Storm recently lent me a book title simply "Class" by Jane Beaton. It is about life in an all-girl boarding school (a private one too where all the girls there are from super rich families - except for scholarship students); which covers not only the students, but also the teacher - mainly centers on the new English teacher (a Scottish lady from Glasgow who, against all odd, move down south where the northerners deem as snobbish society) & the old headteacher with a past.
The book started ok - it kept my attention, but was not too impressed by it. But as the characters developed & interesting events happened - some comical, some very catty students, a bit of romance & some teenage rebellion, golly... it was really a good read! (hehe... not to mention tht I'm just a sucker for British upper-crust lifestyle & boarding school story).
However, the same as Malory Towers & St. Claire's, it's just too good to be a REAL boarding school. No doubt, there's the customary; lights-off, prep classes, dorms, dining hall, no valuable items allowed & restrictions to leaving the school compounds; but did you read about the food they served? Goodness! It just sounds heavenly compared to our local boarding school fare of - Nasi kawah, horrible tasting vege (tasted like bitter unwashed pesticides... if you're lucky, you may find a bonus poached worm / two), "ikan kayu" curry (as the name suggests, rough & tough as "kayu") etc... etc... But then again.... what to expect when we're paying only RM1/day (i.e. USD0.30) for 6 "meals"!
Am sure my boarding school friends can fondly recall the meals that we had in the ol' school:
Breakfast:
Can be fried noodle / bihun / bread with butter & jam... Not very sure cos' I always skip breakfast.... :-p
Morning recess:
2 types of kuih Again.... there may be variation day-on-day but I wouldn't know cos' I skip this as well / go to the other canteen where we had to ay for our own food
Lunch:
Mon-Fri has fixed meal plan. I remember on days when we have fish, the line at the dining hall will be extremely short & everyone adjourn to either the canteen / eat maggie mee in the dorm. On days when it's chicken / kerang! (cockles), the line will be so long tht if we're late there'll be none left!
Tea Break:
2 types of kuih. I remember dreading days when they have the fried sesame seed covered mochi with red bean paste /grounded kacang. The mochi was so tough & hard that chewing it can be quite a workout & the jaw will feel so achy after tht.
Dinner:
Same like lunch, we know exactly wht we'll be getting for dinner - so we'll know which day to avoid the dining hall like the plague!
Supper:
Usually a hot drink & some "cream" crackers (biskut kering) that are not creamy at all. However on special occasions sponsored by PIBG / whenever KFC sponsor us for some special festive season, we get to have a box of KFC snack plate each! yummy! (although admittedly it was a bit soggy fr the condensation, as a result of being crammed in plastic bags while it was still hot & transported over to the school - still it was a major treat!)
Those were the days.....
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Ahhh... the taste of ayam masak merah, ayam kari, ikan tongkol, drowned cabbage or sawi, sambal belacan was tasty though... ikan masak kicap, for the main meals.
Half/hard boiled eggs (half or hard depends on luck eh), hard bread with kaya and butter, sticky fried mee, dry fried beehoon for breakfast.
You remember how we used to RUSH to the pakcik for our daily nasi lemak/burger for supper? A cheap RM1 or 50cents la... but so sedap! Make friends with pakcik sommore! Hahaha! Shows how much we were food deprived (not pakcik deprived eh you pervs! Haha!)
Oh and did you remember our excitement when we get to 'choose' our menu for lunch during the puasa month! Wow! Telur masak sos tomato! Yummers!!! Haha!
If you wanna relive the taste of food, can always get admitted to a public/gov hospital and have your meals served in bed (something we don't have in SMSTSSS hor Fern? Hahaha!)
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