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Stir-fried with all the meat together! Adding some special sauce! But couldn't forget the salt and pepper to esceletaing the spice up! Eating this dish with rice would be boring! So, I decided to eat with popcorn and chips instead of rice. Here's we go a flavorful dish with a variety of meats....XD 

Blog #23: Senior Project Presentation

1) What are you the most proud of in your block presentation/or your senior project? Why?


         The most proud of in my senior project is I am going to graduate. I can't believe I have been learn so much up to this point. This is the first time that I am get a chance to work on something that I have a passion with. But more than that I get a chance to show or present my own passion to other people and too let's the world know who I am. I would said I can't ever imagine where I am today speaking in different language from where I was born at least an hour. I personally an unpredictable person who love to change all the time but maybe not this time. This 9 months project have confirm me this is what I want to peruse as my future career. Lastly, I would like to tell myself in the mirror, " Good Job, Bel! You have found a passion of your life and there is nothing impossible until you try"
  
2) Questions to Consider


a. What assessment would you give yourself on your block presentation ( self-assessment) ?


AE      P     AP     CR     NC


b. What assessment would you give yourself on your overall senior project (self-assessment) ?


AE     P     AP     CR     NC


3) What worked for you in your senior project?


        My activity is executed well as well as my decoration for turning a classroom to be a restaurant.
The audiences were engaging while I was presented. Everyone is willing to learn more about the restaurant. I have a great time doing my own presentation. 


4) (What didn't work) If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your senior project if you could go back in time?  


        If I had a time machine, there is one thing that I would like to done differently is too cite more resources throughout my presentation.


5) Finding Value


How has the senior project been helpful to you in your future endeavors? Be specific and use examples


        If I-poly high school doesn't have a senior project, I may not consider to transfer from Fremont Academy Engineering and Design to be here. I'm glad that I decided to transfer to I-poly. This senior project has all of my heart and always the reason why I want to come to school during my senior year and not graduated early. First, choosing a topic is pretty easy to me because I already know what I want to explore with. To be honest in the back of my mind I'm a little bit scare if I discover that I'm not really love the topic that I chose which is Thai restaurant management what would be my next step because I like none things. Then, I thought ohh well the purpose of senior project is helping you to feel the water what you want to do in your life. If this is what I want to peruse as my future career, I get ahead start in this profession before others. If it didn't go as a plan, I have a chance to not waste my time of my first two years doing something that isn't going to be my future career. Second, I get a chance to learn more about who I am as a person and how I work in this restaurant. I earned that if I got a heart to do something, I will find the way to be there all the time and want to be better in everyday. I discovered that I'm a workaholic. Working in the restaurant makes me feel like I am a person and have a value in me. It likes an addiction because when I can't be there in the restaurant I feel like my day isn't complete. But hey I have to deal with it! This is life I can't be with something that I love or doing something that I love all the time. Third, this project have show an alternative way of research that I never considering as a research before. I have to be honest I hate reading. It just never be my thing since I was born to the world. The senior project has been force me to read so many different type of word print. I realized that I don't like reading anything because I haven't find something that I am interesting in. This time I have to read about business, restaurant, and human which they all are fascinating to me. I have gain a lot of knowledge from that. The great thing about this is I am be able to test it out in real life at the restaurant. It likes "Learning by doing". Forth, I have found there is so much thing around the world that we can learn from but you going to be the one who searching for it. It's an opportunity to experience in your interesting field with the expert. If I don't have this senior project, I wouldn't as eager to learn as I am nowadays.  Fifth, Working with others people in a real job isn't that fantasy as all of teenager like us dreaming about. It required a lot of skills especially we all are still inexperience in this area. But how can you build that if you haven't been working in entire of your life. Since you are a youngest a lot of people who working in the same field that old will find the way to push you down in some way. All of your mistakes will be brought up or others blaming on you because they just afraid of you to become better than them. How can you deal with that? How can you be able to prove that to others even though you are young but you are not afraid to improve yourself in everyday. I have learned whenever the problem come don't have to show that you're angry or talk to them right away. Try to step back and deal like someone have an experience by setting up a meeting and explain all your point of view. Be open minded to hear other people perspective as well. Tell them that you want to be better and tell them to be patient with you. One thing that you have to except is "YOU CANNOT MAKE ANYONE TO LIKE YOU" People can hate all they want but it doesn't mean you have to hate them. If you want to win those people heart, give your heart to them even though how badly they treated you. Let's them feel guilty without doing bad thing to them. That's called, " A PURE WINNER" This project helps me to understand the real world even more. Sometimes It might harsh but it depends on your perspective to proceed thing around you.  Last, This senior helps me to explore to my people and learn each one of them individually. I will defiantly pursue my dream career. I will learn everything as I possible to learn. I will believe in myself. I will find the way to give knowledge as much as possible. I will keep moving forward. I will become a successful person. I will do things with my heart but be responsible in what I do. And I will own at least a one restaurant. Please don't forget to come and check it out! I am honored to have you as a part of my restaurant journey. 

