I want to nominate Caitriona Eves for her amazing blog, that are always so funny, and also for being such an amazing friend! love you x
Read her rhyming blog about work experience here!
http://tienies.blogspot.com/2011/11/neven-heaven.html
Tuesday, 6 December 2011
Tuesday, 29 November 2011
Hi Ho, Hi Ho, its off to work we go!
Well last week we all went off to work experience! Apparently the school was really quiet for the week without us TYs tearing around the place! I was working in Ballymaloe Cookery School and Restaurant, with the Irish chefs, mother and daughter Rachel and Darina Allen. It was really cool to see her in the flesh , and I saw how hard she works to be where she is. It was really eye opening. I got to cook lots of new recipes, and best of all I got to taste it which I loved! yum :) If anyone has any interest in becoming a chef or just likes cooking theres a 3 month course at Ballymaloe, where you learn everything from milking a cow to making puff pastry from scratch!
After spending the week there I'm dying to go back, (but I better start saving as its kinda pricy!) I'll try drop a few hints in time for Christmas! :)
I think the best part about work experience was how genuinely nice they were to me, it's a family run business and it was really good to see how all the family were involved - from working in the kitchen to the office. When I spoke to one women, she said she had worked there for 39 years - which was really nice to see! There was also a lot of young people worked there too and it was really fun!
If there's anyone who would like to go there for work experience aswell - I would recomend it! They treat you really well and they show you all areas of a career in food!
After spending the week there I'm dying to go back, (but I better start saving as its kinda pricy!) I'll try drop a few hints in time for Christmas! :)
I think the best part about work experience was how genuinely nice they were to me, it's a family run business and it was really good to see how all the family were involved - from working in the kitchen to the office. When I spoke to one women, she said she had worked there for 39 years - which was really nice to see! There was also a lot of young people worked there too and it was really fun!
If there's anyone who would like to go there for work experience aswell - I would recomend it! They treat you really well and they show you all areas of a career in food!
Thursday, 10 November 2011
TMI - TOO MUCH INFORMATION!!
So much has happened since I last posted so this post is going to be overloaded with whats been going on! I'll try and make it somewhat understandable :)
- in art we're working on jewellery making, and it's supposed to be based on harvest and halloween festivals, we're using wire and paper maché!
- in geography we're still doing our round the world trip so we have to work on our presentation so im looking at mexican dishes to cook for my presentation in class! any suggestions?
- in science my group failed to get into the BT Young Scientist Competition :( but we've set our sights on Scifest instead that we can enter our project into :)
- in english we're reparing a drama, so right now we're writing the script and then we'll start to act it out
- soon we'll be going to the opera, :L Don Giovanni , hopefully it will be good , i went to the opera once before , but i was like 4 so i dont think it counts :)
- in Home Ec we're creating an outfit from a plain white t shirt and trousers, the colour is black and white so we're doing half a bride and a half a groom in one outfit !I'll post pictures when its ready
- and most importantly next week its WORK EXPERIENCE! I'll be working in a restaurant / hotel called Ballymaloe House and I cant wait to see what life as an actual chef is ! Im so excited !
So as you can see Im pretty busy, you can see why i haven't blogged in so long!!
hanks for reading :)
- in art we're working on jewellery making, and it's supposed to be based on harvest and halloween festivals, we're using wire and paper maché!
- in geography we're still doing our round the world trip so we have to work on our presentation so im looking at mexican dishes to cook for my presentation in class! any suggestions?
- in science my group failed to get into the BT Young Scientist Competition :( but we've set our sights on Scifest instead that we can enter our project into :)
- in english we're reparing a drama, so right now we're writing the script and then we'll start to act it out
- soon we'll be going to the opera, :L Don Giovanni , hopefully it will be good , i went to the opera once before , but i was like 4 so i dont think it counts :)
- in Home Ec we're creating an outfit from a plain white t shirt and trousers, the colour is black and white so we're doing half a bride and a half a groom in one outfit !I'll post pictures when its ready
- and most importantly next week its WORK EXPERIENCE! I'll be working in a restaurant / hotel called Ballymaloe House and I cant wait to see what life as an actual chef is ! Im so excited !
So as you can see Im pretty busy, you can see why i haven't blogged in so long!!
hanks for reading :)
Thursday, 20 October 2011
thats so awesome bláthsome!
