Slika vjenčanja Mile i Annie Boban u Parizu, subota 31 srpnja 1965. Hrvatska trobojnica preko prsiju Annie Boban svjedoči njezinu ljubav za Hrvatsku.
Français – La Fin du Journal d’Annie Boban parte (14)
Hrvatski – Kraj Dnevnika Annie Boban dio (14)
English – End of Annie Boban’s Dairy part (14)
Français
La fin du Journal d’Annie Boban parte (14)
Mercredi 2 septembre 1981
Rien de précis. Milan m’a demandé d’appeler la compagnie aérienne car ce week-end il se rend à Chicago pour une tournée des Clubs de football Croates des USA et du Canada, mais il m’a dit de prendre le billet d’avion au nom de GABRIĆ. Aucun problème. Le billet aller-retour pour le voyage par T.W.A à Chicago coûte 285 $ + taxes.
Jeudi 3 septembre 1981
Milan travaille à Millbrae et San Bruno, rien de spécial ici.
Vendredi 4 septembre 1981
Milan travaille toute la journée. Avant le départ, il m’a demandé de changer le nom sur le billet d’avion de GABRIĆ à BOBAN, car ce sera suspect si je vais à Chicago sous un autre nom. J’ai appelé la compagnie aérienne T.W.A. et leur a dit de changer le nom de M. GabriĆ a M. BOBAN, parce j’était confuse. Ils m’ont dit qu’il n’y avait pas de problème. Le soir, vers 20 heures, arrive Milan Cvitanović, suivi de Velimir Sulić et Filip Šola. Ils partent vers 10h15. et Milan Cvitanović les conduit à l’aéroport. Je me couche vers 11h30.
Samedi 5 septembre 1981
Sophie part à 8h du matin pour travailler à South San Francisco avec Debie. Elle y travaillera lors du mariage d’une famille mexicaine, et le soir je les rejoindrai pour un dîner en l’honneur du Club de football Croate. J’emmène Catherine et Drina à “Great America” vers 10h30 du matin et leur dis que je les récupère vers 5h15. Les garçons et moi allons au parc Huddart pour une longue promenade. Les garçons avaient chacun leur propre sac à dos avec un sandwich, une boisson, un fruit, un gâteau et nous marcherons environ 2h30 à travers la forêt.Petit fils Mile est tellement fier de son sac à dos qu’il marche tout le temps sans se plaindre, ce qui est un vrai miracle. A 1h30 tous les sandwichs sont partis, mangés et nous allons au parc Rinconada à Palo Alto. Nous y restons jusqu’à 4h15 puis nous partons pour “Great America” pour récupérer Catherine et Drina. A 5h15 Catherine et Drina arrivent à la voiture. A 6h nous arrivons à la maison et à 7h du soir je vais à Foster City chercher Doreen. Nous irons ensemble à South San Francisco. Quand nous sommes arrivés, le mariage battait son plein et le dîner du club de football Croate était au deuxième étage et le mariage était au quatrième. Il y avait entre 75 et 100 convives et il y avait trop de nourriture. Ante Batković, qui devrait normalement être inclus dans cette soirée, ne lève pas le petit doigt pour aider. Il est le patron et le Big Boss là-bas. Milan Cvitanović se plaint à moi “C’est la dernière fois que je prends le ‘désordre’ de quelqu’un d’autre sur mes épaules”. Sophie et Debbie partent vers 22h30, et après environ 30 minutes, Sophie m’appelle pour me dire qu’elle a les clés de la maison avec elle. Et je dois attendre que Doreen et Milan Cvitanović partent. A 01h00 après minuit ils partent et nous arrivons à la maison vers 01h40. Je vais immédiatement me coucher pour dormir et j’ai dormi longtemps jusqu’à ce que le matin se lève.
