Day 7: The Day I Cooked

Yup. This marks the first day I cooked here in Sweden. Before this I was surviving on basically bread, bread and more bread. No, it wasn't the gardenia white bread, but some form of bun that had some (but very little) rasins in it. Actually, the bread is so cheap (5 buns for 10kr, which comes to roughly S$2.50. And each bun is quite filling) that I think they are stale buns. A little bit hard, but then again, what do I know? Maybe the Swedes like these type of hard buns? I see enough people buying them to know that they are safe to eat. Anyway, back to the cooking issue. Yes, I cooked for my lunch and dinner. Boiled some noodles, and stir fried with broccoli, some mushrooms, and chicken meat balls. Added some Knorr seasoning and pepper for taste. If I have to rate my cooking, I'll give it a 6 out of 10 for today. It was good enough to be eaten cold without waming in the microwave, but of course, a hot meal always tastes better.

And just for information, chicken in Swedish is called kyckling.

Bought another comfort food today. A 350g bottle of Nutella! Yup! Nutella! It's something I know and like! But, the cost is a little steep. After conversion, that bottle of Nutella costs S$7.50! Come on man. If this were in Singapore, I can complain to CASE for profiteering. If I'm not wrong, the same bottle costs only around S$5.

I have a presentation to make on Thursday or Friday. Oh. My. God. They want to hear about what I do. Xiao liao! Think I what? Professor ah? Die, die, die. They some more allocate 20 minutes for that. Aiyoh... Madness!

Something odd happened today. I suddenly found another fridge in my room! After opening the door, removing my shoes, I stepped in and bumped into a fridge. WHAT THE??? I didn't ask for one. It was only the first day that I complained that the original fridge stinks and asked for someone to clean it. It works fine now. What is that fridge doing here? If it was for my next complaint that the television was not working, I emailed them back on the very same day that it worked fine after all. The batteries in the remote needed changing. Does the word 'fridge' in Swedish spell like 'television set'?

YES! I have TV to keep me company now. The room will not feel as lonely as before.

Oh yah. I nearly got into an accident today. Some idiot old man didn't see me cross the road, even though I had the right of way (Pedestrians always have the right of way here. And I checked to make sure the cars stopped before crossing.), and he was driving way too fast on such a wet and slippery day. I had to quickly take steps back to avoid getting hit by his car. To his credit, he slammed on the brakes in time as well. Close shave. Otherwise, I may be typing this from the hospital bed (IF this laptop survives the accident), or maybe not at all. But I'm safe. No harm done.

Here's to better days ahead. And hopefully better weather. Cheers.