Riaan UKelseyz wayeyothenga ku-inthanethi ngobunye ubusuku ngesikhathi ethola izindwangu ezinhle ezithengiswayo.
Lokhu kwakungezinsuku zangaphambili zobhubhane lapho isithukuthezi sasiphezulu, kodwa kwakunjalo nangobuciko.
Ekhumbula ukuthi umama wakhe, u-Yim Keng, wayengumsiki wengqephu, uKelseyz wanquma ukumbuza ukuthi uyafuna yini ukwenza izikhwama ezithengiswayo.
Umama wakhe wavuma, futhi indaba yokuthi kanjani PopoMama Made kwavela. Noma, okungenani, inguqulo yayo emfushane.
I-PopoMama Made iwuphawu lwesikhwama esenziwe ngesandla esinenqwaba yezindwangu ezithandekayo nemiklamo, edalwe u-Kelseyz oneminyaka engu-36 ubudala kanye nomama wakhe oneminyaka engu-67 ubudala.
Kubantu abakhuluma okungezona isiMandarin, igama elithi “PopoMama Made” lihunyushwa ngokwezwi nezwi ukuthi “Ugogo uMama Wenziwe”. Leli gama livela eqinisweni lokuthi u-Yim Keng ungumama kanye nogogo.
Ngesikhathi sobhubhane, lapho engamnakekeli umzukulu wakhe, u-Yim Keng wayevame ukubukela i-TV. Kodwa u-Kelseyz waqaphela ukuthi lokho kuyamdina, yingakho nje abuza umama wakhe ukuthi ufuna ukusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe bakhe ukwenza okuthile.
“Ngaleso sikhathi, umama wavuma ngokushesha ngaphandle kokucabanga kakhulu,” ekhumbula. “Ngalokho, saqala amalungiselelo ethu.”
Isikhathi sokuthola leso sikhwama
Naphezu kokuvumelana kwabo kalula nale phrojekthi, u-Kelseyz akazange abe nokuzethemba okukhulu ngaleso sikhathi.
Noma kunjalo, baqhubeka ngezasosha, basebenzisa inqwaba ye-2020 belungiselela izinto zokwakha. Bathenge izindwangu nezinye izingxenye zokwenza izikhwama e-South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, nase-China (konke ngokusebenzisa iziteshi ze-inthanethi, kunjalo), futhi baqala ukucwaninga izitayela zezikhwama abazozenza.
Ngemuva kwezinyanga eziyisishiyagalombili zokuzilungiselela, u-Yim Keng wayesephothulile izikhwama ezenziwe ngezandla. Manje, kwase kuyithuba lika-Kelseyz lokusebenzisa kahle ikhono lakhe lokukopisha, ihluzo, nokukhangisa.
Nokho, kwakukhona ukungabaza kuye.
“Ngangesaba ukuthi ngemuva kokwethulwa, akekho ozonaka imizamo kamama, ngakho ngagwema ukuyethula izinyanga ezimbalwa,” kuvuma uKelseyz.
Kepha ngemuva kokubambezeleka okuthile, wagcina ekwenzile ngoMeyi 2021.
Manje, cishe eminyakeni emibili kamuva, umama nendodakazi basasebenza ngokuqinile nomkhiqizo.
Ugqozi lwezikhwama ngokuvamile luvela ku-inthanethi, kodwa zithola izicelo zangokwezifiso ezivela kumakhasimende ngezinye izikhathi.
Kuthatha cishe izinsuku ezintathu kuya kwezine ukukhiqiza isikhwama, kuye ngobunzima bomklamo.
“Isikhwama sokulahla amadombolo esisanda kwethulwa sibandakanya izinqubo eziningi, ngakho ngabelana ngomsebenzi nomama,” kusho uKelseyz. “Mina ngizobe ngiphethe ukuthunga ngesandla, kanti umama nguyena obhekele ingxenye yokuthunga umshini. Ngakho isikhathi sokukhiqiza saleso sikhwama cishe izinsuku eziyisikhombisa noma ngaphezulu.”
Izikhwama ezincane, amakesi epensela, izikhwama zemali, kanye nezibambi zamabhodlela zibiza cishe ku-R30 kuya ku-RM50. Imikhiqizo emikhulu enemiklamo eyinkimbinkimbi efana nojosaka, izikhwama zekhompuyutha ephathekayo, nezikhwama ezihlanganisiwe iseduze ne-RM150.
