Countdown: 3 down 13 more to go!!!!

Just finished week 3 of internship, 13 more weeks to go. Hwaiting!!!!! Sue CHing!!!!

So… it’s been hard truthfully, so much exigencies. so much work. This week is going to be the worst, there is going to be a banquet on sunday with 120 covers just for the dinner service. For lunch, there’ll be 60 covers.

I might not survive this coming week, but pray to god I will have the strength and speed to finish everything that will be required to do. I’d be fortunate to be able to write about it in the next post I hope.

 

Where I spend most of my time now

Hey people sorry for not updating for a long time. I will just update on where I spend roughly 63 hours a week at.

Known to be one of the best in the world, this is what it looks inside the Troisgros kitchen.

The furthest end there is where all the dressing of dishes are done, then next is the hot zone where sauces are made, and meats are cooked. Then it’s the cold zone where fish is prepared and the starters station which is where I work.

At the furthest end on the right is the patisserie.

 

View of the refrigerated room where raw meats are treated.

Every start of the week, the restaurant receives 5 hunted wild rabbits.

Fancy having roger rabbit for dinner? 

A view of the cold zone.

 

That’s all for now.

 

Feeling Empty

Strong winds outside. Noisy shutters. Don’t really feel safe to go out. I woke up near noon. Going to be alone for 2 days. Feel happy and sad at the same time for having this precious weekend.

Happy, cause I can finally get all the rest i need after a week’s of hard work. Sad, because I know I would be all alone again in this apartment with no internet!!!! argh!!! I hope that it will come on as soon as possible.

The only highlights of my day/ week were being able to speak to my mom, brother and my dad.

I recall from one phone call with my mom. I teared up upon answering the phone and hearing her voice. I was so glad to hear her voice. I wanted to tell her everything, but held back a lot on the details on how hard it is for me here. Trying to sound okay, I chatted as naturally as I could. She was very worried about my current living conditions, but I tried my best to convince her that everything is normal.

 

A glass of warm milk still does the trick.

For the past four nights, I have not been sleeping well. I close my eyes, but I don’t enter into sleep. So one of the nights, I finally heated up some milk and it did the trick. I was finally able to sleep soundly.

Thinking too much, were one of the reasons of the insomnia.

I kept going over my new daily routine over and over. I guess I am still unsure, whether I can keep on going. But, I can’t say or know yet. It’s only been a week. I hope with time, I can finally get used to the new system.

And no, I am not really scared now of being in the kitchen. I am scared of my life outside the kitchen. I am scared of being alone. Leaving and returning to an empty apartment everyday isn’t the kind of life I’d like to lead.

 

One last time before we part…

One week before we finished our academic year, the whole class went on a study trip to a vineyard in Beaujolais. It was quite a memorable outing, as it was our last one together before each and everyone of us left for internship.

So the trip on a whole was very enjoyable one. We learned a lot, and of course drank as much as we could too. We left school at 12.30 , it was a very light day as we only had coffee lesson in the morning. Compared to other days, we would had probably examinations or small tests that would affect our admission to the second year.

On the van, some people slept all the way while the others took the opportunity to take silly pictures.

The famous pair of Roommates!!! Léopold and Lun.

L to R: Alex the brainy of our class, Gabriel and Lu Wei.

L to R: Patrick, Leo, Yi Chang, Lun and me

The ever so sleepy Lun. He is infamous for sleeping, he sleeps so very often during our lessons.

After about 1 hour, we finally arrived to this wine museum.

Smokers/my classmates in front of the museum before going in.

 

As we entered, there was this overwhelming decor of an old railway station.

 

 

Yi chun and a very blurred out me.

An old distillery.

Equipment used then to cork wine bottles.

An old bar.

Old flask that produced sparkling water.

An old grape presser.

The God of Wine – Dionysius

 

We passed by this kids section, and my classmates started playing this memory card game for children. Funny things was, our professeur Mr Gateau joined in too.

Next we watched a 3D movie about the region’s wines.

Lun, Yi Chun and Nolwenn

The different sizes of bottles available.

 

The different packaging for the brand.

After our visit in the museum, it was time to tasted the wines of the region.

Me smelling the white wine.

Then finally, tasting it.

 

 

Around the bar.

After wine tasting, we passed by their wine boutique.

Was very excited to see these three bottles. Just look at that price!!!! RM 1000 for a bottle of wine!!! Chateau Mouton Rothschild is expensive because they feature different designs  by famous artists for their labels each year. 

Yi chun and Lun happy with their purchase.

Then, our tour of the museum ended.

We then took a train to visit the vineyard and it’s distillery.

Gabriel, Lu Wei and Patrick

Nolwenn

The distillery is about 10 minutes ride from the museum. We passed by beautiful landscapes of the region.

The distillery centre.

 

Inside the building.

A frozen leo at the stairs.

 

Barrels and barrels of wine.

After the visit of the distillery, we passed on to their vegetable garden and vineyard.

Lun smelling the flowers

Fruits.

I don’t know how it started then, but my friends started being “posers” for the camera.

First Yi Chun….

Then Yi-chang tried too….but this picture didn’t come out as he wanted it to be.

Second try which I took…..much better haha….so poser lar….my friends.

Then i had to join in posing too. We wanted to act like we work there.

 

Lun

 

 

Posing again…

 

Me taking picture of grapes.

Everything ended. We then waited for our ride to come.

waiting…

taking more pictures while waiting…

argh….what you want?!!! Yi Chang making his tulan face…

More goofy pictures…

 

We all went back feeling happy of the time spent together. The wine was fantastic, and I learned a lot from this study trip. It is sad cause it was our last outing together for the year.

Wanna wish all my comrades good luck for the next 4 months during their internship and we’ll reunite next year!!!!

Most of the photos above belong to Yi Chang…so big thanks to him.