I found myself having very little to do after 3pm today. Listless, more like it. I guess the thought of having the whole house to myself for 3 weeks while my parents are off for vacation would be a great idea for me to do what i wanted to. Yet, i find myself being in a rather large (empty) house....i'm too small to fill its' silences. It feels depressing.

So it's 8.05pm today and I try my hand at the kitchen to keep me busy. I have a chicken that is roasting in the oven for dinner... it's honey chicken to be exact. Because i'm asian, i have seasoned it with a little soy sauce along with the honey and pepper, just to give it a little saltier taste. I know sodium and salts aren't good for me, but i can't help it!

Broccoli with mushrooms was my other dish. I find myself running out of ideas of what to cook these days! I came across a really quick recipe for pumpkin soup (yummers!) the other day, so i might just give that a try some time soon. I love 10 minute recipes! Nothing like a quick meal for the urbanite. Haha.

For those of you who don't know, i left my corporate job close to a month ago. I had been working in the HR field as a recruiter and for a shorter period - a resource planner. The boss was shitty (I have to be honest don't i?) and the expectations were high. In return, It paid me really well, but then again, i was working 16 hour days including the weekends. Work was meaningless with a lack of work-life balance.

So I eventually quit without a job (which is really unthinkable considering the economic climate these days).I've decided that i would help my parents out in their company business - but with a caveat : They only pay me a FRACTION of what i used to earn. Sigh* While i love money, but i knew i had to give something up. That means i'll have to start saving and cut back on my unnecessary expenditures and expensive dining (hence yours truly is cooking at home, see?)


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OK the chicken was short of burning while i was typing this entry (thank god i got to it before then) and i had to add another tomato into the soup i was making coz it felt a little lack of taste (the soup i'm making is Vegetable Soup, by the way).

I recently found the joys of cooking this year, even though i'm not very good at it. I realise you don't have to be very good at something to enjoy doing it :-D ... And with that, i'm going to enjoy tucking in to my meal now while it's piping hot! Let's just hope it tastes good. Bon appetit!