Blog #22: Mentorship

Literal:


        Here's Mentorship Log. I mentored at City Thai restaurant, 48 S.Fair Oaks Ave. Pasadena,CA 91105, by Mr. Chukiat Navasu.


Interpretive:


        I couldn't know how to describe how much have I learn from this experience. I would say I learn about skills that we need to survive in our life. I have learned collaboration skills, solving problem skills, organization skills, and creative skills. Most importantly I have learn how to come front with others. You might think it's not important skill to have but let's face it are you going to work by yourself at all time. Maybe! if you want to be on top, you need people to help and working with you. You can't careless about this cause even though you are genius in working but if you can't make workers like you, you might lost a lot of opportunity. Everyone is able to build up most of the skills but first you need to have is "the willingness".


Applied:


         All of my answers came from experiencing in the restaurant. While I am experiencing in working hours, my essential question always in my mind. I did not ask customers what do they think but I try to do different with customers to taste it out. As well as listen to the customers' compliment. Not only that l also look at everyone who is working in the restaurant and see the difference of how they are working. The customers are god. Restaurant staffs are willing to do to customers' needed as much as possible. Customers can feel the passion from the employees working in the restaurant. But you need to keep your passion consistent by having responsibility. It isn't enough! As I told you earlier that working collaboratively with others are essential skills in the restaurant. How can you do that? You need to have a good relationship with them. Connection is what make the business sustainable. That's how I came up with my three answer. I am lucky enough that have professors at Cal Poly Pomona in Hospitality major confirmed that my answer is right for their perspective.   

Blog #21: Exit Interview

1) What is your essential questions, and what are your answers? What is your best answer and why? 

          My essential question is "What factors most influence a customer in returning to a Thai restaurant?" My first answer is make customers feel at home. The second answer is having passion and responsibility. The last one is have a good connection between customers, employees, and other restaurant owners. Having passion and responsibility is the best answer of my essential question because you need to have a heart and concentrate on what you're doing to make a truly triumph restaurant business. 

2) What process did you take to arrive this answer?


        The process that I took to arrive this answer is the experiences of working in the restaurant. Every Humans is the best thing that you can gain your knowledge. I just have to give my heart and time to be in the restaurant as possible as I can. The answer will be there for you. After that you have to find is it your answer is making sense by talking to another professionals in this area. Do some more research to have your academic evidences as well.
 

3) What problem did you face and how do you solve them?


       The problems that I have been facing is working with others people with the rush hours and I am the youngest one. I personally a slow worker so it will hurt others when we have to be quick. So, I solved it by doing ahead of others and focus to what you do one at the time. Since I am the youngest one which being said that I am inexperience, I will learn more than others. I willing to do more than others. I also have to prove it to others and myself that I can do it and be open-minded.

4) What are the two most significant sources you used to answer your essential question and why?
   
       My two most essential resources are a book called, "Pushing Up People" by Art William and my mentors. This book have taught me how to think differently how to manage anything in business and real life. For my mentors, it's very useful because they giving me a chance to try and experience everything in real world. Restaurant business is all about learning by doing in regular bases which it helps me to came up with all of my three answer and easily to choose one as my first answer because I hand-on thing and able to prioritize it in real life.

