Colie's corner

During all these months in uk I have always told myself to ask mom to teach me how to cook when I visit Sweden. But it has never happened, not sure why haha there has always been something else that was more important to do. Nevertheless, I have become much better at cooking than I was before (even without anyone teaching me). Even though I am still far from good, I have still improved a lot and some of my dishes actually taste good haha!

I guess when you live by yourself far from home, your survival instincts will reveal :) beside the education I've got here in the Master programme I am taking... I have learned so much things that I could have never experienced in Sweden. I have also never travelled this much with train and plane - ever! Compared to one year ago, I would have been really nervous about travelling to different cities with train all by myself. Scared of getting lost or missing the train etc etc. I am much more confident with foreign transport system and know how to plan ahead.

It wasn't really pleasant to be really sick in UK away from family (my damn wisdom tooth gave me a bad gum infection). I handled it quite well although I was unfamiliar with the health system here. I am so happy that I registered myself at the GP early, because just a few weeks after that I got sick =__= I've become more bold as well, even outside my comfort zone, such as Demanding to see a doctor without any prior bookings (btw that's really stupid of the UK health system) and voila I got a time right away and got antibiotics prescribed right away as well. Yes it was quite bad, I couldn't even open my mouth properly for the doctor. In general, for your own sake, you need to be bold or persistent.

Beside these experiences, I have a new challenge this week. I am going to another city that I haven't been to yet in UK for a job interview. Even though I don't have any high hopes about passing it for the final assessment day, it will be a worthwhile experience for me. I have never been to a face-to-face interview outside Sweden. This is also a big international company, so I am really excited about this!



Fried rice with seafood, really good! I think fried rice is one of the few dishes that I never fail at!

Btw.... I didn't know there was such thing as Broken Rice I was at the Korean Supermarket and asked for regular rice for meals. The man was not really good at English, well he did say it was broken rice but I didn't understand what he meant by that.... he just nodded when I asked whether it was for regular cooking. Anyways, broken rice is LITERALLY broken rice.... which I noticed when I opened the package.... the rice grains were BROKEN in half lol! I felt like an idiot hahaha anyways I did some research on google and found out that broken rice is just like any regular rice... only that it's cheaper because the grains are broken and not whole. People also prefer using broken rice when cooking porridge.

Oh well it still works, it doesn't taste bad but you just need to be careful with measuring the water (it can easily be too mushy if you have too much water when cooking it). And I still managed to make fried rice of it haha.