7 Mins

This is the fourth country I moved . When I first moved to Oman, everything is more or less provided for so I need not buy anything. In Seoul and in Shanghai, I have no idea what to buy so it was a long process setting up the kitchen and home. Now, it is like a drill. I went to Carrefour with Arwen in her trolley, looked at my watch, 24 mins to go before the next bus, headed for the cooking section and just pick up all these and paid them in 7 mins and still got time for a quick Starbucks.

There are chopper, cheese knife, bread knife, chapbalang knife, fruit knife,not-sure-what-for-but-saw-this-in-mother-in-law-kitchen-so-better-get-one-in-case-needed knife, gigantic meat fork, big whipper , small whipper ( got this sweet mama picture of me and Arwen in aprons she smiling at me and we both whip something something to bake something something), brush, squeezer for something that needs to be squeeze ( cannot remember the exact food names), scrapers,yadda yadda..

As much as I hate to buy everything at one go without first questioning if I need it , I hate wasting time to go to store and buy it only when I need it. I think I can cook better when I know I am well equipped.

So 7 mins for this, I am proud of myself!

Written on 7th September 2012.