Day 79 : The Final Lap

.:The final Lap:.

After 79 days, we’ve finally finished our training in ClubMed.

Being a server, you have to have –

1. Patience
2. Average Product Knowledge
3. Problem solving skills
4. Good communication skills
5. Strong arms and fingers
6. Stable shoulder
7. Politeness
8. Good balancing skills


Being a bartender, you have to have –

1. 24/7 Patience
2. Full product knowledge
3. A quick thinking mind
4. Good problem solving skills
5. Good communication skill
6. Endurance
7. Team spirit
8. Superman’s strength
9. Sense of Humour
10. A very very wide smile


Being a Chef, you have to be/have -

1. 24/7 Patience
2. Professionally trained in giving excuses
3. 100% product knowledge
4. 110% independent
5. 120% bravery
6. 130% Humour
7. 140% respect for others
8. 150% creativity
9. 160% confidence
10. 170% endurance
11. 180% heat proof body
12. 190% team work
13. 200% stomach

Note – no.7 and no.12 doesn’t exist in ClubMed but everyone has no.13.

From horrible accommodation and being served inedible ‘food’, to being threatened and insulted, we’ve faced it all, over and over again.

Starting from the bottom isint always easy, and so is earning respect from others. No pain no gain, ritey?

Patience was key to everything. For example, waiting for cookies,brownies to be baked, takes time, waiting for choco mousse to harden, takes time.. cooking all the food, takes time, understanding others, takes time.. waiting for an empty toilet, takes time.. waiting for this very last day of work.. takes A LOT of time.

We have all the time in the world, just that we don’t use it wisely. (sounds funny coming from me) 24 hours a day. 8 hours of work, 8 hours of sleep and 8 hours of complaining of too much work and not enough sleep. What have you done today that you think wasn’t time wasting?

Voices of chefs and supervisors saying ‘ Eh hello, while doing this, you can do that too.. and that.. and that’ can be heard every time. All in the name of saving time.

T – Time
I – Is
M – Moving
E – Everytime

.:Conclusion:.

I’ve learnt a lot, im proud to survive this long in this condition and I thank God for everything for this past 79 days. Its time to make funky drinks, chocolicious desserts and
hot hot hot dishes.

This blog has served its purpose for this 3 months and I will no longer update it. Haha thanks to Alric, Jac and Nic for all your support and to all my family and friends back home. =) We’ve made it!


Last post on Day 80.

Thank You God!


feel free to comment haha

Day 75 : 79

keeping my thoughts for Day 79

Ultra post coming soon..




woohoo choco fountain!

Day 73 : Coverline for Dummies

Professional coverlines guide

1. ''Sorry, this dish will be ready in 10 minutes, please come back later sir''
Truth - no one is making the dish, you wont see it again.

2. "Yes, this is fresh squeezed juice.. ''
Truth - 'fresh juice' as in 1/10 squeezed juice and 9/10 concentrated juice mix together

3. ''..do try our Saffron sauce, its lovely''
Truth - Saffron never existed in the kitchen for the past few years

4. "..We're out of soy milk,sorry''
Truth - we have 5 boxes of it in the store

5. "..Yes, the lamb is cooked medium rare''
Truth - I'm not sure whether its even cooked, why don't you tell me?

6. "..Yes, we have clean fresh meat products''
Truth - Yes, it was fresh..before flies had a thanks giving party on it.

7. "..I'm sorry sir, i coudn't hear you, what drink would you like to have again?''
Truth - I know what you just said, but i don't how to make it.. so im killing time while i call for help.

8. "..Yes ma'am we have *oicjewojfnowne* over there, on your far left hand side''
Truth - what is *oicjewojfnowne*?! do we even have it here??!

9. ''The apple juice has a dark-cloudy colour to it, its normal as it oxidizes''
Truth - The blender we're using to make apple juice is also used to make pineapple, watermelon, carrot,honeydew and banana juice. Enjoy your fruit punch 'apple' juice.

10. "..We have the freshest juices.."
Truth - sooo fresh that we blend the fruit straight it's box without washing..hope you dont taste the sticker that was on it.

11. "..Good to see you again! How are you??"
Truth - YOU AGAIN!?

12. " ..I'll send the drink to you soon sir, we're very busy at bar now"
Truth - I need to go to the toilet

Day 72 : Emogamer's day

Haha happy birthday to Ridzwan aka emogamer..
one more year then you're fully legal. hahahhaha!

Enjoy your day clown!


ps - faster get ur lesen and bagi tumpang.

