London Knights and 2nd Cooking

I've just had a home-cooked dinner with Orla. It was a very nice dinner- rice, vegetables and fish. I think I exceeded my own expectations. I was quite dis-oriented at first because it was the first time I cooked rice in a pot. And also because I wasn't exactly sure how to operate the oven (!! but now I know). Luckily, the rice turned out fine and the fish (which took a longer time to bake in the oven than expected) was nice (arh yes, they are frozen marinated ones). It's so much better to cook for and eat with someone else, that is if I have the time!

Now I understand why Ah gui always shouts and rushes us to go and eat whenever she finishes cooking a dish. It is because she wants all of us to taste the dish when it is at its best-piping hot and tasting fresh. I only understood that when I started cooking for myself here. After frying the vegetables, I was worried that it would not taste good if I leaving it on the table for too long while waiting for the fish to cook. I was worried that Orla would not find it tasty enough...blah...Being the chef is really not easy. It's actually quite stressful to cook for someone else and especially for Ah Gui I think, who has to tolerate our nonsensical criticisms sometimes!

Last night's London Knights v Niagra Icedogs was a cool game. We had a reception before that, ie. free food and feeling happy after eating. The John Labatt Indoor Stadium is quite spectacular. The ice skating rink is huge, the lighting was elaborate and the seats were three levels high. We sat on the third level and had a rather good view of the game. We were really excited when the game started. We actually cheered very hard when the London Knights scored the first goal-I felt like I belonged to London at that moment! I guess competitive sports has that magic touch of bringing out the 'nationalism' or 'sense of belonging' for audience supporting either side. However, it seemed that supporting audience of the Niagara Icedogs was woefully lacking. There was such a contrast in the amplitude of cheers.

However, after the first break, we got sorta bored and I ended up chatting with Elian and joking around with Ruth, both of whom were great company!! Ruth laughed out heartily whenever a player gets squashed against the wall or when there's a fight between incensed played...haha...and together we were 'hey hey look there's a fight!' Haha....and I learnt alot about the education system of HK after the chat with Elian :) It was so nice to have good company after one gets bored in watching a game.

In the end London Knight lost 4-6. Well, kind of embarrassing when London is the host city and especially when the audience cheered so hard for them. Whatever lah.

Tomorrow is CNY eve!