My job…
I’m going to blog a little about of my job in this post…
I’m a cook and this is the 5th year working in this line…
Some asked me other than this career do I have other option…some asked aren’t I bored of it…
Well, other than to be success in MAGE the other thing in my mind is to be success in cooking…I don’t know where these passion come from…As I can remember when I started cooking it’s during high school time, and I was asked to help around…then slowly I was asked to cook dinner…there’s one time when I was watching a cooking tv drama and tried to imitate the dishes…then I started imitating dishes that I’m interested when I eat out with my parents…
I’m was freaking tired all the way since last week, I was transfer to another busier outlet and I will be in charge soon (Hopefully) basically most of the staff there are foreigners with no experience…and 2 local with cooking experience but lack of professional training like food safety and hygiene…
The first week when I was there, it was kitchen nightmare…the storeroom the freezers, the chillers, the working top chillers…all fully pack with stuff and not organized, things are everywhere, dirty and disgusting…
I’ve clean and re-organise the working top chillers (pasta and local noodles section), my section, the freezer and the dry store room (temporary)…and in the same time I have to do a lot of preparation…the volume there is really high and once the other 2 buildings is done I think we will be getting higher volume of customers…
My point now is, I’ve cleaned up all the shit and I still have to work fast during service (speed is important cause it’s lunch time and we can’t delay too long) so I have to work maximum speed everyday…after service I’m already half dead and later on I still need to do a load of prep…and last whole week I never go for lunch not even a break…basically I’m freaking tired but I still do my work properly, neatly and not just doing it for the sick of finishing the job…I start work from 730am to 330am but I ended finishing later then that with no break…Why don’t I just walk off when time is up or throw my left over work to others? If I am not as passionate as I am now, maybe I will just walk off, but I just can’t…because of responsibility and also being a senior…
Every night when I landed on my bed, I fell asleep without knowing I’ve fallen asleep…Everyday I have to keep an eye on those foreign workers, guide them and train them…
To be a Cook / Chef, it’s not just only about cooking and experience, you got to be freaking patient, focus and passionate in your job…it’s really hard to maintain the passion in this career, I have some of my friends who work in this line changed their career…sometimes I can’t imagine how much shit those top chef had gone through…
For those PEOPLE who don’t really understand why “WE”, who work as a cook are acting “lazy” when we got home after work or always can’t go home on time…i hope this post will help you…
Poor guy, and yet I’m goyang kaki :p
moon said this on May 20th, 2009 at 9:48 am
goyang kaki??
Mel said this on May 25th, 2009 at 6:56 am
means have a lot of spare time and do nothing…
moon said this on May 26th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
ho help him in the kitchen then :p
( i guess it’d be even more trouble for him >_> )
Mel said this on May 26th, 2009 at 7:14 pm
oh yeah, being a senior makes you think differently and tend to have you go the extra mile voluntarily. Gambatte, new, many and various challenges for you. It is a good thing. We’ll see the good rewards and satisfaction after you successfully change the dudes in the kitchen to work better and rightly. Gambatte.
Eidorin said this on June 8th, 2009 at 12:29 am