Wonton Stuff

        Late in a day after having some dessert. My stomach start crying and making noise. So, I decided to make a " wonton stuff" for my lunch and diner. Of course, It wraps with a egg roll skin. the stuff in side is a combination of ground chicken, potato, and pineapple. I chose chicken because we don't have pork meat in the restaurant that I can use. I chose potato because it will give you crunchy and soft textures at the same time. For the pineapple is for make the chicken softer and bring the flavor. I love pineapple that one of my reason too. Before I fried them, I was mixed the stuffs with sauces, herbs, and salt. This is the result of my dish. Now, It's time to try some!

wonton stuff

 

Blog #19: Independent Component 2

Literal:

1. Include this statement: "I, Papitchaya Sutthisoonthorn, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 60 hours of work"
2. My resources
• Interview:
• Mrs. Ae Limon
• Mrs. Rose Horsangchai
• Mrs. Cherry Vichuda
• Mrs. Kuntaluck Chaiya
• Mr. Phanom Kongsomthong
• Book:
• Pushing Up People by Art Williams.
• Credibility by James Khouzs 
• Website:
• http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g32859-Activities-Pasadena_California.html
• http://www.pasadenaviews.com/365-things-to-do-around-pasadena-california/
• https://youtu.be/GO6hTX7-Ulc
• http://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=Free+Things+To+Do+In+La&find_loc=Pasadena%2C+CA
• http://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=Free+Things+To+Do+In+La&find_loc=Pasadena%2C+CA#find_desc=Restaurants
3. Here's the link of my updated Independent Component 2.
4. I created a "KillerWhaleHaven" magazine. In this magazine is about the passion of my future career, activities that you can do, and interview with the employees. 

Interpretive & Applied:

She is having fun where she belong

         When I came up with creating my own magazine, I wasn't expect that will take up so many times. First, I have to come up the idea what I will put in the magazine. What should I named it? How could I word it that describe who I am? That's when I came up with the name, "Killerwhale Haven". You might think what is the kind of name is that? Do mean you are a whale killer? No, I am not. In my meaning of killerwhale Haven is I love killerwhale and my personality is similarly to it. For the haven is
like a happiness place which when I'm doing something in hospitality related I feel that. The "Killerwhale Haven" is about me doing what I have a passion with. After come up with the name of my Magazine I started to outline what I will be put in the giant booklet. Of course, I should start from design a cover. Following with Activities that you can do in Old Town Pasadena, City Thai restaurant, my dream, my passion, food that I created, and interviews with employee. When we are doing something, we all need plans to keep us on track. Plans isn't mean that you have to complete in order what you wrote. If it's according to the plan, that great. But it doesn't it's no big deal. Working in the restaurant the owner and employees always have a meeting once a month to creating what would need to be improve or maintain upon. Reality is harder than what we discuss. The employees have to go with the flow and able to solve a problem right away. Magazine is a journal that have alternative stories or suggestion for people. For activities page, I researched about what is possible place that I can do around there. Looking up isn't enough I have to experience those places as well. How can you talk about it if you never experience it once?

Diagonal to City Thai restaurant   

Writing a magazine is very details and time consuming same as the restaurant. Customers might see the restaurant is the place where people come and eat. It's not that hard to just have a chef to make a food, waitress to sever the food, owner to buy the fresh food, and a dish washer to clean a dish. If you have this four things your restaurant will survive and moving in a pretty good chef. I would agree with them before I am experience working in a restaurant. NO! chef cannot just make the food for the customer to eat. The chef has to know how the food ingredients react in certain season. NO! waitress cannot just throw your dishes on the table. The waitress has to know how to communicate and provide what customers needed. NO! owner cannot just do inventory and buy foods. The owner has to be in the restaurant at least four days in a week to make sure everything going well and organize. and NO! dish washer cannot just clean the dishes. The dish washer has to keep everything clean and not broken. These are some of the duties that everyone who work in the restaurant has to do. YOu need to be hand-on to understand what is it like to work in a restaurant. It's not only you know what's going on the restaurant. You also have to know another restaurants or places around your location. By knowing I meant connecting with other people around this area so they can help you or you can help them when the problem occurs. Or even help each others out by giving a alternate promotion.

