262 hours and Happy Feet 2

So! It's been quite some time since I posted something and since my last post, I have been reassigned to another kitchen. From Banquet Kitchen to the Hot Kitchen, particularly, the Thai Kitchen. So far, my routine is to help the coffee shop during breakfast buffet where I refill the dishes that are about to run out. By 10:30am, I will be pulling out the dishes and help out in the kitchen for the preparation for lunch. By 11am, everything is ready and I am to help in setting up the buffet area and have my lunch and some more things similar to that.. ^.^ I just got too lazy to talk more about it... ^.^ (forgive me) So to sum it up, I think I'm going to enjoy this week's assignment. So far, I have learned a lot, especially today. Maybe I might extend. o.o

Last Sunday, I got to meet up with my two good friends where we watched Happy Feet Two!!!!! In 3D!!! It was so cool and the movie was also great. It was very light and the story gives you bits of moral lessons. :) Above all, Eric is sooo cute! (his the one in the picture below) ^.^ If you ask me on whether to watch the Twilight Saga or Happy Feet Two, I would definitely say happy feet two! ^^, My friends and I also ate a lot of food! Too bad I wasn't able to take pictures of it :( We at Mexicali (not good), ChaTime (good), Big Daddy's Chicken (great), and CBTL's Blueberry Cheesecake (good)... That was a lot of food for a Sunday afternoon don't you think?? hahaha.. I was just glad that I was able to have a great day with my friends.. :)

262 hours to go and I don't want it to be over yet...

Less than a month before Christmas.. 

321 hours..

At some point, I do think that my internship is going by real fast! I only have 321 hours to go. So far, I have been assigned to two areas which are the Korean kitchen and the Chef's office. I really love working in the office because I feel like I got to know a lot more on how things work around in a hotel and how vast the operation can go. I also learned that being the Executive Chef is not as easy as I thought it was. There was this routine that our EC had to go to everyday and one of his tasks is to make the market list EVERYDAY.

After my almost a month internship at MH, I am now assigned to the Banquet kitchen which is a bit scary because this is where the chefs cook tons of meal everyday from small to big events. The number of pax can range to 10 to 1200 pax per event and imagine how many events happen in a day! But I'm sure that everything's going to be fine especially since, I won't be the only intern there and we might just be asked to slice and clean stuff! ^^,

321 hours to go and I know I can do this! ^^,

Here is a photo of my nephew while he was swimming.. I just wanted to share it with you guys..

Something Sweet..

Something from Cafe Ilang-Ilang Dinner Buffet we had last Sunday..

Scoops and scoops of ice cream!!! ^.^

strawberry*, ube, vanilla, kiwi

banana, raspberry, yogurt, pistachio

sorbet, passion fruit, pistachio, strawberry

Strawberry was my favorite!!! ^.^ It was berry good!!

November

It is finally November and 40+ more days to go, and it's already Christmas!!! And its just so sad that I can't feel the Christmas season yet! In other news, yesterday was my 80th hour for my internship and I now have 420 hours more to go! :) I have been assigned to do office work at the chef's office and will be there for a week, after that I will be back to kitchen duties. So far, I am really enjoying my stay at Manila Hotel. Everyone is so nice to us trainees and what's even great is that I have been gaining a lot of new friends, not pounds, friends! ^^, Since I am the only FEU trainee around, I need to make friends with other people, which is really not bad. All the chefs here are so nice to us. As well as the guests. There was even this one time where I was asked to sing a happy birthday song to one of our guests. There was also a lot of instances where guests thought that I'm a Korean girl! o.o Doing office work isn't that bad at all too because I get to explore the different departments of the hotel and get to know other people other than those who are in the kitchen. By the way, we are currently staying here at Manila Hotel for a night and will be dining at Cafe Ilang-Ilang for a dinner buffet. Will try to share photos about that. ^^