Makamba's
Door: Lisa en Emma
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24 April 2009 | Nederland, Amsterdam
Bon tardi!
Let's start where we left off again. After our warm meal during lunchtime we sat down in the garden and we sunbathed all afternoon. Emma read a booklet which Peter owns, and it's called Makamba's on Bonaire. Makamba's are blank people visiting Bonaire, just like we are. So any time we visit a restaurant or bar, Peter introduces us as his niece and the friend of his niece, but as Makamba's as well. Emma read that the Dutch word salaris comes from Bonaire, because in the early days people were payed with little heaps of salt and those were called salarium or something like that. So, that's why ;). The booklets were very interesting to read, all the ins and outs of Bonaire in just two booklets, hehe.
Around 16:15 we changed clothes again and we went to our work. We arrived and did the same thing again, not boring though. We saw the Tuna but now into pieces, which they were going to serve that evening. They expected a lot of people would choose it, which turned out to be right.
Today Lisa didn't drop a glass, which was good. The guests arrived slowly but after a while it got busy in the restaurant. The American guests came again and, as arranged, ate the Tuna fish, which they really liked. We met some Dutch guests as well who were here for diving: a Dutch couple and three other Dutch people (who were quite annoying, but we couldn't show that, of course)
Our bosses tought us a new word. We forgot the word though, but we wrote it down in our booklet which we, unfortunately, forgot to take back home (it's still in the restaurant). They gave us homework as well: they gave us the word Spuds, which has something to do with restaurants but we had no idea what it could mean. Does any of you have any idea???? Please help us out
Sue and Will, the owners, gave us the opportunity to ask questions from our booklet, which we did and they gave us whole stories about the history and a lot of other things which were important to know about the restaurant.
We took some pictures as well, pictures of the restaurant, we will upload these pictures some other time.
After our work we left off to the Mona Lisa where we enjoyed some drinks together with Peter and Irma, and after half an hour/an hour we went back home again. Back home we sat down in the porch and around 00:30 we went to bed.
This morning we woke up quite late because we were tired. We went downstairs and we saw that a few women were cleaning the garden: there will be a party tonight. Not just a party, but a party of a niece of Irma, she turned 1 today. They told us that 46 kids were invited, 46 kids aged 1,2,3,4 or 5 years old. 46 kids will visit this house/garden tonight between 17:30 and 20:00. One big party! We don't have to work tonight because when we were talking about the party our bosses told us that we were allowed to take the evening off and we decided to do that and instead of today, we're going to work on monday as well. So we still have saturday and monday to work left. Wednesday we will be teaching the kids at the primary school.
This island is very unique. It contains only one roundabout, you're allowed to drive without a driving license and the police officer will only wave at you and greet you, it hasn't got any traffic lights and once a Cruise ship ties up along the coast the whole island is being activated and it's suddenly a busy island full of Americans.
This island hasn't got a H&M and McDonalds, which is the only negative thing we can come up with. BUT, we do have a KFC here, so with that information we do know that Andy and Darryl will love this island. They don't have any highways and you often see little houses which are unfinished, just because the builders simply ran out of money.
It's normal, too, to find dead cock-roaches in your room and little dead lizards in your room (just like we did)
The garden is now all set up and almost ready for the party. In an hour we're going to the boulevard and have a drink there and enjoy the sun and the temperature (33 degrees now).
Take care
Emma & Lisa
Let's start where we left off again. After our warm meal during lunchtime we sat down in the garden and we sunbathed all afternoon. Emma read a booklet which Peter owns, and it's called Makamba's on Bonaire. Makamba's are blank people visiting Bonaire, just like we are. So any time we visit a restaurant or bar, Peter introduces us as his niece and the friend of his niece, but as Makamba's as well. Emma read that the Dutch word salaris comes from Bonaire, because in the early days people were payed with little heaps of salt and those were called salarium or something like that. So, that's why ;). The booklets were very interesting to read, all the ins and outs of Bonaire in just two booklets, hehe.
Around 16:15 we changed clothes again and we went to our work. We arrived and did the same thing again, not boring though. We saw the Tuna but now into pieces, which they were going to serve that evening. They expected a lot of people would choose it, which turned out to be right.
