Frozen meat in Darul Yaban

Some of you might know that I had my undergrad study at Japan. My university is situated at Hokkaido Island, the northern island of Japan.

Being a northern island at a cold climate country is no kidding matter. Sejuk woo time winter. The coldest temperature that I experienced was around -12degree Celcius. There are even places where the temperature was around -23.

Banyak kenangan kat jepun tuh…

Satu kenangan yang paling tak boleh lupa ialah pasal cara kreatif nak simpan daging ayam. You see, being a northern island in winter is no fun unless you know how to make the best out of the harsh condition there. In winter, other than the freezing temperature, you go to face the snow. Man, it was harsh yet enjoyable. One day outside it’s still gloom with all the barren trees and all, but the next day, lo and behold!

White snow! As white, fluffy and pure as you can imagine.

Being an island gives Hokkaido a very peculiar and special kind of snow. It’s called powder snow, because the snow’s structure is very fine. Whenever I went for snowboarding, the ride is soo smooth and very engaging to say the least.

Okaylah, back to daging ayam story.

Ada sorang kohai (=junior) Malaysian nih. 1^st year memang dok kat ryo (=hostel ). So time winter dia malas nak gi ulang alik ke kedai makanan halal nak beli daging ayam. Dia beli la 4 ketul sekali gus, tahan sebulan dia kata. Masaalahnya fridge kat bilik dia cuma boleh sumbat 2 ketul je dalam fridge tuh. 2 ketul lagi camane?

So being a smart guy that he is (sarcastically) he came up with a brilliant idea.

Apa kata taruk je dalam timbunan salji kat luar? His reasoning was, even outside temperature is lower than the frige, so dia korek dua lubang, dan kambuskan daging ayam tu, content that he has solved his problem.Tak pasti pulak dia ada tinggalkan tanda...

Simple yet brilliant solution don’t you think? Use the nature to help us. Bakpe susah2 masuk dalam fridge? I was quite impressed with the guy.

Tapi tu lah, ada je yang tak kena.

The thing was he forgot where he put those frozen meat. Dia carik le the whole area poking into the snow searching for his frozen meat.Carik high and low ler. I bet it was quite a sight. Last2 dia give up.(penat aku cucuk2 tak jumpa :he said)

Sampai habis winter tak jumpa daging ayam dia. Now that I think of it , maybe somebody else yang terjumpa dan took it already. (there aren’t any stray dog at Hokkaido)
Hahahaha! I had a laugh whenever I think of this incident.

So to pedum (if he ever read this), lenkali jangan lupa mana ko letak daging ayam tuh! :P

I'll post something more about winter next time, pasal snowboarding kot?

Have a nice and barkah day.

Honjya.