So far work has been quite ok, but rather tiring..im currently working morning shift from 6am to 2pm, meaning i have to wake up at abput 5 everyday to work to my work place..=X
The weather has been really really weird lately...just mon when i went hiking, it was scorching hot, and yesterday there was 6 inch snowstorm, and today, there is HAILSTORM..it was quite interesting coz you can see and feel ice cubes dropping on your clothes, and you feel like you can eat ice-kacang if you hold a bowl in your hand..hahas=x But it was really cold, freezing cold these 3 days especially in the night and before sunrise. Every morning i got to walk to my work place alone before sunrise, and i need to cross two railway tracks to shorten my journey..sometimes the morning breeze blows across my face and it feels so 凄凉 coz i need to walk alone in this super cold weather when most of the people are still in their beds soundly asleep and theres no breakfast coz its so early in the morning..=x Yesterday the temperature dropped to 0 degrees and i only wore two layers..almost froze to death halfway walking there..hahas =p
Anw, im working as a cook helper (what they call back of house) in the kitchen of Maswik Lodge, and i work at the steaming department for now. My job is to steam the leftover food and prepare sauces for all the food stations in Maswik for lunch and dinner, coz Maswik lodge is like a food court..there are about 20 different types of food and sauces, such as hotdogs, spanish rice, taco chicken, creamed spinach, meat sauce, marinara etc..almost all western food..the 1st two days this Thai girl named News taught me most of the things, and i was left on my own since yesterday. It was quite stressful coz lunch begins at 11am daily and i need to finish preparing all the food by 1045am..Most of the time i just steam the stuff or prepare fresh ones and repack them into containers of suitable size so that the line servers at the stations can just take it and replenish their stock in their stations..
All the cooks are very helpful and tolerating, coz i was quite slow at the start..it was very busy in the back of house before 1045 coz we need to make sure there is enough of each type of food before lunch time, but after 11 the workload starts to decrease and we just need to check constantly for backups to replenish the food..
So far i have been coping quite well, coz food preparation is quite fun and when you see the guests eating food made by you, there is this degree of satisfaction that cant be described..but the bad thing is at the end of the day, you see so much food that you dont have the appetite to eat anything else =x And because im constantly in the "not enough sleep" condition, my eyes automatically turn off at about 1pm when i work and i really look dead when i end..hahas =X And cooks don't have breaks like the servers, so i need to work constantly for 8 hours without stopping..by the end of work i will be so tired that i just feel like sleeping rather than eating lunch =x
wadever it is, life's been quite ok lately and im adjusting to this kind of lifestyle =) There is this fireplace in my dorm's common room and they really burn wood during some nights..you can see the orange-yellow flames glowing and burning and the whole places feels so warm and cozy..i have never seen a real fire place in my whole life before i came here..=)
