Week 5 and 6 Rolling Through the Puches

 The past two weeks were about more about experiencing the pitfalls of college (not that it was horrible or anything.) I'm just experiencing some of the hardships that college has put for other students as my self. It happens all over the world from every college and any student such as myself. Here is a list of what has gone wrong in terms of working so hard and losing my mind.

•  My computers hard drive was broken and I could not blog or type anything for a while. (I want to also thank my dads I.T guy for fixing my computer to make this blog post possible.)  
• I had a hard time sleeping for the past few nights. (It could be I'm overworked and drank too much coffee. Then again, it could just be me.)
• Sometimes I cant seem to focus and I keep forgetting things. (Then again, it could be the sleeplessness.)

  All of those reasons are proof of some of the challenges of college life. Its not really like national lampoon, where its party, party, party all the time. There are students out there, where they work day and night to get where they want to go today. I am one of those students who have devoted my time to reach my goal as a chef. True, I lived a life of eight to three school schedule for all my childhood but it I have been through my first year of college with stamina of a bull and wisdom of the night owl (no pun intended).

  Right now I'm at U of I with my brother and my parents to see my first live college football game. To me, it was exciting to see the campus and watch football with my family. For now, I'm just glad to get out and get some work done and get some sleep. For now, I bid you a-do.   

Semester 3, Week 3 A Thought about Life

    This week was about pain and thought. During my baking class, I cut my finger with a serrated knife and I have to go to the nurses office to get it bandaged. I did not need stitches or anything, I just need to keep it easy on my left hand index finger for a while. After that day, I thought about if I truly wanted to be a chef for the rest of my life. I still want to be a chef, but I also want something more.

 What I truly want is to travel, write and cook just like Anthony Bourdain. I do not  want to copy him but, I want to experience the life of cooking and food writing as he did. True, I'm not exactly the best writer, but I do have a passion for food and people. I want friends, family, and people who are fascinated by food to read about why food is special to people just as myself.

  For my plan of action, I'm going to write more about my life, my passion and people who inspire me to keep going and to not only fulfill my dream of becoming a chef, but to travel and write as the heroes of the restaurant business had. I'm not exactly sure, what I'm going to write about but I will write everyday what life is and was.
  As for the rest of the week, the classes were all about planing, preparing and practicing for the opening day of the restaurant and the bakery. As my life as a student continues, I keep on cooking and writing.   

Semester 3, Week 2 A New Start

    After a time thinking about my life, I decided to resign my position as buffet cook. It was a tough decision, but I think education is a little more important right now. I'm still going to find a job but I'm taking a break to focus on my studies for now.There is one thing I did learn from the casino; that is if I wanted to succeed in the business, then I need to bring it up a notch and keep cooking until the end.

   My second week at the college was more like a continuation of the first week in regarding to safety, sanitation, and how everything works. I have to give a presentation of how a Buffalo chopper works. For people who don't know, a Buffalo chopper is a machine that chops large amounts of food into pieces.(more like a giant food processor) So if you have a big amount of peeled carrots and needed to get it done right away, all you do is attach, lock, let it run and feed it into the bowl. It is a really useful tool if you needed a large amount done in a short amount of time.

    After that week, I can truly relax for a while and focus on completing my work for the week to enjoy the weekend. So for now, I will bid you a-do.