`new semester, new expectations, new journey

this week passed relatively well. my fear of getting yelled by mr goh didnt come true. in fact, i find him really nice. and i probably think that as long as you listen to him, follow his instructions, he need not yell. he'll just talk nicely to us :D

we trained hard this week. carrying bricks on oval trays, 19 bottles on beverage tray, 3 1.1kg chinaware plates on one hand. and trying to get the perfect time to open a wine bottle. it was challenging to our limits yet fun. i bet the instructors also had fun. haha. the way we sang songs to take our minds off while holding on to the plates. lol

wine & beverage - an intensive module and i love it. so much to learn, so much to absorb. i wanna get the scolarship to go to margaret river!
yays!

i think im going to love this sem enough to work hard. but not as much as last sem obviously.
i kinda miss the kitchen now. esp baking & pastry.

`oh YEAH.
two more weeks of holidays and its back to projects, waking up early and waiting for bus.
in a way, i cant wait for it to start.

ooh. today's a happy day cos i passed my ftt! :D YAYSNESS.
one step away from being able to drive. ho ho ho
hahaha.

but then TP latest test date is 21/1/08, 8.25am
crazy! no way will i drive so early. thats like committing sucide. esp at eunos area. with bus lanes operating and the traffic jam. oh gosh. HAHAHHAA
so anyway, i hope i can get a slot earlier than 24.02. thats when my PDL expires. i dont wish to spend 25 bucks if i can help it.

hm. tmr goin to do eclair and cream puffs.
:D

peace!

`review over f1

the last 3 days were like 15 hours of work daily. feet ached like as if i walked over the reflexlogy stones for umpteen rounds. hahahha.
we wasted TONS of food mans. so many trays of food just gone like that - becos the turn out wasnt good. especially during hi tea. and it pains us to see our hardwork go away like that. like how many hours to cut the cakes into 18 pcs. and then it just gets thrown away.

sunday was a little better cos more people came earlier to talk to their friends/colleagues so wastage wasnt so high but we still threw trays of food. saddd.
i would think the amount of food thrown in the last 3 days could probably feed at least 1/4 of africa for 2 meals.

f1 sounds are addictive and we managed to catch a glimpse here and there of the match through tv and live action. HAHAHA.
managed to see jeslyn!
lots of us are hoping that we will get hired next year again. :D


oh well. some pictures are up on facebook. go check it out :)

and i raised my weekly score for word challenge again. WHAAHHAA.

`fourth day of f1

though my arms are aching real bad, im still going to type this.
so tue was my day off. to dampen it, i had a real bad bad headache. it was so bad that when i went to bed at 12, i woke up feeling very awful at 2am. it was pounding so badly like i could just drop dead. i was like so desperate for someone to just piggy back and send me to doctor. i kept praying and praying to god to take away the headache. and praise lord, i managed to fall asleep and when i work up, headache wasnt that bad. it was manageable.

wed was the start of aching arms.
came into work and had to dip cream puffs in mango essence + white chocolate.
dunno how many trays sia. but each tray has 120 puffs or more.
after that, thinking we will have a more interesting stuff - we asked chef nicole. and she said, cut cake.
wah. the minute we heard it, we went "crap" and started slowing down. from two hands to one hand, dipping in the choc. HAHAHAH
finished the task, no choice. so had to go cut cake. then kenna over time till 10pm.
cut up all 8 -10 trays of 6 cakes into 36 pcs. but the task wasnt very simple.
1 cake, split into 2, each split cut 18 pcs. 6 by 3.

finished that by 10pm. then went home. laundry room closed. so had to bring home the dirty uniform. sighs.
came home, bathed then slept.


today
met up with friends at 830. then exchanged dirty uni for new. changed and then - reported to work. moved some stuff down to stamford kitchen. and there, after cutting strawberries into halves, i traded with my friend to cut cake. AGAIN. well, my friend has been doing cakes for the past two days. i did only half a day so i gave her the simpler task by plating. i understand the aches. so anw. i gave myself shit. lol. 6 trays of white opera. 5 trays of black opera. 3 trays of tatini cake. oh gosh. HAHAHA.

so everyone chipped in to help at around 5 plus 6. then we kenna overtime again. but i worked till 830. cos legs couldnt take it anymore.
btw, we received our f1 pass today :D


alrights. project runway in progress.
work at 8am. meeting friends at 7am.
STRONG!

`first day of f1

okie, if i have enough energy i'll probably blog each day of this f1 experience in the kitchen as pastry chef. :D

so today met up with my friends for brunch - ate subway melt :)
then went over to the employee entrance outside timberland. then from what we had orientated - the entrance was obstructed by construction. so we wondered like how on earth are we getting in. then we saw another entrance. HAHAHA.
so okie, exchanged ic for meal card. and then went to fashion room a.k.a the changing room. collected our uniform, apron, blue towel, buttons and apron string. hahah. the buttons are like must put in yourself kind. damn funny.
lol.

okie. so we went to find our kitchen. was really confused in the beginning. lucky we saw chef nicole then she brought us down :) so she allocated us tasks to do.
fulin and i was given the job of doing 1500 dried papaya dips in milk chocolate. at first it sounded quite easy and all. we even targeted like by 3 we probably shld be done so we can do other stuff.
ahahaha. fat hope! at 2, we were only done with like 100 plus. 1 tray has 3 layers. 1 row = 15. all in all, 1 tray = 270. so we did and did and did, even until our break which was at 5pm.
YIKES. after that, she still gave us 600 mango dark chocolate. the job was so stagnant that i swopped with my friend. so she did mine, i did hers which was to cut tarts into 16 portions. dunno why so small lahs. HAHAHA.

then, ended work. legs were just so pain. never felt like this before.
so yea. off day tmr. wed resume work.

toddles everyone.

`blocked nose!

wah wrong time to have blocked nose. yikes.

the wait is finally over - FORMULA ONE work tom/today :D
hahha. pastry kitchen, here i come.
yays!

so anyway this week or the past weeks have just been working working and slacking at home.
cos if i have work and nothing on in the morning/afternoon, im at home, in PJ, playing with kaylee or playing word challenge on facebook. HAHAHAHA

so, yesterday's sun was good. i got a nice tan :D
finally! exercised a little. swam 10 laps. HAHAHAH
but i really lost stamina mans. after 2 laps already breatheless. so i did it in sets of 2.
no choice if not i think i will drown from exhaustion. HAHAHA.
oh yea, there was children taking bronze test if im not wrong.
100m breaststroke. tratwater for 5 mins, blow the bouyance pj and 200m backstroke.
that brought back lots of memories. how i was once like them.

aww mans.

now im frustated with my priorities.
ARGH.

enough said. im going to bed.

nights world. !

` tired

poof. company chalet on friday after work.
it was quite cool. i had to bake a cake and was so fearful that all would dislike my design.
i cant design for nuts. hahaha. glad they liked it.

and so, i had to go work at ikea. teach two sets of mooncakes - my group was good.
quite fast :) oooh, met family there before going to church for LG. got my chair :) i havent had time to do my room mans. hahaha but im just so lazy.

church today. meeting in the afternoon was productive. and got some rest which helped a bit before work.

surprisingly, for a sunday - sales have been picking up. almost full house for like 1/2 hr before some table asked for bill.

driving tomorrow again. dental and then shopping to buy stuff for house.

Jocey
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