For the past three days I have been working at Tercero, the second largest dining hall on campus. One of the days I worked on the taste changer which on this day was bread and cheese. Basically a taste changer is a way to mix up the daily routine of the meals and add something different. They do it every once in a while in the DCs and include things like fruit extravaganza, churro night, etc.
So for the bread and cheese I cut all of the bread and cheese into cubes. This sounds simple but I am pretty sure I developed bruises on my hands because cold cheese is not an easy thing to cut. Anyway I had to then make it look nice on a display for everyone and this is where I learned that I am not the best at making things look aesthetically pleasing all the time but I am slowly learning how to drape linens and add flowers to make something simple look a lot better. Kim has showed me her masterful ways in the art.
The other thing that I did at Tercero is work in the Pizza station with a guy named Danny who is the bomb and quite possibly the most interesting person I have met in California so far. Two people have never made a better team than us and we put out those pizzas like there was no tomorrow. It was great.
28.6.07
25.6.07
May 23rd
Today I helped out for the big BBQ held at Segundo. It was cool because they set it up just like a carnival, with big circus tents and games underneath like throwing ping pong balls into glass bowls or ring toss.
Once the dinner started I helped out mostly with desserts and it was absolute madness. At first no one was coming because they were eating their dinner but then everyone came at once. We were trying to cut watermelon and assemble strawberry shortcake all in the same place and we couldn't keep up with everyone. I was the runner going back and forth between the dessert table and the prep area and it was exhausting. I also spilled a ton of strawberry shortcake mixture all down the front of me. About a half an hour before we finished we ran out of dessert and had a lot of disappointed people. Lesson I learned from this event...it is always better to have too much than too little and to have a simple dessert when you have high demand.
May 22nd
Today was my last day at Oxford. Mike kept me pretty busy helping with employee appraisals and going over next years budget with me. This was very helpful but I was extremely sleepy and having a hard time concentrating on it.
After work I went with the UC Davis dietitian, Linda Adams to a cooking class they offer to freshman so that they can cook for themselves next year. Most of the stuff they made was pretty basic and easy but delicious. And of course I loved it because it was all pasta.
After work I went with the UC Davis dietitian, Linda Adams to a cooking class they offer to freshman so that they can cook for themselves next year. Most of the stuff they made was pretty basic and easy but delicious. And of course I loved it because it was all pasta.
Weekend 2
Yay I love the weekend. On Saturday morning I went with my church group to the Ocean Beach in the bay area. I had been warned that it wouldn't be that warm there so I was prepared for that, but I wasn't warned just how cold it would be. I showed up in shorts and a sweater while everyone else came in pants and their winter coats! It turned out to be okay though because I found out if I layed on the sand, really close to the ground, then most of the wind passed over me and I was quite warm. Napping happens to be my favorite thing on the beach to do so I was quite content. I made it down to the water but it was freezing so I mostly hung out by the wall meeting people and eating. We also played volleyball and flew kites. It was great. We also got lost in San Francisco for a while which was cool because the houses there are awesome to look at. I must admit I wasn't expecting to be so impressed by San Francisco but I was.
After we got home a couple girls and I ate at Segundo and then went to an "Office" themed party. We dressed up in our office clothes, watched "The Office" had chair races, and danced. It was the funniest theme party I have ever been to. People were putting post it note memos all over the wall and we got awarded fake dollars which we could then cash in for office supplies.
At church on Sunday I met a bunch more people my age and then found out that a group gets together to play volleyball on Wednesdays in Vacaville so I am way excited for that. I also had another embarrassing moment when I was talking to a guy and then he pointed out I had frosting on my face and walked away....
After we got home a couple girls and I ate at Segundo and then went to an "Office" themed party. We dressed up in our office clothes, watched "The Office" had chair races, and danced. It was the funniest theme party I have ever been to. People were putting post it note memos all over the wall and we got awarded fake dollars which we could then cash in for office supplies.
At church on Sunday I met a bunch more people my age and then found out that a group gets together to play volleyball on Wednesdays in Vacaville so I am way excited for that. I also had another embarrassing moment when I was talking to a guy and then he pointed out I had frosting on my face and walked away....
May 18th
Mike and I went to help out at a catering event at the arboretum. I was put in charge of making the snow cone drink concoction thing which helped me to fulfill my childhood dream of working in a snow shack. Denise was there to help me and her and I had a good time trying to come up with a name for the drink...except I can't remember what it is now.
After that Mike and I talked for a while on labor unions in general. There are some issues that are happening right now with UC Davis and Sodexho employees and I don't quite understand how labor unions work because I haven't ever heard of them in Utah and only briefly learned about them in class.
After that Mike and I talked for a while on labor unions in general. There are some issues that are happening right now with UC Davis and Sodexho employees and I don't quite understand how labor unions work because I haven't ever heard of them in Utah and only briefly learned about them in class.
May 17th
Today I started at a new dining hall called Oxford. Here I met the director Mike U which I would be working with me for the next three days. Mike gave me the option of cooking that day which I gladly accepted because I hadn't done any since I moved here and I had been missing it. I worked on the Vegan entree which was a grilled portabello mushroom with an anaheim pepper salsa on top. I think it turned out pretty good but I didn't try it, I am not sure why. I learned that it is really hard to make a portabello mushroom look good, no matter how you cook it, so its important to make it look nice with other vegetables and garnish.
Today I also learned that safety shoes are required for a reason because I fell completely on my face while rounding a corner. Miraculously I didn't get hurt, just felt really stupid.
Today I also learned that safety shoes are required for a reason because I fell completely on my face while rounding a corner. Miraculously I didn't get hurt, just felt really stupid.
23.6.07
May 15th and 16th
So I have still been at Castillian these last two days. Because it is almost the end of the school year the directors need to work on their budget for the next year. Colin explained this to me and showed me the very complicated spreadsheet that they use to keep track of it. After going through it, it looks like the process is pretty simple, but takes a while to complete.
We also went over financials and employee anual appraisals. Colin was very thorough at explaining things to me which was good because I had no clue how anything worked and because I had a lot of stupid questions that I didn't have to ask because he would answer them as I was coming up with them.
Oh and while I was serving dinner one night a big stack of about ten plates fell off all by themselves and broke right next to me. And no one was there to witness that it wasn't my fault. So I felt dumb but I am starting to get used to it.
After work I went to a student nutrition association club meeting with all the dietetic girls here on campus. They had a girl come and speak who had graduated the year before and just finished her dietetic internship in Sacramento. She answered a lot of my questions and made me slightly less nervous about applying for mine.
We also went over financials and employee anual appraisals. Colin was very thorough at explaining things to me which was good because I had no clue how anything worked and because I had a lot of stupid questions that I didn't have to ask because he would answer them as I was coming up with them.
Oh and while I was serving dinner one night a big stack of about ten plates fell off all by themselves and broke right next to me. And no one was there to witness that it wasn't my fault. So I felt dumb but I am starting to get used to it.
After work I went to a student nutrition association club meeting with all the dietetic girls here on campus. They had a girl come and speak who had graduated the year before and just finished her dietetic internship in Sacramento. She answered a lot of my questions and made me slightly less nervous about applying for mine.
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