melodies of autumn

Soba Soup with Crunchy Tofu Squares (c)Yummy and Summit Media Because it was Mikko's birthday yesterday and I barely had money to buy him a gift, I decided to make him a Japanese lunch as my gift to him. Along with cooking for him, I also decided to include as my gift, teaching him how to make California Maki. Our lunch started late because I wasn't able to buy some of the other ingredients earlier, but I'm glad that he enjoyed the meal and the lesson. For our Japanese lunch, our menu consisted of: Yakimeshi (Japanese Fried Rice) Tonkatsu (Breaded Pork Chops) Soba Soup with Crunchy Tofu Squares California Maki The meal was quite heavy and I realized after we ate that I still overestimated the amount of food I cooked. I'm learning though so it's all good. The whole process was tiring, even with help from our helpers, but very enjoyable. I find myself really loving cooking which is making me want to take up Culinary Arts sometime in the future. Well, if I can...

After so long of not posting, here's Gratitude post number 3. Same rules apply, and of course, if you want to steal, feel free to do so. :} 1. Knowing that I'd possibly get exempted from taking the Physics 51 finals exam (which means I have one less exam to worry about). 2. Feeling like I have a high chance of passing our Math 121.1 (only the finals exam left to study for and hopefully I can pass that so I'm sure that I'll pass). 3. Having finished with the last exam of STS. I totally loved the way Ma'am del Rosario handled our STS class because I very much enjoyed her class. 4. Being able to finish my Life Review project in Psych 10. It was a sort of difficult yet quite entertaining project that I really didn't mind doing it. 5. Feeling like my procrastinating tendency is slowly decreasing. I was able to start on our Stat 181.1 project early and finish my part immediately (which is apparently good on my part since it seems like my partner doesn't have any p...