U-Muhammad Syirazi - Syiraz - ungumlingiswa ohlaba umxhwele. Selokhu sahlangana naye okokuqala e-Indonesia ngoMsombuluko, sincoma le nsizwa ehola imisebenzi ye-Conservana Spices - abalingani bethu bokukhiqiza, abanakekela insimu yezithelo yase-LittlePod e-Bali. - ukhulile njengoba sesichithe isikhathi eside sikhona futhi simazi kangcono. Ehlezi phezu kwekhreyithi yokhuni endaweni yokucubungula esezingeni eliphezulu asize ekuyisunguleni, uSyiraz utshele uPaul ukuthi uzizwa esondelene kakhulu ne-LittlePod kanye Nomkhankaso wethu we-Real Vanilla. Lawa amazwi akhe...

Konke esizama ukukwenza lapha e-Bali kusekelwe kumanani ethu amathathu abalulekile. Inombolo yokuqala iwukuhlanzeka kwenhloso, inombolo yesibili iwumcabango futhi inombolo yesithathu ihlala ikwenza ngenjabulo. Lezi zimiso siyazibona emiphakathini yabalimi basehlathini futhi ngizibone kuleli sonto e-LittlePod naseJanet. Izinhloso zakhe zimsulwa, unomcabango omuhle futhi uhlale ejabule. Sabelana ngawo wonke amanani afanayo futhi yingakho singakwazi ukuzuza okuningi futhi sisebenzisane kahle kangaka.

Bengiyithanda imvelo kusukela ngisengumfanyana. Ngenkathi ngisesikoleni samabanga aphezulu, ngajoyina iklabhu yokuqwala izintaba futhi ngahamba yonke indawo lapho ngizungeza i-Indonesia. Izintaba zaseJava. Bali. I-Lombok. Ngabe senginquma ukuthi umsebenzi engizoba nawo uzodinga ukubandakanya ukuhambahamba, ukubona izindawo nokuchitha isikhathi ngaphandle. Ngichithe isikhathi esiningi ngisehlathini, ngifunda ngezolimo nokwazi imiphakathi yabalimi. Akukona konke engikubonile kube kuhle.

Ngisho nangesikhathi esifushane, ngiyibonile imvelo ishintsha futhi lokho kuyangethusa. Izintaba zase-Indonesia ziyashintsha, kuba nemililo eminingi yamahlathi futhi kushisa isikhathi eside unyaka ngamunye. Ngiyibonile i-Indonesia ishintsha phambi kwamehlo ami futhi angiyithandi. Lapho sinendodakazi yethu, konke kwashintsha kimi futhi kwadingeka ngenze okuthile.

Izinguquko zibe zinkulu kangangokuthi ngabona ukuthi ngaphandle kokuthi senze okuthile ngokushesha, indodakazi yami ngeke ikwazi ukubona izintaba njengoba ngake ngazibona isengumfana. Lapho umkami ekhulelwa, ngamtshela ukuthi konke engizokwenza kusukela manje ngizoba ukusiza ukulwa nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu. Ngifuna indodakazi yami ibe nokuhlangenwe nakho okufanayo engangikuthola ngisakhula. Ngaphandle uma senza ushintsho, lokho ngeke kwenzeke.

Angilithandi igama elithi 'ukusimama'. Akufanele sizame ukusekela esinakho manje, kufanele sihlose ukubuyisela izinto enguqulweni yazo ehamba phambili. Besikhuluma ngokusimama ngeminyaka yawo-1980, kodwa nakhu manje, ngo-2023, sisadicilela phansi ihlathi. Ukugawulwa kwamahlathi kukhona yonke indawo futhi kufanele sibuyisele, hhayi ukusekela.

Njengo-LittlePod, ngithanda i-vanilla yangempela. Inenani elikhulu lemvelo. Ukuze ikhule idinga ikhava, okusho ukuthi ingagawuli izihlahla ezinkulu. Uma sikhuthaza abalimi ukuthi baqhubeke betshala i-vanilla - futhi bathole imakethe yemikhiqizo yabo - imiphakathi yasehlathini izoshiya izihlahla ezinkulu ngoba kunenzuzo enkulu ekulondolozeni leyo ndawo. I-vanilla inamandla amakhulu. Abantu sebeqala ukukubona lokho ekugcineni.

Angazi ukuthi kungani abantu belokhu besitshela ukuthi ukutshala i-vanilla kunzima. Iwuhlobo lobuvila lokulima olukhona. Awudingi ukwenza okuningi ukuze utshale i-vanilla ngoba ihlathi likwenzela konke. Inikeza ikhava, umthunzi kanye nokwesekwa. Ithuthukisa inhlabathi futhi isiza nokugcinwa kwamanzi. Inikeza ngisho nokuvundisa. Ngihlale ngincokola nabalimi be-vanilla futhi ngibatshele ukuthi bayavilapha. Yebo, kufanele wenze impova ngesandla, kodwa isikhathi sonke? Leli ikusasa lokulima engilicabangela izingane zami.

Ngifunde okuningi ngokusebenza ne-Made ne-Ketut. Ngesikhathi ngiqala ukuhlangana noMade ngangicabanga ukuthi ufana nomfundisi. Unolwazi oluningi nothando olukhulu lwalo msebenzi. Ngiyafunda nasemiphakathini yasehlathini futhi ngifuna ukuqoqa ulwazi oluningi ngangokunokwenzeka, ngilusebenzise kahle futhi ngisize ukwenza umehluko. Akekho omunye umuntu owenza lokhu e-Bali. Ngokusebenzisana, sinamandla okwenza ushintsho.

Ngiyathanda ukutshela indodakazi yami ukuthi ingasiza ekwenzeni umehluko ngokudla u-ayisikhilimu. Uthathekile nge-vanilla futhi akaqondi ukuthi into emnyama kangaka - i-vanilla pod - ingasetshenziswa kanjani ukwenza into emhlophe kangaka - i-vanilla ice cream! Ngimtshela ukuthi okudingeka akuqonde ukuthi ngokudla i-ayisikhilimu yekhwalithi enhle, eyenziwe kusetshenziswa i-vanilla yasehlathini lokongiwa kwemvelo, usiza imvelo. Usekuzwisisile lokhu futhi ngicabanga ukuthi lokhu kungaba umlayezo wami kuwo wonke umuntu.

Akudingeki ufane nami, ube yi-forester futhi uyiphile 9-5. Udinga nje ukucabanga ngezinqumo ozenzayo kanye nezinto ezincane ongazenza ukuze usize ukwenza umehluko. Yilokho esikwenzayo e-Bali, okwenziwa yi-LittlePod e-UK nalokho esikwenzayo ndawonye. Sidinga nje ukuqhubeka, singaluqhuba lolo shintsho.

I-LittlePod inamazinga aphezulu kanjalo nathi e-Bali. Sabelana ngalezo zindinganiso futhi sabelana ngezindinganiso ezifanayo futhi angingabazi ukuthi ubuhlobo bethu buzoqhubeka bukhula futhi bukhule. Kube kuhle kakhulu ukubona iqembu le-LittlePod e-Bali kuleli sonto futhi njengawo wonke umuntu osebenza lapha, ngizizwa nginethemba ngekusasa lethu sindawonye.

Landela i-LittlePod ku-Instagram! Unombuzo? Xhumana nathi lapha.