Iwe unosangana nezvose muThailand (55)

Pattaya muna 1991 (mufananidzo: Mike Shopping Mall)

Dolf Riks murume ane mukurumbira wechiDutch akapedza makore makumi matatu ekupedzisira ehupenyu hwake muPattaya. Wese munhu aigara achishanyira Pattaya zana remakore risati rasvika aimuziva. Aive neresitorendi yekutanga yekuMadokero muPattaya, aivewo penda, munyori uye anonakidza mutauri wenyaya.

Unogona kuverenga nyaya yehupenyu hwake mune chikamu Chirungu uye chikamu Dutch pa  www.pattayamail.com/304/

Muverengi weBlog uye munyori Dick Koger aimuziva zvakanyanya uye akanyora nyaya makore apfuura nezve hushamwari hwake naDolf Riks. Nyaya iyoyo yakabuda muNewsletter yeDutch Association Thailand Pattaya uye Dick akazvipa kuThailandblog kuti iise munhevedzano “Unosangana nezvinhu zvemarudzi ose muThailand” Iyi ndiyo nyaya yake.

Hushamwari hwangu naDolf Riks

Makore gumi ndisati ndaenda kuThailand pakupedzisira, ndakataura mubvunzurudzo kuti ndakanga ndisingararamire kushanda, asi ndakashanda kuti ndirarame. Gare gare ndakatsanangura kuti ndaizotamira kuFar East nokukurumidza sezvandaikwanisa mune zvemari. Ndaireva kutamira kuThailand mushure mekushanyira Indonesia, Philippines, India nedzimwe nyika dzakawanda dziri kumabvazuva. Saka ndaiziva zvandaiita.

Kunyange zvakadaro, ndakangwarira muna 1991. Ndakarenda furati yangu yokutanga kubva kuDolf Riks. Ndaiva muenzi wenguva dzose muresitorendi yake panguva yangu yezororo. Kutanga pakona yeBeach Road muPattaya yekare uye gare gare diagonally yakatarisana neHotera Regent Marina muSoi yezita rimwe chete muNorth Pattaya. Pamusoro peiyi resitorendi yekupedzisira paive nenzvimbo yedzimba dzakakura dzakati wandei uye Dolf aingodzirenda apo aigona kufanofungidzira kuti aisazonetswa nemuroja. Ndaive nekamuri pakona uye saka ndaigona kuona gungwa nepahwindo.

Ndakangogara ikoko kwemwedzi mishoma, nekuti nekukurumidza ndakasangana naSit, uyo akazove gwara rakanaka mukuongorora kwangu kweThailand. Akanga akaroora uye munguva pfupi isu tiri vatatu takasarudza kuroja imba uye kugarisana ikoko kuri kupfuurira nanhasi, kunyange zvazvo vana vatatu vaberekwa zvino, vanasikana vaviri nomwanakomana.

Zvisinei, ndakaramba ndichishanyira Dolf Riks kakawanda. Dolf Riks Restaurant yaipfuura mukana waunogona kunakidzwa nechikafu chakanakisa. Yakanga iri nzvimbo yekusangana, pamwe nekuti iyi yaive yekutanga uye kwenguva yakareba iyo yega yekuMadokero yekudyira muPattaya, uye pamwe nekuti Dolf Riks aive murume aive akaunganidza zvakajeka denderedzwa rinonakidza revanhu vakamutenderedza. Upenyu hwake hwaisagona kurondedzerwa sehunofinha.

Akaberekerwa muAmbon muna 1929. Aigara munzvimbo dzakawanda muIndonesia uye akazova musungwa wehondo mumusasa wevaJapan imomo. Zvakaitika zvinhu zvinotyisa, asi nerombo rakanaka haana kukundwa. Akadzokera kuNetherlands muna 1946. Ikoko pakupedzisira kuenda kuChikoro Chokurovedza Maritime. Aine diploma, akashandira Holland-America Line semudzidzi helmsman. Akasiya gungwa semutungamiriri muna 1961. Kusuwa kumusha kweFar East kwakamuunza kuThailand kuti ave mupendi muBangkok. Muna 1969 akauya kuPattaya ndokuvhura resitorendi ipapo.