The place that I went to put on my magazine is North Simon Museum, Pasadena Ice Skating center, Pasadena City hall, others restaurant, and shopping stores. They are all such a fantastic experiences. If I have enough money to open a restaurant, I would want to open it in Old Town Pasadena. Even it's old but it's a style that people would like to revisit at any time. Now! I have a pretty descent amount of pages in magazine but I don't have anything that personal yet. I decided to add my own dream and how I can accomplished that. Also, how I have met a passion of my life. I'm sound like a poetic person but that what me become a unique person. Passion is what keep my dream alive and be realistic. Same as a restaurant you have to have a passion to work in the restaurant otherwise you will be just a robot who is only work for money. That's all!  Not only that I added my creation of food into this magazine as well because you work in the restaurant you need to have some inspiration to keep your work moving forward. This process make me understand sometime you have to be patient to get a great result.

Do it fast doesn't mean you have the best result. Let's your brain function thing around you. If I put everything about myself, my magazine might be bias in my ideal of a perfect of the restaurant would be. So, I resolved my biasses by interview five different interviewees. Each one of them have different ideas of how to work in the restaurant but at the end of the day everyone said the same thing that they want the restaurant to be successful and moving forward from time to time. About decorating the magazine taught me just let's it be and enjoy your moment with others that what's make to picture of your life memorable.
     

This second independent component has taught me so many things including ensure all of answers are in a good shape. Location attraction is important to make customers to come back to the restaurant. Nobody wants to go the restaurant just to eat. They want to do something else around there such as shopping, eating some dessert, relaxing in a park, watching sports or concerts, or educating themselves at the museum. Also, the employees should have a passion in what they are working on because it will encourage their working habits. Everyone shouldn't limit their own creativity and freedom while working in the restaurant. Don't hesitate to try new things and take responsibility in what you do. In addition, this component has been teaching me about how to work with others people in different ages, ideas, and experiences. The differences can be a pretty fascinating if we can embrace who they are. Be strict when you have too but be happy while you can!  

The Labor of Love

                During this week I was reading an introduction of a book called "Kitchen Con", the phase that caught my eyes is "The Labor of Love". On that time I just feel cool about this phase without know the real meaning of this phase until today. Today is a Labor day as everyone know. Most of the people have a day off but the restaurant did not. I began my day at the City Thai restaurant by filling a bucket of ice to get ready for the customers. After that I went to the front house to help my waitress to clean up all the chairs and statues. When every preparations already set into place, I received a phone call for a to-go order. Everything just as calm as a wave. About 2:30 customers start coming in continually to whenever we close. I did not have a break at all. Every waiters work constantly like there is no break. We were working without knowing the time have rapid moved. We greet We seat We take orders We served We check We pack We give a bill We settle We clean And We prepare for the next round~~ That's what we do for the routine. Others might think this is an easy thing to do but believe me it's not easy as you see. It's required a lot of skills to handle this especially when you are still in high school. For today at the City Thai is very busy especially when I'm still new to this profession. Everyone don't even have time to drink just a glass of water. Please think about it for a second…… How is working in the restaurant is called " A Labor of Love" ? ………… Any answer? From my perspective as you can see today is just another holiday that I can just relax at home but I choose to be here at the restaurant even how tired I am. The Culinary Art profession is all up to you and you choose to be here working so many hours because you have passion with this particularly careers. Because I love to take care the customers to feel welcome and relax. Love to surprise the customers with a delicious taste of food. Love to share and exchange experiences with customers but also the workers as well. love to set the same goal as your friends. Love to be rounded with people. And love to create a fantastic environment. We are the LABOR OF LOVE because we willing do anything at any times for our customers.