Day 71 : I've been tagged

Tagged by Fatintin


Three names you go by :
1) Malcolm
2) Mally
3) Mal


Three screen names you have had :
1) Malcolm In Club Med
2) Mloclam ni bulC deM
3) MaLcoLM


Three physical things you like about yourself :
1) My smile
2) My 6 pack which is combined into 1
3) My 'taman negara' legs.. hahahaha


Three physical things you don't like about yourself :
1) None
2) None
3) None


Three things that scare you :
1) The Head chef of Club Med
2) The wife of the Head chef of Club Med
3) Hungry malaysian guests


Three of your everyday essentials :
1) Food
2) Sleep
3) Alarm clock, so that i can wake up from sleep to find food.


Three things you are wearing now :
1) Shirt
2) Surf pants
3) Boxers


Three of your favourite bands or musical acts :
1) Hillsong
2) Planetshakers
3) MercyMe


Three of your favourite songs (right now) :
1) He will carry me - Mark Schultz
2) What I want - Bob Sinclair feat Fireball
3) Praise you in this storm - Casting Crowns


Three things you want in a relationship :
1) Patience
2) Trust
3) Happiness


Three of your hobbies :
1) Walking by the beach
2) Jogging to the beach
3) Bringing my clothes to the laundry


Three things you wanna do really badly right now :
1) Go home
2) See my family and friends
3) Finish this tag.. muahahahahhaha x)


Three careers you're considering/considered before :
1) Chef
2) Pastry Chef
3) Bartender


Three places you want to go on vacation :
1) Manchester, England.
2) France
3) Switzerland


Three things you want to do before you die :
1) Become a head chef?
2) Country hopping
3) Establish a foundation

Day 70 : Friends for life.

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haha see you dudes soon!

Day 69 : Rain rain rain

Its been raining for three days now =(





pic from google

Day 68 : Italiano

Pizza recipe coming sOon!


ole ole! from the Italian Corner





pic by alric

Day 67 : He will

I call, You hear me
I’ve lost it all
And it’s more than I can bear
I feel so empty

You’re strong
I’m weary
I’m holdin’ on
But I feel like givin’ in
But still You’re with me

pre-chorus

And even though I’m walkin’ through
The valley of the shadow
I will hold tight to the hand of Him
Whose love will comfort me
And when all hope is gone
And I’ve been wounded in the battle
He is all the strength that I will
Ever need
And He will carry me

I know I’m broken
But You alone
Can mend this heart of mine
You’re always with me

chorus

And even though I feel so lonely
Like I’ve never been before
You never said it would be easy

But You said you’d see me through
The storm

- Mark Schultz

Day 66 : Chicken day

Happy Burhday to sHeal the chicken no.1
muahahahahaha x)

Chicken no.1 with chicken no.2

Enjoy peace at home while you can, I'm coming back soon
hahhahhahahhahaha

Day 64 : Tongtong

HaPpy Burhday mr. EugeNe tong!!!!

May you grow crazier by the year =)

God Bless loads brader and enjoy your day!!

berCOD4 when i come back.

Day 63 : Veeekeeee

Hmm?

Happy Burhday to VeeeeKeeeee!! ahahha (you owe me milo ais)
Enjoy your day girl!!! Cya soOn =)

Day 62 : Day 61

Yesterday was our day off, so we went out to Kuantan for our weekly lepak session.

Our rat exterminator.

Waiting for the taxi..

Is Ridz lost?! haha this brader came to Kuantan to lepak too with his friends x)
Ridz, you and ur frens free next week? haha! thx for coming semalam haha.. and your fren's 7 series.

For lunch we ate at..

Im not sure whats wrong with Adrian's face..hmm

My super huge mango ABC..

Crab buns

Big Apple for tea

For diNner!

unagi, salmon, kobi, mitsubishi, sony, toyota?

Full signal!!!

Deep fried mackerel

Salmon with buckweed noodles

My new jogging shoes..( yes ma i will take care of my shoes..)

MU fan's bling bling

Before..

After..



Haha, we've change department.. im in the hot buffet, alric is in morning shift, jac in cold buffet and Nic is.... still at home.




God Bless =)

Day 60 : OoLaLa

Fish Salad

eaten raw.

Preparation Time : 10 mins
Marinating Time : 2 hours
Serves : Depends on how much you eat
Difficulty : Kacang putih
Rating : 6.98/10

Ingredients

a. 1 Cubed Tomato
b. some shredded coconut
c. Half a lettuce, rough chop.
d. Olive oil
e. 1 Shredded carrot
f. 1 shredded cucumber
g. coconut milk 100ml
h. optional - fried uncooked pasta(long ones), for garnish.
i. Salt, pepper and lots of dried chopped Basil.

For the fish

a. 1 kg fresh Dory fish ( or any amount you like)

b. Cut into cubes.
c. Marinate in Coconut water, little bit of santan, and lemon juice.
Reminder - coconut milk can go bad, and so can the fresh Dory ( to be eaten raw ).. so do marinate about 2 hours in the fridge. Lemon juice helps to counter the fishy taste and kills any 'bacteria'.

