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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.