself sitting in the dining area during winter, with the magnificent view of white clean snow and leafless trees along with the clear blue sky as my dining companion.
I thought having a restaurant in a 4-seasons state would be exhilarating! I mean, every season, you get to plan your menus using seasonal ingredients; tomatoes and melons during the summer, berries and freshwater fish for the spring, potatoes and pumpkins for the autumn and some hot spices and warm soups for the winter.
So,a variety menus to plan from seasonal ingredients, a quaint restaurant with rustic views. I thought the chef must be a jolly fella, he had everything a chef would desire.
But, as the cameraman introduced the chef, he was no jolly fella. He was rather a depressed man, an exhausted red-eyed man who could no longer see a better future. He was desperately unhappy. When the host asked whether he wanted to be a part of the salvation, to be reattached to the restaurant, the chef shook his head, packed his bags, and strode off. When he was finally about to leave the premise, he said straight into the camera, "I am finally happy, for I am free".
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From other's perspective, he was a silly man because he left everything that was once mattered greatly to him. After the renovation completed, the restaurant turned even better, the kitchen staffs were trained by one of the renowned chefs in culinary world, and the food was tastier. He was a fool man for abandoning his chances and dreams.
But I viewed him as a brave man. He was brave enough to be happy, to step out of his miserable cocoon and flied away to a happy end. Everyone says they want to be happy and will do absolutely anything to be happy, but to what extent?
Would you give up a six-figure salary job to be happy? Would you stay away from friends who are bringing you down? Would you escape from your comfort zone? Would you run away from your loved ones in order to be happy?
Well, maybe saying yes to those questions is a big giant leap, one should conduct a thorough analysis and findings before arriving to a conclusion. Lets start smaller. Will you start appreciate all the little things in your life?
To be continued.
(see you next, what, 3 months?)
(muahahaha)