Garden of Eden

It’s been such a long time since I last posted but maybe this time I’ll try to make sure I don’t disappear again. There are many ways in which an individual can choose to resolve their problems. In a survey conducted by my first year unit coordinator aka physics lecturer, the first years were required to rank themselves based on various situations of how would they tackle them. And that would categorise them students into either the ‘head-on brave’ type, ‘analytical but sits on the fence’ type, or ‘the evasive and peace loving’ types. Conventionally, I’d find myself to be in more of the latter, hence explaining the entire absence. Though, I’d like to say I do not acknowledge that the tough times can simply be casted away by a mere click of deletion and with no particular reference to anyone, a break occasionally could be a wise choice. :]

Oh, to those whom I’ve always professed to be a natural Buddhist while in the meantime practising none of its beliefs? I don’t think I could be loosely labelled as practising freethought either because I do hold my spiritual beliefs and morals to quite a high extent, although it may not seem like it. Under certain circumstances, I’d never possibly imagine myself as a family person with strong faith in ties but since I’m the no# best potential father as voted by fellow facebook-ians, its freaky to say that the more I try to laugh it away the more I think it will occur! Haa. I think I now understand how older people can hold on to their religion ever so closely as they get mellowed and lonelier... but these fanatical teens? By all means no offence, but I will consult someone because I’m really curious to know. :]

I probably am asking this for the umpteenth time much to the dismay of everyone, but please do tell me what else I can do to prepare myself for the harsh and cruel world during these holidays. Though I may not get the chance or ingredients to cook when I get there, but practise wouldn’t harm. So two days ago I started surfing the net for recipes on the classic ‘fah sang juk’ which translates to groundnuts porridge. Well, it was a suddenly inspired effort (also due to the fact that I was bored to hunger) so although some listed grand ingredients like oysters and clams, I had to omit them and mix and match with what I had. The one thing that I regretted not having were the must-have-scallops, in which I searched ever so thoroughly in the fridge but much to my disappointment mom told me that it wasn’t stocked since a while ago. As this was the first time, there were obviously flaws like the peanuts not being soft enough (this is because I only soaked them for 3 hours and not overnight, what to do I’m so hungry and gluttonous) and there weren’t any substantial flavour other than the chicken seasoning I used (again, blame the scallops). However, I still treat it as an overall success because now I’m getting nods compared to last time when mom said my salads were too sour for her liking. In which I would still defend because me thinks it taste good enough. And the best part is no one in my household is anywhere near the vegetable person I am so I can have it all to myself, haa! I shall experiment more on making some hearty meals and at the same meantime, get to put on weight as well. That is definitely on my list. :]

At times, I do feel I’m constantly disappointing the people around me and everyone seems to be frustrated because I don’t know who I am. But I’d like to take this opportunity to thank those whom stayed and took the effort to and not dishearten them anymore. Hence, the garden makes a comeback to give back. This may be something new but pictures will start to flow in if I figure out the blogspot format and get a decent camera. :]

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