Pese pandaienda kuDolf kunodya, kwaingotanga nekunwa kubhawa. Mubhawa riya rakabva rangozara naDolf nevaimuziva uye nyaya dzaitaurwa zvekare. Zvokudya zvinenge zvisina kumbouya. Fixed point yaive miniti imwe kusvika papfumbamwe. Wese munhu aiziva, masekonzi makumi matanhatu kuenda, ipapo Luuk achaburuka. Luuk aigarawo muimba yepamusoro mufurati uye akanga ari murume ane tsika dzakagadzikana. Nine o'clock chaidzo akaoneka ndokugara pabhawa. Ndakaitawo vazivikanwi vakawanda uye shamwari pabhawa iroro.

Dolf zvechokwadi haana kurarama munguva yakapfuura. Ndiye akatanga kuva nekombuta, ndokuzoti atova mugadziri wemashoko akanaka. Haana kungoishandisa chete kuhutungamiri hwake, asi kunze kwekuve muvendi uye mutsigiri, Dolf aivewo munyori. Akatanga kuburitsa mupepanhau reChirungu rakanyangarika muBangkok, gare gare muPattaya Mail. Paakatenga modhi itsva, taura komputa chaiyo yemazuva ano, ndakatora yake yekare uye nekuda kwechipo ichi ndakaona kuti kunyora chaive chiitiko chinonakidza kwazvo. Ndichagara ndichitenda Dolf nekuda kweizvozvo.

Ndakaita nzendo dzakawanda naDolf, kazhinji kazhinji kumisha iri muEsan, uko vashandi vake vaibva. Waini chena yakatonhora yakanwiwa mukati merwendo. Mumusha takapira nguruve. Manheru akadaro aigara achipera mumimhanzi, kuimba uye kutamba nevagari vese.

Resitorendi yacho yakanga ine chiitiko chinoshamisa. Chokwadi paive nemenu yakakura, asi paivewo neblackboard inofambiswa nehunyanzvi hwemazuva iwayo. Uye chinhu chakanaka ndechekuti handina kumbobvira ndachinja hunyanzvi ihwohwo. Handina kumbonzwisisa zvakadzama zvinoreva izvozvo. Nenzira, ndiro yangu yainyanya kufarira yaiva tafura yemupunga, iyo yaigona kuodha muzvikamu zvimwechete uye yaisanganisira mupunga wakakangwa uye gumi kusvika gumi neshanu ndiro dzine madhishi.

Upenyu hwerudo hwaDolf hwaivewo neruvara. MuPattaya akadanana nemumwe murume wechidiki wekuThai akanga atoroora uye aine vana. Jaya racho sezviri pachena rakanga richichinjika zvikuru. Akagara naDolf naDolf akachengeta vana vake. Mumwe wake akagamuchira kudzidziswa kwakazara mukicheni uye, mushure memakore, akange ave mubiki ane hunyanzvi uye sezviri pachena aive nemari, akasiya Dolf ndokutanga yake yekudyira yeThai nemukadzi wake vashoma vaSois vasipo. Aya marudzi ehukama haana mutsauko muThailand uye haufanirwe kuedza kunzwisisa izvi. Gare gare, Dolf akatendeudzira rudo rwake kumutyairi wake, uyo aigara mumba make nemukadzi wake nevana uye aitarisira nyaya dzepamba ipapo.

Nehurombo, zvine hungwaru kutaura kuti Dolf anga asiri kuita zvakanaka bhizinesi. Hunhu hweresitorendi hwakadzikira zvishoma nezvishoma uye zvishoma nezvishoma nhamba yevashanyi yakaderera. Dolf, uyo akanga achiri kunetseka nehutano hwake (akachengetwa kubva kumusasa weJapan), akaona zvichishungurudza kuti aisakwanisa kusiya chero chinhu kumhuri yeThai mumba make. Akafunga kutengesa resitorendi uye zvakangokwanisika nekuti shamwari yake yepamoyo Bruno, director weRoyal Cliff, aida kutanga yake yekudyira. Hazvizivikanwi kuti kutengwa kweresitorendi yeDolf kwaita bhizinesi rakanaka here kana kuti vavariro dzevanhu vakaita basa. Dolf akakwanisa kutanga resitorendi duku muNaklua, pedyo nemusha wake, uko mutyairi wake akava mubiki. Mhosva iyi yanga isina kubudirira. Chero zvazvingava, mhuri yakasara ichichengetwa pakafa Dolf Riks muna 1999.