Best Western Premier Hotel Fieldwork
OCT12 and 13
It was fist time to see Zeeshan and Ashley. In the morning, they introduced us about their hotel. Also we had small talk with them and went back to house. On Thursday, I did management tasks but not so much tasks so it was easy for me.
OCT19 and 20
This week I had to manage some management working with PC. I could understand how to use excel and deal with some documents. Both of two days I talked with my coworkers again and again. It was very fun to know their personalities and culture. However sometimes I felt difficult to understand what they talked. So, I thought I need more English vocabularies and listening skills. Anyway, my boss told us some Hindi words but those were so difficult to pronounce. That was so fun, and I could make good relationship with Ashely and Zeeshan. I thought I keep continue to make good relationships with others.
OCT26 and 27
This week I did house keeping and some management work. That was my first housekeeping and I understood how to make a bed and clean. I cleaned rooms with Ukrainian women, and she is not good at speaking English like me. Therefore, it was difficult to communicate with her. So, me and her used gesture to understand each other. She was so kind for me also she told me how to clean the room and put away some stuffs. It was easy to know because she used simple English and gestures. This experience was important for me to understand different culture and people.
Best Western Premier Hotel Fieldwork
NOV2 and 3
First day, I ate food of left over like sausages, some fruits, and so on. This week I did house keeping and some management work. That was my first housekeeping and I understood how to make a bed and clean. I cleaned rooms with Ukrainian women, and she is not good at speaking English like me. Therefore, it was difficult to communicate with her. So, me and her used gesture to understand each other. She was so kind for me also she told me how to clean the room and put away some stuffs. It was easy to know because she used simple English and gestures. This experience was important for me to understand different culture and people.
NOV9 and 10
In the morning, I cleaned the meeting room and ate leftovers of breakfast. After lunch, I cleaned each floor with vacuum cleaner. This season is not busy every year, so it was easy to finish own work. So I had a lot of time to talk with other coworkers also, I felt my speaking skill is little bit better than before so, I could enjoy talking more with them.
NOV16 and 17
This week I set up the meeting room, some management works and housekeeping. Making bed was still difficult for me but my coworker told me again how to set up the bed. She is international student of TRU like me. She was very kind for me, and we talked about her culture of India. After lunch, I talked with Zeeshan about Japanese culture like food, city, and people. It was so interesting for me to compare with my culture and his culture of Kenya. This week also I could get many opportunities to speak English. That was so inspiring for me.
NOV23 and 24
Those two days are last days of our field works. I already miss them who are my coworkers. This week, our works were lil bit hard because 85 new TVs carried to our hotel. So we had to move new TVs for each rooms and put away old TVs to down stairs with other coworker. We helped each other and talked about something fun, so it was hard but also I could feel very comfortable. One funny things which they didn’t understand this week is our last working so Zeeshan and Ashley talked us about next week. I miss everything like their joke, house keeping, and other work and coworkers. But, they will be held a dinner party for us in the new restaurant of the hotel, so I can meet them again before I go back to Japan. I’m really looking forward to go there again.