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AWEMainta Diasabra, 13 Februari 2016                                                                 15

Ike, masha danki                                           En conexion cu Dia
                                                           Internacional di Idioma
                           Pa: Maria Petit                 Materno,

                                                           Biblioteca
                                                           Nacional
                                                           Aruba lo tene
                                                           un programa
                                                           special
                                                           tocante
                                                           idioma

ASINA nos por mira cu Señor Cohen no a aporta na tur-      BIBLIOTECA Nacional Aruba ta              cu Biblioteca Nacional Aruba ta situa.
                                                                                                     Esaki mirando cu ta 100 aña pasa cu
ismo so, pero localnan tambe cu awe tin cu yama danki.     celebra Dia Internacional di Idioma       George Maduro a nace.
E potret aki ta pa mustra con humilde e tabata y ta bay    Materno cu un programa interesante        Raymond Maduro, descendiente di
cu mi den cuminsamento pasando tur e supermerca-           diahuebs awo. E programa ta cuminsa       George Maduro, a biba den George
donan pa mira of keur si mi ta promove su mercancia.       7’or di anochi y ta pa un y tur cu tin    Maduro straat varios aña pasa y ta in-
Durante e promocion ta caminda sr. Patrick                 interes pa historia di Aruba, idioma,     vitado pa e anochi aki.
Paskel a drenta supermercado y bisa: “Ata Ma-              literatura y cultura.                     Sr. Maduro ta papia di e descendencia
ria den Cushina” y for di eynan e nomber. Danki!!                                                    di famia Maduro y con e mes ta re-
                                                           Riba programa tin presentacion di         laciona cu e famia Maduro. Raymond
In March of 2006, looking for a job, I applied at The      un buki di Dr. Antoine Maduro. Dr.        Maduro a pasa den su bukinan bieu y
Manchebo Beach Resort. Mr. Cohen, still active at          Maduro ta un persona cu tin merito        den historia, pa e trece dilanti algo di
the office at that time, always went through all the       riba tereno musical y deporte, pero       locual e sa di famia Maduro.
employment application and read that one of my             principalmente riba tereno linguistico.   E ta bay conta e. o. di unda famia
hobbies was cooking, he referred me to T.E.C., Man-        Banda di studia Papiamento, el a studia   Maduro a bin y con nan a yega Aruba.
chebo sister’s - company. He talk to the Manager at        tambe Capverdiano y Palenke. Palenke
T.E.C. and convinced him to hire me as sales rep-          ta un idioma crioyo di Colombia.          Di tres presentacion ta den man di
resentative, which position accepted in May 2006.          Maduro a dedica henter su bida na Pa-     sr. Mirto Lacle cu ta bay trece dilanti
                                                           piamento y p’esey a scoge pa presenta     ‘E cuentanan Africano bulado: e liña
Short after I started, management decided to put me        su buki cu e titulo: ‘Bida, Remorde-      Kalunga. Por ultimo un presentacion
in charge of the seafood division, to grow the exclusive   mentu, Konfeshon i Kritika’ riba Dia      di Prof. Dr. Armin Schwegler kende a
line of Beaverstreet Fisheries .Still using that brand.    Internacional di Idioma Materno.          skirbi dos buki, incluyendo un di Pro-
At the same time Mr. Cohen decided that, be-               Sr. Sidney Joubert ta e invitado special  verbio na Africano. E ta papia e. o. riba
sides selling the product, he wanted me                    di Corsou cu ta haci presentacion di      Aruba, Boneiro y Corsou y e posibel
to conduct all the tastings of the products.               e buki. Riba portada di e buki aki un     origen di e lenga crioyo.
I then started to perform tastings in the large supermar-  pintura cu señor Elis Juliana a traha di
kets like Superfood on a regular basis, giving extensive   Antoine Maduro.                           Un programa yen di informacion vali-
information of the different products and cooking tips.                                              oso y interesante. Y sigur inspiracion
The company ran monthly ads in the newspaper with          E dia ta dedica tambe na George           pa discusion.
Seafood recipes written by me. (Maria den Cushina)         Maduro, cu ta nomber di e caya unda
I also attended a food show where our seafood was
cooked and offered to the public.

In March of 2009 I decided I wanted to be on my own
to pursue other ventures.
I will always remember the opportunity giv-
en to me to broaden my horizon. In fact, today
I still enjoy conducting tastings at Superfood.

 Thank You Ike, R.I.P.
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