I've Gone Nuts!

You know, people look for new things to indulge in when they get bored. You know, like try out different things or crazy stuff to give fresh meaning to their lives.

For example:

• Travel to see new and exotic places. Try new cultures. Try bungee jumping to discover that life is worth living after dangling for a few seconds of mimicking a yoyo and staring a splattering death in the face.

• Buy a new pet to shower their boundless love and energy upon.

• Find a new boyfriend/girlfriend to shower their boundless love and energy upon.

• Involve in new hobbies or classes to indulge their minds.

• Indulge in sports and gym to obtain that elusive six pack and set of figures.

• Go into shopping spress and buy some new clothes.

• Get the latest gadgets.

• Get some big boy toys.

• Buy a new electric oven.

? ? ? ! ! ! !

Yes... sigh. I've flipped and bought the following TV-set wannabe. Drum roll please....

Ta da.....................................

Of course, you're probably wondering what could have possessed me to buy such a thing.


Well... I've been entertaining thoughts of making home-made 'char siew' (glazed pork) and pizza for some time now. One week to be exact.

Ravenously, I unwrapped the trappings of my new procurement.

Aiks! To my dismay, the instruction manual was only a measly 4 pages consisting of several lists of do's and don'ts.

To one who spends less than zilch time in the kitchen and who knows next to nuts about baking, this raises quite a plethora of silly amateurish questions:

'Are you supposed to put the baking pan on the grill?'

'Crumb pan?'

'Where are the sensitive parts?'

'Great... I need to get kitchen gloves?'

And of course, the ultimate question:

'WHAT HAVE I GOTTEN MYSELF INTO?'

Sigh... I foresee many hours of Internet googling for 'use electric oven' and 'baking recipes' ahead.

But then again, there's always the gym.

[Dieting: Day 2]