Saturday, June 21, 2008

The Zen of Bartending

Went to chinaone with ex colleague to enjoy the live band. Music was very good. We were at the bar, ordering our drinks and I noticed something amazing. Usually the bar area is v chaotic and sometimes bartenders are rather messy with the way they mix their drinks. But I noticed one of the bartenders going about mixing everything very smoothly. I would even say there is fluidity in his actions. He was not only swift and smooth in preparing the drinks. Through all the chaos, he remained the calm one, ever so polite to the customers who ordered the drinks and he gave a generous amounth of spirit to the mixes. Not only that he even took care to squeeze the limes in the volka lime drinks. I will say he maintain his zen very well.

He stood out amidst his colleagues who were a little more messy.

Zen is not been calm when nothing happen.. True zen is to be the still one in the midst of chaos. That bartender really taught me something!

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