Mohamad Aaron Rizqi Bin Mohamad Noor, 10
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Aaron’s first choice for the project was grandmother, his favourite caregiver, However, when she was too tired from work, Aaron’s father stepped in over the weekend to cook one of his favourite dishes: curry chicken!
Featured Caregiver:
Father, Mohamad Noor​
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Dish of Choice:
Curry chicken
Have a listen to Aaron's reflection in this journey of documenting his father cooking curry chicken or read on in the transcript below.
Shiyun: If someone were to ask you who was your main caregiver, that means somebody who take care of you, who would you think it is?
Aaron: My grandmother.
Shiyun: How does your grandmother care for you?
Aaron: When like… my birthday, she will buy something, like the present or the cake or go out somewhere to eat, like the Mcdonalds or KFC.
Shiyun: So she’s the one who remembers your birthday?
Aaron: Yes…
Shiyun: and celebrates your birthday.
Aaron: Yes, and the first one I remembered is my favourite one, when it’s my birthday. My grandmother went to eat Mcdonald’s with me and my siblings.
Shiyun: So that’s a very deep memory for you.
Aaron: Yes.
Shiyun: How old were you then?
Aaron: I’m not so sure, I was just a kid. Yah.
Shiyun: But it was a very clear memory for you, Grandma celebrating your birthday.
Aaron: Yes.
Shiyun: Do you usually celebrate birthdays?
Aaron: Yes, at my grandmother’s house only. But sometimes my father comes to my grandmother house to give me present. Yah.
Shiyun: But mainly it’s your grandmother who would prepare the celebrations?
Aaron: Yeah, like after the work.
Shiyun: In the beginning, we wanted your grandmother to cook, and it didn’t happen. Can you tell us what happened?
Aaron: So basically, my grandmother is working on that day, and she mostly work everyday, and my grandmother wanted to find a time to do, but cannot. Yah.
Shiyun: She’s just too tired?
Aaron: Yah.
Shiyun: So in the end, it’s your father who did it
Aaron: Yes.
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Shiyun: Did you decide on the dish, or he decided on the dish?
Aaron: Ya, he decided.
Shiyun: Did he ask you?
Aaron: Yeah.
Shiyun: So both of you agreed?
Aaron: Yah. So basically the first, we just want to cook assam pedas, but it is cancelled because like too much ingredients and we just decide to cook curry chicken. Yah.
Shiyun: How often do you eat curry chicken?
Aaron: Many times.
Shiyun: Is it like everyday?
Aaron: Yah.
Shiyun: What do you eat everyday?
Aaron: Mostly like Ayam Masah Merah, spinach..
Shiyun: Spinach?
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Aaron: Ya, cucumbers, chicken rice, and curry chicken
Shiyun: So these are food that are cooked by your father?
Aaron: Most of it is my grandma. My father sometimes buys or just cook.
Shiyun: So in a week you will spend 5 days with your grandma, and the weekends with your father. Do you find it confusing?
Aaron: Yah. So I pick two, my father and my grandmother. But sometimes, I just sleep at my mother house.
Shiyun: Because it is more convenient?
Aaron: Yah.
Shiyun: You tend to enjoy cooking at TTKC also.
Aaron: Yes.
Shiyun: What is it about cooking that you enjoy?
Aaron: Erm…
Shiyun: cutting vegetables?
Aaron: Yah, fry egg.
Shiyun: You like to use the knife?
Aaron: Ya.
Shiyun: Fry egg?
Aaron: Ya.
Shiyun: Do you get to cook at home?
Aaron: My dad’s house. I cook noodles, instant noodles only. But at grandmother’s house, is egg, noodles, and nuggets.
Shiyun: She cook it with you? Or you can do it by yourself?
Aaron: If my grandmother’s not home, then I just do it myself. If the food finish, then I must cook.
Shiyun: For yourself?
Aaron: Yah.
Shiyun: So you can take care of yourself?
Aaron: Yes.
