snail's pace

snail's pace

11.06.2008

a new horizon

Well,its been a mth since I arrive here,filled wiv admiration,expectations,even great hopes that this is THE place for me to refine&lify my skills,knowledge,practically&theoretically,aspiring to work under chefs that's passionate about great,tasty food.
At least for the next 6mths,everything has turned 360degrees.
As a starter,5days of no work,leisure only due to eid mubarak,no thanks to the miscommunication betweenn hr& the rep that took us to our accomodation,oasis village.On the 3rd day,we went to abu dhabi,diplomat's raya open house,thats the furthest i went to so far^^.(pics posted on facebook)
As i commence my work on 5th,I was reassigned to khaymat al bahar,a poolside kitchen from main kItc.i must say its a full of crap.to my gut feeling,theyr practising nepotism,cronyism,hell why not,8@9 are indians,sri lankans@nepalese.only four remaining of us are all of various nationality,german,philipines,myanmar&a south african girl..kitchen operation is sooo unorganised,working wiv a bunch of chumps...pretentious,pompous,self aggrandizement prevails constantly,me being on the neutral side,along wiv christian,german guy are sometimes mistreated,taken advantage of.them being the mumbo jumbo,aggravating sth thats merely of a minute matter,just so in hence their 'concerns',voicCes are heard of.But as 30days have passed,the scenario have started to shift to my favor.^^
All of them NOW knows that im "Somebody" unlike most of them...the chefs dont come&bug me.they let me do my job,peacefully as they normally practices on daily basis.
Now ill just cling on for another 5more mths before i ask for a transfer to a fine dining restaurant,most possibly pierchic@pisces...
otherwise,ill just head back home after a year,then to australia definitely,my next destination(my top of the list actually)

3 comments:

CherRyBubU said...

the best has yet to come eh? hoik, everything is the other way round...ape nie?? hehehe might i ask how are you? any starbucks there for you to have ur mocha? im still working with Starbucks...it has become more of a passion for me than just a job. hope all's well for you Rainier! God Bless. :)

someone but who said...

hey charity...finalllly I found the friggggin button to comment.^^
well,its all upside down here.advise for u guys!
"DON'T,I MEANT DON'T ever come here to further ur career,its the wrong place!!!"
kitchen,is absolute disaster!
knows nothing,esp the indians&pilipinos,im Not being bias here but that's the reality over here,well,they populate dubai anyway.
fine dining restaurant menu,is a piece of uhm...duwan to mention.just dissapointment!
I shud hv just accept lafite's offer!darn it!
well,no starbucks,no mocha!=(
I've been abstaining sbux bcz its effing expensive!still drinks coffee,but home made.hehe...
oh yea,how's studies?
going good?

Zamri Karim said...

what the heck!!!can you change your format to english..it makes me dizzy la bro!!!ada berani jom la UNO!!!