I actually survived! Yeah! A housekeeping weekend, that is. I was off housekeeping for the August CHOICE weekend. Being a participant was an experience, now being part of the hospitality crew is an even bigger experience.
Because we have to be hospitable, everything have to be ensured that things are running smoothly, from the food to the utensils to the stationery to the hall setting to flowers decorations to making the participants feel welcomed to taking care of their every need.
If you think it is easy, try surviving on just four hours of sleep in three days. Long after the participants have gone to bed, we had to prepare the food for breakfast the next day, so we ended up boiling macaroni, shredding chicken and chopping small tomatoes in the dead of the night.
We ended up getting up before the sunrise to start cooking. We ended up grocery shopping at seven in the morning. And barely when one meal was done, we had to start preparing for the next. Plus all the cleaning up after all the meals! But it was all worth it, as the participants seemed to enjoy themselves so much, at least they seem better than the participants during my own weekend!
By the time I reached home last night, I could barely walk straight! It is not an easy feat trying to feed an army of people, who, for some reason, these participants can really eat! They kept asking for second and third helpings even! Even six hours of sleep last night was not enough for me! Yet it is back to work again today, hopefully I can keep myself awake!
Because we have to be hospitable, everything have to be ensured that things are running smoothly, from the food to the utensils to the stationery to the hall setting to flowers decorations to making the participants feel welcomed to taking care of their every need.
If you think it is easy, try surviving on just four hours of sleep in three days. Long after the participants have gone to bed, we had to prepare the food for breakfast the next day, so we ended up boiling macaroni, shredding chicken and chopping small tomatoes in the dead of the night.
We ended up getting up before the sunrise to start cooking. We ended up grocery shopping at seven in the morning. And barely when one meal was done, we had to start preparing for the next. Plus all the cleaning up after all the meals! But it was all worth it, as the participants seemed to enjoy themselves so much, at least they seem better than the participants during my own weekend!
By the time I reached home last night, I could barely walk straight! It is not an easy feat trying to feed an army of people, who, for some reason, these participants can really eat! They kept asking for second and third helpings even! Even six hours of sleep last night was not enough for me! Yet it is back to work again today, hopefully I can keep myself awake!
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