Panguva iyi Piet akawana ruzivo rutsva pane imwe yenzendo dzake dzebhasikoro, izvo zvaanoita ega. Muvakidzani weBelgian, kunyangwe izvo zvakati wedzeredzei sezvo aigara mabhuroko mashoma kubva kure, anga asiri mutyairi webhasikoro.
Mukati menzendo dzake dzokuchovha bhasikoro, Piet akanga avazve nembwa yaimudzingirira kunze; chikara chakanga charangwa nomuridzi wacho. Gedhi rakanga rakashama vachibva vadaira pane zvese zvinenge zvichipfuura, ingava mota kana mope, hazvina basa. Tichifunga nezvekumhanya, mutyairi webhasikoro chinhu chakanakisa kuita ruzha uye diki chiito mune iyi kesi. Kunyangwe Piet aive aita gomba kumira nebhasikoro sefirewall. Lucky kuna Piet, zvinhu dzimwe nguva zvinoenda zvakasiyana.
Muridzi wacho akataura naPiet neChirungu ndokurega imbwa ijairira Piet se'vanhu vakanaka'. Kukurukurirana kwakatevera, kwakabva Piet, kwaaigara, kana achida vanhu veThai, kwaunobva uye kana The Netherlands iri muEurope, et cetera. Kana akanzwa kuda kumbozorora ari pamumvuri weparasol. Zvakanaka, nei? Hazviitike mazuva ese kuti munhu weThai anokukoka iwe kuti utaure.
Murume akanakisisa aiva mumwe wevari nani: mukuru wepurovhinzi, injiniya, zvinonzi, uye mudzimai wake aiva mudzidzisi wechikoro. Kutarisa zvivakwa kuti zvakachengetedzeka here, kuchengetedzwa kwemoto, zvinosimudza kana zviripo, zvibvumira, zvinhu zvakadaro. Kumba mangwanani-ngwanani, sevhisi yerunhare uye manejimendi, izvo zvechokwadi zvaiwanzopera mumabasa ega. Mamwe makore mashanu kana kupfuura uye ipapo mushandi wehurumende aizoenda pamudyandigere. Kugadheni ndiko kwaimuvaraidza uyezve aitofanira kunwa doro kana girazi rewhiskey. Piet akagutsikana nebhodhoro remvura inotonhora sezvo akanga achiri kufanira kuchovha achidzokera uye akanga asati atombosvika pakati penzira yaakanga aronga. Haikwanise kugara ichinakidza, kunyangwe izvo zvinoshandawo nechinwiwa hongu.
Kuseri kwaiva bindu mupfungwa yokuti rakanga riri remurume wacho pachake, saka nyonganyonga. Musiyano wemasikati neusiku nekumberi. Rudzi rwegadheni rekugovera chero chinhu uye zvese uko kwete kungoziva kwaPiet chete, asiwo imbwa yaifara zvikuru. Paitove neshedhi raive nedenga rekugadzirira mabasa emugadheni uye dzimwe nguva kukurukura nemunhu uye izvo, zvechokwadi bhokisi remimhanzi rainzwika. Piet akanzwa zvakanaka pamusoro pekuvhiringidza uku uye akaita nepaaigona napo kuti asaite pokumira gomba rimwe chete. Pashure peawa Piet akapfuurira norwendo rwake, nechibvumirano chokuti aizomira kakawanda. Kuchinjana kudiki kwemazita uye bhero repamusuwo iro rakanyatsoshanda rinofanira kukwana.
Kunyange zvazvo gadheni reimba itsva yaPiet rakanga ratocheneswa sora uye nemimwe miti yabviswa, gore rino richiri kuda kugadziriswa kechipiri kuti riite kunge rakarimwa. Piet aidawo kona muimba yake itsva yairimwa zvirimwa zvakasiyana-siyana, zvakadai semuriwo. Izvozvo hazvifaniri kunyanya kuoma, kunyange zvazvo mamwe mazano asina kumboenda. Inogona kuva kuwedzera kwakanaka kune zvakasiyana-siyana zvinofarirwa kune vose vari vaviri.
Kuchinja kwaPiet kwaiva padhamu guru raiva pakati peguta. Kunetsa chaiko, chaive chinhambwe chikuru pane kuenda kumba kwake. Pedyo nebharaki, kana kuti zvinhu zvese zvemubharaki sekuudzwa kwaaive aitwa. Nzvimbo yakanaka kune vagari uye dzimwe nguva nzvimbo shoma yekudzidzira yevarume vane girini. Makiromita matatu nehafu enzira kwaunogona kuchovha, kufamba, kumhanya uye zvimwe zvakawanda. Hukama hwakawanda hunenge hwavambwa nekuti kwaivewo nenzvimbo dzekuzororera dzakawanda dzine ngoro dzemumigwagwa nemarestaurant akasiyana. Zvichienderana nemanzwiro ake, akatora chidimbu ichocho nebhasikoro kana kufamba nacho. Uye achidzoka nemunzira dzemuguta rekare aigara akamira pamukadzi wake wenguva dzose. Mibhedha mitatu yemushenjere yakatevedzana inogara iine nhamba yevakadzi vakuru. Mazwi mashanu: tengels, maawa maviri ekumassage nekapu yeginger tii yemazana matatu baht. Chidimbu chemufaro nekuzadzwa kunofadza kwezuva. Munhu anofanira kugutsikana.
Awa kana kupfuura gare gare, Piet paakanga ari mumba make mutsva, akagamuchira meseji yekuti mwanasikana wake akanga asarudza dunhu reHua Hin - Cha-Am senzvimbo yemahombekombe. Kunyangwe zviitwa nababa zvaigonawo kuitwa ikoko, kunyangwe iye aidawo kugara muBangkok kwemazuva mashoma kutanga. Uye izvo Piet aifunga kuti pakanga pasina zviitiko zviviri uye kana aidawo kuenda kuHua Hin. Nemari yake, hongu, semukamuri kana aida imwe yakaparadzana; mwanasikana wake aiva nechivimbo chokuti nzvimbo dzokurara dzaigona kurongwa muThailand nokuda kweizvi. Mushure mezvose, hauzive kuti zvinhu zvichafamba sei, ndiko kwaive kufunga. Piet akafunga nezvazvo kwekanguva, kunyange zvazvo mazuva mashomanana aigara achibvira, akafunga kudaro. Urongwa hwese hwakanga huri nyore kusangana pamwe chete uye vhiki pamhenderekedzo yegungwa yaigonawo kuwedzerwa.
Zvichaenderera mberi.
Yakatumirwa naWilliam Korat
Ndiri kunzwa kuti ndinoziva Piet, pasi pezita rakasiyana.