Last day of work. What can I say?
Today I was suppoused to say goodbye, but how do you say goodbye without breaking down? How do you say goodbye to people you love knowing there's a chance you won't ever see them again?... I just couldn't. I left earlier, before most of the chefs were there. Just like another day, telling myself I would be back after my two days off.
As I walked down the stairs after signing off for the last time, I saw H with a puppy face looking at me, and as she said 'you can't go' i had to fight the tears to keep them in. Cuz the truth is I can't, but i'm doing it anyway. I have to. It's time to keep moving, to go with the flow, to keep growing up. Asia's waiting for me.
But leaving wasn't an easy choice, and I'll miss Rydges so much! Being far away, they became my family, a really good one. Most of the chefs were like my brothers and sisters, some more like my parents, haha. I'll miss getting there at 6am and having Johnny Wu, Helena or Gareth saying "morning", I'll miss the puppy faces and the 'sorry Sabrina, I burned it' while they hand me a really bad looking pot, I'll miss the jokes and even the ice cubes on my back. My chefs... the ones that make me laugh every day, that reminded me I had to smile when I was grumpy or just too tired, the ones that fed me all the time, gave me icecream when no one was looking or cooked me breakfast even tho they were not suppoused to. I'll miss trying new stuff, calling Tim all the time just because, sharing smiles with Will, saying 'hi Yoshi' and seing his big smile every time. I'll miss chating with H, Gareth showing the finger at me all the time and pissing me off, I'll miss poking Damo. I'll even miss the 'Sabrina, can you wash this?'. I will for sure miss Sharne's jokes, and the 'Sabrina, make me a coffee please'.
I'll miss the front staff aswell, they all have a place in my heart now. I'll miss Denisse and Olive, my favourite waitresses! The ones that had to listen to all my complains when people pissed me off, the ones that were always there. I'll miss Denisse walking by and telling me to go on break with her. I'll miss Eiko and Rachel, I couldn't say goodbye to them, but I wish they know how thankfull I am for all they did for me. I'll miss Salvador and he's hot jokes!! Imposible not to laugh arround him. I will even miss Binod asking me to put the fucking cutlery through!!God, I'll miss so many things.
Rydges gave me a family, a thousand good memories I will never forget, a lot of people I will always keep in my heart. Cuz everytime someone asked me about my job, I always said the same... I love my job, cuz I love the people I work with. And if people ever ask me where my favourite place in New Zeland is, I know I'll probably say Milford Sounds, but in my heart, I will always be thinking about my beautiful Rydges <3
But on the bright side... no more dishes, no more cleaning, no more burned pots, no more rubish inside the containers, no more plastic containers inside the food bucket, no more cutlery, no more boxes to break, no more taking the rubish out!! No more dishes everywhere, no more shitty kitchen hands that pissed me off all the time. No more puting things away, and moving things from one side to the other to have them in the right place. No more making smoothies that dissapear when they take them upstairs without letting me know, no more filling up juice bottles!!! No more work!! HOLLYDAYS here we go!!!!
So if anybody asked me, did you enjoy your time at Rydges? I will say: Yes chef!!
