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*slumps* It's really hard to get back into the swing of working after two years absence. I'm starting to get the hang of it, I think? I've got mornings down, now, and I'm getting better at pacing myself during the day (my shoulder decided to remind me last week that it's fairly weak and doesn't like prolonged periods of activity - like scrubbing twelve loads of washing up and lugging tables around the place for hours on end). Maybe it's just that I'm pathetically out of shape, but working in a kitchen seems to involve a lot more upper-body strength than I had anticipated -_-;
And yeah, I'm mostly working in the kitchen at the minute - any spare body working in a centre that hosts a restaurant will inevitably end up doing the washing up, I think. *smiles crookedly* There's a particular kind of triumph, sometimes. I was really proud on Monday that I managed to salvage two burnt pots, although that could be mostly because I was the only one willing to go at it with wire wool. Heh.
In other news, we're doing research reports in the class section of the programme. Nothing strenuous, considering five years of college. I only remembered once I'd started that 700 words of a report is basically no length at all and barely fits a summary and a sketched overview on any in-depth topic -_-; Most of my time was spent trying to rejig sentances once I went over the wordcount, and even pared down it's 730 words long. Honestly. 700 words is not a report, it's a summary.
The topic was fascinating, though. Basically writers choice of research topic, so I picked historical female pirates, because someone was discussing Chinese pirates recently and made mention to Ching Shih. 700 words was nowhere near enough, but I managed to get a fascinating overview of some famous pirate queens. Some of the high notes:
And yeah, I'm mostly working in the kitchen at the minute - any spare body working in a centre that hosts a restaurant will inevitably end up doing the washing up, I think. *smiles crookedly* There's a particular kind of triumph, sometimes. I was really proud on Monday that I managed to salvage two burnt pots, although that could be mostly because I was the only one willing to go at it with wire wool. Heh.
In other news, we're doing research reports in the class section of the programme. Nothing strenuous, considering five years of college. I only remembered once I'd started that 700 words of a report is basically no length at all and barely fits a summary and a sketched overview on any in-depth topic -_-; Most of my time was spent trying to rejig sentances once I went over the wordcount, and even pared down it's 730 words long. Honestly. 700 words is not a report, it's a summary.
The topic was fascinating, though. Basically writers choice of research topic, so I picked historical female pirates, because someone was discussing Chinese pirates recently and made mention to Ching Shih. 700 words was nowhere near enough, but I managed to get a fascinating overview of some famous pirate queens. Some of the high notes:
( Sea Queens )
