Ramen weekend
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Last Saturday, after passing through East Park on my way to the bazaar, I headed to the city center. I walked to get some exercise and enjoy the sun, which had come out after hours of rain.
It was the reopening of a small food stall located in a small shopping center. It sells ramen, inspired by the one featured in Naruto. I had been told that there would be some cosplayers and activities for the public who went there to eat ramen.
El s谩bado pasado, despu茅s de pasar por el Parque del Este para ir al bazar, me dirig铆 al centro de la ciudad. Fui andando para hacer algo de ejercicio y disfrutar del sol, que hab铆a salido despu茅s de horas de lluvia.
Era la reapertura de un peque帽o puesto de comida situado en un peque帽o centro comercial. Vende ramen, inspirado en el que aparece en Naruto. Me hab铆an dicho que habr铆a algunos cosplayers y actividades para el p煤blico que fuera a comer ramen all铆.
I sat down for a while to rest after the long walk. Some cosplayers were starting to arrive. There were already people lining up or waiting their turn to eat ramen. In no time, it filled up with more people. That business had a good day. I left very early, but when I did, there were already eighty orders waiting.
The small ramen cost about three dollars and the large one six. I saw that most people ordered the large ramen, but even if you only count the three dollars plus the cost of drinks, the total is considerable. On that Saturday alone, they probably made almost a thousand dollars. Of course, announcing the presence of different cosplayers brought in more people, but with the current economic situation in the country, that kind of influx isn't going to happen every day.
Me sent茅 un rato a descansar despu茅s de la larga caminata. Algunos cosplayers empezaban a llegar. Ya hab铆a gente haciendo cola o esperando su turno para comer ramen. En poco tiempo, se llen贸 de m谩s gente. Ese negocio tuvo un buen d铆a. Me fui muy temprano, pero cuando lo hice, ya hab铆a ochenta pedidos esperando.
El ramen peque帽o costaba unos tres d贸lares y el grande seis. Vi que la mayor铆a de la gente ped铆a el ramen grande, pero incluso si solo se cuentan los tres d贸lares m谩s el coste de las bebidas, la suma es considerable. Solo ese s谩bado, probablemente ganaron casi mil d贸lares. Por supuesto, anunciar la presencia de diferentes cosplayers hizo que viniera m谩s gente, pero con la situaci贸n econ贸mica actual del pa铆s, ese tipo de afluencia no va a ocurrir todos los d铆as.
Most of the cosplayers chose the Naruto theme. As soon as they started coming out, people began taking photos with them and recording videos. The children wanted to take photos with each of the characters, and the cosplayers were happy to oblige. They also had time to pose for the official photographer hired by the shopping center and to walk around the nearby streets, informing people about the reopening of the venue.
This time I didn't take as many photos, as I was a little tired and also wanted to visit some shops in the city center to find out the prices of some things I need. I couldn't stay late, as many cosplayers weren't ready and others hadn't arrived yet.
La mayor铆a de los cosplayers eligieron el tema de Naruto. Tan pronto como empezaron a salir, la gente comenz贸 a hacerse fotos con ellos y a grabar v铆deos. Los ni帽os quer铆an hacerse fotos con cada uno de los personajes, y los cosplayers estaban encantados de complacerlos. Tambi茅n tuvieron tiempo para posar para el fot贸grafo oficial contratado por el centro comercial y para pasear por las calles cercanas, informando a la gente sobre la reapertura del local.
Esta vez no tom茅 tantas fotos, ya que estaba un poco cansado y tambi茅n quer铆a visitar algunas tiendas en el centro de la ciudad para averiguar los precios de algunas cosas que necesito. No pude quedarme hasta tarde, ya que muchos cosplayers no estaban listos y otros a煤n no hab铆an llegado.
Before leaving, I noticed that they were preparing everything for karaoke and setting up a small accessory stand. There were a lot of people and the space was very small. The photo area was also somewhat uncomfortable due to its narrowness.
I chatted briefly with some cosplayers who hadn't come in costume but had come to support their friends and see if they could eat ramen, as there was a long wait. I found out that several of them couldn't do it because it got too late and they left before it was their turn.
Do you like ramen? I read the comments.
Antes de irme, me di cuenta de que estaban preparando todo para el karaoke y montando un peque帽o puesto de accesorios. Hab铆a mucha gente y el espacio era muy peque帽o. La zona para hacer fotos tambi茅n era algo inc贸moda debido a su estrechez.
Charl茅 brevemente con algunos cosplayers que no hab铆an venido con trajes, pero que hab铆an acudido para apoyar a sus amigos y ver si pod铆an comer ramen, ya que hab铆a una larga espera. Descubr铆 que varios de ellos no pudieron hacerlo porque se les hizo demasiado tarde y se marcharon antes de que les tocara el turno.
驴Les gusta el ramen? leo los comentarios.
Photographs taken with mobile phone Tecno Neo 2 - Cover made with the Canva application - Gifs and separators made by me in photoshop
