a RoAd cAllEd LiFe...

-1st floor`s operation base-


-2nd floor`s operation base-

That day, again, we opened our stall a bit late, as the curry was only ready at 1030am.After some of the guys went to take the curry pots to the stall, I immediately continued with the 3rd pot.Heard from them that there were already big crowd of people at th festival.I estimated that the 3rd pot would be ready at around 130pm, in time we finished the 1st and 2nd pot.After putting the ingredients all in, I left it to Akmal to look after the pot and I went for bath and prepare myself to get to the stall.


-getting the stall ready-


-our poster-


At 11am, while having Akmal looking after the curry, I went to the stall to help there.When I arrived, there were already a few customers buying our Nan+Curry.At that time, the sales was still not that promising, but that didn`t worried us.



At almost 12pm, about time for lunch, as expected, the sales started increasingly rapidly.After about 15 minutes, a line was formed in front of our stall.At first we were very happy, with our eyes blinking of the `dollars symbol`.Hehe..But when the after about sometime, the line didn`t seem to stop and we started to kelam kabut as we had to entertain with lots of orders, especially when each of them ordered more than one plate of nan.We were very very kelam kabut till we burnt some nans while trying to grill in a big amount of them at a time.And there was a time when I we accidently delivered a customer with still-frozen Nan.Luckily we weren`t scolded by that nice lady.She seemed to understand our situation that time.


-Line in front of the stall.That guy with the box ordered 6 plates of Nan, even we were shocked ourselves that I asked him the amount again.-


Then, finally, an hour after that, the line finally stops, but of course there were still people buying.Lega sikit rasanya sebab penat giler time line yang tak putus-putus tu.Time tu la dapat rasa kepuasan orang berniaga, walaupun penat, tapi gembira and puas hati sebab customer terima apa yang kami jual.




And that`s an evidence that our Nan+Curry were very delicious!Right?Right??Hehehh..

At around 130pm, we successfully sold out all our Nans.But during that time, we still have about 1/2 pot of curry left.We could have just finished our sale and closed our stall but we just couldn`t bear listening to the customers who still demanded for some more.After some discussion, we decided to change the menu into Rice+Chicken curry.We asked for help from makcik-makcik dining hall to cook one big pot of rice for us, and they agreed.Know what?It was ready just 15 minutes after we approached them!Arigatou obasantachi!

I thought that when we changed into rice, the sales wouldn`t be as good as Nan`s.But even the rice were sold out!We managed to sell about 70 plates of them.With that, we closed our stall at exactly 220pm, way ahead of other stalls, and 2 hours before the stalls official closing time.Another success today!


-licin-


-sold out.see you again next year, with the new boss.-



-..\/. Victory!-


The stall is closed, then its time for us to fill our own stomach with the failed-burnt nans and little left curry.


-Ni je yang kami makan.Sedih kan?-


Despite the `sold out` sign already hanged, still quite a number of people asking for some more .Most of them are local people who also to the festival.Some even said they are willing to have the burnt nans and curry yang dah tinggal kerak je kat dalam periuk tu.Kesian gak tengok, tapi camne nak buat, kami dah takde bahan nak buat lagi.



-Sensei ni pun kesian.Both the days he came, we were already closed.Then he asked for the burnt nans, and we gave him with some curry.He insisted to pay for it, but we just gave him for free.-


Again, today we had a lot of time to get around and buy some food from the other stalls, and also watch performances at the stage.And of course, take pictures!



-4A`s stall-


-show by the college`s band-



-guys, don`t get excited too soon.those on stage are all boys too ok.-


-kami di depan poster kami-


You know, the best time to buy food at the festival is during the final 30 minutes of the sale time.During that period, every stalls would reduce their prices in attempt to have all their things sold.You will find that a cup of fried potato which was sold at 150yen a cup at 3pm, would be 100yen per cup at 4pm and a suprising 50yen at 420pm.Sounds like pasar borong huh?heheh..



-dah abis berjual, berkemas pulak-


-5E, who shared the tent next to us-


After the sale time ended, everyone start cleaning their stalls and then returning all the props used during the 2 days of festival.We had such a great festival this year.Participating in the bazar sale was really an exciting experience for us.Gaining some profit through the sales is one thing but the most important thing to me is that we get to mix and cooperate not only among us, the foreign students, but also with the Japanese students and community.We also get the chance to promote our countries` culture, clothes and food to the Japanese people which I think is a rare chance to them.We will be looking forward for next year`s college festival and we hope that it will be as successful as this year`s.I would to thank everyone for their cooperation and help.Without them, it wouldn`t have been a smooth an enjoyful festival.Thanks everyone!


-dah kemas, pastikan sampah dibuang di tempat yang betul-


-this thing would be useful again next year...-