Usixelele: UJenn wokutya iBender

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Ukususela ekubeni ndandiyintombazana encinane, isiteketiso sasekhaya ibinguBender. Andazi ukuba kutheni okanye lenze njani eli gama, kodwa ndiyazi ukuba lisuka kumama wam, obesoloko ethanda ukubiza abantwana bakhe ngewona magama angenangqondo nangenangqondo. Ndiyazi nokuba ikwazile ukunyamezela ngaphezulu kweminyaka engamashumi amabini. Kukhuselekile ukuthi ilapha ukuhlala!

Xa ndenza i-Eating Bender back ngo-Matshi ka-2008, ndiye ndaqonda ukuba igama elithi bender likwathetha ukubethwa, kwaye ke umbono wokudala ibhlog enikezelwe "kukuphila ubomi obunempilo" wazalwa. Amanqaku ebhonasi okwazi ukuyisebenzisa njengepun! (Gcina ixesha elide ngokwaneleyo kwaye uyakuqonda ukuba uthando lwam lwepun ludlulela ngaphaya kwegama elithi bender.)

Ngaphezu kweminyaka emithathu kamva, iBender iye yaba yinxalenye enkulu ngakumbi yokuba ndingubani. Ikwandisiwe ukuze iquke usapho lwam lonke. UPapa Bender udume kakubi ekhitshini. Umama uBender luvavanyo oluphakamileyo noluzayo. Umntwana uBender ngoyena mzalwana ubalaseleyo emhlabeni. Okuphela komntu osindileyo kweli gama liqhulwa ngumyeni wam, uBobby…okwangoku.

Ukutya iBender kuyilelwe ukuthanda ukutya, isondlo kunye nokuba sempilweni. Yenzelwe ukuba isebenze njengendawo apho ndingabelana khona ngeziqwenga zobomi bam, ukusukela kukutya kunye nokuphononongwa kwindawo yokutyela ukuya ekutyeni, iiresiphi kunye - xa ndingakulambanga - ukuba sempilweni kunye nokucamngca ngobomi ngokubanzi. Xa ndingaqhubi amashishini amabini, ndisebenza kwinoveli yam yokuqala. Ngokungathandabuzekiyo, ndiyathanda ukuzigcina ndixakekile, kwaye ndijonge phambili ekwabelaneni ngakumbi ngazo zonke ezi zihloko kunye nawe!

Injongo yam kukudala indibano yabantu abanokuthi bajonge iimpendulo kunye neengcebiso malunga nantoni na kunye nayo yonke into yokutya kunye (non-) fiction, nokuba yeyona ndlela ilungileyo yokulungiselela i-risotto okanye eyona nto ithengiswa kakhulu kwiishelufa zeencwadi. Ndihlala ndijonge ukuncokola, ndicela umise apha kwaye uthi molo!

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