"Ngiyabonga". Lena into esiyishilo kabi ezinsukwini zakamuva. UJanet waqala ngoLwesibili olwedlule, lapho ehlangana neNkosi uCharles eBuckingham Palace. Kusukela lapho, ukusuka eLondon kuya e-LittlePod HQ, asizange siyeke ukuzwakalisa ukubonga kwethu.

Ku-David Fursdon, iNkosi uLieutenant yase-Devon, osinikeze imiklomelo yethu ye-King ye-Enterprise crystal vase e-Farringdon ngoLwesihlanu. Kubo bonke abahlanganyele nathi ekuseni esikhumbulekayo esizophila isikhathi eside ezingqondweni zethu. KuDkt Made Setiawan kanye nabalimi be-vanilla ensimini yezithelo ye-LittlePod e-Indonesia, abakwazile ukujoyina imikhosi yethu ngesixhumanisi sevidiyo. KUWO WONKE UMUNTU ohlangene ukuze aqinisekise ukuthi usuku olukhethekile lwe-LittlePod luwusuku oluhle kakhulu. Ngiyabonga.

Bekungeke kube ngcono, uma isimo sezulu siseceleni, nokho ngisho i-East Devon drizzle ibingasidambisi njengoba samukela iNkosi uLieutenant - ummeleli weNkosi esifundeni - ebuyela eLittlePod HQ, lapho ayekade esethule khona uMklomelo Wendlovukazi Webhizinisi emuva ngo-2018.

Ngemva kokujabulela ukuvakasha no-Richard, Umphathi Wezokusebenza we-LittlePod, futhi wakhuluma no-Made nethimba lakhe e-Bali, u-Lord Lieutenant watshela izivakashi zethu, "Ngifuna nonke nibone ukuthi kubaluleke kangakanani ukuwina lo mklomelo. I-LittlePod ekwaziyo ukwenza lokho abanye abangenakho ukuba nomthelela odlula kude kwe-UK. Amanye amabhizinisi nezinhlelo zigxile kulokho abakwazi ukukwenza kuleli zwe, kodwa ukwenza umehluko omncane kulelizwe. emazweni afana ne-Indonesia futhi njengoba sesizwile, bayakwazi ukusiza ukutshalwa kabusha kwamahlathi futhi bathuthukise izinhlobonhlobo zezinto eziphilayo, futhi benze umehluko emiphakathini yaphesheya kwezilwandle kanye nalapha ekhaya.

Kuhlale kuyinjabulo ukugubha impumelelo futhi i-LittlePod iyisibonelo esiphelele. Umklomelo Wenkosi uklanyelwe ukuklomelisa amabhizinisi akhethekile, kanti i-LittlePod ingenye.

David Fursdon, Lord Lieutenant of Devon

Kusukela kubalimi be-vanilla ezifundeni ze-Equatorial kuya kulabo abaqhubeka nokuyigcina i-REAL emakhishini abo, lo mklomelo owabo bonke abathintekayo kulolu hlelo, hhayi nje iqembu lalapha e-LittlePod. Njengoba kunjalo, bekufanele ukuthi imigubho yethu ihlanganise i-Made kanye nabalimi bakhe e-Indonesia, kanye nabakwa-LittlePodders bamazwe ngamazwe, abalandela inqubo ku-inthanethi. Kwakufanelekile futhi ukuthi labo ababebuthene engadini yethu bahlanganisa nabaningi abaye basiza imizamo yethu kusukela osukwini lokuqala, kanye nalabo abavela eFarringdon nakwezinye izindawo eMpumalanga Devon, begcizelela ukuthi nakuba ukufinyelela kwethu kusemhlabeni wonke, sihlala sigxilile endaweni yakithi futhi asikaze silahlekelwe umuzwa wethu wendawo.

"Iqiniso lokuthi i-LittlePod ibilokhu ithembekile ezimpandeni zayo lapha e-Devon iyenza ikhetheke nakakhulu," kusho iKhansela le-Devon County uRufus Gilbert, Ilungu leKhabhinethi Lokubuyisela Umnotho & Amakhono. "Kuningi okushiwo ngomphakathi, futhi le mpumelelo ibonakala ingeyomphakathi wendawo cishe njengoba yenza kuJanet kanye ne-LittlePod futhi lokho kuyinto eyigugu kakhulu. I-LittlePod ingesinye sezibonelo ezinhle kakhulu zebhizinisi elincane elithuthukayo emphakathini wendawo, elikhulayo kulowo mphakathi futhi likhuthaza lowo mphakathi kulo lonke uhambo lwayo oluya empumelelweni."

I-LittlePod iyisibonelo esihle kwabanye, futhi kuyajabulisa ukuba lapha ukuze sigubhe.

Ikhansela uRufus Gilbert

Amandla okushayela ngemuva Kwenziwe e-Devon, UKhansela uGilbert wajoyinwa uMelissa Irace, Isikhulu Sephrojekthi Yohlelo olugunyazwe Ngamazinga Okuhweba esiziqhenya kakhulu ngokuba yingxenye yawo, kanye no-Will Martin, omele I-Littledart, ozakwethu abasha bokugcwalisa, kanye nenqwaba yama-LittlePodders nezicukuthwane zasendaweni, abanye baphinde bahlangana ngaphansi kophahla lwethu futhi abanye bahlangana okokuqala.

Kwakuyilo mqondo wokuvumelana nokuhlangana ndawonye - kusuka kulo lonke elase-UK, okuhlanganisa i-Indonesia, nokuhlangana e-East Devon - okwenza umcimbi wethu okhethekile wakhumbuleka nakakhulu. Yilokhu esikugubha kakhulu, futhi ngalokhu sibonga.

Kuwo wonke umuntu ohilelekile, ethimbeni lethu nasezihambelini zethu, kuDave - iqhawe lethu elingaculwa ekhishini - kanye ku-Emmanuel ngezithombe zakhe ezinhle, umlayezo wethu uyafana nalowo owanikezwa iNkosi uCharles yaseJanet egameni le-LittlePod kanye nabalimi be-vanilla bezifunda zomhlaba ze-Equatorial…

Umlayezo wethu ulula. Umlayezo wethu uthi “Ngiyabonga.”