I started babysitting for cash about 11 yrs old.  My first official job was at a nursing home when I was in 8th grade, worked there part-time on weekends for a couple of years.  Out of the blue, my mom told me she got me a job working with her at the nursing home.  I worked as a kitchen aide.  What I learned working there:

1. Special K+half&half+sugar=favorite breakfast
2. I love reading romance novels. My first romance novel was loaned to me by a co-worker, after that I was hooked on romance novels and reading.
3. I learned being a naturally skinny kid does not keep you skinny if I keep eating delicious fatty food= cinnamon rolls, bacons, Special K with half&half, cakes, pies and so much more.
   
4. Gain weight too fast gives you stretch marks.
   
5. I learned what it felt like to have my first crush.
   
6. Respect and cherish your elders/grandparents. They are so knowledgeable and wise. You are missing out when you don’t spend time with them. I never knew my paternal or maternal grandparents. I’m sad when I think about it.
   
7. Most folks living in a nursing home are lonely because their families don’t visit often enough or they don’t have any families at all. Very sad.
   
8. I learned to have compassion and empathy for the elders.

I learned a lot from my first job.  I continue to work through high school, college and after. Grateful my mom got me my first job.  BTW… This is my first time commenting on the Oprah Show.  I had to share my first job experience.  Also, I am a contestant auditioning for my OWN show under cooking, cooking 2 connect with Kate

If you have not vote, please do multiple times, if you have, thank you for continuing to vote.  Kate’s Audition

These are the questions asked to have your OWN show and my answers. ..

• Got a great idea for a talk show?  YES!
• Ready for your big break? YES!
• Do you have Passion? YES!
• Do you have a DREAM? YES!
• Do you have what it takes? YES!
• Are you “IT”? YES!
• Are you easy to work with? YES!

Please help my DREAM.  Watch the video and vote by clicking the green Vote button and then click  Back to Previous to vote again.  You can vote as many times as you can, takes only 2 minutes to vote 25 times.  Someone mentioned he voted 50 times while on the phone and another person said she’ll keep the site open so she can vote through out the day.  Yay!!

Please keep voting and spread the words to the people in your world.  All the votes count.

Thank you for watching and keep voting.  Kate’s Audition

“Hey, you should do a video on your cooking and put it on YouTube”.

“Hey, you should have your own cooking show”.

I have thought of this before and I have been doing some videos and a pilot on cooking with a puppet targeting kids and making simple, good, healthy food and snacks.

So…I have been doing that, but then, an OPPORTUNITY by the name of OPRAH WINFREY came along.

“Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity”  Oprah Winfrey

Yep, I’ve been preparing and now I have opportunity.  Here I go…

Here’s the Theme:

Couple’s Night Out:  APHRODISIACS dishes, quality time, ROMANCE

Single’s Night Out: MINGLE!

Girl’s Night Out: hair down, sip wine, gossip about guys

Boy’s Night Out: gossip about girls and learn tips about girls from a girl!  More likely, talk about sports!

Friends and Family Night Out: catch up with photo albums and just chat away!

Networking Night Out: business cards and network!

Here’s Some of the Menu:

Fortune Cookies
Spring Rolls
Egg Rolls
Crab Rangoon
Sticky Rice
Chicken Satay
Papaya salad
Sushi
Pad Thai
Lad Na
Chicken noodle soup
Chicken rice soup
Pho
Beef fondue
Beef lettuce wrap

So much more menus and dessert has not been mentioned.  For each cooking class, you will learn to make appetizers, a main dish or two and dessert. We will learn about healthy food and eating healthy.

Connect with each other and have FUN!

Organizer of a party in your kitchen of 12 full paying guests or more will be entitled to complimentary attendance of class.

For reservations, please contact Kate: cooking2connect@gmail.com

Welcome.  Thanks for visiting.  This is my blog for my cooking class .

Here are my wishes  for the cooking class:

• Teach people how to cook easy and simple Healthy Asian food, mainly Lao and Thai
• Have fun
• Make connections

This cooking class is a combination of my passions:

1. Introducing people to the food I grew up eating
2. Teaching people to eat healthier
3. Connecting people to each other

I am so excited to start my cooking class.  Please join me  in learning to cook asian cuisine, having fun, and connecting with others!