So after the Chinese New Year celebration concert, I decided to head to the junior college side and take a look at their festive food fair. When I was got there, I was taken by surprise to see the huge crowd of people with their banners and boards held up high, together with the enthusiastic yells to invite the sea of business at their sight. It was colourful. Blue, red, yellow with green; the four houses for the junior college all named with their first letter "a". It looked something like these...
Isn't it a visual treat just by looking? What a grand and joyous event!I went up to the second storey to take these pictures. It was not possible to have such a bird's eye view at ground floor. Hastily, I quickly some bought some food to patronise some stalls.
Firstly, I had this Frolick yoghurt. Basically, it is ice-cream with a topping of either marshmallows or peach. As you can see, I chose the latter. It costs me $3. Okay, relax, don't get too worked up when you see this price. I think it is quite worth it, I'll explain why. Firstly, this group of people have rented the real Frolick yoghurt-making machine from somewhere. The decoration of the stall makes the dessert look appetising and original. It doesn't look cheap, so they have to sell it at a levied price to make compatible with its appearance. And, it is real-brand stuff, not fake products made from low quality materials. So, isn't it a bargain? Oh, the taste? It tastes little bit sour, icy and creamy. With the touch of the peaches, it just melts in your mouth and the light sensation of happiness lingers within...
Next up, I had "ice" candied-haws.
Doesn't really look like it, right? I will explain what happened. When I bought my yoghurt, I passed this stall selling ice candied haws. I saw that the fruits were frozen in ice and it titillated my palate. Holding my phone in one hand to take photos, I had no free hands to buy other stuff momentarily. I decided that I will come back and purchase the candied haw once after I finished the yoghurt. So about 5 minutes later, I headed back for the stall. I read the sign and it said $1 for a stick. Having no spare coins, I handed my $2 to a girl at the counter and expected a change. The promoter was shouting something like this "1 for $1, 2 for $2, 3 also for $2"... I thought he was kidding after probably having no business for a while. The old teenage girl signalled to me that 3 sticks cost $2. She just gave me 3 sticks instead of a dollar coin change. I was quite stunned. It tasted like, fruits? Just grapes, kiwis, dragonfruits, rockmelons and mandarin oranges. So healthy, it helped me balanced my food pyramid triangle...
This is called prata-dog with Twisties. I came across this stall near the college canteen after roaming around aimlessly as most of the stalls have already started their cleaning and closing preparations by that time. So, just $2 for a prata-dog with some Twisties. Innovative, practical and yummy! It is served as an afternoon snack. The combination is fantastic. In the crispy, oily and soft outer covering of the prata, lays a meaty and fulfilling sausage beneath. One bite and you get the best of both worlds. Another bite with some Twisties brings you the harmonious fusion of Heaven, Earth and Man...
And then..... I went home!
And then..... I went home!
Reflections
I think that this activity is meaningfully organised to both do a part for charity and to improve students' entrepreneurship. All proceeds of this bazaar will be generated to some sort of non-profit organisation. I think that the junior college seniors can have a better understanding of the way to do business and also can have the chance of improving social skills when it comes to the communication with their customers. Teamwork is also essential for this fair to be a success. If a class or group do not unite as one, then their stall will not generate much income because they don't work together. Every one in the group can affect the group's performance if he/her does things differently from the norm. This activity can broaden each individual's view of the money world outside and be a gauge to test one's ability for its adaptability to handle pop-up situations and emergency events. Being flexible at certain times can also save your group in an unforeseen circumstance. What to you think are the purposes or intentions for organising such a rare event?Please do share.
March 14, 2010 at 2:28 PM
I think that your descriptive words choice are a little overboard, especially the last part about the harmonious fusion between Heaven, Earth and Man. That is a little unrelated and exaggerated. I believe that you can try to use more appropriate word choice to describe your experience.