Title : [ A touching story... ]
Hi everyone. Hm...lately have been trying my best to do finish the homework. Well, even after school reopen, i will be still doing my homework. I wont rest till i finish them.( supposed to be done by now...blame me for playing too much)
Hm...just now i watch a drama serial from 1pm to 3.30pm. It was shown on Channel 8. When i first saw the title of the drama..i thought it might be another boring show. But i was wrong. This was a drama serial on a cooking industry. Forget the name. But what i look out for is the substance in the storyline. In this drama, the big chief who own the whole restaurant was down under stroke. He cant even take care of himself properly..he urinate uncontrollably when no one come to take care of him. His main dishes for all the meals were cup noodles. Yes, he had a son and a daughter. His son was full of plans to migrate to other country and start up another restaurant with his father wealth. An unfilial child. His daughter was not able to understand why her father force her to help him out in the kitchen when he was still healthy.
An ex-prisoner was released from the jail with good conduct. With the help from his centre, he was able to get a job in the that restaurant. Most of the helpers and chiefs look down on him. Lack of trust was all that he sees. He had indeed turn over a new leaf for the sake of his granny who had passed away when he was in the jail. Under cheap payment, he was asked by the boss(the son) to look after his father. What that was really touching was that he never show any dislike to the state the old man was in. He cleaned up the house which is full of unrination, bathe him clean and cooked fired rice for him to eat. The tiny details which he did for the man in a form of invisible concern and care. Slowly, the man start to open up to him and teaches him the skills to cooking. With the trust, he went back to the restaurant and did a good job. However, people around him still treat him as prisoner, someone who would always have the black record for the rest of his life. He never gave up but to determine to do his part well. For another reason...it was the man who gave him the trust unlike anyone. He picked his way up slowly and soon..he was ever more qualified to be a chief. His loyality for the man was never ending..he still when back everyday to take care of the man.
However, the restaurant was faced with the lesser costumers and some workers wanted to quit. It was the most difficult time. Soon enough...the restaurant might face with the fact of being closed down after 40 years of history. One day, the old man when back to the restaurant...he was sadden by the state of his very own restaurant. He said to all the workers sadly..with his face muscle shooking uncontrollably, " ....Even there is one costumer come in...you all still need to cook the best food out..." Just in time, a costumer came in and ordered "ma bo dou fu" The young man with the guidlines given by the old man cooked the dish that the costumer wanted. Never did they know that this was the best opportunity for them to make a come back. The next day, costumers came in contiuously. That was when they realised that the only costumer who came the other day was actually a writter from the newspaper! That was the day when the restaurant really came back to alive. Like the olden days.
When the young man went back to tell the old man of the good news...the old man was already dead in his wheelchair. In his hand held a book of recipes and said that if there is another day, hope that the restaurant would come back alives with the good dishes passed down.
It was a story of an ex-prisoner who really wanted to be accpeted by the public, an old chief who has all the hope to do up his very own industry and the misfortune to have an unfilial child.
I was very touched by the story. Maybe the way i write might not be that touching..sorry..*opps*It might be just a make up story...but isnt that what we sees now in daily life? Would a parent who treated his child so well when he was young boy..would ended up in such a bad state. Even an ex-prisoner treated him father-like. No one is willing to make any mistakes...but forgiving the person would really create space for one to start anew. A reborn of life. It is the heart of the person that we should look out for. The heart to care, concern,share for other people...[2/1]
