My Experience at the Avalon Campus

I must say that the opportunity I had to go to Montagu and work at the Victorian Hotel where I had to manage and run the hotel and working at Avalon Springs where my duties where in between housekeeping and the restaurant, I had learned a lot. First of all I would like to thank Sondela and each person who supported me during this experience and challenge. The greatest lesson I learned during this experience is that when entering the business and “grown-up” world you deal with huge responsibilities. There is also no more time for you to make mistakes as each mistake will cost the business money, but we aren’t perfect and if mistakes are made you should take responsibility for it and admit you were wrong. The scary part is when you handle such huge responsibilities you also have to make decisions, these decisions can be impulsive if you have to make them quickly but you always have to think of the consequences because each decision you make will also affect the business in some or other way.

 I am very grateful for this opportunity I had because know I can have a new perspective on life and that everything is not always as it seems. As the old saying goes: “don’t judge a book by its cover”. No matter where you are in life always be grateful for each opportunity and make the best of it, if you are experiencing negativity in the workplace never think that another place will be better because in the end each place has its ups and downs, you just have to make the best of what you’ve got!