Pamene agogo anga anayenda kwa maola pafupifupi 15 kuti akafike kunyumba kwathu kaamba ka Chaka Chatsopano, ndinadabwa kuti anatha kupirira kuyenda kwa nthaŵi yoŵirikiza kaŵirikaŵiri chifukwa chakuti misewu inali kukonzedwa. Zinandipangitsa kuganiza kuti ndife amene timayenera kupita kwa iye popeza tsopano ali ndi zaka pafupifupi 80. Komabe, ankasangalalabe kutiphikira chakudya. Ndidakali m'sitima yapansi panthaka atafika kunyumba kwathu m'chigawocho, choncho ankandiuza kuti, "Ndaphika champorado! bwera msanga!" Ndinkayankha mosangalala kuti, “Tionana, Nanay!”
Nditafika kumeneko, ndinaona akuphika kwambiri kuposa champorado, ndipo ndinasangalala kuwadyera limodzi limodzi! Ndinawathokoza agogo anga kwambiri chifukwa cha mbale iliyonse!
"Waa, zikomo kwambiri chifukwa cha embutido, Ayi! Ndi mwaluso!"
"Zikomo chifukwa cha liempo, ndizokoma kwambiri moti ndikudya kale seti yomwe mudandikonzera kuti ndibwere nayo ku metro!"
"Zikomo popanga bangusi mokoma! Mwapanga bwanji zokometserazi?" Ndipo adagawana Chinsinsi chake ndikumwetulira.
Pamene amayi ndi mlongo wanga ankandisenda shrimp, ndinakhozanso kunena kuchokera pansi pamtima kuti, "Zikomo kwambiri pondiganizira komanso kundisenda shrimp ngakhale kuti mumakonda kwambiri!"
Mchimwene wanga anatipatsa makeke amene anaphika, ndipo ndinadabwa! "Zikomo kwambiri chifukwa cha makeke abwino kwambiri opangira kunyumba!" Iwo ndi bambo amaphikanso modabwitsa!
Pa chakudya chokoma mtima, tinagaŵana nkhani, ndipo chiyamikiro cha chakudyacho chinakhala chiyamikiro kwa akulu anga kaamba ka kudzipereka kwawo kukhazikitsa maziko abwino a anafe. Panthawiyi, agogo anga anati, "Mukunena kuti 'zikomo' kosatha!" Anali kuseka, koma ndinachita manyazi pang'ono kuti mwina ndinali wopambanitsa, kotero ndinagwira 'zikomo' yotsatira yomwe ikutuluka mkamwa mwanga, ndipo ndinakhala chete kwa mphindi zingapo. Nditadikirira, ndinanenanso kuti 'zikomo'.
Nthawi yomweyo, ndinamva mlongo wanga akunena ndi mawu aang’ono kuti, “Zikomo,” pamene tinali kudutsa chakudya. Kenako agogo anga nawonso anati, "zikomo." Ena onse a m’banja langa anatengeranso kunena kuti “zikomo,” ndipo inali nthaŵi yamtengo wapatali kwambiri kwa ine chifukwa ndinaona kuwona mtima kwawo poyesa mawu ameneŵa amene anamva kukhala atsopano kwa iwo kunena, makamaka pa zinthu zazing’ono. Nthawi yotsala yomwe idakhala limodzi pa Chaka Chatsopano mwadzidzidzi idakhala yopepuka komanso yokondeka, popeza banjali lidayambanso kusinthanitsa "zikomo" wina ndi mnzake. Ngakhale titapita kokadya ndinaona agogo akumwetulira kwambiri. Zinandipangitsa kuganiza kuti ndikanatha kuthokoza kuyambira ndili mwana!
Chifukwa cha Kampeni ya "Mawu a Chikondi cha Amayi", kuthokoza kwakhala chizolowezi chochokera pansi pamtima. Ndikuthokoza kwambiri Amayi amene amatiyamikira ngakhale kaamba ka zochita zathu zazing’ono, ndipo ndikumva wodalitsika kuti chikondi chakumwamba chafalikira m’banja langa lonse ndi mawu akuti, “Zikomo!