Whats Next?

In a big bowl, throw( or nicely put in) the shredded carrot, timun, tomato cubes, chopped lettuce and Dory fish into a big bowl. Add a few dashes of olive oil, salt, pepper and basil.
Adding more Basil will intensify flavour of the fish and the salad.. so throw in a whole bucket of it..im kidding, just make sure the salad and fish is covered with Basil.

Mix everything together like making rojak( dont so gila until nothing left in the bowl ). Do portioning on a plate, in my case was a triangular plate. Add as much santan by the side of the salad and add more basil.Add some shredded coconut flesh on top of the salad and lastly Cucuk a fried spaghetti into the salad as garnish.






End Result



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Day 59 : twentyonedaystogo

The Cold Buffet.


thx alric for the pic =)





21 days to go to freedom.

Day 58 : Obama

Me : Chef, ada lagi Cream jenis 'President'?
Chef : Eh, sorry maaf.. tak ada dah.
Me : Aduh, kenapa habis??
Chef : Obama already take.
Me : .............

Day 57 : Tapas

Egg Tapas from the Cold Buffet.
The first recipe I've learnt..funky recipe produces funky food.

1. 25 eggs
2. Chopped spring onions
3. Salt and Pepper

Mix all the above ingredients. Take a handful of small prawns(or anything you like) and cubed potatoes and place into a chaffing dish. Pour the mixture into the chaffing dish and bake for 40 mins at 150 Celsius.

For garnish, we use smoked mackerel and baked eggplants.
Sorry didnt take pics haha


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looks something like this haha
Serves 40 pax. =)

Day 55 : Monkeypox round 2

This time, Nic has successfully contracted chickenpox from Jac
and is back home.. speedy recover Nic!
now u and jac can have a competition to see who has more hehe.


jeremiah 33.3!

Four chinese junior chefs..



I'm in the Cold Buffet department whereby we prepare and serve raw dishes, such as.. shashimi, prawns, vege, fruits and etc. Other than that we prepare dishes like Potato Garlic salad, Eggplant Caviar, Baked Butterfish satay, light sushi and bla bla bla.

The smell of the chiller in the cold buffet is exactly the same as the garbarge storage..so its hard not to imagine that what we're preparing is garbage.. sadly, most of the food we prepare end up there anyway.

Kitchen life is way way way less stressful than life at bar, but looking at the standard of this kitchen.. I'd rather go back to bar.

Day 54 : I'm Back.

Hellooooo!! Long time no see haha.. Jac and I finished our 1 month sentence at bar while Nic is going to the bar. Alric just started his 1 month prison term with us at the Kitchen. ahaha 'hurray'


before i continue..

God took the strength of a mountain,
The majesty of a tree,
The warmth of a summer sun,
The calm of a quiet sea,
The generous soul of nature,
The comforting arm of night,
The wisdom of the ages,
The power of the eagle's flight,
The joy of a morning in spring,
The faith of a mustard seed,
The patience of eternity,
The depth of a family need,
Then God combined these qualities,
When there was nothing more to add,
He knew His masterpiece was complete,
And so,



He called it ... Dad

-unknown

Selamat Hari Jadi kepada Ayah! whoot!











Thank you untuk segala-galanya !!.. we shall go Manchester next year hehehehehhehehe *cough*

Day 42 : Break time

Haha, sleeping late and waking up late then straight to work..need to rest!!! Not blogging for a few days.

Day 41 : Crazy Malaysians

Malaysian guests has taken over ClubMed.

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Day 40 : "Siao ah?!"

The famous quote from Mr. Adrian Yao still fresh in our heads.


Alric, Nic and (jac too) I all the way from ClubMed wishes you HaPPy Burhday SIR!!






Sorry sir pinjam your gambar kejap. =)


We want to say thank you very much for your concern and siao-ness throughout this year and congratulation for being the Winner of the Malaysian Red Ribbon Award!! Your hard work paid off! We're proud students haha! Keep up the good work and may all of us go mamak when we come back *Sir must spend lo k..blek*




God bless!




''Siao ah?!''

Day 39 : Jalan jalan cari makan.

Posting Pics soon! mau tido

Day 38 : Mahcik Fatiiiiiin

Happy Burhday tooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Fatin!!!!

Peri-peri posers.

The day we were fair for 0.23853 seconds.

*sobs* its fatin's birthday..*sobs* hehe

My hips don't lie.

Muahaha

Haha, can't remember how your laugh sounds like adi leh.. toilet flushing or enjin cannot start?



Hahaha neways happy birthday to you and may your dreams come true tinnie!
All the best for your exams =)
terimakasihbanyakbanyak!





ps - my arms dont hurt anymore wahahhaahahha