Dimanche 6 septembre 1981
Matinée paisible, même si je me suis réveillé à 7h au lieu de 10h prévu… Vers 11h nous sommes arrivés au Burlingame High School où se déroulaient les matchs du tournoi de football. A 18 heures, nous arrivons à South San Francisco et nous devrions avoir des invités ce soir-là. Pour changer un peu, nous n’aurons pas à travailler. Dennis arrive vers 6h45 et bien sûr nous sommes déjà occupés, Doreen, Debbie, Sophie et moi avons été obligés de travailler. Je suis tellement occupé que j’ai à peine le temps de lui parler. Milan Milan Cvitanović prend soin de Dennis et le présente à Mate Kovačević. Nous dressons les tables. Je retourne à la cuisine et nous voyons 2 boîtes de 5 kilos de macaronis. Je demande à Ante Batković s’ils ont assez des macaronis pour le dîner ? Il nous dit que oui, je lui dis que ça ne suffira pas pour 200 personnes. Il répond “il y en aura trop”. O.K. En ce moment, nous décidons tous que, s’il y a des plaintes et des insatisfactions, nous renverrons ceux qui se plaignent à Ante Batković. Donc on ne dit plus rien sur la quantité de nourriture. Vers 8 heures, les filles de Batković viennent nous dire qu’elles serviront. Nous nous sommes assis, mais le service était si lent que nous sommes retournés à la cuisine et les avons aidés.
Comme nous le savions et ce que nous avons dit, il n’y avait pas assez de macaronis et les premières tables en avaient, mais les dernières au fond de la salle avaient les restes de sarma de la veille, et certaines tables n’en avaient rien. Ensuite, de la viande et des légumes. Une fine tranche de rosbif, une cuillerée de purée et une cuillerée de légumes verts restants de la veille. Au bout de plusieurs tables, il y a des légumes verts. Un peu plus et plus de purée. Alors que les gens se plaignaient de plus en plus parce que le service n’était pas assez rapide, et qu’ils avaient faim, en attendant que le chef fasse un autre pot de purée, une vingtaine de personnes ont pris une tasse de ce qui restait de la choucroute au fond du bol de sarma. C’est dommage de payer 15 $ pour un repas comme ça. Comme il n’y avait pas assez à manger, la boisson montait à la tête des gens et ils devenaient de plus en plus bruyants. À la fin du repas, l’équipe de Vancouver a terminé à la première place, et de joie ils ont jeté des serviettes autour de la salle et sur les tables.Ceci est la conclusion et la fin de la description du Journal d’Annie Boban, qu’elle a commencé à écrire le jeudi 25 juin 1981 et terminé le dimanche 6 septembre 1981.Nous sommes aujourd’hui le dimanche 30 octobre 2022.
Transcrit par Mile Boban, Austin, Texas.
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Kraj Dnevnika Annie Boban dio (14)
Srijeda, 2. rujna 1981
Ništa određeno. Milan me zamolio da nazovem zrakoplovnu kompaniju jer ovaj vikend ide u Chicago na turneju hrvatskih nogometnih klubova SAD-a i Kanade, ali mi je rekao da avionsku kartu uzmem na ime GABRIĆ. Nema problema. Putna karta za putovanje T.W.A u Chicago i natrag košta 285 USD + porez.
Četvrtak, 3. rujna 1981
Milan radi u Millbrae i San Bruno, ovdje ništa posebno.
Petak, 4. rujna 1981
Milan radi cijeli dan. Prije polaska zamolio me je da promijenim ime na avionskoj karti GABRIĆ u BOBAN, jer će biti sumnjivo ako u Chicago idem pod drugim imenom. Nazvala sam zračnu kompaniju T.W.A. i rekla im da promjenu ime sa g. GABRIĆ, jer da se je zbunila. Rekli su mi da nema problema. Navečer oko 8 sati Milan Cvitanović dolazi a zatim Velimir Sulić i Filip Šola. oni odlaze oko 10.15 sati. a Milan Cvitanović ih vozi do zračne luke. Ja Idem spavati oko 11:30.
