can i get a big oh yeah for blackouts?

OOOH YEAH!

so this past weekend was a complete adventure

starting on saturday afternoon

it all began when our power went off for a split second

and when it came back on all our smoke alarms were going off

we tried turning them off and going for a walk to see if they stopped

sadly it didn't work and nothing was quiet!

kels, her friend andrew and i decided to go out for dinner

we hit up swiss chalet and enjoyed every bit of it

especially the pumpkin pie!

when coming back to the school it looked abnormally dark

turned out all the power was out and would be for another 4ish hours

this 4 hours turned into over 12!

we had a very quiet and uneventful night on saturday

this was because all the RA's asked us to stay inside

sunday around noon the townhouses finally got power

but the school was still black which meant no internet

sadly all the power was back later on that night

which meant we had school on monday

monday was another brutal day

but went pretty quick like normal

monday we made a whole bunch of stock!

beef, chicken, vegetable and fish

they weren't very hard things to make

but took sometime because they had to get a lot of flavour

the bones were freakin sick and the fish smelt soo bad!

we did a pretty decent job though, chef gave us 83%

the rest of the day was pretty dang brutal

i avoided falling asleep so many times

tim's was a definite necessity

today when my alarm went off

i wanted to kill somebody!

i was super upset that it was a tuesday

and i had to wake up super early

today in the lab we made roux

i don't expect anyone to know what it is

it's melted butter and flour

which is then a thickening agent for the 4 mother sauces

we also made beurre garnie

which is uncooked roux so unmelted butter

there was also glace de viand

onion pique and starch slurry

search them if you're interested

but they're really not that interesting!

our house is super freezing right now

i tried to turn on the heat this morning

but obviously it's not working!

AND

i apparently left my room window wide open this morning

so when i went in tonight i froze my butt off

my laptop was so cold it wouldn't work very well

i think that'd my update for now

have a sanitation and safety test to study for

and a resume to write!

julienne, brunoise

sorry it has taken me ages to write again

i'm at school, i'm so busy with homework.. not

i just got through the worst days of the week

they are only horrible because they're 10hour days!

the morning is now going quicker

because we've actually started to cook, well sort of

yesterday we learned all our cuts

it was quite a painful morning!

i got a nice blister on my finger

and actually bruised it!

we had about 5kg of carrots to cut

so by the end of it, my hands were a nice shade of orange!

today we learned another cut

it's called turning

this makes the food more decorative

so we turned potatoes

and they end up in a 2" barrel type shape

not too hard to do, they just have to be even!

we also learned how to bread things

so we ended up deep frying zucchini and mushrooms

baking on thursday

we get to make 3 kinds of cookies

i am definitely excited to bring those home!

the weekend was an average hang out time

though, nathan, katie halls and sarah p came to visit

i didn't see them a whole lot

but it was awesome they came!

we also finally got a tv!

we only have 3 channels but one is global

so that makes it all better

we had a few people over last night

and we watched the premier of house

intense man!

shinerama, shine-shine-erama

so now that the craziness of frosh is over

it's time to actually start school!

this weekend was a good one!

saturday we had a fundraiser for cystic fibrosis

it's called shinerama and it's a province wide thing

you do car washes or shoe shining!

it was a great day all around

and in total we made around $22 000!

at night there was a tight and bright dance

you wore your fluorescent shinerama shirt

and then something tight!

it was such a party and a nice late night!

people looked aweome in their outfits

sunday was the last day of frosh

in the afternoon we had muddy olympics

this was pretty much like messy games

except pretty freakin gross!

first game was a mud pit

second was catching condoms filled with...

who even knows!

then there was condiments twister

this was twister, with ketchup relish and mustard

all over the board to make it very difficult!

the last was some sort of trivia

you stood in a pool

filled with water, beans, alphagetties and other dirty things

they would ask you a question and if you got it wrong

you got a bucket of that dumped on you!

i was covered in mud and ketchup and relis and mustard

that was all i could smell walking home

and waiting outside for the shower!

it was an awesome time though

that night was the biggest party night

it was referred to as 901

this is when the frosh leaders contracts were up

they were able to drink/do drugs whatever with the froshlings

so this ment for a very intense party!

they all pounded back as many drinks as they could

and partied the night away!

as for the actual school part now!

i had my 2 extremely long days

and they killed me!

sitting in a hot kitchen

on uncomfy stools

in our crazy uniforms

for 6 hours

was not a fun thing!

i almost passed out a couple times

in the afternoon classes

when we were in normal classes

and clothes

it was still extremely hard to stay awake!

i'm sure all of this will change

once we start cooking

and keeping fully busy

for the full 6hrs

but the mornings are still pretty brutal

i'm scared i will have to resort to coffee!

today i have communications

aka english

and we get test results back

to see if we get exempt from an hour of class

i suuure hope i don't have to go

it would make things so much easier!

if you have any questions or whatever

email me!

i love hearing from people!

classes

so i haven't been to many classes

[like 3 so far] but i'm super excited

it doesn't even feel like i'm in school

my chefs talking about what we'll be cooking

[yeah! chefs!

i have a few profs obviously

but having chefs is just such a weird thing]

and the skills we'll be learning

obviously this program is going to be difficult

but it's such an interesting thing to study

not many people do it and i'm pumped!

on monday i start labs

which is working in the kitchen

i don't think we really start cooking

until next week

monday is getting a tour of the kitchen

and just getting comfortable

tuesday is mis en place

which is prep to get ready to cook!

on an off school topic

last night i got to see metric

it was part of our frosh package

so they played a show for us

it was a good time

minus getting stepped on by a heel

and having a bush of curly hair in my face

they are an amazing band live!

sarah and i happened to get locked out of the house last night

i gave my keys to a housemate

and we lost her right at the beginning on the concert

we got back to the house and it was locked

i tried texting and calling people

but i got no answer

we ended up heading our to the guys house

just to keep warm until we heard something

we didn't end up hearing anything

so had to throw stuff at the window

and wake a housemate up!

i felt bad but she didn't have class today!

those were my adventures for last night!

first day

alright ladies and gentlemen

today is my first day of classes

they're no special classes today

english and sanitation and safety

we don't have any cooking labs until next week

because our uniforms are being embroydered

so far college life has been good

though most of it has been parties and hanging out

it's good to have these at the beginning

just to get settled into things

and get to know your roommates and other people

and my roommates are pretty dang sweet

there's 5 of them in total

kelsey is going for theatre

siann is for rec and leisure

alyssa is ece

and johanie and allison are for esl

they're all really nice people

and i think i will enjoy living with them this year!

the beginning

i will be attending Canadore College

in North Bay in a matter of days!

up there i will be studying Culinary Management

i'm going to try and keep a record of my time there

what's going on in my life

and what i'm learning in class

maybe even passing on a few tips!

it could get really hectic

so there could be few posts

of big gaps inbetween them