Work has been pretty much ok and fun to a certain extend. Well, it's my first time in the F&B industry so that's much learning to be done. Then there's also the need to familiarize myself with my work environment and the people there. Learning how to use the coffee machine for the 1st time was pretty daunting especially when I am not a coffee drinker myself. Do you know that Americano ia actually "Kopi-O?" I don't. (hehe).

"Secretly" practiced how to use the coffee machine when noo ne was looking - How to take out the portafilters and putting them back. Taking it out and puttng it back again. Times when I couldn't put it back left me in a state of anxiety but they say practice makes perfect and I'm trying. Steaming the milk to make a perfect cappucino/latte requires skills & constant practice and I am pretty fearful about doing a bad job. That said, what you are fearful of, you can never conquer.

Just an example of what the portafilter looks like that I found on the web:


It's not difficult to pick up, but I'm slow la.

Times when the bosses comes in are even more stressful. They're nice people but extremely particular about small details. It is the small details that usually matters the most you see. So they'll have no qualms telling you that you're serving the coffee the wrong way, or that you should serve this first and not that. I don't have a problem with that because they're teaching me the right way to do things but it does makes me feel inadequate at times and kinda scared. I don't have much confidence of myself to begin with.

But it has been an experience and I'm kinda excited to be part of their plans to expand the restaurant. We're gonna start on our 2 months trial serving dinner instead of just breakfast and lunch soon to test the market. And I've also started to make simple Americano coffee to serve our guests under the guidance of my colleague of course! :)

I guess it's kinda good to have something to keep you occupied. Leaves one with lesser time to SIN, I think.

Staring into the Abyss,