way samok. way kaguol.: bread, meat, cheese, hold the typhoon please.

now that i'm through with september, i'll start with october's festivities. from my knowledge there weren't any big reservations or events in october except for my uncle's birthday party, and that wasn't supposed to happen until the 23rd. i figured i'd have a good chunk of the month to get myself organized, find a house, figure out closet space, do a few dives and just take on everyday tasks. i was completely sent into shambles when events started rolling in, and as usual, i took on more responsibility than i should have.

for those who may not know, the philippines was hit with typhoon ondoy in late september leaving millions homeless, hungry and lost. my staff organized themselves, and offered to donate portions of their service charge towards the cause. a few of our guests also joined the efforts. and i threw myself into the efforts whole heartedly. i'll do a post about this soon.

in the 2nd week of october my uncle asked me to help with something called 'world bread day'. a local bakery was the principle sponsor so JEDCO, our family's mother company (distributor of imported meat, deli items and seafood), co sponsored as well since it was publicity through one of the major grocery stores. at first it was just going to be the owner of the bakery who was going to do the preparation of all the food. i had a meeting with her and she openly admit to me that she didn't know how to cook, only how to bake. uhhhhhh... yeah, so that's how i got thrown into the whole thing.

there was no cost to the restaurant since all of the ingredients were donated by the grocery store, JEDCO and the bakery. i simply threw together a few sandwiches and pasta salad in order to highlight the both the bread and deli items. the produce, i didn't care about highlighting. the organizer of the event was a dumbass and sent a text to everyone that she was sick, the day before the event and that she wouldn't be able to do anything anymore. then, on the day of the event shows up to boast about what a great success the event was. to this day, i still want to kick her. oh! AND after the event was over she and her mom went into the back preparation area with grocery store plastic bags in hand to bring food home. these ladies tag teamed with one pouring the pasta salad and the other holding the bag, then took a quick shuffle step around one of my guys to take handfuls of jamon serrano, cheese and bread. wow, you're so classy.

here are some pictures from the event taken by a photographer hired by the grocery store: