I intend to see everything; I'm about 5 episodes short of owning the entire 4 seasons. Bourdain's humor is right up my alley.

Season 4

• Holiday Special (Connecticut)
• Singapore
• Berlin
• Vancouver, BC
• Greek Islands (Crete to Zakynthos, Greece)
• New Orleans (New Orleans, Louisiana)
• London/Edinburgh (London and Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
• Jamaica
• Romania (Transylvania and Bucharest, Romania)
• Hawaii
• Brasserie Les Halle...

Currently:

• Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Anthony Bourdain)
• Encore Provence (Peter Mayle)

Yes I should read more.

• Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table (Ruth Reichl)
• Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany (Bill Buford)
• Chinese Cinderella (Adeline Yen Mah)
• Neither Here Nor There: Trave...

This idea taken from someone's listography

1. ALA Almaty International Airport (Almaty, Kazakhstan)
2. BGO Aeroporto di Milano - Orio al Serio (Bergamo, Italy)
3. BTS Letisko Milana Rastislava Štefánika (Bratislava, Slovak Republic)
4. DXB Dubai International Airport (Dubai, UAE)
5. FRA Flughafen Frankfurt am Main (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
6. GIR Aeroport de Girona (Girona, Spain)
7. HKG Kai Tak Airport (Hong Kong, SAR,...

Wishful thinking -- I am NOT equipped with the skills and/or talent

• commis / prep chef / line cook
• Travel photographer
• Cab driver
• City Bus / tram driver in a country with "pleasant" traffic
• Writer
• Supermarket cashier
• Theatre actor
• Computer programmer (what I currently do)
• Website / graphic designer
• Musician
• Tour guide
• Coffee barista
• News Anchor
• Social Worker
• Shopkeeper
• Preschool teacher
• Swimmer
• Office secretary
• Nann...

A list of 100 things that every good omnivore should have tried at least once in their life. From http://www.verygoodtaste.co.uk/ My memory is a bit rusty hence my experience withe some items are disputed (Pho, Kobe Beef, S'mores, Umeboshi, etc). They remain unmarked.

• Venison
• Nettle tea
• Huevos rancheros
• Steak tartare
• Crocodile
• Black pudding
• Cheese fondue
• Carp
• Borscht
• Baba ghanoush
• Calamari
• Pho
• PB&J sandwich
• Alo...

• It's better to look like you eat than to look like you don't.
• Everyone on the planet is driven by the same basic desires: happiness, healthiness, and someone to spoon with.
• No one can live life to the fullest while sucking her stomach in.
• The best way to make any decision is to think, when I am 87 years old, will I be glad I did that?
• Reality TV, overpriced gym memberships, and chihuahuas are overrate...

Films in my laptop that I've still haven't seen because I got sidetracked by TV shows

1. Persepolis (Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi)
2. Rushmore (Wes Anderson)
3. Boogie Nights (Paul Thomas Anderson)
4. No Country For Old Men (Ethan and Joel Cohen)
5. L.I.E. (Michael Cuesta)
6. In Bruges (Martin McDonagh)
7. Closely Watched Trains (Jiri Menzel)
8. Ensemble, c'est tout / Hunting and Gathering (Claude Berri)
9. Les Chansons d'Amou...

All dishes are from Simply Recipes unless otherwise noted

• Grilled Rosemary Porkchops (Good Housekeeping Cookbook)
• Beef Stroganoff
• Beef Brisket
• Banana Nut Muffins
• Tuscan Meatloaf with Mushroom Sauce
• Chicken with Mushroom Cream Sauce
• Chicken Piccata

I'm not a morning person, but I love love breakfast food.

• BACON AND EGGS
• poppyseed bagel with cream cheese
• Cafe Americano with cream and sugar
• Tapsilog
• Arroz caldo with boiled egg
• Dimsum and congee
• Salted fish with rice
• Fried anything with garlic rice
• Cornflakes with milk and honey
• Buttery pancakes
• Waffles with fruit
• McDonald's Sausage McMuffin with egg
• Buttery croissant
• ham / mushroom / cheese omelette
• Ciabatta...

guidelines to follow-- and I make it a point to have at least two of the following when I compose pictures.

