Ótai drink is a winner!
Ötai is a favourite summer drink for Tongans. Fresh watermelon, grated and mixed with fresh coconut milk has been a Tongan staple for a very long time. And recently I entered the otai drink in a competition for aspiring entrepreneurs and fortunately was one of the winners! The judges loved its story and unique pacific quality which could find a small niche in the massive drinks market in New Zealand. I'm glad that the judges liked my idea, it's always humbling to get great feedback and advice on an idea that you love so I will use this when I enter the next competition which will assess the idea as a full-fledged business plan with finance sheets! Life is a bit busy right now with family life, studies, other business tasks and now this new idea to work on. But I am excited and ready for the challenge. I don't need to push the body to the limit like I did last year, just work a little bit on each area each day which means for me crossing off some tasks on my to-do list. it doesn't help that winter is here and I'm hastily moving to get flu jabs first before the COVID-19 vaccine two weeks later. I need to treasure my sleep so that my body can deal with the extra pressure of uni and business deadlines coming up the next few weeks. But I'll be ok, all I need is a ótai drink to ease my mind...but no ice for me...or sugar, I'm sweet enough!
Monday 24th May 2021
