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From: Gisborne


COOKING 2009
Tue 17 Feb 2009
GENERAL BLOG [ Delete ]
Last yr ended with a bang being sick and all and not being able to work for that catering company....
ANYHOWS... i ended up going away for a holidy in Mt Maunganui and got to taste a Copenhagen cone, where it was a waffle cone, with icecream sprinkles and syrup and cream mmmmmmmm mmmmmm....
Anyways i enjoyed asian made garlic chips their too, and the sun beach surf jelly fish and a henna tatoo, before i came back to gisborne with my parents!

I enrolled to do a Hospitality and Catering course for the yr where i get a certificate as a Kitchen hand, but am waiting approval from the welfare manager to agree i can be waivered to do this course, because im on dissbility pension it means im not meant to be working or studying being on the pension itself, although i go to brain and injury rehab it means i get subsidised to attend their, however being an individual with a dream to become a chef, it means they personally have not got the resources to support just one person in particular me..............
Their are cooking classes but their reserved for those with severe brain injury, and more competent then most....

So i started on monday, and it was orientation day, everyone today was in class, 14 students would ya belive some i think aren't serious, but others i reckon could give it their best shot, mind u you never know!
The cooking centre is being revamped, and its getting a makeover for the first time in ages, instead of normal stove ovens, when i had used the class room yrs ago, their now installing gas ovens to be used,  so they should considering its more or less used in the chef industry world wide now, depending though....

I get my student id's sorted tommorow, and also get my uniform fitted as well!
But tonight i best make my lunch...including my sons, i got however a mean headache this morning and i took my time, was late to class, but rang in i would be late....this course excites me, in a few weeks we are heading down to a place called Napier, where we are going to check out a 4 and a half star hotel, where a friend of the tutors runs, to check it out see what food they serve, and someone from class will get work placement their for a week or two!

That would be AWESOME, today however i got to play chug a lug at Lunch time where we had to drink fruit vegetable with diffrent sauces and honey as fast as we can, to win a box of chocolates stationary, and Vouchers for a book store!
I cam in third and got some drinks and chocolates that was good enough!

2moro, we are doing a mini version of Jousting, so i may enter that!, but the free lunches are a buzz, where they get the students off all courses to mingle, im now ok im not the only one at the Polytechnic with my dissabilty Aspergers syndrome!, their is another girl in my class with that!

Thursday i will be doing a refresher course on Food Safety, and checking where i need to touch up, so its still a requirement and can be usefull to help other people within class!
Next Weds we do a trip out, which is exciting so i got to have my own munchies for the trip and we shall be sweet!
also on the agenda food and beverage units, we get marked on how well we do in that section, and comming into class we have to be in 8.30am uniform on standing in class, so im going to have to book a taxi and hopefully 2moro @ 5pm i get my course approved so i can get some travelling allowance, its really annoying, because im paying 32 bucks a day for 60 kms, and im paying that out of my own pocket...so hope my app tommorow goes well!

I have to look online shortly for some shoes i need two, one pair for the cooking room which is the training kitchen, the other is black for silver service when we get marked for waiting tables for some of our presentation programmes, where we get to display our skills...
Now the polytech now owns the kitchen for the student cafe, so we will be providing the food and helping run the kitchen, as part of our work placement, otherwise work at the emerald hotel will be sought as well! I was wondering wether i should go their because i had applied to work their twice, but being in Napier sounds nice also, but i would have to arrange babysitting for my son!

Well its time for me to sign off,
adi xxx