1. Have a point of interest / topic / principle idea
2. Rule of Thirds
3. Simplicity
4. Proper / dramatic viewpoint and camera angle
5. Shapes
6. Lines and Patterns
7. Texture
8. Lighting
9. Tone and Contrast
10. Framing
11. Foreground and Background
12. Perspective

Some things I picked up from books, tv shows, movies, friends--

• Arancini
• Rosewater Gelato
• Blinis
• Beef Wellington
• Bistecca Fiorentina
• Rissoto Alla Milanese
• Quattro Formaggi at Pizzeria Michele in Naples
• Osso Bucco (Buon Giorno, Cliffhouse Tagaytay)
• Steak Tartare (Tirolska Izba, Bratislava)
• Macarons de Paris (at some cafe in Vienna)
• Bryndzove halusky / sheep cheese dumplings (Restauracia Tarpan, Bratislava)
• Cam...

• Clare
• Katarina (Katka)
• Anya / Anja
• Jana (Slavic pronunciation)
• Gabrielle
• Ethan
• Tatjana / Tatiana (Tanja, Tana)
• Matthew / Matthieu
• Miguel
• Casey
• Alexander
• Agnieska
• Colin
• Chloe
• Elise / Elyse
• Lila
• Sophie
• Gisella
• Julien
• Chantal
• Dominique
• Annika
• Corrine / Corrina

1. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Tim Burton)
2. 2 Days in Paris (Julie Delpy)
3. Juno (Jason Reitman)
4. La Môme / La Vie En Rose (Olivier Dahan)
5. Cloverfield
6. Nanny Diaries
7. Superbad
8. Atonement
9. Before Sunset (Richard Linklater) (re-watch)
10. Love in the Time of Cholera (Mike Newell)
11. Le Scaphandre et le papillon (Julian Schnabel, France)
12. The Darjeeling Limited (Wes Anderson)
13. I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larr...

meaning, things I cannot afford right now.

• HP Pavilion Verve Core2 250GB
• Ipod Touch 32GB
• Canon Powershot S5 IS, or EOS 450D?
• I need a camera upgrade with more manual controls
• Espresso Machine
• Flatbed scanner
• Gorillapod
• A big fat condensed book on the history of the world with nice pictures

• Gossip Girl Season 2
• Amazing Race Asia Season 3
• Amazing Race US Season 13
• Grey's Anatomy Season 5
• The Office Season 5
• No Reservations Season 4
• America's Next Top Model Cycle 11
• How I Met Your Mother Season 4
• TOP CHEF NEW YORK

• Bone Church (Sedlec Ossuary), Kutna Hora, Czech Republic
• A religious pilgrimage (Rome / Fatima / Lourdes / Prague / Assisi / Avila / Lisieux / Nazareth)
• Hilton Ithaa Undersea Restaurant, Rangali Island, Maldives
• Auschwitz Concentration Camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland
• Hotel Fox, Denmark
• La Casa Azul, Coyoacán, Mexico
• Banská Štiavnica, Slovak Republic
• Journey via the Trans-Siberian Railway

I snack like no other.

• Kinder Bueno
• Kit Kat peanut butter
• Nachos with salsa or guacamole
• Muncher green peas!
• chicacorn
• Regent pizza chips
• cheese
• cheddar slices, cheese cubes, parenica (steamed cheese strips)
• Sour cream and onion chips
• kettle corn
• kinder pingui
• plain milk chocolate
• Salt and vinegar chips (Lay's or that local brand)
• chicharon
• Tesco milk chocolate butter biscuits

Yes, I like fluff. Don't judge me.

• Top Design Season 2
• How I Met Your Mother (Seasons 1-3)
• Big Bang Theory (Season 1)
• Sex and the City (All 6 seasons)
• Top Chef Season 1
• Top Chef: Los Angeles (Season 2)
• Top Chef: Miami (Season 3)
• Top Chef: Chicago (Season 4)
• The Office (Seasons 1-4)
• Beauty and the Geek (Season 5)
• Project Runway (All 4 seasons)
• Project Runway Philippines