Me:" yeah, I want to be a chef" (since that young I've been thinking of being a chef)
Others:" you? haha, forget it, you should just follow what everyone does and get a proper desk job" (and those other people now are still very skeptical about my current job.)
That's 10 years ago... along the way, I actually goofed around, getting bad grades with my diploma ... never thought of getting into a proper culinary school or even attaching myself to any kitchen as a apprentice. Age 20: Got called into Army (yeah in Singapore, it's normal for guys)... and after 2 years... I came out and say "screw it, time to realize my dream" and so I got myself enrolled into a culinary school and now here I am, 6 more months from graduation and a chef.
Well, ever since in this line of work, I got pretty much loosen up, shaped up, battered up. Not that it's a tough job. But sometime really, when the heat of the service comes down, everyone has to take all the firings and press on till the kitchen's close.
I find those experience satisfying. Really, ask any chef out there and they can tell you the same thing too.
Of course now, I'm not exactly a chef, but more like a apprentice chef. I do things that i've never ever did in my life, like whipping up sauce and salad dressings, pan fry a tenderloin or even trussing of chicken.
Besides cooking, my only other hobbies are Travelling around to eat and Manga, Comic and Anime (basically, what you people call Otaku). Now don't be too surprised for the 2nd hobby... you may have heard nasty reports about us but in actual real facts, there's lots of us who are contributing positively to society and not so dangerous.
Well I guess that's what I'm saying for now. Job's tomorrow and gotta sleep. For Chef out there in the world, FIGHT!
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