Today Lisa didn't drop a glass, which was good. The guests arrived slowly but after a while it got busy in the restaurant. The American guests came again and, as arranged, ate the Tuna fish, which they really liked. We met some Dutch guests as well who were here for diving: a Dutch couple and three other Dutch people (who were quite annoying, but we couldn't show that, of course)
Our bosses tought us a new word. We forgot the word though, but we wrote it down in our booklet which we, unfortunately, forgot to take back home (it's still in the restaurant). They gave us homework as well: they gave us the word Spuds, which has something to do with restaurants but we had no idea what it could mean. Does any of you have any idea???? Please help us out
Sue and Will, the owners, gave us the opportunity to ask questions from our booklet, which we did and they gave us whole stories about the history and a lot of other things which were important to know about the restaurant.
We took some pictures as well, pictures of the restaurant, we will upload these pictures some other time.
After our work we left off to the Mona Lisa where we enjoyed some drinks together with Peter and Irma, and after half an hour/an hour we went back home again. Back home we sat down in the porch and around 00:30 we went to bed.
This morning we woke up quite late because we were tired. We went downstairs and we saw that a few women were cleaning the garden: there will be a party tonight. Not just a party, but a party of a niece of Irma, she turned 1 today. They told us that 46 kids were invited, 46 kids aged 1,2,3,4 or 5 years old. 46 kids will visit this house/garden tonight between 17:30 and 20:00. One big party! We don't have to work tonight because when we were talking about the party our bosses told us that we were allowed to take the evening off and we decided to do that and instead of today, we're going to work on monday as well. So we still have saturday and monday to work left. Wednesday we will be teaching the kids at the primary school.
This island is very unique. It contains only one roundabout, you're allowed to drive without a driving license and the police officer will only wave at you and greet you, it hasn't got any traffic lights and once a Cruise ship ties up along the coast the whole island is being activated and it's suddenly a busy island full of Americans.
This island hasn't got a H&M and McDonalds, which is the only negative thing we can come up with. BUT, we do have a KFC here, so with that information we do know that Andy and Darryl will love this island. They don't have any highways and you often see little houses which are unfinished, just because the builders simply ran out of money.
It's normal, too, to find dead cock-roaches in your room and little dead lizards in your room (just like we did)
The garden is now all set up and almost ready for the party. In an hour we're going to the boulevard and have a drink there and enjoy the sun and the temperature (33 degrees now).
Take care
Emma & Lisa
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24 April 2009 - 18:16
Jan Spud:
The etymology of spud is that this name for a small potato comes from the digging of soil (or a hole) prior to the planting of potatoes. The word is of unknown origin and was originally (c. 1440) used as a term for a short knife or dagger, probably related to Dutch spyd. The word spud traces back to the 16th century. It subsequently transferred over to a variety of digging tools. Around 1845 it transferred over to the tuber itself.
The origins of "spud" has erroneously been attributed to a 19th century activist group dedicated to keeping the potato out of Britain, calling itself The Society for the Prevention of an Unwholesome Diet.
It was Mario Pei's 1949 The Story of Language that can be blamed for the false origin of the word. Pei writes, "the potato, for its part, was in disrepute some centuries ago. Some Englishmen who did not fancy potatoes formed a Society for the Prevention of Unwholesome Diet. The initials of the main words in this title gave rise to spud." Like many other pre-20th century acronymic origins, this one is false.
The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica (1768-71), originally published in Edinburgh in the 18th century, referred to the potato as a "demoralizing esculent." -
24 April 2009 - 21:06
Emma:
Bedankt pa ;) heeft Wikipedia toch goed verwoord vind je niet? haha -
25 April 2009 - 05:36
Ingrid:
Ik heb nog geprobeerd het hier in het ests te vertalen maar is helaas niet gelukt!!
Ik ga vanmorgen deze mooie stad verder bekijken voordat we terugvliegen naar Nederland. Het is hier erg koud dus waarschijnlijk eindigen we in een gezellige kroeg...Tot morgen dan kunnen we vast nog even skipen
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