a RoAd cAllEd LiFe...

2nd November 08



While my friends were doing their works at the stall, i head back to the hostel, to prepare the most important thing for the stall, the DISH!No dish, no sale la right?I was preparing the dish alone, but it`s not that hard, since that all the ingredients were already cut and prepared in the kitchen.So, without wasting time, let`s get cooking!!

Firstly, heat some oil and then put the onions, the spices and salt secukup rasa.Then, mm..panjang la pulak nak cerita.Takpe, kita pendekkan.
Selepas masuk kan suma bahan2, tinggal nak tunggu benda tu masak secukupnya sahaja.hehe..
Since it`s my first time cooking something in a big quantity like this one, i can`t really expect the time needed for the dish to be fully cooked.I bet even my mum had never cooked anything as much as this.I estimated that it would be ready by 2pm, about an hour later.If my estimation is right, than it would be in time for the stalls opening time, which was at 330pm.
So, while waiting, I went for my bath.Tak mandi lagi.heheh..



-periuk pinjam-


Lepas siap mandi, kemas-kemas semua, I went to check the dish, and know what??It was far from ready!The kuah was still cair, not yet the kepekatan that I was expecting.The reason: Japanese stoves punya api are not that strong like we have in Malaysia, hence the slow cooking time.I waited till 2pm crossing my finger, that it will be ready by that time.But still, it wasn`t ready.In term of "kebolehmakanan", dah boleh makan dah, dah sedap dah pun, just the thickness was still not suitable for the dish we`d be serving.At 3pm, it was still not ready, and I started to get worried.The stalls would be opening in half an hour.Then my junior, Rosdi came.We discussed on what to do about it, and Rosdi came with a 'brilliant' idea..


-very 'brilliant', but to no avail..-


Lastly we thought of dividing it into 2 pots, and continued heating them.This time, it worked!But by the time we finished cooking, it was already 430pm, an hour late.Kami dengan segera angkut bawak pegi gerai.Our senior, Adil complained a bit about the late arrival, because there were already some customers asking about when were we going to open our stall.


-while I was at the kitchen, they prepared the stall:setting up the chairs, tables, start the fire, etc..-



-the view when I got there delivering the periuk-


As soon as the dish arrived, we opened our stall and start our next work, promoting and attracting customers.At first, the sales were quite slow, only a few plates were sold.But starting from 530 pm, people started coming another after another, even kami kelam kabut nak prepare.At 6pm was the most peak time, thanks to the fact that it`s exactly dinner time.




Oh ya, this was our dish.Nan + Chicken curry!Sedap tau!
p/s : sorry calvin, you got it wrong! :P




While we were entertaining the our customers at the stall, there were some performances happening at the main stage.Dari jauh bunyi macam best, rasa nak pergi tengok je, tapi kat gerai tak cukup tangan.



-there were more than 30 stalls-


-my class`s stall.sorry guys tak dapt tolong kat kedai aritu.we ourselves were busy too.-


By the time it started to get dark, which was about 630pm, we were already sold-out!We aimed to sell about 50 plates that day, and we managed to sell about 70 plates of nan.And our periuk kari licin abis!Kami sendiri dapat makan sikit je.Betul2 sikit.Rosdi kempunan tak sempat makan.Kawaiso~.haha..That was an achievement for us, despite starting an hour late from the others.




-sold-out-


It was good thing that we finished early, we got the time to wonder around, looking at other stalls,and watching the performances.Dah abis pusing-pusing, ada masa lagi before the fireworks display, so it`s camwhoring time!


-Kurume Kosen`s Foreign Students : 3 Malaysians, 1 Morroco, Laos, Mongolian and Viatnamese-


-love this pic, dunno why.sebab ada mamat ensem tu kot?haha..rasa ensem..-


-the performance-


-orang jepun suka buat benda-benda macam ni.mesti ada laki pakai baju pompuan.pergi la kat mana-mana college festival pun.mesti ada.-


Then, at 730pm, we moved to the school ground for the fireworks display.It was splendid!




The fireworks show lasted for 15 minutes, and with the end of the show, that`s the end for Zenyasai that day.Everyone than started packing their stalls, looking forward for Bunkasai the next day.We hoped that the sales would be as good as today.


-we had actually packed our things before 730pm-


-that`s why our tent was the first to be down.hehe..-


Dah habis kemas, perut pun dah kenyang, badan pun penat, kami pun balik hostel berehat..