Saturday, I had to go to school for the Summer festival. It was not as bad as I thought it was. There were still really nice stalls. I saw Maria, Ken's sister. I realised that she is indeed an active girl in school. I met up with the people in choir and warmed up. I met up with others but they were really ignorant of my presence. I would really like to say hello but it is that either they look away or they couldn't hear me. The girls are so much better. Then I was actually looking for Amadeus but I couldn't find him. Most of the booths set up by the students are selling cakes and fruit skewers. The only proper food sold is only the bread with a long grilled sausage in the middle of the school platform. I met up with Rebecca, Leonie and Luisa during my break. Rebecca's mother was there too. Her mom would like to talk to the teachers of Rebecca's. During the performance, a girl of the 12th grade came by and said that she would like to perform. The teacher actually allowed her to do that. She is such a show off. I have not seen her for practices for quite a while but she came by. Like some LC star. It wasn't my problem anyway, I pretend that I don't know. Anja, Max,Anna, Valerie and Hendrik were there to hear the performance. I wanted to speak with hendrik but he seems really bored, Anna came by and I had no chance to speak with him because he received a phone call. He walked away after the performance. I was so bored and I was really hungry. I bought the last piece of cake sold that was considered to be reasonable although I know the type of food that I will be cooking in the evening is really filling and high in carbohydrates.
I went to Marlene's house, being all excited to cook the food. During preparation and the cooking process, I am pretty sure that Marlene doesn't cook much complicated food. She made the whole fire place full with bater from the banna fritters when she was frying pisang goreng. We had problem with the timing too. We didn't plan what to do first and what to do next. Something embarassing happenned. I was supposed to cook nasi lemak. I was not experienced in using the pot and the fire place for cooking. I cooked the coconut milk first with pandan. It was really aromatisch but boiling. I had to cool it down slightly before I cook the rice. Then I placed the pot that is filled with rice and coconut milk on the heater. It was the maximum heat intensity. I left it boiling. Then while I was thinking of the sambal, a scent of burnt food was smelled. I thought it was the bananas but white steam is escaping the pot of rice. Marlene saw it and asked me what is that, I thought it was normal and insisted that it came from the bananas. Then Marlene rechecked and I opened the pot, I saw something brown. and I did something stupid is to stir it. haha, the whole pot was totally messed up. I had to cook it again. I made her kitchen filled up with white gas. It was really funny. Then Marlene made the sambal and Tempe. She chopped up the whole packet of chillis. She boiled it in a pot of water, the steam was so spicy, it caused Martina to cough and cry while she was cleaning the pots and pans. We had fun making a mess.
Kate, Gong joo and Jamie came by. They brought the sago I made this morning. That was really hard work. Obviously Jamie didn't eat anything served. Then after eating, they discussed about how Martias started to be avegetarian. He is really a picky eater. He doesn't eat soya, cucumber, mushrooms and raw paprika. He even speaks really loud for being like that. Gong joo told him about the tasty meals that could be made out of from the ingredients he don't eat. When I went home, I got to know that Kate brided Jamie for behaving himself although he doesn't like the food served. That was really horrible for me to know that she actually did that, or perhaps it is just only the way for children like him? I have no idea, that is totally not my problem. I realise that most of the Germans have major problems with food and picky eaters. Those who really pick food to eat should be exposed to people who have nothing to eat. Just when they don't like eating it, they leave it and dump it in to the waste. Hello? Isn't it better if you finish up the one that you tried and never take it again for the second time. I am really suprised to know that most of the Asians educate their children better in food aspects and table manners. Martias gets annoyed really fast. He is really a hard person for me to interact with, he actually ignored me when I said hello to him on that day. I tried to smile at him and it was always that I had to get ready to not feel embarassed or bad when he gives no response.
Anyways, it was really a nice experience. I was glad that Marlene was sent to Indonesia. She is not so picky in eating. She learned to eat what is served and not waste.
Sunday. Yvy came by and had pancakes and bacons with us. Yvy and I had also sunny side ups. She wasn't really in a good shape because she didn't get enough sleep. I was really bothered to see Jamie's attitude in learning. He was given a fork and knife to cut the pancakes. He insisted on using his hands because he can't use the forks and knife well. When Kate was trying to teach and persuade him, he said he don't want to learn the proper way. Jamie talked to Kate in a really rude tone and Kate was so patient. I can't believe that she didn't correct his manners. I really wanted to leave the table. I had to really keep my mouth shut because it is obviously not my problem. I did a mistake. I breathed really loud. I think it is really obvious to Kate and Yvy that he is getting on my nerves. I tried to cover it up again. What is done is done. Then I went to talk to my mother about the food and attitude problem that I realised among the people here. She told me to be really careful in taking care of my emotions. I have a really big weakness in hiding my feelings. My feelings are always exposed on my face. I really have to learn to mantain the same facial expression like Martina in every situation. Kate and I went to choir practice with the tram. We met up with Doro and the others along the way. I feel that I am almost fed up with listening to the things that they discussed. I decided to sit in front. It was no fun at all. I tried my best to mix in, but I feel really bored. I was really glad that Kenric was coming for the concert. Marlene and Martina came too. All of us went to the bar nearby for dinner and celebration. I was totally happy that I could spend some time with him. I shared my experiences and thoughts with him. He is also a really hardworking person. He could understand and speak quite a handful of German already. It was the first time I ate in a bar. I had salad and Kate treated Kenric a meal. It was really interesting but really big in portion. I was really suprised that I tried to stop Kate without thinking from persuading Kenric agree to pick which meal she suggested. I was really worried that he will be like me, having problems with saying no. Anyways, it was really fun for tasting food that I have never tasted before. Typical German food. I feel contented.
I was actually really angry for Katalina to not appear as she had agreed to come to the concert through facebook invitation. However, I should really be more understanding. Perhaps she has something on or she forgot about it.
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