Random thoughts for the day

Well i had my last 3 school shows (Chicky) today.... It was all really quick, considering it started exactly one week ago! 10 shows gone. Now waiting for more shows to happen... man i suddenly felt as though i lost my self worth.

Anyway i decided to do more cooking today again! Yeap the chef at work... by force! My mum just hurled to me the responsibility of making some food for the family. geeeez. Well i went for the easy option: Fried rice, boiled vegetables and some char siew and siew bak my mum bought earlier in the morning. Oh and i made oyakadon for myself! check it out!


























YEap that's my oyakodon with my complete meal. hahah It tasted really good actually. got the omelette topping for $2 from Daiso. they sell really good stuff. hope to be heading down there again soon though.

Was watching this cheesy HK movie... where this heoric guy walked into a burning building, rescued a dog, WALKED along the burning corridor in slow motion... and as he approaches the camera, flames explode from behind him... but still he remains un-frazzled. HAhaha SO CHEESY. reminds me of other cheesy scenes like how the evil guy measures up his victim, walks eerily and slowly towards her, talking about how he's going to kill her or why she deserves to die or how no one would hear her even if she screams... and the bloody guy just takes his damn sweet time to pull the damn trigger... and before he could do so, the hero of the show makes an explosive entry and saves the day. these kinda scenes happen sooooo often! but notice how we're just suckers for them??


Well i guess my 'holidays' have officially begun. time to meet up with some of my friends... esp those who are about to fly off for exchange. And also set aside time to bake!! woohoo!

A chef is born... Jonny Oliver in da house~

I decided to be a nice boy and cook for my family... since i have a cough and all, i was deliberating what to cook for dinner. Can't be deep fried fried stuff. Nor heaty stuff. No chicken... Man, the restrictions i had to work with!! But then, with sheer effort, i managed to dig up an idea from my brain (surprise surprise!)... and decided to make... SOBA!!












So yeah these were some of the dishes... The Soba (in case my food are cooked beyond recognition, it's the top left picture) took quite some time to make cos after boiling it, you had to drain it with cold water, then layer it with ice... (ice ice baby...)

The pork was marinaded with teriyaki sauce, and i pan fried them with salt and ground pepper.

And the spinach was just... you know... boiled. no biggie there. But i lurve spinach! Popeye-inspired, maybe. Always wanted to have a cocked-up face like his.

Other (rather unimportant) stuff i made: scrambled eggs and dumplings (those u get frozen).











So my customers (my dad & mum. too bad justin couldn't enjoy this as well) sat at the table and tried the food... and they expressed their satisfaction!! Woohooo! They actually liked it! they said the pork was good, although they kept mistaking it for chicken...



Ahhhh... the gratification of it all... As you can probably tell from my expression there. haha I felt very good after the meal... not only cos it wasn't a disaster... But mostly cos i managed to do something good. Not just for myself, but for my family too. My mum especially. Now i know how bloody hard it is to prepare a meal... and my mum does it so often!
Love you, mum.

But i tell you, sometimes my Dad pisses me off. He was SOOO lazy to clear up the dishes and wash them. When i finally got him to clear up, he was so haphazard that he even threw away a porcelain spoon by accident! Ughh.

I think i learn a lot from cooking. It teaches me patience (try waiting for pork chops to be evenly done, and u'll know what i mean). It teaches me to be alert (a second too late, and fried eggs can taste like the wok) and more than anything, it teaches me humility.

You know, we could all learn to celebrate every small victory... it makes us appreciate things more, and also makes you feel happier as a person.

Hopefully this won't be the last of my culinary experiments!