I’ve never actually stopped thinking about the kitchen since I left.i’ve missed the ungodly hours,the lifestyle and most importantly,the people.and it’s only a week! Can you believe it! I am soo scared that I will forget how to glaze a cake,make strawberry shortcake,cut cakes and handle mass production once I come back from Switzerland.
But,I’ve been thinking about my dear swimming pool(shumin),nat,lynn,damei,xiaodi,chern shen,jessica,chef alvin and jia ching. I miss listening to their crap nonsense and singing early in the morning. I miss the good food we have for lunch(most of the time),the food that Lynn manages to kapok from GG,our mee hoon kueh and our late night dinners of instant noodles.
On reflection,our kitchen is like a “family” kitchen,cos there is soo little of us.so,everyone is mainly on good terms.and they treat trainees like their “kids”.which result in them treating us in almost all our kitchen dinners.its their way of taking care of us.haha.and I think they feel bad about our measly pay too.hahaha.
Having nothing to do for the past week had given me alot of time to think.for now,it’s feels that I am neither here nor there.not in touch with the kitchen or the guiding world.and there were numerous times I wanted to put on my whites and get back into the GWP pastry kitchen.or maybe not hearing damei nag at me makes me feel uncomfortable.hahaha.
It had won over my heart gradually.but having spent at least 12 hours a day,6 days a week,for the past 6 months,how could it not? My crew like to joke that we spend more time with them than their families.And it’s true.Especially over that Christmas week.the reason why I will never forget Christmas 2011 and the week leading up to that for the rest of my life.
You can never go back to a “normal” life after spending 6 months inside a kitchen.the things that bothered you the most in the beginning are the things that you’ve grown used to as part of your life.like working on weekends and PHs.
