J*'s fried beehoon
Microwave-cooked chicken
I liked the chicken as it was really well-marinated, the flavours coming through the normally bland chicken breast. J* used a barbecue sauce, a local product, but when asked, he could not recall the brand name.
"Lama tak makan bersama ....," my colleague N** commented, and it brought me back to the good old days when we were still a small establishment.
When I started teaching in the school more than 10 years ago, there were less than 30 teachers. Us colleagues were all very close and occasionally, we would have communal meals in the staff room. It was a time for us to relax and catch up with the latest happenings in our lives. However, more often than not, our conversation topics revolved around our school, our students, and our lessons.
As time passed, the school grew bigger, we got busier, staff came and went faster, and communal meals were a thing of the past. Nowadays, the staff room was only for work, work and more work, and people ate at their individual work stations. More and more people ate at the canteen, as there was not even time to prepare our own food from home.
So, it was really nice of J* to have woken up early today to make us some fried beehoon. It certainly brought back past memories, when eating together provided an escape from the hectic school activities.
I liked the chicken as it was really well-marinated, the flavours coming through the normally bland chicken breast. J* used a barbecue sauce, a local product, but when asked, he could not recall the brand name.
"Lama tak makan bersama ....," my colleague N** commented, and it brought me back to the good old days when we were still a small establishment.
When I started teaching in the school more than 10 years ago, there were less than 30 teachers. Us colleagues were all very close and occasionally, we would have communal meals in the staff room. It was a time for us to relax and catch up with the latest happenings in our lives. However, more often than not, our conversation topics revolved around our school, our students, and our lessons.
As time passed, the school grew bigger, we got busier, staff came and went faster, and communal meals were a thing of the past. Nowadays, the staff room was only for work, work and more work, and people ate at their individual work stations. More and more people ate at the canteen, as there was not even time to prepare our own food from home.
So, it was really nice of J* to have woken up early today to make us some fried beehoon. It certainly brought back past memories, when eating together provided an escape from the hectic school activities.
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