Subota, 5. rujna 1981
Sophie odlazi u 8 ujutro na posao u South San Francisco sa Debie. Ona će tamo raditi za vrijeme vjenčanja neke meksikanske obitelji, a navečer ću im se pridružiti i ja na večeri u čast Hrvatskog Nogometnog Kluba. Odvzem Catherine i Drinu u “Great America ” oko 10:30 ujutro i kažem im da ću doći po njih oko 17:15. Dečki i ja odlazimo u park Huddart na dugu šetnju. Dečki su imali svaki svoj ruksak sa sendvičem, pićem, voćem, kolačem i hodat ćemo oko 2h30 kroz šumu. Mali sin Mile je toliko ponosan na svoj ruksak da cijelo vrijeme hoda bez prigovora, što je pravo čudo. U 1:30 svi sendviči su nestali, pojedeni i idemo u Rinconada Park u Palo Alto. Tu ostajemo do 4:15 i onda krećemo prema “Great America ” uzeti Catherine i Drinu. U 5:15 Catherine i Drina dolaze do auta. U 6 stižemo kući a u 7 ujutro odlazim u Foster City po Doreen. Zajedno ćemo ići u South San Francisco. Kada smo došli tamo, svadba je bila u punom jeku, a večera Hrvatskog Nogometnog Kluba je bila na drugom katu a svadba na četvrtom. Došlo je tu gostiju između 75 i 100 i ima previše hrane. Ante Batković, koji bi inače trebao biti uključen u ovu večer, ne mrda prstom da pomogne. On je tu gazda i “Veliki šef”. Milan Cvitanović se meni tuži “Ovo je zadnji put da ja nečiji tuđi ‘nered’ preuzimam na svoja pleća, leđa”. Sophie i Debbie odlaze oko 10:30, a ja poslije nekih 30 minuta i mene Sophie zove da mi kaže da ima ključeve od kuće sa sobom. A ja moram čekati dok Doreen i Milan Cvitanović odu. U 01:00 poslije polnoći oni odlaze, a mi stižemo u kući oko 01:40. Ja idem odmah u krevet spavati i spavala sam dugo dok se nije dobro ojutrilo.
Nedjelja, 6. rujna 1981
Mirno jutro, iako sam se probudila u 7 umjesto planiranih 10….Oko 11 sati stigli smo u Burlingame High School gdje su se održavali nogometne turnirske igre. U 6 sati stižemo u South San Francisco i tu večer mi bi trebali biti gosti. Da bi se malo promijenilo, nećemo morati raditi. Dennis dolazi oko 6:45 i, naravno, već smo zauzeti, Doreen, Debbie, Sophie i ja zadužili su nas da radimo. Toliko sam zauzeta da jedva da imam vremena razgovarati s njim. Gospodin Milan Cvitanović preuzima brigu o Dennisu i upoznaje ga s gospodinom matom Kovačevićem. Postavili smo stolove. Vraćam se u kuhinju i vidimo 2 kutije od 5 kila makarona. Pitam Antu Batkovića jesu li t makaroni za večeru?. On nam kaže da jest, ja mu kažemo da neće biti dovoljno za 200 ljudi. On odgovara “bit će i previše”. O.K. U ovom trenutku svi odlučujemo da ćemo, ako bude pritužbi i nezadovoljstva, uputiti one koji se žale na Antu Batkovića. Dakle, mi više ne govorimo ništa o količini hrane. Oko 8 sati dolaze Batkovićeve kćeri i govore nam da će one posluživati. Mi smo sjeli na svoja mjesta, ali posluga je bila toliko spora da smo se vratili u kuhinju i pomoći im.
Kao što smo znali i što smo rekli, nije bilo dovoljno makarona i prvi stolovi su je imali, ali zadnji na kraju prostorije su imali ostatke sarmi od prethodnog dana, a neki stolovi nisu imali ništa. Zatim meso i povrće. Jedna tanka šnica pečene govedine, kašika pirea i žlica zelenog povrća preostalog od prethodnog dana. Na kraju nekoliko stolova, ima malo zelenog povrća. Malo više i više pirea. Kako su se ljudi sve više žalili jer posluga nije bila dovoljno brza, a oni gladni, dok su čekali da kuhar napravi još jedan lonac pirea, dvadesetak ljudi dobilo je šalicu što je ostalo od kiselog kupusa na dnu posude od sarme. Šteta platiti 15 dolara za takav obrok. Kako nije bilo dovoljno za jelo, piće je otišlo ljudima u glavu i postajali su sve glasniji i glasniji. Na kraju obroka ekipa Vancouvera završila je na prvom mjestu a od radosti su bacale ubruse po dvorani i po stolovima.
