CHAPTER SEVENTY SIX

There were two stages to be passed before being eligible for the final competition. And it was one week interval from the first to the second. After the first we were to go and find out new or different ways of preparing home made and foreign dishes to improve our cooking skills and be prepared for the next one.

We were fifteen in numbers who had been picked up for the first stage. After the first stage only five people were to be picked. And it was the five people that passed the first stage that would participate in the second.

Mr Ferdinand was the one who helped me participate in the event. After he had given me his card and I called the next day, he had helped me get the ticket through the help of his friend.

The day for the first stage of the competition had approached and I managed to be among the first five people to be picked.

Even though I have been hoping to be among the winners, I was still shocked when my name was announced. Some of the people who had participated had bra