My mother is a kapampangan and she is a great cook. I don't know if it's true that kapampangans are good in cooking. But in my mom's case, it is true. This special talent of her was used months after my father died. She opened a small carenderia/eatery at Dona Segunda Complex. We have some money left at that time so she was able to buy the necessary equipment to start an eatery. She would wake up early every morning and cook viands to be sold and she will set aside something for our breakfast. Then she would left the house by 9:00am to open the stall. Sometimes she will cook new dishes for lunch at the eatery. She hired someone to help her out but she is still the one doing the chores like cooking, serving, and washing the dishes. Most of her customers were students from Interface Computer College, a school just above her stall and some sales clerks on the garment stalls nearby. But that business only lasted for about 3 months or so. The income was not that good because the competition is tight and there was no customer loyalty. She was spending more on the ingredients than the money she is making for serving them.
Lesson: Technical skill is just one thing, management skill is also another. Not because you are good at something, it does not necessarily mean you are going to succeed on it.
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