Last week, we all headed off to Newbridge to take part in our minicompany workshop. By the end off it we were all really stressed out - the Director said that next time she sees us we have to have our product! :L :P
So we have tons of work to do - our product is a removable portable pocket that holds all your essentials. We FINALLY decided on our name - Bláthsome! Bláth is flower in Irish, because there's a flower that clips on over it, and the 'some' as in 'awesome'. Anywho Orla the director gave us tons of marketing strategies and tips and it was a really good day :)
So we have tons of work to do - our product is a removable portable pocket that holds all your essentials. We FINALLY decided on our name - Bláthsome! Bláth is flower in Irish, because there's a flower that clips on over it, and the 'some' as in 'awesome'. Anywho Orla the director gave us tons of marketing strategies and tips and it was a really good day :)
Sunday, 16 October 2011
cool pics :D
Anyway my last post was kinda serious so here are some really cool photos of food:D
Have to say - so proud of myself right now for figuring out how to upload a picture (and for taking these amazing photos !)
Anyway - Im gonna go get a sandwich :D
LATER XX
Have to say - so proud of myself right now for figuring out how to upload a picture (and for taking these amazing photos !)
Anyway - Im gonna go get a sandwich :D
LATER XX
BLOG ACTION DAY !
i love food , the topic of this years blog action day. in fact - right now im munching on a bar of chocolate :D . i love cooking, and sharing food with friends, but a lot of people arent as lucky as that.
Last week we had to do a project on the Milllemium Development Goals, and I learned that there are 900 people in the world living on a dollar a day - around the price of a bar of chocolate, (putting away my bar of chocolate guiltily and wiping my face! :L jk)
But seriously - there are people who have to spend 80% of their income on food, yet in the 3rd World people spend that dollar on a snack, without a second thought.
Hmmmm - this topic has already got me thinking about how unfair that is. There are so many different attitudes towards food - for some, its something to share, for others - it's something they have to spend all day worrying about how they will be able to put the next meal on the table, and for others, its something they feel guilty about after eating.
Its so weird to think how unequal the world is - on one hand there are people obsessed with food and eating disorders and diets and on the other hand there are people starving, who would do anything for a good meal.
Anyway - thanks for reading this, i learned a lot
til next time xx
Last week we had to do a project on the Milllemium Development Goals, and I learned that there are 900 people in the world living on a dollar a day - around the price of a bar of chocolate, (putting away my bar of chocolate guiltily and wiping my face! :L jk)
But seriously - there are people who have to spend 80% of their income on food, yet in the 3rd World people spend that dollar on a snack, without a second thought.
Hmmmm - this topic has already got me thinking about how unfair that is. There are so many different attitudes towards food - for some, its something to share, for others - it's something they have to spend all day worrying about how they will be able to put the next meal on the table, and for others, its something they feel guilty about after eating.
Its so weird to think how unequal the world is - on one hand there are people obsessed with food and eating disorders and diets and on the other hand there are people starving, who would do anything for a good meal.
Anyway - thanks for reading this, i learned a lot
til next time xx
Tuesday, 11 October 2011
This *monkey* is bananas - B-A-N-A-N-A-S! :)
This week we're preparing for our fun walk, in aid of charity, so each year is given a colour and every class makes up a dance for it- TYs are yellow so all of Eriú chose to do bananas. Anyway we have to do a banana dance *peel banana peel peel banana!* and we're using every class we can to try and practise! We're in IT rote now and we're not allowed practise til everyone does a blogpost and says 5 things to do :) here goes!
THINGS TO DO
-practise fun walk dance !:D
-organise work experience (yesterday me and my friend decided to apply to the army - ATTENION - LEFT RIGHT LEFT! )
-bring in bananas to bribe the judges of the dance competition - full of pottasium ! lol
- finish my speech in religion on the Millemium Development Goals :L (due yesterday)
- LOVE SHANNON <3 (she told me to write that)
- finish our fashion project - we're doing a bride and groom theme - all in 1 outfit !:)
gotta go :) x
THINGS TO DO
-practise fun walk dance !:D
-organise work experience (yesterday me and my friend decided to apply to the army - ATTENION - LEFT RIGHT LEFT! )
-bring in bananas to bribe the judges of the dance competition - full of pottasium ! lol
- finish my speech in religion on the Millemium Development Goals :L (due yesterday)
- LOVE SHANNON <3 (she told me to write that)
- finish our fashion project - we're doing a bride and groom theme - all in 1 outfit !:)
gotta go :) x
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