Ništa određeno. Milan me zamolio da nazovem zrakoplovnu kompaniju jer ovaj vikend ide u Chicago na turneju hrvatskih nogometnih klubova SAD-a i Kanade, ali mi je rekao da avionsku kartu uzmem na ime GABRIĆ. Nema problema. Putna karta za putovanje T.W.A u Chicago i natrag košta 285 USD + porez.
Četvrtak, 3. rujna 1981
Milan radi u Millbrae i San Bruno, ovdje ništa posebno.
Petak, 4. rujna 1981
Milan radi cijeli dan. Prije polaska zamolio me je da promijenim ime na avionskoj karti GABRIĆ u BOBAN, jer će biti sumnjivo ako u Chicago idem pod drugim imenom. Nazvala sam zračnu kompaniju T.W.A. i rekla im da promjenu ime sa g. GABRIĆ, jer da se je zbunila. Rekli su mi da nema problema. Navečer oko 8 sati Milan Cvitanović dolazi a zatim Velimir Sulić i Filip Šola. oni odlaze oko 10.15 sati. a Milan Cvitanović ih vozi do zračne luke. Ja Idem spavati oko 11:30.
Subota, 5. rujna 1981
Sophie odlazi u 8 ujutro na posao u South San Francisco sa Debie. Ona će tamo raditi za vrijeme vjenčanja neke meksikanske obitelji, a navečer ću im se pridružiti i ja na večeri u čast Hrvatskog Nogometnog Kluba. Odvzem Catherine i Drinu u “Great America ” oko 10:30 ujutro i kažem im da ću doći po njih oko 17:15. Dečki i ja odlazimo u park Huddart na dugu šetnju. Dečki su imali svaki svoj ruksak sa sendvičem, pićem, voćem, kolačem i hodat ćemo oko 2h30 kroz šumu. Mali sin Mile je toliko ponosan na svoj ruksak da cijelo vrijeme hoda bez prigovora, što je pravo čudo. U 1:30 svi sendviči su nestali, pojedeni i idemo u Rinconada Park u Palo Alto. Tu ostajemo do 4:15 i onda krećemo prema “Great America ” uzeti Catherine i Drinu. U 5:15 Catherine i Drina dolaze do auta. U 6 stižemo kući a u 7 ujutro odlazim u Foster City po Doreen. Zajedno ćemo ići u South San Francisco. Kada smo došli tamo, svadba je bila u punom jeku, a večera Hrvatskog Nogometnog Kluba je bila na drugom katu a svadba na četvrtom. Došlo je tu gostiju između 75 i 100 i ima previše hrane. Ante Batković, koji bi inače trebao biti uključen u ovu večer, ne mrda prstom da pomogne. On je tu gazda i “Veliki šef”. Milan Cvitanović se meni tuži “Ovo je zadnji put da ja nečiji tuđi ‘nered’ preuzimam na svoja pleća, leđa”. Sophie i Debbie odlaze oko 10:30, a ja poslije nekih 30 minuta i mene Sophie zove da mi kaže da ima ključeve od kuće sa sobom. A ja moram čekati dok Doreen i Milan Cvitanović odu. U 01:00 poslije polnoći oni odlaze, a mi stižemo u kući oko 01:40. Ja idem odmah u krevet spavati i spavala sam dugo dok se nije dobro ojutrilo.
