Movie Review: CHEF (2014)

"I may not do everything great in my life, but I'm good at this. I manage to touch people's lives with what I do and I want to share this with you."  

- Chef Casper

Carl Casper played by Jon Favreau, is an edgy Chef in the city trying to balance his role in the kitchen and being a father to his son. He recently broke up with his model wife Inez (Sofia Vergara) and has shared custody with their only child. While doing everything he can within his boundary in the restaurant where he is employed, his manipulating Boss pushed him to meet the notorious Food blogger. In the hope of gaining the blogger's approval, Casper was set to prepare a whole new thing but impeded by his employer. True enough, he got a nasty two star rate with a very unlikely adjective such as "needy auntie" and "dramatic weight gain that might have resulted from eating the leftovers."

Casper grasped for strength in patching his dignity. He became really famous after a confrontation that went viral in youtube. That negative event turned into positive when he decided to remodel the food truck offered by his ex wife. With the help of his son Percy (Emjay Anthony), through Twitter, the customers would flock their truck in every stopovers. Not long enough, Chef Casper did not have to juggle between what he want to cook and what his Boss wants. He earned the leverage to do whatever he wants to do in his kitchen and in his own term. He remarried his ex wife and their son is the happiest.

Although, the movie gave us that happy-ever-after ending as we all wanted...the fact that it sent as a message about not giving up on what you believe yourself can do made it one of a kind. I'd give it five stars. You should watch it yourself to find out. 

2015 Might Just Be Different

The natural flow of life comes with bruises from failures, joy from success and it goes on and on like a wheel. Individuality has it that we possess unique takes on what it offers.

This year marks my fifth year here in my home place. Unbelievably, I managed to survive with less than half of the monthly salary I've been getting back when I was in the metropolitan for five years and six months. With almost zero debt of course. I could post about new year's resolution but that's just overrated.

I'd like to say, 2015 might just be different...for me, for my family, career and to all of us. Along the way, there will be blockages but that's beside the point. I will take it as the most important ingredient to have a better taste of life and not the key to pull me out and quit again. This year, I will do my best to be spontaneous in reaching my long-term goal.

No fung-sui, no constellation basis...just the way it's perceived.