January 2014- Week 4

ORGANIZATION SKILLS

Similar like last week, I didn’t do anything with my cakes due to the humidity caused by the rainy season. The rain has caused the fondant too be very wet and therefore impossible to work with. As I have tried to work the wet fondant last week but wasn’t successful, I decided to change my design specifications as the Personal Project product is due next week. I will still be doing and displaying five cakes in the exhibition, but my design specifications will consist only of three cakes.

COMMUNICATION WITH SUPERVISOR

I immediately contacted Mr. Patrick this week, knowing that it is impossible to finish five cakes as the weather is still rainy. I asked him how I thought this problem would negatively impact my product score in the final assessment. Mr. Pat said that this was not my fault. If my specification only specifies for a cake and I don’t have it, then that is a problem. However, my specification specifies of five cakes and I could only finish three not because I am slacking off, but because the weather has not been supportive for the past three weeks. Mr. Pat’s solution is to change my design specifications to three cakes, although I am still doing five cakes to display in the exhibition. This said, this problem would not lower my product assessment score.

INFORMATION

Again, I barely did anything related to my personal project these three weeks due to the heavy rain. I wasn’t able to work with the sticky and wet fondant caused by the humidity of the rainy weather. As this becomes a major problem, I could not finish my last two cakes, though I might try to finish them before Tuesday if it does not rain. This said, I also changed my design specifications, which were supposedly five cakes to only three cakes. I also decided to use a wood board to display my cakes, with each wood painted based on the theme.