Nedjelja, 6. rujna 1981
Mirno jutro, iako sam se probudila u 7 umjesto planiranih 10….Oko 11 sati stigli smo u Burlingame High School gdje su se održavali nogometne turnirske igre. U 6 sati stižemo u South San Francisco i tu večer mi bi trebali biti gosti. Da bi se malo promijenilo, nećemo morati raditi. Dennis dolazi oko 6:45 i, naravno, već smo zauzeti, Doreen, Debbie, Sophie i ja zadužili su nas da radimo. Toliko sam zauzeta da jedva da imam vremena razgovarati s njim. Gospodin Milan Cvitanović preuzima brigu o Dennisu i upoznaje ga s gospodinom matom Kovačevićem. Postavili smo stolove. Vraćam se u kuhinju i vidimo 2 kutije od 5 kila makarona. Pitam Antu Batkovića jesu li t makaroni za večeru?. On nam kaže da jest, ja mu kažemo da neće biti dovoljno za 200 ljudi. On odgovara “bit će i previše”. O.K. U ovom trenutku svi odlučujemo da ćemo, ako bude pritužbi i nezadovoljstva, uputiti one koji se žale na Antu Batkovića. Dakle, mi više ne govorimo ništa o količini hrane. Oko 8 sati dolaze Batkovićeve kćeri i govore nam da će one posluživati. Mi smo sjeli na svoja mjesta, ali posluga je bila toliko spora da smo se vratili u kuhinju i pomoći im.
Kao što smo znali i što smo rekli, nije bilo dovoljno makarona i prvi stolovi su je imali, ali zadnji na kraju prostorije su imali ostatke sarmi od prethodnog dana, a neki stolovi nisu imali ništa. Zatim meso i povrće. Jedna tanka šnica pečene govedine, kašika pirea i žlica zelenog povrća preostalog od prethodnog dana. Na kraju nekoliko stolova, ima malo zelenog povrća. Malo više i više pirea. Kako su se ljudi sve više žalili jer posluga nije bila dovoljno brza, a oni gladni, dok su čekali da kuhar napravi još jedan lonac pirea, dvadesetak ljudi dobilo je šalicu što je ostalo od kiselog kupusa na dnu posude od sarme. Šteta platiti 15 dolara za takav obrok. Kako nije bilo dovoljno za jelo, piće je otišlo ljudima u glavu i postajali su sve glasniji i glasniji. Na kraju obroka ekipa Vancouvera završila je na prvom mjestu a od radosti su bacale ubruse po dvorani i po stolovima.
Ovo je završetak i kraj opisa Dnevnika Annie Boban kojeg je počela pisati u četvrtak 25 lipnja 1981., a završila u nedjelju 6 rujna 1981.
Danas je nedjelja 30 listopada 2022.
Prepisao Mile Boban,
Austin, Texas.
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End of Annie Boban’s Diary part (14) Sunday Oct. 30th 2022
Wednesday, September 2, 1981
Nothing definite. Milan asked me to call the airline company because this weekend he is going to Chicago for a tour of Croatian football Clubs in the USA and Canada, but he told me to take the plane ticket in the name of GABRIĆ. No problem. Round trip ticket for T.W.A trip to Chicago is $285 + tax.
Thursday, September 3, 1981
Milan worked in Millbrae and San Bruno, nothing special here.
Friday, September 4, 1981
Milan works all day. Before departure, he asked me to change the name on the plane ticket from GABRIĆ to BOBAN, because it will be suspicious if I go to Chicago under a different name. I called the airline T.W.A. and told them to change the name from M. GABRIĆ, to M. Boban, because I was confused. They told me there was no problem. In the evening, around 8 o’clock, Milan Cvitanović arrives, followed by Velimir Sulić and Filip Šola. They leave around 10.15 am. and Milan Cvitanović drives them to the airport. I go to sleep around 11:30.
