the story begins * sneaky laugh

Right, so i said i'd fill in the blnks about who i am and such...
Well, this is my story

My career, my chosen career is that of a Chef, i graduated from High School in 2003 and followed my heart, head and trail of applications which lead to me college to study to become a chef. Now i know that sounds strange, studying to become a chef.. what on earth would you be studying?? Learning how to boil eggs? spread butter on a sandwich? hold a spoon?
That among other things. LOL
I had business subjects (management, entrepreneurship) too and some strange math-like subject - still have the images of the puzzled look on the faces of my classmates.. most of them thought they left math behind when they heard we were going to have practical class (class in the kitchen).
They actually equipt you with necessary skills to open your own business if you get tired of being barked at by ego-tripping angry chefs. [mind you, that is very very useful]
I slaved away at college for the next three years and graduated last year. During those three years, we found ourselves working for months FOR FREE trying to complete the required amount hours in order to complete certificate level 4, before carrying on to diploma level 5 where were had to work in hours - well this time 6 months!
When searching for a place to my 6 months in-service , i decided that i was really really not going to settle for a place that did not offer a salary.
Think about it carefully, and if you didn't know or realise how hard chefs work, then you will be shocked at the salaries we chefs get paid,, it peanuts.. you can't even afford peanut butter if you had a family to support - i do not have a husband or kids or anything but those chefs who do.
Anyway, if you are passionate, like really passionate then you accept it and carry on till when you work your way up the "chef industry ladder"... That was my plan
So believe me, i worked my arse off, and if you watch the food channel and you see how those chefs get anal and start yelling... it's worse, they can be down right nasty! But you learn to be less of a duckling along the way (yes, yes i WAS a duckling) and you learn to swallow your pride and speak up if something does not stick with you.
Yeah! More power to ya if you'r not a duckling.
My dream was to work my way up that "ladder" and someday open my own place..
Till the day my dreams got dashed>>>

I have medical issues, they had to fix my spine 7 years back and at the time they failed to let me know what kinda career choices you could make, they only specified that i would be ok after 8 or so weeks and i can carry on as per normal. Well they fixed my spine but 7 years on it gets complicated.. [starting to sound like avril lavigne, Why'd you have to go make things so complicated??]
Yeh so my spine specialist doctor person i went to see told me that " a chef no more is what you can be", ok no, he did not say that specifically, he just said "i'm sorry but i think you need to find a new career". Reason being there is too much pressure on my spine being on my feet like that all day, and we work very long hours.
Just like that, he took it away, just like. Now let me just say, that since i can remember my dream was to become a chef - a pastry chef (desserts, cakes, chocolate and sweet stuff).
Just like that!

So i let that simmer for a while, thinking what exactly i was going to do next..
The Gods must have been smiling down on me [i think i just always wanted to use that saying!]
Because by some stroke of luck, a job opportunity came knocking.
I now found myself being a receptionist for three different companies, all completely different.
The office environment was never really my thing, but i have to admit i am thoroughly enjoying it! Possibly because it's all new to me but i really dig challenges and one of the first challenges was figuring out how to work the fax machine! LOL
No but seriously i had to learn how to do business talk and meeting clients and dealing with all sorts of things out of my comfort zone.
Yeh, so I'm making the most of this opportunity because i'm damn lucky for something so quickly and it's something i'm honestly enjoying.
We'll see where things lead to from here on...
I'm now known as Nunu, the Recheftionist!