一手遮天

Within this post, I will randomly quote the classic 60's Batman.

It seems some people worry about my mental well-being after my previous post. However, I can guarantee and reassure everyone that I am as looney as the post insinuated me to be. Nothing drastic has happened that would've taken me closer to normality. I'm still insane in the membrane.

Robin: "Holy molars! Am I ever glad I take good care of my teeth!"
Batman: "True. You owe your life to dental hygiene."

I did some cooking yesterday. It's been a long while since I last did some real cooking. Lately, if cooking, I've only made some fried rice - which doesn't really require that much effort. Yesterday I made some steak-kind of things based on a Korean dish that I used as a basis for improvisation. I couldn't find sesame seeds from the local grocery store and it made me sad.

Robin: "Boy! That was our closest call ever! I have to admit that I was pretty scared!"
Batman: "I wasn't scared in the least."
Robin: "Not at all?"
Batman: "Haven't you noticed how we always escape the vicious ensnarements of our enemies?"
Robin: "Yeah, because we're smarter than they are!"
Batman: "I like to think it's because our hearts are pure."

The food turned out fine, however, and I was again happy. I was as happy as a small bird on a nice morning, seeing a little worm peeking out of the ground. And I think "oh, that's a nice worm. I think I'll have a try." Then I'd glide down from my little tree and have the bestest breakfast ever. That is how happy I was.

The funny thing about cooking here is that it's really easy to make Asian food. This may come as a surprise to many. Seriously though, making decent Asian food in Finland is really difficult when you can't find easily any of the basic ingredients. Even something as basic as the rice is all wrong there. You'd have to go to a special store to get proper rice.

Catwoman: "Let noone say that Catwoman is not the best-dressed woman in the world."
Batman: "There are no fashion shows where you're going, Catwoman."
Robin: "And how could a feline feloness like you also be a fashion model?"
Batman: "Ah-ah. Give credit where credit is due, Robin. She may be evil, but she is attractive. You'll know more about that in a couple of years."

While making Asian food here is really easy, making western (especially Finnish) food is then really difficult. You can find all the necessities but there's always some things you lack. In my case, it's an oven. I don't have a damned oven. I want an oven but they're just slightly over my budget. I mean, they're not expensive but just enough not to be attractive. Attractive like the Catwoman.

Robin, looking at Batgirl: "You know something, Batman?"
Batman: "What's that, Robin?"
Robin: "She looks very pretty when she's asleep."
Batman: "I thought you might eventually notice that. That single statement indicates to me the first oncoming thrust of manhood, old chum."

One thing I also lack in my kitchen is a dishwasher. I've always had that around before but now in Hong Kong I find myself in need of one. Damnit. Nothing is as annoying as to wash two days worth of dishes, by hand. And the worst part is that since it's already damned hot in the apartment, it doesn't really help to have hot water pouring on your hands for the whole duration of the dish-washing-action. Sweaty.

Luckily I've been smart before-hand and didn't buy too much dishes to the apartment. Now I have to clean them on steady intervals and they won't get the chance to pile up uncontrollably - unlike laundry (as explained in an earlier post).

Bruce: "Most Americans don't realize what we owe to the ancient Incas. Very few appreciate they gave us the white potato and many varieties of Indian corn."
Dick: "Now whenever I eat mashed potatos, I for one will think of the Incas."

Like most of you already probably noticed. I didn't really have anything to write about. I just wanted to quote as much of Batman as possible with a disguise of a proper post! Fooled ya! Mwahahahaha!

Robin: "Gosh, there could be diplomatic repercussions if we fail this time, Batman."
Batman: "That's not the point, Robin. What's important is that the world know that all visitors to these teeming shores are safe, be they peasant or king."
Robin: "Gee, Batman, I never thought of that. You're right."
Batman: "It's the very essence of our democracy."