Work Experience Diary:

Monday 16th May:
Today was the first day of work experience in The Farm Group. We arrived at 10pm and Mark Wynter put me and Rafia in the same kitchen together on the first floor. The people we were working with was Jesse and Richard (Rich). They were really cool and worked well with us as they were around the age of 19/20. They told us what they did like making toast and tea and coffee for the clients in each suite. At first we just sat around and watched them do stuff and Rafia and I just delivered it to the suites. During lunch Jess went out to 'Moolis' to buy our lunch which was a paneer wrap. Rafia and I sat on the sofa's and ate. Around 2pm we were back in the kitchen and joking around with the guys and introducing ourselves to the rest of the staff. We were chillaxing to the music and joking around with Jesse and Rich. It was a really fun day.

Tuesday 17th May:

Today was another good day. Rafia and I were separated today to see how we get along. I volunteered to go on the 2nd floor kitchen while Rafia stayed down with Jesse and Rich. I met new runners today named Lacyn, Sam and Jamie. I did more work today as this kitchen provided for 2nd floor and 3rd floor. I helped making tea and coffee and delivering them.  When preparing lunch everyone had to go out to collect food from restaurants; I had to go shops to get a packet of crisp. My lunch was Ali +Levi wrap and Rafia had cous cous which she didn't really like. We sat on the terrace in big, round swivell chairs. After eating we sat on the Apple Macs and 'socialised' with friends from school and took stupid pictures with Rafia. After this I continued to help in the kitchen until 4pm in which I could go home.

Wednesday 18th May:
Today Rafia and I were together but we did not work in the kitchen. Mark took us to CTA in which they digitalise tapes. A guy called Ben talked us through every machine and what it does. After lunch (Moolis) we were taken to MCR where they strip tapes and check for faults. A guy called Rob talked us through literally everything for an hour non-stop but it was surprisingly interesting; I had a go on stripping a tape which was fun. At the end we had a bit of fun as I had mentioned Rob looked like Mr Roberts at school and another guy looked like quagmire from 'Family Guy'. We were also having a laugh as Rob couldn't tell the difference between a brown and grey tape box. 15:45 we went back to the kitchen and ate some stuff and Mark said we could go but before we left we decided to go back to MCR to get a picture taken with the guys.

Thursday 19th May:

Today Rafia and I worked in the kitchen all day. We met a new person called Sylvia (Sylv) who was soooo cool. We just cleaned up, washed up, made tea and coffee, went for a run to 'Home' and just helped around. Today was a chilled day, at lunch Rafia and I were on the Macs and just socialised. We also saw RICHARD HAMMOND; he smiled at us!! The other runners also told us it would be a bad idea to ask for a picture with him because he was apparently 'nasty' ahaha. We helped in the kitchen alot today and joked around with Jesse and Sylv. When it was time to go, we got a picture with Sylv as she may not see her again as she may work in Shed.

Friday 20th May:
Today was overall a very chilled out day; it was known as the 'drinking day' where everyone just drunk and had a good time. It was quiet. I just worked in the kitchen today.

Monday 23rd May:
Rafia and I worked in the kitchen all day. It was very very quiet therefore boring as most of the suites were empty. We did our regular jobs of cleaning and serving food and drinks. Rafia and I went out for lunch which was McDonalds; I bought Jesse chips. It was a very quiet chilled day.

Tuesday 24th May:

Today was a very fun and different day for Rafia and I. We were sent to Audio 2 in The Farm and met a guy named Tom who was editting the finale for Total Wipeout for next year. I learnt alot today such as how to mix sound and commentary together. I found it very interesting to watch how Tom was using the fade sliders on the digidesk to control how loud the sound and commentary was. I found it very inspiring how they take in to account the loudness of the background noises and others to accommodate hard of hearing and deaf people where the bars cannot exceed 5/6. They are kind of immersed in their work that they listen out for the slightest sound that does not fit into the whole piece. Tom spent all day working on Total Wipeout and it was amazing to see all the effort he puts into it and how he ran through the whole tape slowly to look for small faults. At 3:30 Rich came to collect us and took us back to Uncle.

Wednesday 25th May:

Today Rafia and I were in the kitchen for a couple of hours and then we were taken to Home in which we met Sonny who was a 'colourist'. He was editting the program A&E and Rafia and I had a go of using the 'balls' to change the colours and emphasize certain colours and people. We had to make the frames look natural. Sonny said we were 'naturals' and had to keep us away from the building incase we steal his job.When he went out to retrieve a phone call; Rafia and I had messed up the picture of the ambulance and had turned in pink and blue but me being amazing - i fixed it. We were there for only 45 mins but we had learnt alot. So after this we headed back to Uncle and returned to the kitchen. About 5mins later, Michelle had called for us and asked us to go back to Home to deliver something - at this point Rafia and I felt trusted. On the way back we bumped into Jesse who was going home as he had only had 2 hours sleep; we wished him well and went back to help Rich. In the kitchen Jade and Rich had decided to make a smoothie with: kiwi; apple; banana; grapes and oranges - it was really funny. As it was quiet in the kitchen Jade was joking around with another runner named Drew and they got 'married' and Jades awesome dress was a purple bin liner. It was such a hectic day but was funny.


Thursday 26th May:

Today was literally a runners average day. We served people and did runs. We didn't go into any suites today but it alright. Jesse and Jonny had swapped shifts so Jonny was working with us in the morning. We ordered lunches and stuff. It was raining SO much today that when Jonny and I went out to Wagamama's to collect an order, we were soaked and cold.. Jonny was clever enough to wear shorts today. We gave out the lunches and had ours - I just had a salad that was actually really disgusting.. so Rich ate mine. It was mainly joking around today with the dishwasher and whiteboard. Jonny drew an elephant representing Rich. Mark had come to give me and Rafia a 'The Farm Group' bag and a t-shirt, we were over the moon about this. Rafia kept changing the music to Drake and we received an e-mail saying 'JLS outside soho hotel giving autographs to mental fans!!!!' when reading this (remember I am in love with JLS) I squeeled and ran downstairs to Michelle who said I could go and see them. Rafia and I ran in the rain to Home as Soho hotel is literally outside it and we queued up to see JLS. We caught a glimpse of them before being told that they wouldn't be out until 6pm.. at this time it was 4 so we decided to head back to Uncle. Back at Uncle we took crazy pictures with Jonny and Rafia said goodbye to Rich and Jonny as she has a business exam tomorrow, she hugged them and shed a tear ahaha.

Friday 27th May:
Today was the last day at the farm group and since Rafia was at school doing her exam; I was in the kitchen