Saturday, September 5, 1981
Sophie leaves at 8am for work in South San Francisco with Debie. She will work there during the wedding of a Mexican family, and in the evening I will join them at a dinner in honor of the Croatian Football Club. I take Catherine and Drina to “Great America” around 10:30 in the morning and tell them I’ll pick them up around 5:15. PM. The boys and I go to Huddart Park for a long walk. The boys each had their own backpack with a sandwich, a drink, fruit, cake and we will walk for about 2:30 through the forest. Little son Mile is so proud of his backpack that he walks the whole time without complaining, which is a real miracle. At 1:30 all the sandwiches are gone, eaten and we are going to Riconaga Park in Palo Alto. We stay there until 4:15 and then we leave for “Great America” to pick up Catherine and Drina. At 5:15 Catherine and Drina arrive at the car. At 6 we arrive home and at 7 PM I go to Foster City to pick up Doreen. We’ll go to South San Francisco together. When we got there, the wedding was in full swing, and the dinner of the Croatian Football Club was on the second floor and the wedding was on the fourth. There were between 75 and 100 guests and there was too much food. Ante Batković, who should normally be included in this evening, does not lift a finger to help. He is the boss and the “Big Boss” there. Milan Cvitanović complains to me “This is the last time that I take someone else’s ‘mess’ on my shoulders, my back”. Sophie and Debbie leave around 10:30, and after about 30 minutes, Sophie calls me to say that she has the house keys with her. And I have to wait until Doreen and Milan Cvitanović leave. At 01:00 after midnight they leave and we arrive at the house around 01:40. I immediately went to bed to sleep and I slept for a long time until the morning broke.
Sunday, September 6, 1981
Peaceful morning, although I woke up at 7 instead of the planned 10… Around 11 o’clock we arrived at Burlingame High School where the football tournament games were held. At 6 o’clock we arrive in South San Francisco and we should have guests that evening. In order to change a little, we won’t have to work. Dennis arrives around 6:45 and of course we are already busy, Doreen, Debbie, Sophie and I have been assigned to work. I’m so busy I hardly have time to talk to him, Dennis. Milan Cvitanović takes care of Dennis and introduces him to Mr. Mate Kovačević. We set the tables. I return to the kitchen and we see 2 boxes of 5 kilos of macaroni. I ask Ante Batković if they have enough macaroni for dinner? He tells us that it is, I tell him that it won’t be enough for 200 people. He replies “there will be too many”. O.K. At this moment, we all decide that, if there are complaints and dissatisfactions, we will refer those who complain to Anto Batković. So we don’t say anything about the amount of food anymore. Around 8 o’clock, Batković’s daughters come and tell us that they will serve. We took our seats, but the service was so slow that we went back to the kitchen and helped them.
As we knew and what we said, there was not enough macaroni and the first tables had it, but the last ones at the end of the room had the remains of sarma from the previous day, and some tables had nothing. Then meat and vegetables. One thin slice of roast beef, a spoonful of puree and a spoonful of green vegetables left over from the previous day. At the end of several tables, there are some green vegetables. A little more and more puree. As people complained more and more because the service wasn’t fast enough, and they were hungry, while waiting for the chef to make another pot of puree, about twenty people got a cup of what was left of the sauerkraut at the bottom of the sarma bowl. It’s a shame to pay $15 for a meal like that. As there was not enough to eat, the drink went to people’s heads and they became louder and louder. At the end of the meal, the Vancouver team finished in first place, and they threw napkins around the hall and on the tables out of joy.This is the conclusion and end of the description of Annie Boban’s Diary, which she started writing on Thursday, June 25, 1981, and finished on Sunday, September 6, 1981.Today is Sunday October 30, 2022.
Transcribed by Mile Boban, Austin, Texas.
Nothing definite. Milan asked me to call the airline company because this weekend he is going to Chicago for a tour of Croatian football Clubs in the USA and Canada, but he told me to take the plane ticket in the name of GABRIĆ. No problem. Round trip ticket for T.W.A trip to Chicago is $285 + tax.
Thursday, September 3, 1981
Milan worked in Millbrae and San Bruno, nothing special here.
Friday, September 4, 1981
Milan works all day. Before departure, he asked me to change the name on the plane ticket from GABRIĆ to BOBAN, because it will be suspicious if I go to Chicago under a different name. I called the airline T.W.A. and told them to change the name from M. GABRIĆ, to M. Boban, because I was confused. They told me there was no problem. In the evening, around 8 o’clock, Milan Cvitanović arrives, followed by Velimir Sulić and Filip Šola. They leave around 10.15 am. and Milan Cvitanović drives them to the airport. I go to sleep around 11:30.
