The first day! Hawking the sweet stuff.

Another batch of gelato to be churned
Originally uploaded by gelato.maker

It was an amazing first day and the closest comparison would be to that of participating in a flea market. Neighbors taking an interest in you and your product, everyone enjoying themselves sharing a laugh with you. In our case probably at and not just with. But it was still an overall great experience.(anyone feels like stepping into different shoes for a while, let me know. Exchange your Manolo Blahniks for a pair of gumboots for a day)

Animal Sacrifice to the Hawker Center Deity

I have always wondered if there was some animal sacrifice to the hawker center deity ritual or some other superstition that needed to be observed. Well that didn't happen and we are still a vegan ice cream store. With no eggs, animal parts or animal sacrifice.

Concerned Neighbours

Quite a few hawker neighbors came by, genuinely concerned that our sign looks too dark, being a blackboard and not a back lit light box, they felt that we shine a FEW spotlights on it. Great and all if we aren't already contributing our fair share of heat and raising the ambient temperature in the hawker center. So I am really hoping we don't sell out and contribute more unnecessary heat. Other tips include pushing the gelato display cabinet further out so people can get better view. 

Hawker Thoughts

Hawkers are constantly thirsty and can't get enough water. 

Your feet hate you!

My bed has never felt so comfortable since I became a hawker.(No its not a case of sleeping better from lack of stress that all you office types with stressful jobs are thinking, but more a case of making gelato and sorbets till 5am before heading home.)

What do hawkers do after work?

I have always wondered what hawkers do after work. Is there some hangout that they all go to. Perhaps a favorite coffee center for a debrief , or some networking and exchanging tips. Its 1:09 am Sunday morning and I am going to spend my first after work hawker day like the rest of you. I am assuming that most of you would be sprawled in bed with your powerbook playing a downloaded television series. Okay I am going to go watch an episode of WEEDS(brilliant show about a suburban housewife who is a weed dealer. She also happens to be a single mom coping with raising her kids in between gang turf wars. Not as dark as it sounds.)

Work starts at 5am. Getting up to make batches of durian and chocolate gelato(with less vanilla essence*wink* ) . Thats 3 hours of sleep, 1 hour of hanging out with Nancy Botwin(weeds) and yes its back to assuming my hawker responsibilities.