The Cruise

August 7th, 2012 will be a full-day of tension because this is the day of my ROM (Restaurant Operation Management) project's GRAND OPENING. Its name is "THE CRUISE" which symbolizes a name of quite exclusive vehicle that carries sort of good people. My team decided to use that name to represent a mobility of themes that we can apply forward. THE CRUISE serves both of dine-in and take-away, also buffet and a la Carte. THE CRUISE vision is to be an escape to where conceptual American Casual Dining set for sensory experiences. Besides, to emphasize it's culinary field, we use "Appetizing Voyage" as tagline. Our team consists of  33 THM'10 student who are well-trained in each specific area.

Going further instead of formal tale, I will tell you about "THE CRUISE behind the scenes"..

Despair.. it was over-praised by lecturers with hopes that actually did not fit the real situation.

Quarrel.. even though our team is much more solid than another team, actually we had lots of misunderstanding to each other.

Coordination.. it was so hard to manage 33 people in harmony.

Bad News.. THE CRUISE got lots of bad news for several times.

We are all very excited for this project, but it seemed so blur, supremely.

First of all, we got the first turn to run the restaurant. However, the lecturers themselves still did not have the exact planning since the usual place for ROM project will be renovated to the juniors concern. Then again, we were given inappropriate place (THM balcony) that forced us to constantly look for plan B. Don't you think it's all tiring?

But, wait, it did not stop in that part. Still, we got another madness that finally we got the place which we will permanently use. BUT, it is outdoor, no boundary.. clueless. 

There are lots of rule transformation if it's compared to the previous one. We were too much surprised with things that actually out of the thoughts (too much to tell in details).

Yeah, we know life it's hard, but giving up will never be a choice. We kept patiently struggling till finally we seemed don't care with another bad news! =D

It was uneasy to arrange meetings, materials, system, concept, everything.. Even more, it was happening during a long long semester break. Everybody wants a packed-holiday, everybody needs holiday. Unluckily, several members also join the Orientation Week committees.
Switched,

Major member also did not come out with the same excitement which was so disappointing somehow. But never mind, at least some people worked persistently excellent. 

FINALLY, we made it through the D-1 "30th July 2012" (actually our grand opening day : "31st July 2012"), we have rushed things, prepared all and ready to fight! 

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In the morning we got the worst bad news ever!! The lecturers also lost contact with Property Management staffs who are responsible for this case. They have promised us that we could run the restaurant right on the day which have already planned. 

It was the feeling I couldn't explain. Sad, mad, disappointed, tired, all the negatives :(

The lecturers then held an urgent meeting to generously contribute a big apology. But the point is not the purchasing alone, it is about the sponsors, the invitation.. and reputation.

Nothing else we could do. What's the point of overwhelming in the sorrow? So we stand up again and believe that everyone needs to fall, bounce back and fly even higher than before. We swapped the anger to a greater spirit :) We held some meeting to share and mutually encourage. We won't let this pain come up in a vain.

 

So guys, we are pioneer. We are the major planner. We are tough. 

We would like to show you the hardworks :)

HOPE TO SEE YOU AT THE CRUISE GRAND OPENING!

UC Plaza 1st Floor on AUGUST 7TH, 2012 8.00 sharp.

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