Saturday, September 5, 1981
Sophie leaves at 8am for work in South San Francisco with Debie. She will work there during the wedding of a Mexican family, and in the evening I will join them at a dinner in honor of the Croatian Football Club. I take Catherine and Drina to “Great America” around 10:30 in the morning and tell them I’ll pick them up around 5:15. PM. The boys and I go to Huddart Park for a long walk. The boys each had their own backpack with a sandwich, a drink, fruit, cake and we will walk for about 2:30 through the forest. Little son Mile is so proud of his backpack that he walks the whole time without complaining, which is a real miracle. At 1:30 all the sandwiches are gone, eaten and we are going to Riconaga Park in Palo Alto. We stay there until 4:15 and then we leave for “Great America” to pick up Catherine and Drina. At 5:15 Catherine and Drina arrive at the car. At 6 we arrive home and at 7 PM I go to Foster City to pick up Doreen. We’ll go to South San Francisco together. When we got there, the wedding was in full swing, and the dinner of the Croatian Football Club was on the second floor and the wedding was on the fourth. There were between 75 and 100 guests and there was too much food. Ante Batković, who should normally be included in this evening, does not lift a finger to help. He is the boss and the “Big Boss” there. Milan Cvitanović complains to me “This is the last time that I take someone else’s ‘mess’ on my shoulders, my back”. Sophie and Debbie leave around 10:30, and after about 30 minutes, Sophie calls me to say that she has the house keys with her. And I have to wait until Doreen and Milan Cvitanović leave. At 01:00 after midnight they leave and we arrive at the house around 01:40. I immediately went to bed to sleep and I slept for a long time until the morning broke.
Sunday, September 6, 1981
Peaceful morning, although I woke up at 7 instead of the planned 10… Around 11 o’clock we arrived at Burlingame High School where the football tournament games were held. At 6 o’clock we arrive in South San Francisco and we should have guests that evening. In order to change a little, we won’t have to work. Dennis arrives around 6:45 and of course we are already busy, Doreen, Debbie, Sophie and I have been assigned to work. I’m so busy I hardly have time to talk to him, Dennis. Milan Cvitanović takes care of Dennis and introduces him to Mr. Mate Kovačević. We set the tables. I return to the kitchen and we see 2 boxes of 5 kilos of macaroni. I ask Ante Batković if they have enough macaroni for dinner? He tells us that it is, I tell him that it won’t be enough for 200 people. He replies “there will be too many”. O.K. At this moment, we all decide that, if there are complaints and dissatisfactions, we will refer those who complain to Anto Batković. So we don’t say anything about the amount of food anymore. Around 8 o’clock, Batković’s daughters come and tell us that they will serve. We took our seats, but the service was so slow that we went back to the kitchen and helped them.
As we knew and what we said, there was not enough macaroni and the first tables had it, but the last ones at the end of the room had the remains of sarma from the previous day, and some tables had nothing. Then meat and vegetables. One thin slice of roast beef, a spoonful of puree and a spoonful of green vegetables left over from the previous day. At the end of several tables, there are some green vegetables. A little more and more puree. As people complained more and more because the service wasn’t fast enough, and they were hungry, while waiting for the chef to make another pot of puree, about twenty people got a cup of what was left of the sauerkraut at the bottom of the sarma bowl. It’s a shame to pay $15 for a meal like that. As there was not enough to eat, the drink went to people’s heads and they became louder and louder. At the end of the meal, the Vancouver team finished in first place, and they threw napkins around the hall and on the tables out of joy.This is the conclusion and end of the description of Annie Boban’s Diary, which she started writing on Thursday, June 25, 1981, and finished on Sunday, September 6, 1981.Today is Sunday October 30, 2022.
Transcribed by Mile Boban, Austin, Texas.
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