Ngokusho kukaKelseyz, ukwamukelwa kube ngcono kunalokho obekulindelwe. Izinkathazo zakuqala zendodakazi zanqandeka phela.
Sika endwangu efanayo yokudala
Ngemva kokuqeda ibanga lakhe lesithupha esikoleni samabanga aphansi, u-Yim Keng waqala ukusebenza njengomsiki wengqephu. Wayezoqhubeka nokusebenza njengomsiki wengqephu ozimele aze ashade.
Khona-ke, waba umama wekhaya futhi wanakekela izingane zakhe ngaphambi kokuba athathe ibhizinisi likanina letiye lemithi. Wavula indawo yokudayisa ukuze adayise itiye lemithi kwaze kwazalwa umzukulu wakhe ngo-2016.
Ngemva kokuhola umsebenzi owanelisayo, u-Yim Keng washeshe wathatha umhlalaphansi futhi wachitha isikhathi sakhe enakekela abazukulu bakhe.
Pho, kungani enqume ukuphuma empeshenini?
“Ngicabanga ukuthi imvelo kamama wami ukuthi uyathanda ukuzibekela inselelo,” kusho uKelseyz. “Uzizwa ejabule lapho ebona izikhwama ezinhle aseziqedile, ngakho uzimisele kakhulu ukuzenza.”
Ngokuvumelana nalolo hlobo, u-Kelseyz wabelane ngokuthi u-Yim Keng uvamise ukubuka amavidiyo ukuze afunde ukwenza izikhwama eziningi. Ubengazama nokwenza ngcono futhi enze kahle inqubo yokukhiqiza.
Njengomama wakhe, uKelseyz naye unekhono lokuqamba. Isizinda sakhe sikwidizayini yedijithali futhi wenza nokumaketha ngedijithali kumakhasimende. Ngokuhlangenwe nakho okunjalo, ukudala umkhiqizo akuyona into engavamile kuye.
Ku-Kelseyz, uchungechunge lwakhe lobuciko lungase luvele kubaba wakhe, naye owayesembonini yokukhangisa esemncane.
“Kwaze kwaba yilapho sekukhona amakhompyutha lapho eshintsha khona ukudayisa itiye le-herbal nomama,” echaza.
Ngaphandle kohlobo lwesikhwama, u-Kelseyz naye wakha eyakhe brand ebizwa Sosofu Made uthengisa izinsipho ezenziwe ngezandla, nakuba esebenzisa kakhulu ukubhala inqubo yakhe yokudala, futhi ayisebenzi njengePopoMama Made.
U-Kelseyz okwamanje usebenza njengomklami wedijithali ekuseni. Ngemva komsebenzi, ubamba izithombe zezikhwama nama-oda wokupakisha. Ubuyekeza ikhasi le-Instagram lomkhiqizo futhi Inkundla yakwaShopee ngezimpelasonto.
Ukusebenza njengomndeni
Ukuqhuba ibhizinisi namalungu omndeni akulula ngaso sonke isikhathi, kodwa u-Kelseyz no-Yim Keng bakwenza kusebenze kahle.
“Ngezinye izikhathi ngiyancokola ngithi indima kamama ifana neyomlimi, obhekele ukuvuna imifino,” kusho u-Kelseyz. “Ngemuva kokuqeda, ngizoba nomsebenzi wokuhlunga, ukupakisha, ukumaketha nokudiliva imifino.”
Banomsizi omncane kuleli “pulazi” labo—ubaba kaKelseyz. Ngenkathi umama wakhe eqeda izikhwama, kanti u-Kelseyz usebenza ekuthwebuleni nasekupakisheni imikhiqizo, ubaba wakhe unesibopho sokuthumela amaphakheji esiteshini sokudiliva ekuseni.
Ngalokhu kusebenzisana, uPopoMama Made akagcinanga nje ngokukwazi ukuphunyula, kodwa futhi wenzele umama wakhe imali yephakethe.
Njengamanje, i-duo yomama nendodakazi abanazo izinhlelo zokuvelela ze-PopoMama Made. Kunalokho, banethemba lokuthi bazoqhubeka nokusebenzisa umkhiqizo futhi baqhubeke nokudala izikhwama ezinhle kakhulu.
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